# N1972: 1963 Boeing 727-23, registration cancelled 2017-02-28 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: February 28, 2017 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Boeing 727-23](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (registry code 1384004) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053) - Serial number: 18428 - Year built: 1963 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development - Airworthiness date: December 8, 1995 - Certificate issued: March 23, 1999 - Last registry action: August 8, 2005 - Mode S code: A184CA - Owner when cancelled: [Aircraft Support And Parts Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIRCRAFT%20SUPPORT%20AND%20PARTS%20INC) - Location: [Davie, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Davie) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 26.1105° N, 80.3241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33325, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1972 - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1972 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1972-2017-02-28 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 Boeing 727-23: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23.md ## Service difficulty reports (12) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 97ZZZX4646](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX4646), Sep 16, 1997: SPAR. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, TWO CRACKS WERE FOUND ON THE LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER'S AFT SPAR LOWER CHORD. EACH CRACK WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 INCH LONG. - [SDR 95ZZZX7070](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX7070), Nov 28, 1995: RIB. CRACKED. WHILE INSPECTING AIRCRAFT PER AD 94-07-08 (SB 727-57-127), THE HYDROPRESSED WING RIB AT RT WS 546.5 WAS FOUND CRACKED ON LOWER FLANGE ADJACENT TO THE SECOND FAS - [SDR 95ZZZX7069](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX7069), Nov 28, 1995: SKIN. CORRODED. WHILE INSPECTING AIRCRAFT PER AD 91-06-06 (SB 727-53-0072), THE FUSELAGE SKINS AT THE LAP JOINT AT STR 19R, BS 360 WERE FOUND CORRODED INSIDE THE LAP JOINT. SUS - [SDR 95ZZZX7068](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX7068), Nov 28, 1995: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT PER AD 94-07-08 (SB 727-57-127), THE HYDROPRESSED WING RIB AT LT WS 601.5 WAS FOUND CRACKED IN 4 PLACES. THE UPPER FLANGE WAS CRAC - [SDR 95ZZZX7067](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX7067), Nov 28, 1995: STRINGER. CORRODED. DURING THE COURSE OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, FUSELAGE STR 21R WAS FOUND EXFOLIATED, REQUIRING SRM REPAIR. SUSPECT CAUSE: AREA IS DIRECTLY BELOW GALLEY, ALTHOUGH NO - [SDR 95ZZZX7066](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX7066), Nov 28, 1995: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT PER AD 94-07-08 (SB 727-57-127), THE HYDROPRESSED WING RIB AT LT WS 686.5 WAS FOUND CRACKED IN 2 PLACES AT THE LOWER FLANGE. ONE C - [SDR 95ZZZX7065](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX7065), Nov 28, 1995: CLOSURE RIB. CORRODED. WHILE PERFORMING CPC TASK CARD C55-391-30, THE VERTICAL STABILATOR'S UPPER RT CLOSURE RIB WAS FOUND EXFOLIATED ON ITS OUTBOARD SIDE JUST FORWARD OF THE FORKED E - [SDR 95ZZZX7064](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX7064), Nov 28, 1995: RIB. CRACKED. WHILE INSPECTING AIRCRAFT PER AD 94-07-08 (SB 727-57-127), THE HYDROPRESSED WING RIB AT LT WS 546.5 WAS FOUND CRACKED ON ITS LOWER FLANGE ADJACENT TO THIRD FAST - [SDR 95ZZZX7063](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX7063), Nov 28, 1995: SHEAR WEB. CORRODED. DURING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT PER CPC TASK CARD C53-224-04, THE FLOOR STRUCTURE SHEAR WEB WAS FOUND CORRODED BEYOND SRM LIMITS BETWEEN BS 1168 -BS 1178 AND LBL - [SDR 95ZZZX7062](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX7062), Nov 28, 1995: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT PER AD 94-07-08 (SB 727-57-127), THE HYDROPRESSED RIB AT RT WS 601.5 WAS FOUND CRACKED IN 2 PLACES ON THE LOWER FLANGE. ONE CRACK - [SDR 95ZZZX7061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX7061), Nov 28, 1995: SKIN. CORRODED. WHILE PERFORMING INSPECTION OF THE BONDED CIRCUMFERENTIAL DOUBLER AT BS 481 PER AD 90-26-09 (SB 727-53-0084), MATERIAL LOSS RANGING FROM 10-30 PERCENT WAS DETEC - [SDR 96ZZZX187](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX187), Aug 22, 1995: STRINGER. CORRODED. DURING AN INTERNAL VISUAL INSPECTION PER AD 90-26-09*, THE STRINGER SPLICE ON STR 28R AT BS 480 WAS FOUND SEVERELY CORRODED (EXFOLIATED). REMOVAL OF STRINGER SP ## 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 FTW84IA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84IA007), Oct 6, 1983: Boeing B727-023 (N1972), Dfw Airport, TX, 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 19831006067329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831006067329I), Oct 6, 1983: Boeing 72723 (N1972), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Dragging brake while taxiing for takeoff. Brake fire occurred. Cause is undetermined. - [Incident 19810302013529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810302013529I), Mar 2, 1981: Boeing 72723 (N1972), Chicago, IL. Returned when flaps would not retract past 5 degree position. Found boot failed on toggle assembly. ## Other aircraft with N1972 - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1972): Gulfstream Aerospace GVI (G650ER), S/N 6404, built 2019 - [Cancelled 1940-01-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1972-1940-01-15): Alexander LONG WING EAGLEROCK, S/N 139, built 1927. Owner: [Von Fogelsong Morris Et Al](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VON%20FOGELSONG%20MORRIS%20ET%20AL), [Glendale, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Glendale) --- 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.