# Incident 19950705047489I: Boeing 727200, Kansas City, MO, July 5, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1995, 18:14 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7279U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7279U-2006-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 92
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950705047489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UALA FLIGHT 704, JULY 5, 1996 WAS PROPERLY DISPATCHED FROM DENVER, COLORADO TO KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WITH 21800 POUNDS OF FUEL. KANSAS CITY WEATHER WAS THIN SCATTERED CLOUDS. DENVER WEATHER HAD THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. THE SCHEDULE TIMES WERE: OUT 1515 (MDT) IN 1744 (CDT) 1:29. THE ACTUAL FLIGHT TIME WAS: OUT 1535 (MDT) IN 1816 (CDT) 1:41. TO AVOID THE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND DENVER FLIGHT 704 WAS VECTORED SOUTH TO THE VICINITY OF PUEBLO, COLORADO PRIOR TO TURNING EAST TOWARD KANSAS CITY. THIS VECTORING, IF CONTINUED, WOULD HAVE CAUSED A FUEL PROBLEM. ANTICIPATING MORE VECTORING CAPTAIN PROSSER ADVISED THE CENTER OF HIS MINIMUM FUEL STATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH 5-84 AIRMAN'S INFORMATION MANUAL. CAPTAIN PROSSER DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY OR REQUEST PRIORITY HANDLING. KANSAS CITY CENTER ASSIGNED UALA 704 A DIRECT COURSE TO KANSAS CITY. THE FLIGHT ARRIVED TWELVE MINUTES OVER SCHEDULE WITH 9800 POUNDS OF FUEL REMAINING. CAPTAIN PROSSER IN THIS SITUATION DID EXACTLY AS DIRECTED BY THE AIRMAN'S INFORMATION MANUAL.

## Other reports on N7279U (2)

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

- [Incident 19991105031139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991105031139I), Nov 5, 1999: Boeing 727222 (N7279U), Rochester, NY, Minor damage. (-23) On Friday, November 5, 1999 at 1341 local, united airlines flight 550 was taxiing to gate 22 after an uneventful landing at Rochester international…
- [Incident 19810521033459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810521033459I), May 21, 1981: Boeing 727222 (N7279U), Chicago, IL. Precautionary NR2 engine shutdown. Maintenance replaced oil bypass pressure switch.

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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