# N216AA: 1983 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), registration cancelled 2008-10-29 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: October 29, 2008 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (registry code 3022082) - 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: 49167 - Year built: 1983 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: May 2, 1983 - Certificate issued: April 23, 2001 - Last registry action: April 17, 2007 - Mode S code: A1CFCD - Owner when cancelled: [American Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20AIRLINES%20INC) - Location: [Fort Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Fort%20Worth) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 32.8240° N, 97.0491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 76155, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216AA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=216AA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216AA-2008-10-29 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-9-82(MD-82): https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82.md ## Service difficulty reports (20) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR AALA20050123](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20050123), Feb 17, 2005: WIRE. INOPERATIVE. ORD - CEILING MOUNTED EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT SEAT ROWS 23 TO 26 INOPERATIVE. SECURED LOOSE WIRE ON OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS BATTERY PACK FOR SEAT ROWS 23 TO 26. S - [SDR AALA20040031](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20040031), Jan 5, 2004: LONGERON. CORRODED. TUL FOUND ONE INCH BY ONE INCH CORROSION ON LONGERON 22L AT STATION 1290. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 53-02-00. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. - [SDR AALA20031214](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20031214), Nov 5, 2003: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DEN - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FOUND OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROWS 24, 25 AND 25 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK ABOVE ROW 25. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED - [SDR AALA20030979](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20030979), Sep 8, 2003: OVEN. SMOKE. FOUND GALLEY INBOARD OVEN PRODUCES LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE WITH STRONG BURNING ODOR WHEN IN OPERATION. PULLED CIRCUIT BREAKER, NO SMOKE. OVEN REPLACED BY MAINTENA - [SDR AALA20030512](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20030512), Apr 30, 2003: WIRE. INOPERATIVE. DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT PATH LIGHT AT SEAT 12D INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT PIGTAIL AT SEAT 9D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL - [SDR AALA20021341](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20021341), Sep 22, 2002: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING ROW 8 THROUGH 12 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING BATTERY PACK. SYSTEM GR - [SDR AALA20021339](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20021339), Sep 20, 2002: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LAX - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FIRST CLASS CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTING INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING BATTERY PACK. SYSTEM GROUND CHEC - [SDR AALA20021022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20021022), Jul 16, 2002: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. AUS - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING BATTERY PACK. SYSTEM GROUND - [SDR AALA20020156](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20020156), Feb 15, 2002: FLASHLIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FORWARD ENTRY EMERGENCY PORTABLE FLASHLIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED FORWARD ENTRY EMERGENCY PORTABLE FLASHLIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND - [SDR AALA20001698](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001698), Oct 12, 2000: BLEED VALVE. LEAKING. DFW - FLT 441 - DURING APPROACH DFW ON DESCENT, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SMELLING FUEL FUMES IN AREA OF LAST 5 ROWS AND AFT GALLEY. LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDEN - [SDR AALA20000641](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20000641), Apr 11, 2000: SHEAR TIE. CRACKED. TUL - LEFT ENGINE FORWARD MOUNT PYLON SHEAR TIE CRACKED, STA 1309, BETWEEN LONGERONS 15L AND 16L. REMOVED CRACKED SHEAR TIE. INSTALLED REPAIR SHEAR TIE, STA 130 - [SDR AALA971830](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971830), Sep 24, 1997: BULB CAPSULE. DEFECTIVE. BOS - FLT 1178 - DURING APPROACH TO BOS, WHEN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. RETRACTED LANDING GEAR AND REPLACED - [SDR AALA961595](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961595), Nov 2, 1996: COALESCER BAG. DIRTY. DFW - DURING TAXI OUT AT SJC, SLIGHT SMOKE NOTED IN CABIN WHEN APU STARTED. SMOKE DISSIPATED BEFORE TAKEOFF BUT RETURNED BRIEFLY AFTER TAKEOFF WITH NO OTHER ABN - [SDR AALA961530](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961530), Oct 18, 1996: CUSP. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CUSP MEMBRANE CRACKED AT LIGHTENING HOLE, STATION 228, OUTBOARD OF NR 1 SEAT TRACK. REPLACED CUSP MEMBRANE. (M) - [SDR AALA961529](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961529), Oct 18, 1996: CUSP. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CUSP MEMBRANE CRACKED AT LIGHTENING HOLE, JUST FORWARD OF STATION 1287, OUTBOARD OF NR 1 SEAT TRACK. REPLACED CUSP MEMBRANE. (M) - [SDR AALA961526](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961526), Oct 16, 1996: CUSP. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND STATION 1231 LEFT CUSP HAS CORROSION AT LAP JOINT. REMOVED OLD CUSP AND INSTALLED NEW CUSP. (M) - [SDR AALA961524](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961524), Oct 16, 1996: CUSP. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION FORWARD ENTRY CUSP, STATION 164-197. REPLACED CUSP AND SUPPORT ANGLE. (M) - [SDR AALA961503](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961503), Oct 10, 1996: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND NR 5 SEAT TRACK CORRODED AT STATION 235. ROUTED OUT DAMAGED AREA AND INSTALLED PLUG PER SRM 53-05 FIG 4A PAGE 8C. (M) - [SDR AALA961505](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961505), Oct 9, 1996: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CRACK IN PRESSURE BULKHEAD STATION 110 AFT OF LEFT TRUNNION. INSTALLED FIGURE DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04 FIG 38 SHEET 21. (M) - [SDR AALA961023](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961023), Jul 10, 1996: WIRE. CORRODED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, FOUND AFT STAIRWAY SIDEWALL EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CORRODED WIRE TO LIGHT ASSEMBLY. SYSTEM GROUND ## FAA accident and incident reports (3) 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 19900108062699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900108062699I), Jan 8, 1990: Doug DC982 (N216AA), Portland, OR, Minor damage. Left engine vibrating on takeoff. Returned. C1 fan damaged. Suspect ice ingestion. - [Incident 19851110062579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851110062579I), Nov 10, 1985: Doug DC980 (N216AA), Nashville, TN. APU fire warning light and aural warning came on. Returned and fired bottle into APU. Passengers evacuated by slide - [Incident 19840529029029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840529029029I), May 29, 1984: Doug DC980 (N216AA), Dallas, TX. APU fire warning. Both fire bottles discharged. Fire warning continued. Returned. Replaced APU fire controller. ## Other aircraft with N216AA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216AA): Anduril Industries BARRACUDA 100, S/N BTV-03 --- 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.