# N159UA: Boeing 747-238B, registration cancelled 2001-06-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 6, 2001
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Boeing 747-238B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-238b) (registry code 1384828)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A20WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A20WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 21140
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: October 23, 1992
- Last registry action: October 21, 1998
- Mode S code: A0ED61
- Owner when cancelled: [C I T Leasing Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/C%20I%20T%20LEASING%20CORPORATION)
- Location: [New York, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/New%20York)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 40.7524° N, 73.9727° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 10017, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N159UA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=159UA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N159UA-2001-06-06

From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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 (13)

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

- [SDR 2000UALA00292](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00292), May 30, 2000: LIGHT. MALFUNCTIONED. EEL LIGHTING THROUGHOUT ENTIRE MAIN DECK HAS BEEN FLASHING ON AND OFF FOR THE WHOLE FLIGHT.
- [SDR 2000UALA00295](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00295), May 18, 2000: FITTING. LOOSE. DURING NR 1 ENGINE CHANGE NOTICED THAT BOTH FORWARD ENGINE MOUNTS 65B90335-7 & -8 WERE LOOSE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN APPROX .125 INCH SIDE TO SIDE MOTION RELAT
- [SDR 99UAL900300](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900300), May 14, 1999: TUBE. TORN. EVACUATION SLIDE ON DOOR 1 LEFT WAS DEPLOYED DURING LAX MAINTENANCE CHECK. WITHIN TWENTY MINUTES OF DEPLOYMENT SLIDE WENT FLAT. *S/D* UNIT WAS SENT TO VENDOR FO
- [SDR 98UAL900458](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900458), Sep 15, 1998: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. CROSS AISLE EEL STRIP AT FORWARD GALLEY INOP. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT STRIP AND RESECURED IN PLACE. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR 97UAL900792](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900792), Oct 24, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. MID GALLEY EMERGENCY CEILING LIGHT BETWEEN 2 LEFT AND RIGHT INOP. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY, OP CK OK.
- [SDR 97UAL900617](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900617), Aug 14, 1997: WIRE. DAMAGED. EEL LIGHTS INOPERATIVE, C-ZONE RIGHT SIDE. REPAIRED DAMAGED POWER FEEDER, CHECKED OK.
- [SDR 97UAL900449](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900449), Jun 11, 1997: WIRE. FAILED. OBSERVED SMOKE AND SPARKS AT SEAT 2EF. FLIGHT ATTENDANT USED FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON FLOOR. NO SIGN OF FIRE. POWER TO SEAT SHUT OFF. *S/D* REPAIRED WIRING AT SEAT 
- [SDR 97UAL900284](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900284), Apr 13, 1997: BREATHER TUBE. CRACKED. NR 4 ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO OIL FILTER LIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD. *S/D* NR 3 BREATHER TUBE CRACKED FORWARD OF THE ATTACHMENT WELD FOR THE 
- [SDR 96UAL900712](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900712), Sep 17, 1996: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHT ABOVE MAIN ENTRY DOOR 2 LEFT IS INOP. LIGHT BURNED OUT, REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY.
- [SDR 96UAL900711](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900711), Sep 17, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FORWARD RIGHT HAND OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT ASSEMBLIES INOP. BATTERY PACK DEAD, REPLACED BATTERY PACK.
- [SDR 96UAL900670](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900670), Aug 29, 1996: ENGINE. FAILED. NR 2 ENGINE FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ON, BREATHER TEMPERATURE PEGGED AT 226 DEGREES AND ENGINE SHUT DOWN. *S/D* ENGINE REPLACED. TEARDOWN OF ENGINE REVEALED EVIDENCE
- [SDR 96UAL900294](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900294), Apr 26, 1996: DRIVE UNIT. FAILED. NR 1 LEADING EDGE FLAP FAILED TO RETRACT. *S/D* DRIVE UNIT FAILED TO RETRACT PNEUMATICALLY OR ALTERNATELY AFTER TAKEOFF. DISASSEMBLY OF THE FAILED UNIT REVEALED
- [SDR 95UAL747031](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL747031), May 15, 1995: EEL PWR LINE. FAILED. EEL INOP AT RIGHT HAND ROW 44 THROUGH ROW 50. REPLACED POWER LINE.

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