# N14246: Boeing 737-247, registration cancelled 1998-04-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 27, 1998
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Boeing 737-247](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (registry code 138448D)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A16WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 20129
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: November 15, 1993
- Last registry action: November 20, 1996
- Mode S code: A0AD21
- Owner when cancelled: [Continental Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CONTINENTAL%20AIRLINES%20INC)
- Location: [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 29.7533° N, 95.4129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77019, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14246
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=14246
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14246-1998-04-27

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 737-247: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247.md

## Service difficulty reports (18)

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

- [SDR CALA9701754](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9701754), Dec 14, 1997: ACTUATOR. LEAKING. THE SYSTEM B HYDRAULIC LOW QUANTITY LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH GAUGE READING 1 GALLON WHILE ON APPROACH TO EWR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FO
- [SDR CALA9701225](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9701225), Aug 16, 1997: STARTER. INOPERATIVE. WHILE OPERATING THE APU WITH THE NR 2 GENERATOR PLACARDED INOPERATIVE, THE APU SHUTDOWN CLIMBING THROUGH 3,000 FEET. RESTART ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCR
- [SDR CALA9700582](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9700582), Apr 17, 1997: HYD LINE. LEAKING. THE A-SYSTEM HYD PRESSURE AND QTY DROPPED TO ZERO WHILE APPROACHING IAH. THE HYD LOSS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ILLUMINATION OF BOTH A-SYSTEM PUMP LOW PRESSURE LIGHTS.
- [SDR CALA9601324](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9601324), Sep 20, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. THE RT EXTERIOR OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. THE BATTERY PACK WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.
- [SDR CALA9601323](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9601323), Sep 20, 1996: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. THE LT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN DID NOT TEST. THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.
- [SDR CAL960616](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL960616), May 15, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. MCO - FLT 8 - THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT RT OVERWING EXIT WERE FOUND INOPERATIVE DURING TEST. THE BATTERY PACK WAS REPLACED IAW MM 33-51-121 AND MM 33-51-71, AND O
- [SDR CAL960181](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL960181), Feb 11, 1996: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. GSO - INSPECTION FOUND AN 8 INCH CRACK IN PRESSURE BULKHEAD AT PRESSURE FEED THROUGH FOR RADAR WIRING AT STATION 178. THE CRACKED SECTION WAS REMOVED. A REPAIR 
- [SDR CAL960180](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL960180), Feb 11, 1996: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. GSO - INSPECTION FOUND A 7 INCH CRACK IN PRESSURE BULKHEAD ON RIGHT SIDE JUST ABOVE HORIZONTAL STIFFENER AT STATION 178. THE CRACKED AREA WAS REMOVED AND A REPA
- [SDR CAL960178](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL960178), Feb 9, 1996: CHORD. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 3 INCH CRACK FROM FORWARD FASTENER HOLE TO AFT HOLE OF RIGHT OUTBOARD CHORD AT STRINGER 18A, STATION 727. THE CHORD SEGMENT WAS REMOVED AND R
- [SDR CAL960179](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL960179), Feb 4, 1996: FLOOR BEAM. CRACKED. GSO - INSPECTION FOUND A 3 INCH CRACK IN LOWER 'T' CHORD OF FLOOR BEAM AT STATION 675, BBL 0, REPAIRED IAW ECRA 5710-01715. (M)
- [SDR CAL960177](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL960177), Feb 4, 1996: SKIN. DELAMINATED. GSO - INSPECTION FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN DELAMINATED AT STATION 847-927, STRINGER 20R-25R. THE DELAMINATED SECTION OF SKIN WAS CUT OUT. THE AREA WAS REPAIRED IAW SR
- [SDR CAL961076](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL961076), Jan 30, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. GSO - INSPECTION FOUND E/E COMPARTMENT DOOR CUTOUT CORRODED AT STATION 328-370, RBL 15.7. A SECTION OF T-ANGLE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. EXTERNAL DOUBLERS WERE 
- [SDR CAL951075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL951075), Nov 29, 1995: HYD LINE. CHAFED. FLT 1616 - MCO - THE NR 1 ENGINE A-SYSTEM HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE HYDRAULIC QUANTITY GAUGE READING NEAR ZERO WHILE EN ROUTE FROM MIA T
- [SDR CAL950777](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL950777), Aug 31, 1995: FLOW CONTL VLV. INOPERATIVE. CLE - FLT 1244 - THE AIRCRAFT LOST PRESSURIZATION AT 31,000 FEET AND ALL OXYGEN MASKS DEPLOYED WHILE EN ROUTE FROM DAY TO EWR. 'ABNORMAL' PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOW
- [SDR CAL950444](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL950444), May 18, 1995: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND FLOORBEAM CRACKED IN THE WEB AT LOWER FASTENERS FROM BS 700-720. THE CRACK RAN THROUGH SEVERAL FASTENER HOLES FOR A TOTAL LENGTH OF NINE INCHES
- [SDR CAL950443](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL950443), May 17, 1995: LAP SEAM. CORRODED. SVC - FLT 31J - INSPECTION FOUND THE LAP SEAM AT STRINGER 429 CORRODED. THE SEAM WAS OPENED FROM BS 420 TO 440 AND THE CORROSION WAS REMOVED. A REPAIR WAS PERFO
- [SDR CAL950442](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL950442), May 17, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. SVC - FLT 31J - INSPECTION FOUND A 10 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 449 TO 469 STR 16R. THE CRACKED SECTION WAS REMOVED, A REPAIR WAS FABRICATED AND INSTALL
- [SDR CAL950130](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CAL950130), Feb 14, 1995: FIRE LOOP. INOPERATIVE. DAB - FLT 1867 - DURING CRUISE, THE APU NOT OPERATING, APU FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL ACTIVATED. THE FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED, BUT THE APU FIRE WARNING CONTI

## Other aircraft with N14246

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14246-undated): Lockheed ORION 9-F, S/N 212, built 1934. Owner: [Lockheed Aircraft Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LOCKHEED%20AIRCRAFT%20CORPORATION), [Burbank, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Burbank)

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