# N137AA: 1973 Mcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30, registration cancelled 2002-05-16 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: May 16, 2002 - Status when cancelled: Sale reported - Airframe: [Mcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10-30) (registry code 3023501) - Engine: [GE CF6-50 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-50-series) (registry code 30018) - Data sheets: [TCDS A22WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A22WE), [TCDS E23EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E23EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 47847 - Year built: 1973 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: July 16, 1998 - Last registry action: May 16, 2002 - Mode S code: A09533 - Location: [Hialeah, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Hialeah) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 25.8332° N, 80.2787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33010, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N137AA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=137AA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N137AA-2002-05-16 From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe. ADs and bulletins for the Mcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10-30.md ## Service difficulty reports (41) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR AALA991697](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991697), Nov 9, 1999: ANGLE. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON LOWER FORWARD SUPPORT ANGLE. REPAIR COVERED ON ESO 7349 DATE 11-9-99. REMOVED CORROSION AND REPAIRED PER ESO 7349, S/N 47847, DATED 11-8-99. - [SDR AALA991699](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991699), Nov 7, 1999: BEAM. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON ANGLE BEAM ON AFT FORWARD CARGO DOOR FRAME. REPAIR COVERED BY ESO 7349. BLENDED OUT CORROSION PER SRM 51-21-01 VOL II. TST: 101,286.36 HOURS. - [SDR AALA990400](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990400), Mar 16, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY AT SEAT 12H INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY AT SEAT 12H. SYSTEM GROUND CHE - [SDR AALA990320](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990320), Mar 9, 1999: INLET. FOD. DFW - FLT T0005 - DURING CRUISE, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS IN AFT CABIN REPORTED SMOKE IN AFT GALLEY AREA. FLIGHT CREW TURNED OFF RECIRCULATION FANS AND SMOKE DISSIPATE - [SDR AALA982036](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA982036), Nov 9, 1998: LIGHT. BROKEN. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHT AT PASSENGER SEAT 4B INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT STRIP AT PASSENGER SEAT 4B. - [SDR AALA982002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA982002), Oct 26, 1998: ACM. MALFUNCTIONED. DFW - FLT 5 - DURING LEVEL OFF FL310, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE THROUGHOUT CABIN. FIRST OFFICER INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED IT SMELLED LIKE ELECTRICAL SMOKE - [SDR AALA981172](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981172), Jun 10, 1998: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON CENTER CARGO DOOR CUT-OUT FORWARD LOWER CORNER OF JAMB STA 1701, L43R. INSTALLED DOUBLER STRAP OVER BLENDED AREA PER ESO7349 DATED 6-10-98. T - [SDR AALA981171](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981171), Jun 10, 1998: BRACKET. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION IN 2 EACH BOLT HOLES AND ON FACE OF OUTBOARD FLAP, OUTBOARD HINGE BRACKET SIDE LOAD SUPPORT BOSS. RE-WORKED OUTBOARD FLAP OUTBOARD HINGE SIDE LO - [SDR AALA981173](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981173), Jun 9, 1998: ANGLE. CORRODED. TUL - FRAME ANGLE FORWARD SIDE HAS CORROSION STA 1977 FROM LONGERON 48L TO LONGEORN 52. REPAIRED PER ESO 7349, DATED 6-8-98. TST: 96,680.24 HOURS. CYCLES: 18,10 - [SDR AALA981156](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981156), Jun 6, 1998: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - FRAME ANGLE AFT SIDE OF FRAME 1997 HAS HEAVY CORROSION BETWEEN LONGER 47L AND 48R. SPLICED IN NEW SECTION OF 'J' ANGLE PER SRM 53-30-00 VOL 11. (M) - [SDR AALA981155](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981155), Jun 6, 1998: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - FRAME AT STATION 1841 BETWEEN LONGER 43L AND 42L HAS CORROSION. INSTALLED REPAIR AFTER CORROSION REMOVAL, PER SRM 53-30-00 PAGE 14. (M) - [SDR AALA981154](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981154), Jun 6, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN HAS CORROSION 2 PLACES ON SIDES OF LONGERON 44L STATION 2000 TO 2005. REPAIRED AREA PER ESO 7349, DATED 05/28/98 AND SRM 51-21-01 VOL - [SDR AALA981138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981138), Jun 5, 1998: TRUNNION. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON LEFT AND RT AFT TRUNNION BOLT SPOT FACE SURFACES, TOP SIDES. REMOVED CORROSION, CASTING BEYOND LIMITS. REPAIRED PER ESO 7349, DATE 6-5- - [SDR AALA981137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981137), Jun 5, 1998: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - SHEAR TIE IS ONE PIECE FROM 47L-47R EACH TIE TO SKIN HAS CORROSION. REMOVED AND REPLACED SHEAR TIE STRIP PER AARD 51-01-00-05. (M) - [SDR AALA981132](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981132), Jun 4, 1998: SPLICE. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND LONGERON SPLICE FITTING CORRODED BETWEEN STATION 1853-1871 AT LONGERON 48L. SPLICED IN NEW SECTION OF LONGERON PER SRM 53-10-00 PAGE 9. (M) - [SDR AALA981122](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981122), Jun 3, 1998: TIE DOWN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION AT AFT GALLEY TIE DOWN LUGS. NEW SECTION INSTALLED PER ESO 7349, DATED 5/28/98. (M) - [SDR AALA981121](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981121), Jun 3, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSIN ON LOWER WING SKIN AROUND CASTNER AT REAR SPAR NEAR STATION XORS 433. REPAIRED PER ESO 7349, DATED 6-2-98. (M) - [SDR AALA981124](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981124), Jun 2, 1998: ROLLER TRAY. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION IN ROLLER TRAY NR 1 AT ROLLER BRAKE LOCATION STATION 1666. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 ROLLER TRAY FROM STATION 1621 TO STATION 1781 PER SRM - [SDR AALA981114](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981114), Jun 2, 1998: SILL. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION UNDER OMNI ROLLER SUPPORT CASTING AROUND BOLT HOLES ON DOOR SILL. PERFORMED REPAIR PER ESO DATED 6-1-98. SPOT FACED HOLES TO REMOVE CORROS - [SDR AALA981110](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981110), Jun 2, 1998: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. TUL - INTERCOSTAL CORRODED BETWEEN LONGERON 47R TO LONGERON 48R AND BET STATION 1967 TO STATION 1977. REMOVED AND REPLACED INTERCOSTAL PER AARD 51-01-00-05. (M) - [SDR AALA981109](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981109), Jun 2, 1998: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. TUL - G5 GALLEY CENTER SUPPORT AND BEAM HAS SURFACE CORROSION. REMOVED CORROSION PER SRM 51-21-01, TREATED AND PRIMED PER SRM 51-21-01. (M) - [SDR AALA981106](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981106), Jun 1, 1998: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON FRAME 1741 FROM LONG 51L TO 51R. MANUFACTURED A REPAIR DOUBLER FOR FRAME J-CHANNEL PER AARD 51-01-00-05 AND INSTALLED ON FRAME 1741 LON - [SDR AALA981100](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981100), May 30, 1998: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON FLOORBOARD SUPPORT JUST AFT OF LAV F STATION 1887. INSTALLED FABRICATED REPAIR PER SRM 53-60-01 TO FLOORBOARD SUPPORT. (M) - [SDR AALA981099](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981099), May 30, 1998: SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - FLOORBOARD SUPPORT HAS CORROSION AT 1887-1897 APPROXIMATELY 40 INCHES RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. INSTALLED FABRICATED REPAIR PER SRM 53-60-01 AND DOUBLER PER SR - [SDR AALA981098](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981098), May 30, 1998: SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON AFT END OF LAVATORY F SUPPORT. INSTALLED FABRICATED LUG PER SRM 53-60-01 AND DOUBLER PER SRM 53-60-01. TST: 96,680.24 HOURS. CYCLES: 18,100. - [SDR AALA981097](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981097), May 30, 1998: ANGLE. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON T-ANGLE AT AFT END NR 4 GALLEY SUPPORT. REPAIRED T-ANGLE AT STATION 2007-2003 AND AFT NR 4 GALLEY SUPPORT PER ESO 7349 DATED 05-28-98. - [SDR AALA981108](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981108), May 26, 1998: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. TUL - C-5 GALLEY RT FORWARD AND AFT SUPPORTS AND BEAM HAS HEAVY CORROSION. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED A SECTION OF A FLOORBOARD GALLEY SUPPORT PER AARD 51-01-00-0 - [SDR AALA981107](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981107), May 26, 1998: SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - GALLEY SUPPORT NR 3 HAS CORROSION AT 3 GALLEY MOUNTS. INSTALLED REPLACEMENT PART PER AARD 51-10-00-1, TREATED, PRIMED AND PAINTED. (M) - [SDR AALA981149](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981149), May 9, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON FUSELAGE SKIN UNDER L48L STATION 1868 STRINGER 48L. INSTALLED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER PER ESO 7349, DATED 6/1/98. (M) - [SDR AALA980505](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA980505), Apr 14, 1998: LONGERON. CORRODED. TUL - LONGERON 38L CORRODED AT STATION 1977. REPLACED SECTION OF LONGERON PER SRM 53-10-00. (M) - [SDR AALA971398](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971398), Aug 3, 1997: DUCT CLAMP. LOOSE. DFW - FLT 123 - AT ROTATIO DURING T/O, FIRE WARN AND RT HYD TEMP HIGHT LIGHTS ILLUMINATED FOR NR 3 ENG. ACCOMPLISHED SHUTDOWN OF NR 3 ENG AND FIRE WARNING LIGHT - [SDR AALA961857](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961857), Dec 18, 1996: DOOR. MISSING. HNL - FLT 73 - ON ARRIVAL HNL, DURING MAINTENANCE WALK AROUND FOUND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR OUTER DOOR PANEL MISSING. DEFERRED DUE TO NO PARTS AVAILABLE, IN - [SDR AALA961833](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961833), Dec 7, 1996: DOOR. MISSING. HNL - FLT 73 - AFTER GATE ARRIVAL DURING WALK AROUND, LT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR OUTER DOOR PANEL DISCOVERED MISSING WITH SLIGHT DAMAGE TO LEFT INBOARD FLAP ACCE - [SDR AALA961262](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961262), Aug 24, 1996: ANGLE. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND UPPER CAP ANGLE (TEE) CRACKED AT 2007 PRESS BULKHEAD AT ATTIC FLOOR LINE 18 INCHES INBOARD OF STRINGER 13 LEFT. REPAIRED PER ESO 7349. (M) - [SDR AALA961249](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961249), Aug 22, 1996: ENGINE MOUNT. CORRODED. TUL - BOLT HOLE HAS PITTS IN RIGHT PYLON FORWARD ENGINE MOUNT OUTBOARD BOLT HOLE. REWORKED BOLT HOLE PER ESO 7349 DATED 08-20-96. (M) - [SDR AALA961229](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961229), Aug 16, 1996: SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND GALLEY NR 2 STRUCTURE SUPPORT HAS CORROSION AROUND MOUNTING HOLE AND AT END ATTACHMENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH NEWLY FABRICATED - [SDR AALA961210](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961210), Aug 13, 1996: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND SHEAR TIE HAS SURFACE CORROSION BETWEEN STRINGER 46L AND 47L AT FRAME 1119 FORWARD AND BACK SIDE. INSTALLED SHEAR CLIP SPLICE REPAIR PER SRM 53-30-0 - [SDR AALA961206](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961206), Aug 12, 1996: SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION IN GALLEY SUPPORT BEYOND LIMITS. REPLACED NR 2 GALLEY CENTER SUPPORT WITH NEW PART. (M) - [SDR AALA960816](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA960816), Jun 24, 1996: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FLOOR SUPPORT AFT OF G2 BETWEEN INBOARD AND OUTBOARD GALLEY MOUNTS CORRODED AT BOTH ENDS. REMOVED AND FABRICATED NEW FLOOR SUPPORTS PER SRM 53-00-01 - [SDR AALA960449](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA960449), Mar 23, 1996: STRUT. REQ'D SERV. DFW - FLT NR 102 - DURING APPROACH TO DFW, WHEN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED, NOSE LANDING GEAR EXPERIENCED LOUD CLUNK AND RED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. RECYCLED LAN - [SDR AALA960448](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA960448), Mar 22, 1996: SENSOR. DEFECTIVE. HNL - FLT NR 0005 - AFTER TAKEOFF HNL WHEN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, NOSE LANDING GEAR RED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH SLIGHT VIBRATION NOTED. RECYCLED LANDIN ## NTSB investigations (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB FTW83IA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA072), Dec 30, 1982: Mcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 (N137AA), Thermal, CA, incident, no damage ## Other aircraft with N137AA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N137AA): Airbus A321-231, S/N 6647, built 2015 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.