# N14053: 1988 Airbus Industrie A300 B4-605R, registration cancelled 2002-04-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 26, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Airbus Industrie A300 B4-605R](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-605r) (registry code 3930308)
- Engine: [GE CF6-80 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (registry code 30025)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A35EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A35EU), [TCDS E13NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E13NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 420
- Year built: 1988
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: September 13, 1988
- Certificate issued: July 13, 1988
- Last registry action: August 15, 2000
- Mode S code: A0A5D3
- Owner when cancelled: [Wilmington Trust Company Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WILMINGTON%20TRUST%20COMPANY%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14053
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=14053
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14053-2002-04-26

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 Airbus Industrie A300 B4-605R: https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-605r.md

## Service difficulty reports (62, newest 50)

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

- [SDR AALA20011004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011004), May 9, 2001: STRINGER CLIP. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FRAME 18 STRINGER 51R STRINGER CLIP IS CORRODED, FS 1336. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER CLIP AT FRAME 18 STRINGER 51R PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011005), May 9, 2001: STRINGER CLIP. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FRAME 18 STRINGER 52R STRINGER CLIP IS CORRODED. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER CLIP AT FRAME 18 STRINGER 52R PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011003), May 9, 2001: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON STRINGER 53 RIGHT OUTBOARD OF ELECTRICAL POWER BOX, FS 1336, 3 INCHES BY 1 INCH. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011002), May 9, 2001: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FRAME 18 TO FRAME 19 STRINGER 53R IS CORRODED, 2 INCHES BY 1 INCH. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER AT FRAME 18 TO FRAME 19 PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011001), May 9, 2001: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FRAME 18 STRINGER 51R TO 50R, CORRODED ON SHEAR TIE, BS 1336. INSTALLED NEW FRAME SECTION PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011000), May 9, 2001: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FRAME 18 STRINGER 50R TO 49R CORROSION ON SHEAR TIE, FS 1336. INSTALLED NEW FRAME SECTION FRAME 18 STRINGER 50R TO 49R PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA20010999](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010999), May 9, 2001: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FRAME 18 STRINGER 52R TO 51R HAS CORROSION ON SHEAR TIE, 1 INCH BY 2 INCHES, BS 1336. INSTALLED NEW FRAME SECTION PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA20010998](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010998), May 9, 2001: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FRAME 18 STRINGER 53R TO STRINGER 52R SHEAR TIE CORRODED, 3 INCHES BY 2 INCHES. INSTALLED NEW FRAME SECTION PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA20010997](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010997), May 9, 2001: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FRAME 18 STRINGER 54R TO 53R SHEAR TIE CORRODED. INSTALLED NEW FRAME SECTION PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA20010983](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010983), May 9, 2001: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FRAME 18, STRINGER 54R TO 54L HAS CORROSION ON SHEAR TIE. INSTALLED NEW FRAME SECTION PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011006), May 8, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND AREA OF LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN BULGED APPROX 1.5 SQUARE INCHES LOCATED BETWEEN FS 18-19 OF THE NOSE GEAR CUTOUT AFT DOUBLER, LEFT FINGER CORROSION IS A
- [SDR AALA20010240](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010240), Feb 13, 2001: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. JFK - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, OVERHEAD R3 DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY AT R3 DOOR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED 
- [SDR AALA20001552](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001552), Sep 14, 2000: CONNECTOR. UNSECURE. JFK - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT SEAT 3G INOPERATIVE. RESECURED PIN CONNECTOR FOR SEAT 3G EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED
- [SDR AALA20001327](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001327), Aug 10, 2000: FLASHLIGHT. INOPERATIVE. MIA - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT AT 4R DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
- [SDR AALA20000742](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20000742), May 9, 2000: TRANSMITTER. LEAKING. MCO - FLT 915 - DURING FLIGHT, GREEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LEAKING. DIVERTED AND LANDED MCO WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TRANSMITTER. SYSTEM GROUND 
- [SDR AALA20000061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20000061), Jan 6, 2000: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STRINGER CORRODED. SPLICED IN NEW SECTION PER ESO 30595 DATED 1-5-00 FROM FR 34 TO FR 36. TST: 3,224.11 HOURS. CYCLES: 12,979. (X)
- [SDR AALA200064](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200064), Jan 3, 2000: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION FROM STR 49L TO STR 50L AT FRAME 36. ALODINED, PRIMED, AND PAINTED PER SRM 51-74-10. INSTALLED NEW SHEARTIE PER SRM 51-72-10. TST: 32,241 HOURS.
- [SDR AALA200063](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200063), Jan 3, 2000: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON SHEAR TIE BETWEEN 50L AND 51L AT FRAME 35. REMOVED CORROSION PER SRM 51-74-10. ALODINED, PRIMED, AND PAINTED PER SRM 51-74-10. INSTALLED NEW 
- [SDR AALA2000012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2000012), Dec 30, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - SKIN UNDER ANTENNA CORRODED. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-10-12. TST: 32,241.11 HOURS. CYCLES: 12,979. (X)
- [SDR AALA991996](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991996), Dec 27, 1999: LAVATORY TRACK. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON LAVATORY SUPPORT IKNBOARD FLANGE BRACKET TRACK B ANC C LEFT SIDE BETWEEN FRAMES 30 AND 31. INSTALLED NEW LAVATORY SUPPORT TRACK PER SRM 51-72
- [SDR AALA991997](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991997), Dec 16, 1999: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. TUL - NUMEROUS SPOTS OF CORROSION ON FLOOR SUPPORT BETWEEN FRAMES 76 AND 82 ON FLOOR TRACK E LEFT. INSTALLED NEW FLOOR TRAK E LEFT, CPN 4035847 PER SRM 51-72-10
- [SDR AALA991995](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991995), Dec 16, 1999: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. TUL - NUMEROUS SPOTS OF CORROSION ON FLOOR SUPPORT BETWEEN FRAMES 75 AND 80 ON FLOOR TRACK E, RIGHT. INSTALLED NEW FLOOR TRACK E RIGHT, PER SRM 51-72-10-0. TST:
- [SDR AALA991935](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991935), Dec 15, 1999: FLOORBEEAM. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON FLOOR SUPPORT BETWEEN SEAT TRACKS 'E' RIGHT AND 'D' RIGHT, LOCATED BETWEEN FRAMES 71 1/2 AND 74. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLOOR SUPPORT FROM FRAM
- [SDR AALA991090](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991090), Jul 25, 1999: ACM. DEFECTIVE. KIN - FLT 628 - AFTER TAKEOFF KIN EN ROUTE TO MIA, SMOKE AND FUMES WERE NOTED IN COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KIN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED NR 1 AI
- [SDR AALA981723](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981723), Sep 24, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND RIGHT WING LOWER SURFACE AFT AND OUTBOARD OF NR 2 ENGINE PYLON HAS CORROSION TWO AREAS. REMOVED CORROSION, INSTALLED INTERAL DOUBLER REPAIR PER ESO 
- [SDR AALA972526](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972526), Dec 19, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STR 52R HAS SURFACE CORROSION AT FRAME 54.1 FORWARD SIDE. REPAIRED PER ESO 30595 DATED 12-18-97. TST: 26,718.41 HOURS. CYCLES: 10,861. (X)
- [SDR AALA972458](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972458), Dec 18, 1997: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON NR 3 SEAT TRACK. INSTALLED NEW SEAT TRACK PER SRM 51-72-10-0. (M)
- [SDR AALA972525](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972525), Dec 17, 1997: SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON OUTBOARD SHELF FOR RT KRUEGER FLAP ACT. REMOVED AND REPLACED SUPPORT PER SRM 57-45-11-0 PAGE 2 ITEM 20. TST: 26,718.41 HOURS. CYLES: 10,861. 
- [SDR AALA972483](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972483), Dec 16, 1997: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - BELLFRAME AT FRAME STATION 60 HAS CORROSION ON AFT SIDE. INSTALLED DOUBLER AS PER SRM 53-10-13. (M)
- [SDR AALA972482](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972482), Dec 16, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STRINGER 49R HAS CORROSION AT FRAME STATION 60 ON FORWARD SIDE. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER AS PER SRM 53-10-14 WHERE CORRODED SECTION OF LONGERON REMOVE
- [SDR AALA972481](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972481), Dec 16, 1997: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - BELL FRAME CORRODED AT STATION 57.2 FRONG AND BACK SIDE BETWEEN STRINGER 55R AND 55L. REPAIRED BELL FRAME PER SRM 53-10-13 ALODINED PRIMED AND PAINTED PER
- [SDR AALA972466](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972466), Dec 15, 1997: SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - RIGHT WING LE SUPPORT HAS CORROSION. REPAIRED PER ESO30595, DATED 12-12-97. (M)
- [SDR AALA972465](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972465), Dec 15, 1997: BEAM. CORRODED. TUL - RIGHT KRUGER FLAP ACT CROSSBEAM HAS CORROSION ON BEAM. REMOVED AND REPLACED CROSSBEAM PER SRM 57-45-11 PAGE 2 ITEM NR 5. (M)
- [SDR AALA972464](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972464), Dec 15, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON STRINGER 48 LEFT. REPLACED SECTION OF STRINGER AT FRAMES 70 AND 71, STRINGER 48L PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA972463](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972463), Dec 15, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STRINGER 49L HAS CORROSION FORWARD SIDE AT STATION FRAME 59. REPAIRED STRINGER PER SRM 53-10-14 PAGE 203-204. ALODINED, PRIMED AND PAINTED PER SRM 51-25-1
- [SDR AALA972459](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972459), Dec 15, 1997: ROLLER TRAY. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON OUTBOARD SIDE OF ROLLER TRAY, FORWARD CARGO NR 1 TRAY LEFT SIDE OF A/C. INSTALLED NEW SECTION OF ROLLER TRAY, NR 1 LEFT SIDE OF FWD CAR
- [SDR AALA972457](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972457), Dec 15, 1997: ROLLER TRAY. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON NR 3 ROLLER TRAY. REPLACED NR 3 ROLLER TRAY BETWEEN FRAMES 30 TO 32 PER SRM 53-10-15. (M)
- [SDR AALA972462](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972462), Dec 13, 1997: SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ALONG SUPPORT AT SEVERAL PLACES BETWEEN FRAME 60-63. REMOVED AND REPLACED FRAME SUPPORT FROM FRAME 59-64 PER SRM 53-10-14. (M)
- [SDR AALA972461](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972461), Dec 13, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - TOP OF STRINGER HAS CORROSION ON IT STRINGER 54 FROM FRAME 19 TO 20. INSTALLED STRINGER REPAIR PER SRM 53-10-14 PAGE 203 AND 204. (M)
- [SDR AALA972460](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972460), Dec 12, 1997: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON INTERCOSTAL RT SIDE CARGO COMPT. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-71-30. (M)
- [SDR AALA980329](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA980329), Dec 11, 1997: BRACKET. CORRODED. TUL - SWITCH BRACKET A5351094120000 CORRODED IN KRUEGER WELL. REMOVED CORRODED BRACKET AND INSTALLED NEW SWITCH BRACKET PER A360 SRM 51-72-10. (X)
- [SDR AALA972524](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972524), Dec 11, 1997: MOUNT. CORRODED. TUL - KRUEGER FLAP OUTBOARD CARRIER MOUNT CORRODED. REMOVED OUTBOARD CARRIER MOUNT. REPLACED WITH NEW MOUNT. A-300 MM 27-87-14-4. TST: 26,718.41 HOURS. CYCLES: 
- [SDR AALA972402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972402), Dec 11, 1997: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - HEAVY CORROSION ON FRAME NR 25 UNDER ROLLER TRAY NR 3. INSTALLED NEW TOP CAP BEAM SECTION AS PE SRM 53-10-15. (M)
- [SDR AALA972441](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972441), Dec 10, 1997: SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON 'T' ANGLE SUPPORT UNDER NR 1 ROLLER TRAY. SPLICED IN NEW TOP CAP PER SRM 53-10-15, ALODINE, PAINT PER SRM 51-75-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA972361](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972361), Dec 9, 1997: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON NR 8 SEAT TRACK. INSTALLED NEW SEAT TRACK PER SRM 51-72-10-0. INSTALLED NEW SEAT TRACK PER SRM 51-72-10-0. (M)
- [SDR AALA972360](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972360), Dec 9, 1997: TIE DOWN TRACK. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON TIE DOWN TRACK BETWEEN SEAT TRACKS 8 AND 9. INSTALLED NEW TRACK PER 51-72-10-0 SRM. (M)
- [SDR AALA972359](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972359), Dec 9, 1997: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON NR 8 SEAT TRACK. INSTALLED NEW SEAT TRACK PER SRM 51-72-10-0. (M)
- [SDR AALA972392](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972392), Dec 8, 1997: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON NR 7 SEAT TRACK. REPAIRED PER AARD 53-20-00-2 BY INSTALLING STRAP. (M)
- [SDR AALA972358](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972358), Dec 8, 1997: SUPPORT. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON SUPPORT AT 'A' LAV. REPLACED SUPPORT PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)
- [SDR AALA972357](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972357), Dec 8, 1997: BEAM. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON BEAM BETWEEN SEAT TRACKS 8 AND 9. REPLACED BEAM PER SRM 51-72-10. (M)

All 62: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14053-2002-04-26/reports.md

## 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 DCA02MA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA02MA001), Nov 12, 2001: Airbus Industrie A300B4-605R (N14053), Belle Harbor, NY, destroyed, 265 fatal. Probable cause: the in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by the first officer's unnecessary and excessive rudder pedal inputs.…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Incident 19941128043499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941128043499I), Nov 28, 1994: Airbus A300B4605R (N14053), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Encountered severe clear air turbulence at cruise. Passengers injured. Landed San Juan without further incident.

## Other aircraft with N14053

- [Cancelled 2022-05-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14053-2022-05-11): Cessna 172R, S/N 17281254, built 2005. Exported to India. Owner: [Westwind School Of Aeronautics Phoenix LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WESTWIND%20SCHOOL%20OF%20AERONAUTICS%20PHOENIX%20LLC), [Phoenix, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Phoenix)

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