# Incident 19990109008779I: Boeing 727222, Minneapolis, MN, January 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1999, 17:50 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7449U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7449U-2009-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (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/19990109008779I

## Narrative

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

(-5)RT. GEAR DOOR LITES ON WITH GEAR HANDLE IN UP POSITION. BOTH RED AND AMBER LITES WERE ON, RECYCLED GEAR, NO HELP.  RETURNED TO MSP AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED TEST OF LANDING GEAR DOOR WARNING SWITCH PER.  MEL 3245N TEST WAS GOOD.  MEL 32-45-01 STATES "THAT ANY COMBINATION OF AMBER AND RED DOOR WARNING LIGHTS MAY BE INOPERATIVE WITH NO RESTRICTIONS."  NOTE:  THIS REPORT WAS COMPLETED UTILIZING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY UALA.

## Other reports on N7449U (1)

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

- [Accident 19910323009299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910323009299A), Mar 23, 1991: Boeing 727222 (N7449U), Buffalo, NY. Encountered severe clear air turbulence. Seat belt sign not on. Three attendants and one passenger injured.

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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