# N215US: 1970 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32, registration cancelled 2018-01-02

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 2, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32) (registry code 302206C)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 47480
- Year built: 1970
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: February 16, 1988
- Certificate issued: July 24, 2006
- Last registry action: February 15, 2012
- Mode S code: A1CDE8
- Owner when cancelled: [USA Jet Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/USA%20JET%20AIRLINES%20INC)
- Location: [Belleville, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Belleville)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 42.1832° N, 83.4890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 48111, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N215US
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=215US
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N215US-2018-01-02

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 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32.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 Y2PA20121118056](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA20121118056), Nov 18, 2012: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. MID CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS FOUND INOPERATIVE DURING SERVICE CHECK. FOUND TWO BATTERY PACKS IN MID CABIN CEILING TO BE BAD. R & R BOTH BATTERY PACKS IAW MM 33-53
- [SDR Y2PA20121108054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA20121108054), Nov 8, 2012: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING A SERVICE CHECK, FOUND OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS DIM. MX R & R THE EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK IAW MM 33-50-00. EMERGENCY LIGHTS OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR Y2PA201210290001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA201210290001), Oct 27, 2012: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING A SERVICE CHECK FOUND LT EMERGENCY LIGHT AFT OF FLAP INOPERATIVE. MX R & R THE EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK IAW MM 33-50-00. EMERGENCY LIGHTS OPS CHECK WAS GOO
- [SDR Y2PA20101029051](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA20101029051), Oct 27, 2012: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. DURING A SERVICE CHECK FOUND LAST (3) CABIN CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS GO OUT SHORTLY AFTER LIGHTS TURNED ON. MX R & R THE EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK IAW MM 33-50-00.
- [SDR Y2PA20121014050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA20121014050), Oct 14, 2012: BATTERY PACK. DISCONNECTED. FORWARD HALF OF CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN CEILING FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE DURING INSPECTION. MX REPOSITIONED THE BATTERIES IN PACKS B5-24 AND B5-32. EMERGENCY L
- [SDR Y2PA20120524030](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA20120524030), May 22, 2012: BATTERY. INOPERATIVE. EXIT SIGN NEXT TO AFT F/A SEAT DOES NOT LIGHT. MX R & R BATTERIES IN EXIT LIGHT. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 33-53-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.
- [SDR Y2PA20120502022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA20120502022), Apr 23, 2012: BULB. LOOSE. EMERGENCY LIGHT OVER AFT F/A STATION AND ON SIDEWALLS FOR CATWALK INOP. RESEATED LOOSE BULBS AND OPS CHECKED IAW MM 33-21-27. OPS CHECKED GOOD, NO DEFECTS NOTED
- [SDR Y2PA200600021](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA200600021), Sep 22, 2006: LONGERON. CRACKED. FOUND LONGERON 3L CRACKED AT STATION 157. REPAIR PENDING.
- [SDR Y2PA200600020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA200600020), Sep 13, 2006: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. DURING VISUAL INSPECTION PER CPCP WORK CARD 46.53305 FOUND CORROSION ON 3 FLOOR SUPPORT BRACKETS BETWEEN STATIONS 160 AND 332. REPAIRS PENDING.
- [SDR Y2PA200600019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA200600019), Sep 12, 2006: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. DURING VISUAL INSPECTION PER CPCP WORK CARD 46.53305 FOUND RIGHT HAND CENTER SEAT TRACK STA 200-320, RIGHT HAND OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK STA 200-210, LEFT HAND CENTE
- [SDR Y2PA20060018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA20060018), Sep 1, 2006: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING EC INSPECTION PER AD 2002-26-10 S/B 53-277R1 FOUND A .25 INCH CRACK ON THE FORWARD PIT DOOR JAMB, UPPER FORWARD CORNER.
- [SDR Y2PA200600017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA200600017), Aug 30, 2006: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. DURING INSPECTION OF CPCP WORK CARD FOUND CORROSION BETWEEN STA. 658-680 ON RT OB FLOOR SUPPORT. WILL UPDATE WHEN A DETERMINATION IS MADE TO IND REPAIR PROCESSU
- [SDR Y2PA200600016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA200600016), Aug 28, 2006: FITTING. CORRODED. PERFORMING CPCP WORK CARD ON CENTER TANK -TIE-IN- FITTING BETWEEN STA 598 & 617 SHOWS SIGNS OF EXFOLIATION ON LEFT SIDE AIRCRAFT. WILL UPDATE WHEN A DETERMINATI

## Other aircraft with N215US

- [Cancelled 1997-10-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N215US-1997-10-23): Boeing 737-2A1, S/N 20095. Sale reported. Owner: [Wood Dale, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Wood%20Dale)

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