# N242US: 1981 Boeing 737-201, registration cancelled 2007-04-13

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 13, 2007
- Exported to: Pakistan
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported
- Airframe: [Boeing 737-201](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201) (registry code 1384454)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (registry code 52048)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A16WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 22444
- Year built: 1981
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: October 1, 1981
- Last registry action: April 11, 2007
- Mode S code: A23940
- Location: [None, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/None)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.4707° N, 97.5191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 73102, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242US
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=242US
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N242US-2007-04-13

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 737-201: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201.md

## Service difficulty reports (30)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR RYNA200500028](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/RYNA200500028), Aug 29, 2005: PUMP. OVERHEATED. NR 2 B-SYSTEM ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC PUMP OVERHEATED, RETURNED TO ACY DUE TO DECREASING A-SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 B-SYSTEM ELECTRIC HYD
- [SDR RYNA200500026](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/RYNA200500026), Aug 17, 2005: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING WALKAROUND AFTER FLIGHT A SKIN CRACK AT BS 727B+18" AND JUST ABOVE STRINGER 16L WAS NOTICED. AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO FLIGHTSTAR FOR REPAIR. COMPLIED WITH FUS
- [SDR USAASB01266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB01266), Sep 22, 2001: POWER SUPPLY. DISCHARGED. BWI - THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS FOR THE LAST FIVE SEAT ROWS IN THE PASSENGER CABIN WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY. (M)
- [SDR USAA010569](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA010569), May 25, 2001: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. CLT - FOUND PRESSURE WEB WITH CRACKS RANGING IN SIZE FROM .375 INCH TO 1.5 INCH, BS 178, WL 199 TO WL 234 LBL 10.5 TO RBL 10.5. DAMAGE REMOVED, REPAIR FILLERS A
- [SDR USAA010570](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA010570), May 25, 2001: FRAME. CRACKED. CLT - FOUND SIDE CHORD CRACKED .5 INCHES AND 1.25 INCHES, BS 178, LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE CHORD, WL 195. DAMAGED SECTIONS CUTOUT, INSTALLED CHORD SPLICE REPAIR PER 
- [SDR USAA010571](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA010571), May 25, 2001: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. CLT - FOUND INTERCOSTAL CRACKED 1.5 INCHES, BS 178, WL 195, LBL 25 AND RBL 25. REMOVED AND REPLACED INTERCOSTAL. (M)
- [SDR USAA010572](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA010572), May 25, 2001: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. CLT - FOUND WEB CRACKED .250 INCH, BS 178 WL 195.7, LBL 23. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA, INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER PER EA 69714 AND SRM 53-10-11 FIG 2. (M)
- [SDR USAA200101173](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA200101173), Dec 18, 2000: SEAL. LEAKING. ON CLIMB OUT FROM TPA, A VERY LOUD SQUEAL WAS COMING FROM THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR. AC WAS PRESSURIZING, NOISE BECAME LOUDER AS AC CLIMBED HIGHER. FLIGHT RETRUNED
- [SDR USAASB00298](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB00298), Oct 22, 2000: DUCT. CRACKED. LGA-MCO - FLT 2667 - DURING CRUISE, THE RIGHT ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE LIGHT WENT OUT WHEN THE ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO 
- [SDR USAASB00073](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB00073), Mar 18, 2000: CONTROLLER. FAILED. IAD - FLT 2808 - ON CLIMB OUT FROM IAD, AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE IN AUTO OR STANDBY MODE. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT IAD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDE
- [SDR USAA000046](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA000046), Jan 17, 2000: SKIN. CRACKED. SKIN CRACKED AT BS 727 STRINGER 16L AND 15L. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 6. (M)
- [SDR USAA000038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA000038), Jan 17, 2000: STRINGER. CORRODED. STRINGER 28R CORRODED AT BS 360. REPAIRED PER EA 66136 AND SRM 53-10-3 FIG 1. (M)
- [SDR USAA000037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA000037), Jan 17, 2000: SKIN. CRACKED. SKIN CRACKED AT BS 947. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 34. (M)
- [SDR USAA000036](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA000036), Jan 17, 2000: STRINGER. CORRODED. STRINGER 27L CORRODED AT BS 986.5. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-3 FIG 1. (M)
- [SDR USAA000035](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA000035), Jan 17, 2000: SKIN. CRACKED. SKIN CRACKED AT BS 727 PLUS 13, AND 2 INCHES ABOVE STRINGER 18R. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 6 AND EA 66135. (M)
- [SDR USAASB99116](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB99116), Apr 30, 1999: FAN. FAILED. RIC - FLT 517 - EN ROUTE FOR CLT-DCA AT FL250, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED THAT A PASSENGER SMELLED SMOKE IN THE FIRST THREE ROWS OF CABIN. CAPTAIN TURNED GALLEY 
- [SDR USAA990182](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA990182), Mar 9, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. TPA - DURING CX-3 CHECK VISUAL AND EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION, FOUND A 1 INCH CRACK IN SKIN STATION 943 STRINGER 24L. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 6 AND E
- [SDR USAA980137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980137), Mar 27, 1998: STRINGER. CORROSION. INT - DURING Q-4 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION 4 INCH BY 4 INCH STATION 908, STRINGER 21L. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND INSTALLED STRINGER, REPAIRED PER SRM 53
- [SDR USAA980136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980136), Mar 27, 1998: STRINGER. CORROSION. INT - DURING 'Q-4' CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION 1 INCH BY 20 INCHES, STA 967 TO STA 987, STR 25R. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLES AND REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10
- [SDR USAA980135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980135), Mar 27, 1998: BEAM. CORROSION. INT - DURING Q-4 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION 1 INCH BY 1 INCH AROUND NUT PLATES STATION 235 BL '0' TO RBL 15 NOSE W/W CEILING TRANSVERSER BEAM. REM
- [SDR USAA980134](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980134), Mar 27, 1998: STRINGER. CORROSION. INT - DURING Q-4 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND 2 INCH BY 30 INCH CORRODED AREAS CORROSION ON STRINGER 24L FROM BS 294.5 TO BS 325.3 STRINGER. INSTALLED DOUBLER
- [SDR USAA980133](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980133), Mar 27, 1998: STRINGER. CORRODED. INT - DURING 'Q-4' CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND 1 INCH BY 8 INCH CORROSION STA 1006 STR 26L. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLES, REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-3. CORROSION TAKE
- [SDR USAA980132](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980132), Mar 27, 1998: STRINGER. CORRODED. INT - DURING Q-4 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION .5 INCH BY 30 INCH STATION 294 TO 325 STRINGER 24L. SPLICED IN NEW STRINGER SECTION, REPAIRED PER SRM 
- [SDR USAASB98015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB98015), Jan 17, 1998: LIGHT. FAILED. CLT - FLT 209 - ON APPROACH INTO CLT, CREW DID NOT RECEIVE A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION FOR THE RT MLG. CREW TESTED LIGHT AND CONFIRMED THE LIGHT WAS OPERATIONA
- [SDR USAA980010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980010), Jan 9, 1998: STRINGER. CORRODED. ROA - DURING CX-1 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND 2 INCH BY 4 INCH CORROSION STRINGER 27L, BSL 967. REMOVED CORRODED STRINGER AND INSTALLED STRINGER SPLICE, REPA
- [SDR USAA980009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980009), Jan 9, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. ROA - DURING CX-1 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND .25 INCH CRACK BS 767 STRINGER 19R FUSELAGE SKIN. REMOVED CRACKED SKIN AND INSTALLED DOUBLER, REPAIRED PER SRM 
- [SDR USAASB97125](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB97125), Apr 8, 1997: WIRE. BROKEN. CMH - MAINTENANCE FOUND THE EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT ROW 11 INOP. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED A BROKEN WIRE AT THE LIGHT SOCKET. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
- [SDR USAA960404](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960404), Apr 25, 1996: STRINGER. CORROSION. ROA - DURING CX-5 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND 6 INCH CORROSION ON STRINGER, FORWARD OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD STRINGER 26R BS 1016. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER, RE
- [SDR USAASB96012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB96012), Jan 19, 1996: PRESSURIZATION. LOST. FLT NR 818 - PIT - FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION. (M)
- [SDR USAA950194](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950194), Feb 27, 1995: SWITCH. FAILED. JAX - FLT 1606 - ON CLIMB NR 2 OIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RETARDED THROTTLE AND LIGHT WENT OUT. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO JAX WHERE LANDING WAS WITHOUT FURTH

## 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 CHI89MA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89MA046), Jan 20, 1989: Boeing 737-201 (N242US), Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: PREVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE AFT CONE (ENGINE MOUNTING) BOLT, WHICH RESULTED IN MISMATCHED SURFACES BETWEEN THE BOLT AND ISOLATION MOUNT, LOSS OF TORQUE DURING CYCLIC LOADING OF THE MOUNTING BOLT, AND…

## 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 19990430015319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990430015319I), Apr 30, 1999: Boeing 737201 (N242US), Richmond, VA. On 4/30/99, at approximately 13:09 local time, us airways flight #517 lfight attendant and forward passengers noted "hot" electrical odor. F/o entered cabin to…
- [Accident 19890120001289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890120001289A), Jan 20, 1989: Boeing 737201 (N242US), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Right engine separated from aircraft on climbout. Returned safely. Aft engine cone support bolts failed.

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