# N230AU: Boeing 737-2Q9, registration cancelled 2000-08-31 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: August 31, 2000 - Exported to: Canada - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Boeing 737-2Q9](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2q9) (registry code 138448M) - Serial number: 21975 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Certificate issued: December 15, 1995 - Last registry action: April 18, 2000 - Mode S code: A20893 - Owner when cancelled: [US Airways Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/US%20AIRWAYS%20INC) - Location: [Arlington, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Arlington) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 38.8783° N, 77.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington, VA, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N230AU - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=230AU - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N230AU-2000-08-31 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 Boeing 737-2Q9: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2q9.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 USAA990043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA990043), Jan 22, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. TPA - DURING CX-1 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND A 1 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN STATION 727B AND STRINGER 17L. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 25. (M) - [SDR USAA980644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980644), Dec 15, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. CLT - DURING RON VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND A 3 INCH CRACK STATION 737 OF FUSELAGE STRINGER 17 RT SKIN. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 25. (M) - [SDR USAASB98263](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB98263), Oct 6, 1998: ENGINE. FOD. PHL - FLT 886 - DURING CLIMB-OUT FROM PHL AT APPROXIMATELY 1,100 FT, THE CAPTAIN REPORTED SEEING A LARGE BIRD GO PAST THE AIRCRAFT. THE BIRD STRUCK THE NR 2 ENG - [SDR USAA980055](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980055), Jan 7, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. ROA - DURING 'CX-6' CHECK VISUAL/EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION, FOUND 2.75 INCH CRACK STR 24R STA 885 SKIN (FUSELAGE). STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER, REPAI - [SDR USAA980054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980054), Jan 7, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. ROA - DURING CX-6 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND .5 INCH CRACK BS 727A PLUS 8 STRINGER 18L FUSELAGE SKIN. STOPPED DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER, REPAIRED - [SDR USAA970118](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA970118), Mar 25, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. ROA - DURING CX-5 CHECK VISUAL/EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION, FOUND 4.5 INCH CRACK, 3.25 INCH CRACK AT STRINGER 17R BS 727B FUSELAGE SKIN. INSTALLED DOUBLER, REPAIRED - [SDR USAASB96201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB96201), Sep 26, 1996: PRESS SWITCH. LEAKING. CLT - FL 338 - SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE 'A' SYSTEM HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HYDRAULIC QUANTITY INDICATED ZERO. CREW RETURNED TO FIELD AT CLT. - [SDR USAASB96128](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB96128), Jul 14, 1996: OIL COOLER. FAILED. BOS - FLT 788 - ON CLIMB-OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FEET, THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT INTO THE YELLOW BAND. TEMPERATURE DECREASED WITH POWER INC - [SDR USAA960437](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960437), May 14, 1996: FLOOR BEAM. CORROSION. INT - DURING Q-4 CHECK, FOUND SEVERAL 1 INCH BY 2 INCH CORRODED AREAS AROUND NUT-PLATES SPANNING A TOTAL OF 86 INCHES, STATION 987 LBL 36 INCHES TO RBL 50 INCHE - [SDR USAA960436](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960436), May 14, 1996: ANGLE. CORROSION. INT - DURING Q-4 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION 1 INCH BY 2 NCH AFT ENTRY THRESHOLD 'Z' ANGLE UPPER LEG. REPLACED UPPER LEG OF 'Z' ANGLE, REPAIRED PER - [SDR USAA960434](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960434), May 14, 1996: FRAME. CRACKED. INT - DURING Q-4 CHECK EDDY CURRENT, FOUND TWO CRACKS .125 INCH LONG, STATION 727 STRINGER 18A LEFT FRAME. REPLACED FRAME SECTION AND REPAIRED PER EO 5394G068. - [SDR USAA960435](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960435), May 14, 1995: FRAME. CRACKED. INT - DURING Q-4 CHECK EDDY CURRENT, FOUND TWO CRACKS .125 INCH LONG, STATION 727 STRINGER 18A RIGHT. REPLACED FRAME SECTION AND REPAIRED PER EO 5394G068. (M) - [SDR USAA950015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950015), Jan 10, 1995: EEL. INOPERATIVE. DCA - THE LEFT EMERGENCY EXIT OVERWING LIGHT INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY AT EMERGENCY EXIT ROW. (W) ## FAA accident and incident reports (1) 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 19891111057999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891111057999I), Nov 11, 1989: Boeing 7372Q9 (N230AU), Rochester, NY. NR1 engine fire warning on climb. Returned. No fire. Replaced warning system module. --- 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.