# N1857U: 1978 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30F, registration cancelled 2006-08-29 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: August 29, 2006 - Exported to: Netherlands - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10-30f) (registry code 3023504) - Engine: [GE CF6-50 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-50-series) (registry code 30018) - Data sheets: [TCDS A22WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A22WE), [TCDS E23EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E23EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 46986 - Year built: 1978 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: June 14, 1978 - Certificate issued: October 5, 1998 - Last registry action: December 16, 2003 - Mode S code: A1569F - Owner when cancelled: [Finova Capital Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FINOVA%20CAPITAL%20CORP) - Location: [Scottsdale, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Scottsdale) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 33.4945° N, 111.9207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 85251, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1857U - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1857U - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1857U-2006-08-29 From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30F: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10-30f.md ## Service difficulty reports (14) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 2000UALA00492](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00492), Aug 18, 2000: OVEN. SMOKE. NR 2 LOWER GALLEY OVEN STARTED SMOKING. *S/D* A BURNT PIECE OF PAPER IN THE NR 2 LOWER GALLEY OVEN WAS THE CAUSE OF SMOKE. THE BURNT PAPER WAS REMOVED FROM THE - [SDR 2000UALA00533](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00533), Aug 6, 2000: DUCT. FAILED. FROM OBSERVER ON GROUND, DURING INITIAL CLIMBOUT, WHITE SMOKE OBSERVED COMING FROM THE NR 2 ENGINE AND METALLIC OBJECT DEPARTED AIRCRAFT FROM THE AREA OF NR 2 E - [SDR 2000UALA00241](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00241), May 8, 2000: LIGHT. MISREPAIRED. EMERGENCY DISARMED LIGHT INOP. *S/D* THE EMERGENCY LIGHT DISARMED LIGHT (ELDL) WAS LAMPED INCORRECTLY. RELAMPED THE ELDL AND THE ELDL OPERATED WITHOUT ANY INCID - [SDR 2000UALA00026](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00026), Jan 20, 2000: SKIN. DAMAGED. ON CREW WALKAROUND FOUND NUMBER 2 ENGINE AFT FAIRING TRAILING EDGE DAMAGED. *S/D* THE NR 2 ENGINE AFT FAIRING TRAILING EDGE WAS FOUND DAMAGED. CAUSED BY CRACKIN - [SDR 98UAL900261](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900261), Jun 14, 1998: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. EEL LIGHTS OUT ON RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT ROWS 27 TO 36. *S/D* RECONNECTED AT PWR LEAD IN, CKS GOOD. - [SDR 97UAL900672](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900672), Sep 3, 1997: RETRACT MECH. LACK OF LUBE. ON TAKEOFF, RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. *S/D* FOUND OVER CENTER LINK MECHANISM PIVOT JOINT BINDING. LUBED ALL RIGHT MLG PIVOT POINTS. RETRACTED GEAR NUME - [SDR 97UAL900462](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900462), Jun 13, 1997: SEAL. DAMAGED. WHILE TAXIING, AFTER NORMAL LANDING BRAKES LOCKED UP. AFTER 15 MINUTES BRAKES RELEASED AND AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO GATE. *S/D* THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED WITH THE HYD - [SDR 97UAL900265](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900265), Apr 4, 1997: SLAT. CRACKED. DURING L-CHECK, 8 BY 12 INCH PIECE OF THE LT NR 1 SLAT WAS FOUND MISSING. THE MISSING SECTION WAS LOCATED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE SLAT ALONG THE TRAILING EDGE W - [SDR 96UAL900908](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900908), Nov 27, 1996: RELAY. INOPERATIVE. ON CLEARING RUNWAY COULD NOT TAXI BECAUSE OF LOCKED BRAKES . FOUND PARKING BRAKE VALVE NOT GETTING POWER TO OPEN VALVE. REPLACED PARKING BRAKE MOTOR VALVE RELAY - [SDR 96UAL900680](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900680), Sep 4, 1996: STRIP. DEFECTIVE. DEFECTIVE EEL STRIP AT LAVATORY 2 RIGHT. *S/D* REPAIRED EEL STRIP, OPERATION NORMAL. - [SDR 96UAL900626](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900626), Aug 14, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT BODY STATION 1133 HAD EXCESSIVE MATERIAL LOSS DUE TO CORROSION IN THE AREA OF STRINGER 46L. APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL SKIN T - [SDR 96UAL900542](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900542), Jul 15, 1996: JUMPER CHORD. FAILED. EEL LIGHTING INOPERATIVE ON RT SIDE FROM FORWARD GALLEY THROUGH B-SECTION OF COACH. REPLACED JUMPER CHORD FOR RIGHT HAND SECTION B. - [SDR 96UAL900210](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900210), Mar 22, 1996: SPAR WEB. CRACKED. NR 3 PYLON UPPER SPAR WEB HAD A CRACK INDICATION IN A FASTENER HOLE COMMON TO THE SPAR CHORD. REPAIRED PER DC-10 SRM 54-20-00 FIGURE 27. - [SDR 95UAL900116](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900116), Sep 6, 1995: FLAP VANE. DEPARTED. DURING APPROACH TO HNL, A FIVE FOOT SECTION OF FLAP VANE SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT. REPLACED VANE, AREA INSPECTED FOR ADDITIONAL DAMAGE, NONE FOUND. --- 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.