# Incident 19980710037229I: Boeing 727222, Akron, CO, July 10, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1998, 11:48 local time
- Place: Akron, CO
- Airport: Washington Co Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 40.1635° N, 103.2203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Akron, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1635&lon=-103.2203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7447U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7447U-2006-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980710037229I

## Narrative

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

(-5)CREW HAD A LOWER AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT COME ON DURING CLIMB OUT OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  CREW PERFORMED THE ABNORMAL PROCEDURES BUT WAS UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE LIGHT., BUT DURING THE PROCEDURE NOTICED THAT THE #2 ENGINE OIL TEMP WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 160 DEG. C.  THEY SHUT DOWN THE #2 ENGINE AND THE AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT WENT OUT.  THERE WAS A HIGH CABIN TEMP ACCOMPIED BY A STRONG ELECTRICAL SMOKY SMELL AND THE CREW DECLAIRED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT AKRON COLORADO.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS A HISTORY OF MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS WITH THE PHEUMATIC SYSTEM AND AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N7447U (2)

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

- [Incident 19921027049579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921027049579I), Oct 27, 1992: Boeing 727222 (N7447U), Rochester, NY. Experienced hydraulic fluctuations on lowering flaps. Landed safely. Replaced a leaking stabilizer power unit.
- [Incident 19800830065969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800830065969I), Aug 30, 1980: Boeing 727222 (N7447U), Chicago, IL. Takeoff warning horn sounded due to speed brake lever out of detent. Brake had not been properly positioned.

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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