# N145FE: 1966 Boeing 727-27C, registration cancelled 2002-10-15 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: October 15, 2002 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Boeing 727-27C](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-27c) (registry code 138400J) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044) - Data sheets: [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 19109 - Year built: 1966 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development - Airworthiness date: October 10, 2001 - Certificate issued: May 8, 1987 - Last registry action: May 15, 2001 - Mode S code: A0B5C5 - Owner when cancelled: [Federal Express Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FEDERAL%20EXPRESS%20CORPORATION) - Location: [Memphis, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Memphis) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 35.0351° N, 89.9272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 38118, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N145FE - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=145FE - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N145FE-2002-10-15 From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 727-27C: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-27c.md ## Service difficulty reports (45) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 98FDEA00660](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98FDEA00660), Oct 21, 1998: BULB. FAILED. ON APPROACH, WHEN GEAR HANDLE PUT DOWN BOTH LIGHTS IN RIGHT MAIN GEAR IND BURN OUT. DID GO-AROUND AND REPLACED BOTH BULBS, WORKED OK. CHECKED MAIN GEAR IND LIGH - [SDR 98FDEA00496](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98FDEA00496), Aug 11, 1998: SWITCH. MALFUNCTIONED. 98-0197 - NR 2 SLAT STILL IND OUT WHEN FLAP RETRACT TO ZERO POSITION TEST ALL AMBER LEADING EDGE SLATS ILLUM). AIRPLANE DID NOT HOWEVER ROLL LEFT. REQUIRES UNUS - [SDR 98FDEA00327](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98FDEA00327), May 5, 1998: INDICATION. MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER TAKEOFF WITH FLAPS SELECTED UP THE YELLOW LEADING EDGE FLAP INDICATOR STAYED ON WITH CORRESPONDING NR 7 SLAT INTRANSIT LIGHT ON THE SECOND OFFICERS'S AUXI - [SDR 98FDEA00143](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98FDEA00143), Feb 28, 1998: STRINGER. CORRODED. NR 0776 036 CORROSION (C53-224-02) ON STRINGER 3 RT AT BS 540-740. REMOVED AND REPLACED STRINGER 3 RT FROM BS 520-620 AND FROM BS 650-740 IAW FED-EX SRM 53-10-0 - [SDR 98FDEA00083](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98FDEA00083), Feb 3, 1998: STRINGER. CRACKED. NR 0832 035, AFTER ACCESSING SKIN ON NR 0648, FOUND STRINGER 6 LT TO BE CRACKED AROUND A FASTENER HOLE AT BS 460. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT STRINGER NR 6 SECTION, - [SDR 97FDEA00881](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00881), Dec 5, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. NR 0756 033 DOUBLE HOLES IN LOWER CHORD OF FLOORBEAM BS 540, LBL 19, WL 201. REMOVED DAMAGE AND REPAIRED IAW FED EA 7-5310-35019 AND 7017. REMOVED CORROSION FRO - [SDR 97FDEA00880](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00880), Dec 5, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. NR 0757 034 DOUBLE HOLES IN LOWER CHORD OF FLOORBEAM BS 600, LBL 19, WL 201. REMOVED DAMAGE AND REPAIRED IAW FED EA 7-5310-35019 AND 7017. REMOVED CORROSION FRO - [SDR 97FDEA00878](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00878), Dec 4, 1997: STRAP. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-132-01) WHILE WORKING NR0732 DISCOVERED CORROSION ON LOWER SURFACE OF MAIN FRAME STRAP BS 950, RBL 30, WL 144. *S/D* REMOVED CORROSION ON LOWER M - [SDR 97FDEA00858](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00858), Nov 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-02) EMANATING FROM UNDER NUT PLATE BS 600 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD RBL 45 TO 60, WL 208. *S/D* REPAIRED FLOORBEAM AT BS 600, RBL 45 TO 60, WL 20 - [SDR 97FDEA00853](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00853), Nov 21, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-02) ON INNER SKIN BS 680, STR 12 TO 13 RT. *S/D* REPAIRED INNER SKIN AT BS 680, STR 12 TO 13 RT PER FEDEX EA 7-5330-36188. - [SDR 97FDEA00852](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00852), Nov 21, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-111-01,3) ON LOWER CHORD OF FLOORBEAM AT BS 1050 FROM RBL 47 TO LBL 47, WL 200. *S/D* REMOVED AND REPLACED FLOORBEAM LOWER CHORD BS 1050, RBL 70 - [SDR 97FDEA00657](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00657), Sep 16, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACKED SHEAR T/E BS 1282 BETWEEN STR 17 TO 18 RT. *S/D* REMOVED CRACKED SHEAR T/E BS 128.2, STR 17 TO 18 RT. FOUND EXTERNAL SKIN TO BE DAMAGED. REPAIRED EXTERN - [SDR 97FDEA00580](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00580), Aug 25, 1997: STRINGER. CRACKED. WHILE WORKING NR 0271, FOUND STRINGER 15 RT CRACKED AT BS 1282. *S/D* REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF STRINGER, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR FROM BS 1279 TO 1289 - [SDR 97FDEA00574](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00574), Aug 25, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-01,1) ON STRINGER 8 RT, BS 480 TO 600. *S/D* REPAIRED STR 8 RT, BS 480 TO 490 PER FED-EX SRM 53-10-3. - [SDR 97FDEA00527](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00527), Aug 12, 1997: STRINGER. CRACKED. AFTER ACCESSING SKIN ON NR 0648, FOUND STRINGER TO BE CRACKED AT BS 460, STRINGER 8 LT. *S/D* REMOVED DAMAGED SEGMENT OF STR 8 LT, BS 450 TO 490 IAW FED-EX SRM - [SDR 97FDEA00524](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00524), Aug 11, 1997: STRINGER. CRACKED. WHILE WORKING NR 0832, FOUND LT STRINGER 9 TO BE CRACKED AROUND FASTENER HOLES AT BS 460. *S/D* REPAIRED CRACKS AROUND FASTENER HOLES AT BS 460, STR 9L PER FED - [SDR 97FDEA00523](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00523), Aug 11, 1997: TERMINAL FITTING. CORRODED. WHILE WORKING NR 0696, FOUND CORROSION THE AFT EDGE OF L/W AFT TERMINAL FITTING. *S/D* REMOVED BOTTLE PIN AND BUSHING, REAMED FITTING, INSTALLED NEW BUSHING AND - [SDR 97FDEA00517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00517), Aug 9, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. WHILE WORKING NR 0832 FOUND CORROSION ON LT NR 7 STRINGER AT BS 463. *S/D* STRINGER 7 LT WAS REPLACED AT BS 454 TO 466 IAW FED-EX SRM 53-10-3. - [SDR 97FDEA00516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00516), Aug 9, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. NR 0485 022 CORROSION (C53-224-01(3)) ON STRINGER 2 LEFT, BS 950-1110. - [SDR 97FDEA00519](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00519), Aug 7, 1997: FRAME. CRACKED. NR 0711 020 CORROSION (C53-111-01-2) AROUND FASTENER HEAD IN AFT CARGO DOOR FRAME AT FLOOR BS 576, RBL 25, WL 155. - [SDR 97FDEA00514](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00514), Aug 7, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. WHILE WORKING NR 0648 FOUND CORROSION (C53-224-02) UNDER LAP AT FRAME LOCATIONS FROM 640 TO 720 STRINGER 4 RT. *S/D* REPAIRED LOWER SKIN AT STR 4R, BS 460 TO 48 - [SDR 97FDEA00501](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00501), Aug 5, 1997: FRAME. CRACKED. NR 0799 016 CRACK IN BS 277 FRAME AT STR 4R ATTACH POINT. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA AND REPAIRED FRAME AT BS 277 AT STR 4R ATTACH POINT PER FED SRM 51-40-3. - [SDR 97FDEA00500](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00500), Aug 4, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-01,3) ON STRINGER 3 RT BS 950 TO 1183. *S/D* REMOVED CORROSION ON STR 3 RT, BS 950 TO 1183. REMOVED 2 SECTION OF STR 3 RT AT BS 1015 TO 1017. - [SDR 97FDEA00499](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00499), Aug 4, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-02) ON STRINGER 8 LT, BS 360 TO 480. *S/D* REPAIRED DAMAGED SECTION OF STR 8 LT, BS 371 TO 373 IAW FED-EX SRM 53-10-3. - [SDR 97FDEA00498](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00498), Aug 4, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. NR 0805 CORROSION (C53-224-01(1)) ON INNER SKIN BS 783 - 804, STR 4 TO 6 RT. REMOVED CORROSION AND REPAIRED INNER SKIN BS 783-804, STR 4 TO 6 RT IAW FED-EX SRM - [SDR 97FDEA00497](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00497), Aug 4, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-02) ON INNER SKIN, BEAR STRAP AND EMANATING FROM UNDER BEAR STRAP BS 460 TO 640, BETWEEN STRINGERS 2 LT AND 3 LT. *S/D* ACCOMPLISHED CROWN SK - [SDR 97FDEA00496](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00496), Aug 1, 1997: FORMER. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-132-01) BS 960 SKIN FORMER RBL 28, WL 144. * S/D* REMOVED CORRODED SKIN FORMER AT BS 960, RBL 28, WL 144. REPLACED WITH NEW SKIN FORMER. ALL WORK - [SDR 97FDEA00493](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00493), Jul 31, 1997: CHORD. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-111-01-,2) ON BL 0 CHORD AROUND NUT PLATE HOLES ON O/B FLANGES FROM BS 490 TO 670, LBL 2- RBL 2, WL 20, OUT OF LIMITS PER FED-EX SRM. *S/D* REMOV - [SDR 97FDEA00491](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00491), Jul 30, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-012) ON STR 4 LT, BS 804 TO 870. *S/D* REPAIRED DAMAGED AREA OF STR 4 LT, BS 845 IAW FED-EX SRM 53-10-3. - [SDR 97FDEA00486](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00486), Jul 30, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-02) ON STRINGER 4 RT, BS 660 TO 740. *S/D* REPAIRED STRINGER 4 RT, BS 650 TO 740 IAW FED-EX SRM 53-10-03. - [SDR 97FDEA00485](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00485), Jul 29, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-01,1) ON BS 480 FLOORBEAM UNDERSIDE OF TOP CHORD LBL 45 TO 65, WL 208. *S/D* REMOVED CORROSION BETWEEN BL 0 AND RBL 20 ON TOP OF BS 480 FLOOR - [SDR 97FDEA00474](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00474), Jul 28, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. NR 0491 007 CORROSION (C53-224-01(2)) ON STR 5 RT, BS 740 - 870. MECHANICALLY REMOVED CORROSION FROM STR 5 RT, BS 740-870. REMOVED UP TO .006 OF MATERIAL IN A 1 - [SDR 97FDEA00475](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00475), Jul 26, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION AROUND FASTENER HOLES BOTTOM SIDE BS 560 FLOORBEAM, UPPER CHORD RBL 47 TO 60 WL 208. *S/D* CORROSION BEYOND LIMITS, REMOVED, FABRICATED, INSTALLED UPP - [SDR 97FDEA00473](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00473), Jul 25, 1997: STRAP. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-111-01, 3) ON CENTRAL STABILIZER STRAP AT NUT PLATES FROM BS 1028 TO BS 1110, RBL 2 TO LBL 2, WL 200. *S/D* REMOVED DAMAGED STRAP, CENTER STABILI - [SDR 97FDEA00468](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00468), Jul 23, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-04) AROUND FASTENER HOLES ON BS 1030 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD LBL 47 TO 60, RBL 47 TO 60, WL 208. *S/D* REMOVED UPPER FLOORBEAM CHORD AND REPLAC - [SDR 97FDEA00467](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00467), Jul 23, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-224-04) ON BS 1110 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD AROUND FASTENER HOLES RBL 47 TO 60, WL 208. *S/D* REMOVED UPPER FLOORBEAM CHORD AND REPLACED AT RBL 17 T - [SDR 97FDEA00466](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00466), Jul 22, 1997: WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION (C53-221-01) UNDERSIDE OF HORIZONTAL WEB BS 228 TO 238, RBL 45, WL 232. *S/D* CORROSION ON WEB FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS PER FED-EX SRM 53-10-1. FABRI - [SDR 97FDEA00465](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00465), Jul 22, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. NR 0747 002 CORROSION (C53-111-01-2) AROUND NUTPLATE ON MAIN FLOORBEAM BS 560, LBL 58, WL 208. REMOVED CORROSION ON FLOORBEAM AT BS 560, LBL 58 AND INSTALLED BE - [SDR 97FDEA00455](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00455), Jul 21, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. NR 0635 001 CORROSION ON BS 950 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD AT LBL 20, LBL 47 - 55, RBL 52 - 54, WL 208. CORROSION ON BS 950 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD AT LBL 20, LBL 47 - - [SDR 96FDEA01414](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96FDEA01414), Aug 27, 1996: ACM. OIL LEAK. SMOKE IN CARGO COMPARTMENT. NOT RECOGNIZABLE ODOR. REQUIRED USE OF OXYGEN MASKS AND EMERGENCY DESCENT. FOUND OLD ACM LEAKING OIL AND BYPASSING INTERNALLY CAUSIN - [SDR 95FDEA01912](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95FDEA01912), Dec 21, 1995: ACTUATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN RETRACTING FLAPS TO A 2 DEGREE POSITION AFTER TAKEOFF, NR 5 LED REMAINED EXTENDED, FLAPS POSITIONED TO 5 DEGREES NORMAL LED EXTENSION, FLAPS TO 2 DEGREE PO - [SDR 95FDEA00193](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95FDEA00193), Feb 28, 1995: VERTCAL BEAM. MISDRILLED. WHILE WORKING EO 7-5310-7-23550 FOUND EXTRA HOLE DRILLED IN VERTICAL BEAM AT RBL 46 WL 243 BS 1178. BLENDED DAMAGE AT RBL 46 WL 243 BS 1178. SUBMIT TO ENGINEERI - [SDR 95FDEA00186](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95FDEA00186), Feb 25, 1995: SKIN. CORRODED. SKIN BULGE AND RIVETS HEADS POPPING AT SKIN LAP BS 1280, STR 10L. REPAIRED SKIN LAP STA 1280, STR 19L PER FEDEX SRM 53-30-3. - [SDR 95FDEA00185](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95FDEA00185), Feb 25, 1995: SKIN. GOUGED. GOUGE IN SKIN BS 1280 JUST ABOUT STR 21R .020 D OUT OF LIMITS PER SRM. REPAIRED PER FEDEX SRM 53-30-2. - [SDR 95FDEA00172](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95FDEA00172), Feb 22, 1995: CLIP. CRACKED. CORROSION IN AFT CARGO BAY THERE IS CORROSION ON STR CLIP AT BS 970, STR 30. REMOVED AND FABRICATED STR CLIP 7076T6-050 AND INSTALLED STR CLIP. ## Other aircraft with N145FE - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N145FE): Boeing 767-300F, S/N 42727, built 2017 --- 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.