# N150US: 1973 Douglas DC-10-40, registration cancelled 2001-12-14 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 14, 2001 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Douglas DC-10-40](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-10-40) (registry code 3023508) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (registry code 52050) - Data sheets: [TCDS A22WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A22WE), [TCDS E20EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E20EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 46759 - Year built: 1973 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: July 30, 1973 - Certificate issued: September 12, 1973 - Last registry action: June 15, 1999 - Mode S code: A0CC02 - Owner when cancelled: [Northwest Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/NORTHWEST%20AIRLINES%20INC) - Location: [St Paul, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/St%20Paul) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 44.8873° N, 93.1924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 55111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N150US - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=150US - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150US-2001-12-14 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 Douglas DC-10-40: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-10-40.md ## Service difficulty reports (21) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 0001001150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0001001150), Mar 20, 2000: PUMP. FAILED. DURING CRUISE AT FL350, THE NR 3 ENGINE RIGHT HYDRAULIC PUMP TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED COM PROCEDURE AND RETURNED TO MSP. FLUID QUANTITY IN N - [SDR 9905621150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9905621150), Nov 23, 1999: LONGERON. CRACKED. DURING L CHECK, FOUND CRACK ON STR 41 ON RIGHT WING FRONT SPAR AT XORS 344. REPAIRED PER EA 11-150363. - [SDR 9808911150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9808911150), May 10, 1998: TR RIGGING. OUT OF ADJUST. UPON APPLICATION OF TAKEOFF POWER, THE NR 3 ENGINE REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE - [SDR 9724571150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9724571150), Dec 31, 1997: EPR INDICATION. INOPERATIVE. DURING TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 60 KTS, THE NR 1 ENGINE EPR INDICATION BECAME INOPERATIVE. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. TH - [SDR 9720191150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9720191150), Oct 27, 1997: COMPRESSOR. STALLED. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT WHILE IN REVERSE THRUST, THE NR 3 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED. EGT ROSE TO 950C AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENG - [SDR 9720181150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9720181150), Oct 27, 1997: COMPRESSOR. STALLED. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT WHILE IN REVERSE THRUST, THE NR 2 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED. THE EGT ROSE TO 950C AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A B - [SDR 9717721150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9717721150), Sep 17, 1997: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DURING LINE INSPECTION, FOUND THE AFT CABIN FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AND SIGNS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK (61-0478-9) AND THE POWER SUPPLY - [SDR 9711661150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9711661150), Jun 12, 1997: LONGERON. CRACKED. DURING L-CHECK, FOUND CRACK IN STR 41 AT RIGHT WING STA XORS 344. REPAIRED PER EA 11-150363. - [SDR 9626741150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9626741150), Dec 18, 1996: TRANSMITTER. INTERMITTENT. DURING POWER APPLICATION FOR TAKEOFF, THE TAKEOFF WARNING HORN SOUNDED. TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY AND RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE FLAP TRANSMITTER INTER - [SDR 9621781150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9621781150), Oct 12, 1996: COMPRESSOR BLADE. DAMAGED. DURING CRUISE AT FL350, THE NR 1 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL AND RECOVERED. EPR INCREASED AND N1 FLUCTUATED. CREW FOLLOWED COM PROCEDURES AND CONTINUE - [SDR 9614181150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9614181150), Jun 26, 1996: UNLOCK LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. EN ROUTE DTW-MSP, THE NR 3 ENGINE REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW FOLLOWED COM PROCEDURE, SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, AND CONTINUED TO MSP WITHOUT FURTHER INC - [SDR 9605701150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9605701150), Mar 6, 1996: COMPRESSOR. STALLED. AT TOP OF DESCENT, THE NR 3 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED AND EGT ROSE TO 750 DEGREES. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND A SUCCESSFUL RESTART WAS ACCOMPLISHED. FLIGHT CO - [SDR 9604631150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9604631150), Feb 25, 1996: COMPRESSOR. STALLED. DURING DESCENT, THE NR 2 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED AND INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED. CREW FOLLOWED COCKPIT OPERATING PROCEDURE AND CONTINUED FLIGHT TO PHX - [SDR 9603601150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9603601150), Feb 11, 1996: TR UNLOCK LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. DURING TAKEOFF, THE NR 1 REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE NR 1 REVERSER A - [SDR 9602391150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9602391150), Jan 26, 1996: FITTING. CORRODED. DURING L-CHECK, FOUND CORROSION ON THE LONGITUDINAL FITTING AT FS 1513 TO 1517, LBL 29 IN THE CENTER LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL AFT SHELF. REPLACED FITTING PER SRM - [SDR 9521201150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9521201150), Dec 21, 1995: COALESCER BAGS. CONTAMINATED. AFTER TAKEOFF, CABIN BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE, PILOT BEGAN DUMPING FUEL AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED, TAXIED TO GATE AND DEPLANED PASSENGE - [SDR 9521331150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9521331150), Dec 20, 1995: APU. FAILED. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, A LARGE CLOUD OF SMOKE DISCHARGED OUT OF APU EXHAUST DUCT. NO UNUSUAL COCKPIT INDICATIONS. APU WAS SHUTDOWN, AT WHICH TIME THE CABIN BEGAN T - [SDR 9519771150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9519771150), Dec 4, 1995: OIL FILTER. DIRTY. DURING APPLICATION OF TAKEOFF POWER, THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL FILTER CLOG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. THE OIL FILTER AND PRESSURE SWITCH WERE REPL - [SDR 9512221150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9512221150), Aug 11, 1995: TR UNIT. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NR 1 ENGINE REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. THE REVERSER WAS DEACTIVATED AND PLACED ON MEL. - [SDR 9504801150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9504801150), Mar 23, 1995: ENGINE. FAILED. DURING CLIMB, THE NR 3 ENGINE OIL QUANTITY BEGAN TO DECREASE, THE OIL STRAINER LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. 30,000 LBS OF FUEL WAS DUMPED AN - [SDR 9501161150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9501161150), Jan 18, 1995: WINDOW. NOT LATCHED. DURING TAKEOFF, THE FIRST OFFICER'S WINDOW CAME OPEN, ABORTED TAKEOFF. RESEATED AND LOCKED WINDOW. OPERATIONAL CHECK AND SECURITY CHECK OK. ## 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 CHI84IA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84IA196), May 17, 1984: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 (N150US), Minneapolis, MN, incident, minor damage ## FAA accident and incident reports (2) 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 19901013065029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901013065029I), Oct 13, 1990: Doug DC1040 (N150US), Milwaukee, WI. NR2 engine thrust reverser light on after departure. Returned. Mechanical lockout plate had failed. - [Incident 19810430030389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810430030389I), Apr 30, 1981: Doug DC1040 (N150US), Seattle, WA. During descent aircraft had compressor stalls on the number 2 and 3 engines. --- 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.