# N14024: 1972 Boeing 747-238B, registration cancelled 2003-06-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 23, 2003
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Boeing 747-238B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-238b) (registry code 1384828)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT9D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (registry code 52054)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A20WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A20WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 20534
- Year built: 1972
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: April 17, 1986
- Certificate issued: January 4, 2002
- Last registry action: January 4, 2002
- Mode S code: A0A56B
- Owner when cancelled: [Continental Airlines Purchasing Services Lp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CONTINENTAL%20AIRLINES%20PURCHASING%20SERVICES%20LP)
- Location: [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)
- Owner type: Partnership
- Owner's area on the map: 29.7568° N, 95.3657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77002, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14024
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=14024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14024-2003-06-23

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 Boeing 747-238B: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-238b.md

## Service difficulty reports (6)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR CALA9801807](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9801807), Sep 20, 1998: WIRE. FAILED. ELECTRICAL ARCING IN R-1 WINDOW CAUSED A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT DURING CLIMBOUT OF GUM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO GUM WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT I
- [SDR CALA9801325](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9801325), Jul 22, 1998: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. INSPECTION FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHT IN CEILING ABOVE ROW 23 HKL INOPERATIVE. THE EMERGENCY LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND BATTERY WERE REPLACED IAW MM 33-51-07, PAGE 201-202, 
- [SDR CALA9800852](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9800852), May 13, 1998: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. OVERHEAD CEILING LIGHT FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTING AT SEAT ROW 23 ABC CAUSING INTERMITTENT ILLUMINATION IN ZONE C. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK UNIT AT ROW 23 A
- [SDR CALA9800725](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9800725), May 1, 1998: CADC. FAILED. AFTER DEPARTURE, NUMBER ONE CADC FAILED CAPTAINS FD AND MACH INDICATOR HAD WARNING FLAGS AND NO WIND READ OUT ON INS 1 AND 3. AIR RETURNED. REMOVED AND REPLACED
- [SDR CALA9800207](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9800207), Feb 9, 1998: SENSE LINE. CRACKED. THE NR 2 ENGINE LOST PARTIAL POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT FROM HNL TO NRT. THE EPR DROPPED FROM 1.40 TO 1.13 AND N1 DROPPED FROM 95 PERCENT TO 85 PERCENT. THE A
- [SDR CALA9701663](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9701663), Nov 22, 1997: FUEL TANK. LEAKING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A BRIEF HISTORY OF A FUEL ODOR NOTICED IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN DURING TAKEOFF AND INITIAL PART OF CLIMB. NO VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF A FUEL LEAK WA

## 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 SEA99IA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99IA032), Jan 20, 1999: Boeing 747-238B (N14024), Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean), incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An encounter with Clear Air Turbulence at Flight Level 330.

## Other aircraft with N14024

- [Cancelled 1988-05-04](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14024-1988-05-04): Piper PA-23-250, S/N 274636. Triennial form not returned
- [Cancelled 1940-09-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14024-1940-09-01): Waco CJC, S/N 3895. Owner: [James S Grier & C B Williams](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JAMES%20S%20GRIER%20%26%20C%20B%20WILLIAMS), [Mercedes, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Mercedes)

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