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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727222 · Omaha, NE · April 9, 1997

Date: April 9, 1997 · 00:10 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: UALA
Aircraft: N7298U
Reported as: Boeing 727222
People aboard: 54
Fatal injuries: 0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on April 9, 1997, N7298, a Boeing 727-222 operating as united flight 1450, departed denver international airport, denver, CO, enroute to Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE. On approach to Omaha, NE the pilot was unable to lower the landing gear. The aircraft circled Omaha, NE and lowered the gear following emergency procedures and landed without incident. Contract maintenance found a hose assembly line leaking in the stabilizer area. The hose was replaced and the aircraft was returned to service. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 9, 1997, N7298, A BOEING 727-222 OPERATING AS UNITED FLIGHT 1450, DEPARTED DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DENVER, CO, ENROUTE TO EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NE. ON APPROACH TO OMAHA, NE THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED OMAHA, NE AND LOWERED THE GEAR FOLLOWING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FOUND A HOSE ASSEMBLY LINE LEAKING IN THE STABILIZER AREA. THE HOSE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.