# N161DB: Douglas DC-8-61, registration cancelled 2000-01-31

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 31, 2000
- Exported to: Mexico
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Douglas DC-8-61](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-61) (registry code 3021952)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 4A25](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 45980
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: December 5, 1995
- Last registry action: December 14, 1999
- Mode S code: A0F5B2
- Owner when cancelled: [First Security Bank Na Owner Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FIRST%20SECURITY%20BANK%20NA%20OWNER%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 40.7558° N, 111.8843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 84111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N161DB
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=161DB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161DB-2000-01-31

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-8-61: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-61.md

## Service difficulty reports (8)

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

- [SDR 97ZZZX3317](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX3317), Jun 25, 1997: DIRECTIONAL GYRO. FAILED. OUT OF KMIA/SPIM, NR 1 COMPASS SHOWED 15 DEGREES OFF STANDBY AND NR 2 COMPASS SHOWED 15 DEGREES OFF COURSE, HEADING LIGHT ON STEADY IN INSTRUMENT COMPARATOR. FO
- [SDR BUFA9527](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUFA9527), Dec 15, 1995: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. FLT MIA/CAE (MIA/MIA) - F/O ART. HORIZ FAILED. TEST CAUSES NO REACTION EXCEPT RANDOM ATTITUDES. FOUND LOOSE CANNON PLUG AND RESET BREAKER, TIGHTEN CANNON PLUG. 
- [SDR BUFA9718](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUFA9718), Aug 30, 1995: WIRE. FAILED. FLT GAC801 - MIA-CCS - STANDBY HORIZON TUMBLING 90 DEGREES NOSE UP 25 DEGREES BANK DURING INITIAL AND NORMAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, RETURNED TO MIA. REPAIRED WIRI
- [SDR BUFA9513](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUFA9513), May 14, 1995: LIFT TRANSDUCER. DEFECTIVE. FLT 792 - STALL WARNING CAME ON RIGHT AFTER ROTATION, STALL WARNING STILL ON AT 220 KTS IN LEVEL FLIGHT, ALL OTHER INDICATIONS NORMAL. RETURNED TO MMMX. REMOVED
- [SDR BUFA9511](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUFA9511), Apr 17, 1995: OIL PRESS LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. FLT LIC035 - SVMI-KMIA - NR 2 ENGINE OIL PRESS LIGHT CAME ON AT 310 VERIFIED BY OIL PRESS INDICATOR AND OIL QUANTITY. SHUT NR 2 ENGINE DOWN, COMPLETED PROPER CH
- [SDR BUFA9508](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUFA9508), Mar 30, 1995: RETRACT MECH. LACK OF LUBE. MBJ/MIA - FLT AJM9037 - LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN, ALL UNSAFE LIGHTS ON F/E PANEL ON, HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND QUANTITY NORMAL, NO GREEN LIGHTS, HAD TO GO AROUND, 
- [SDR BUFA 9506](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUFA%209506), Feb 28, 1995: COWLING. MISSING. IAH-BNA - FLT 127 - THE NR 3 ENGINE, AFT COWLING MISSING ON POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND. ACFT INSPECTED WITH REFERENCE TO ACMM PROCEDURES AND DETERMINED IN SAFE AND
- [SDR BUFA9501](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUFA9501), Jan 6, 1995: RETRACT MECH. OUT OF ADJUST. MQY - AIR RETURN, FLIGHT LEVEL 330, 0155Z. HEARD AND FELT VIBRATION IN COCKPIT, DESCENT TO FLIGHT LEVEL 190 AND 230 KNOTS, GEAR UP LATCH CHECK, SMALL CHANGE IN 

## Other aircraft with N161DB

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N161DB): Bombardier BD-100-1A10, S/N 20302, built 2010
- [Cancelled 2019-06-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161DB-2019-06-25): Bradley Dale H MURPHY SR 2500, S/N 119, built 2004. Exported to Australia. Owner: Keiraville

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