# Incident 19980126002349I: Boeing 727222, Kansas City, MO, January 26, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1998, 10:52 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N7273U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7273U-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-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 119
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980126002349I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAKEOFF, #1 ENGINE STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT PULLED POWER BACK TO IDLE AFTER STABILIZED FLIGHT IN PATTERN AT MCI. WITH THROTTLE AT IDLE, OVERHEAT LIGHT WENT OUT. THROTTLE ADVANCED, CAUSED OVERHEAT LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AGAIN. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED BROKEN BLEED AIR CLAMP AND FOUND ACCESS PANEL MISSING. CLAMP AND PANEL WERE REPLACED, ENGINE RUN OPERATION CHECK WAS GOOD. THIS INCIDENT, CE98IGO0033 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N7273U (1)

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

- [Accident 19830611027729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830611027729A), Jun 11, 1983: Boeing 727222 (N7273U), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. NR1 engine exploded caught fire on takeoff. Aborted. Evacuated. Fire bottles put out fire. Turbine disk fractured.

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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