# Incident 19910309010039I: Boeing 727222, Kansas City, MO, March 9, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1991, 17:59 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7259U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7259U-2002-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910309010039I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TCAS ALTITUDE ERROR IN FLIGHT. LEFT ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. TCAS SYSTEM TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. RETURNED TO ALTITUDE.

## Other reports on N7259U (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890831060629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890831060629I), Aug 31, 1989: Boeing 727222 (N7259U), Billings, MT. Unsafe gear light. Made a go around. Replaced bulbs and got normal indiction. Landed without incident.
- [Incident 19841201068589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841201068589I), Dec 1, 1984: Boeing 727222 (N7259U), Anchorage, AK. Smoke from cabin light panel. Cb pulled. Light ballast defective.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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