# N242WA: 1986 Boeing 737-247, registration cancelled 2007-06-20 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: June 20, 2007 - Exported to: Kyrgyzstan - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Boeing 737-247](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (registry code 138448D) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (registry code 52051) - Data sheets: [TCDS A16WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 23516 - Year built: 1986 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: August 4, 1986 - Certificate issued: October 1, 2002 - Last registry action: January 17, 2006 - Mode S code: A23962 - Owner when cancelled: [Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20FARGO%20BANK%20NORTHWEST%20NA%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 40.7558° N, 111.8843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 84111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242WA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=242WA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N242WA-2007-06-20 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 737-247: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247.md ## Service difficulty reports (53, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DL73S060193](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S060193), Mar 14, 2006: SKIN. PUNCTURED. PUNCTURE DAMAGE TO DUE TO RUNNING A/C INTO TAILDOCK. PUNCTURE AT FS 940, BETWEEN S-19L & S-20L. TWO EXISTING REPAIRS NEAR BY. DAMAGE WAS CUT OUT AND A DOUBLER W - [SDR DL73S060064](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S060064), Jan 15, 2006: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. THE LBL 24.8 OVERWING FLOORBEAM PREVIOUSLY MODIFIED PER 03-056673-03AD, BUT IT NO LONGER MEETS THE REQUIREMENT OF AD 2001-17-18. THE DISCREPANT CHANNEL WAS REPL - [SDR DL73S050736](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S050736), Nov 21, 2005: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 727B-750, STR 18R AT THE CHEM MILL. CRACKS WERE REMOVED AND A DOUBLER INSTALLED PER ER/A 451748-14AD AND THE SRM. R - [SDR DL73S041016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S041016), Nov 4, 2004: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN PER AD 2004-18-06 REVELED A 4 INCH LONG CRACK RUNNING ALONG THE BONDED DOUBLER EDGE AT STRINGER 18L AND FS 727B. THE CRACK WAS R - [SDR DL73S041015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S041015), Nov 4, 2004: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION OF THE SKIN PER AD 2004-18-06 REVEALED A 4.7 INCH CRACK ALONG THE BONDED DOUBLER LINE JUST ABOVE STRINGER 24L BETWEEN FS 937 & 947. THE CRACK WAS ADJ - [SDR DL73S040382](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040382), Apr 30, 2004: TRANSCEIVER. FAILED. WX RADAR FAILED ON T/O. REPLACED R/T UNIT. - [SDR DL73S040246](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040246), Mar 18, 2004: PROXIMITY SENSOR. FAILED. DISCONTINUED T/O AT 30 KTS FOR NR 6 SLAT IND. REPLACED NR 6 SLAT PROX SENSOR. - [SDR DL73S040103](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040103), Jan 28, 2004: FITTING. CORRODED. DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF 03-085220-03 CORROSION WAS NOTED ON THE TWO VERT STAB FIN LUGS. ADDITIONALLY, TWO FUSELAGE CLEVIS LUGS WERE NOTED AS HAVING LUG THICKNE - [SDR DL73S040100](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040100), Jan 28, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. SCRIBE MARKS WERE NOTED IN THE LOWER SKIN AT THE S10L LAP SPLICE BETWEEN BS 259 AND 291. DAMAGE WAS REMOVED AND REPAIRED PER ERA 386027-14. - [SDR DL73S040085](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040085), Jan 26, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. SCRIBE MARKS WERE NOTED IN THE LWR SKIN AT LAP SPLICE LOCATED AT S14L BETWEEN BS 345 TO BS 360. SCRIBE MARKS REMOVED AND AREA REPAIRED PER ERA 088065-14. - [SDR DL73S040084](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040084), Jan 26, 2004: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION WAS NOTED IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT S27L BETWEEN BS 947.50 TO 967. CORROSION WAS REMOVED AND AREA REPAIRED PER ERA 386110-14. - [SDR DL73S040083](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040083), Jan 26, 2004: BEAM. CRACKED. A CRACK INDICATION WAS NOTED IN THE BS 616 STUB BEAM WEB. CRACK INDICATION WAS REMOVED THE REWORKED/REPAIRED PER ERA 386098-14. - [SDR DL73S040076](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040076), Jan 23, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. THE LOWER SKIN OF THE STRINGER 10R LAP JOINT WAS FOUND SCRIBED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PANEL FROM FS 330-360. THE SCRIBED SECTION OF SKIN WAS CUT AND REMOVED. T - [SDR DL73S040075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040075), Jan 22, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. THE LOWER SKIN OF THE STRINGER 14L LAP JOINT WAS FOUND WITH A SCRIBE LINE ALONG THE PANEL LENGTH FROM FS 360-540. THE LAP JOINT AND SCRIBE WERE COMPLETELY CUT O - [SDR DL73S040070](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040070), Jan 22, 2004: BULKHEAD. CORRODED. CORROSION WAS NOTED ON THE BS 1016 PRESSURE BULKHEAD, AT BL 0 AND AFFECTED BOTH THE WEB AND CHANNEL STIFFENERS. CORROSION WAS REMOVED AND DAMAGE REPAIRED PER ER - [SDR DL73S040069](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040069), Jan 22, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. SCRIBE MARKS WERE FOUND AT THE LAP JOINT LOCATED AT S10R, BETWEEN BS 259 TO BS 290. DAMAGE WAS REMOVED AND REPAIRED PER ERA 386028-14. - [SDR DL73S040068](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040068), Jan 22, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. SCRIBE MARKS FOUND ON THE LOWER SKIN OF THE LAP SPLICE AT S10L, BETWEEN BS 908 TO 1016. A NEW SKIN PANEL IS TO BE INSTALLED. HOWEVER, THE NEW PANEL WAS NOTED TO - [SDR DL73S040067](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040067), Jan 22, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. SCRIBE MARKS FOUND IN THE LOWER SKIN OF THE LAP SPLICE AT S10L BETWEEN BS 908 AND 1016. THE SKIN PANEL WAS BEING REPLACED. THE NEW PANEL WAS NOTED AS HAVING SEV - [SDR DL73S040073](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040073), Jan 21, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN OF THE STRINGER 14L SKIN LAP JOINT WAS FOUND SCRIBED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PANEL FROM FS 727 TO FS 908. THE LAP JOINT AND SCRIBE LINE - [SDR DL73S040072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040072), Jan 21, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. THE LOWER SKIN OF THE STRINGER 14R SKIN LAP JOINT WAS FOUND WITH A SCRIBE ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PANEL FROM FS 727 TO FS 908. THE LAP JOINT AND SCRIBE WERE CUT - [SDR DL73S040071](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040071), Jan 21, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. THE LOWER SKIN OF THE STRINGER 10R SKIN LAP JOINT WAS FOUND WITH A SCRIBE LINE ALONG THE PANEL LENGTH FROM FS 360 TO FS 540. THE SKIN LAP JOINT WAS CUT OUT TO R - [SDR DL73S040065](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040065), Jan 21, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. THE LOWER SKIN PANEL AT THE STRINGER 10L SKIN LAP JOINT WAS FOUND WITH A SCRIBE LINE ALONG THE PANEL LENGTH FROM FS 345 TO FS 360. THE LOWER SKIN WAS CUT BELOW - [SDR DL73S040063](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040063), Jan 20, 2004: LAP JOINT. SCRATCHED. THE LOWER SKIN OF THE STRINGER 10L SKIN LAP JOINT WAS FOUND WITH A LIGHT SCRIBE MARK ALONG THE PANEL LENGTH FROM FS 540 - FS 727. THE LAP JOINT WAS DISASSEMBLED - [SDR DL73S040062](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040062), Jan 20, 2004: SKIN. SCRATCHED. THE LOWER SKIN OF THE STRINGER 10R SKIN LAP JOINT WAS FOUND WITH A LIGHT SCRIBE MARK ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PANEL FROM FS 540-727. THE LAP JOINT WAS UNFASTENED - [SDR DL73S040054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040054), Jan 16, 2004: LAP JOINT. SCRATCHED. INSPECTION OF THE LOWER SKIN OF THE STRINGER 10R SKIN LAP JOINT BETWEEN FS 727 & 908 REVEALED A SCRIBE LINE ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PANEL. THE ENTIRE LAP JOINT - [SDR DL73K021187](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K021187), Oct 11, 2002: DRAIN. FAILED. ON CLIMBOUT NOTICED EXCESSIVE CABIN CLIMB RATE. LEVELED OFF AT 10000 FT. CABIN CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO 10000 FT. OUTFLOW VALVE SHOWED FULL CLOSED. FORWARD OUTFLOW - [SDR DL73K021165](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K021165), Oct 1, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. THE SKIN AT THE UPPER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE AFT GALLEY DOOR (R2) CUTOUT WAS FOUND WITH A .375 INCH TYPICAL CRACK. THE CRACK WAS CUTOUT. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WI - [SDR DL73K021150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K021150), Sep 29, 2002: TIRE. SEPARATED. NR 4 TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ON T/O FROM FLL. OUTBOARD GEAR DOOR MISSING WITH DAMAGE TO NR 2 ENGINE NACELLE AND RIGHT FLAP ASSEMBLY ONLY MINOR BUMP FELT ON T/O RO - [SDR DL73K020648](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K020648), Jun 11, 2002: WIRE. CHAFED. ON ARRIVAL FOUND RIGHT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN INOP. REPLACED EXIT SIGN OVERHEAD BATTERY AND BATTERY POWER SUPPLY, REPAIRED CANNON PLUG WIRING AT POWER SUP - [SDR DL73K020029](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K020029), Jan 8, 2002: COALESCER BAG. DIRTY. WITH POWER APPLIED THERE WAS A SMELL LIKE BURNING RUBBER. SMELL DISSIPATED WITH POWER BACK, NO INDICATIONS. RAN BOTH ENGS TO T/O POWER WITH PACKS ON, ANTI-ICE O - [SDR DL73K020022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K020022), Jan 8, 2002: ODOR. DETECTED. WITH POWER APPLIED HAD A SMELL LIKE BURNING RUBBER. DISSIPATED WITH POWER BACK, NO INDICATIONS. RAN BOTH ENGINES TO T/O POWER WITH PACKS ON, NO SMELL. CHECKED A - [SDR DL73K011140](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K011140), Jul 9, 2001: DOUBLER. CRACKED. INSPECTION OF THE LONGITUDINAL FLOORBEAM AT RBL 24 ABOVE THE CENTER WING BOX REVEALED A CRACK IN THE REINFORCING DOUBLER OF THE BEAM WEB AT FS 678 ADJACENT TO A - [SDR DL73K011052](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K011052), Jun 24, 2001: SAFETY SWITCH. FAULTY. A/C DEPRESSURIZED, HAD TO DESCEND TO CONTROL CABIN. CABIN ALTITUDE REACHED 13,000 FEET WITH A/C DESCENDING BACK DOWN THROUGH 13,000 FEET AND THEN DESCENDED WITH - [SDR DL73K010982](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K010982), Jun 15, 2001: OUTFLOW VALVE. FAILED. AT 23,000 FEET STARTED TO FEEL CABIN RISING AND GOT THE ALT HORN. CABIN WAS AT 11,000 FEET AND CLIMBING 1000 FPM. STARTED DESCENT AUTO SYS FAILED TO STBY BUT CA - [SDR DL73K010272](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K010272), Feb 13, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE SKIN AND UNDERLYING BEARSTRAP AT THE LOWER FWD CORNER OF THE L2 DOOR CUTOUT. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A 1.25 INCH DEEP CUTOUT. THE CU - [SDR DL73K001923](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001923), Sep 30, 2000: SKIN. GOUGED. THE LOWER FWD CORNER OF THE AFT GALLEY DOOR CUTOUT WAS FOUND WITH A DEEP GOUGE. THE GOUGE WAS LOCATED 2 INCHES ABOVE THE TYPICAL CRACK LOCATION FOR THIS CORNER. - [SDR DL73K001515](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001515), Aug 9, 2000: GUIDE. DAMAGED. NR 2 SLAT INBOARD GUIDE BROKE ON TAKEOFF. PUNCTURED SLAT AND CAUSED SHEET METAL DAMAGE ON A/C AND SLAT ITSELF. REPLACED SLAT AND REPAIRED DAMAGE. - [SDR DL73K001264](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001264), Jul 5, 2000: PANEL. MISSING. UPON ARRIVAL FOUND 01 O/B PYLON PANEL 5126L MISSING. REPLACED SAME. - [SDR DL73K992781](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K992781), Dec 17, 1999: ANGLE. CORRODED. THE INNER CHORD ANGLE OF THE R1 DOOR SILL WAS FOUND CORRODED. A 1.5 X 1.0 CUTOUT WAS USED TO REMOVE THE DAMAGE. THIS WAS FOUND AT MV AND REPAIRED PER ERA 333863 - [SDR DL73K992733](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K992733), Dec 14, 1999: STRINGER. CRACKED. THE LT STR 18A HAD A CRACK RUNNING FWD AND AFT SIMILIAR TO THOSE NOTED IN S/B 737-53-1170 AND 737-53-1066. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT MV AND REPAIRED PER ERA 33389 - [SDR DL73K992722](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K992722), Dec 13, 1999: SKIN. GOUGED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS GOUGED AT THE C-1 DOOR, FS 492 AND STR 23R. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT HMV AND REPAIRED PER ERA 333902-14. - [SDR DL73K992719](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K992719), Dec 10, 1999: SKIN. DAMAGED. FUSELAGE SKIN JUST FWD OF C-1 DOOR CUTOUT AT BS 440 WAS FOUND CRACKED IN TWO PLACES BETWEEN S-22R AND 24R. REPAIR ENLARGED TO ENCOMPASS STATIC PORT, ER/A 333852 - [SDR DL73K992702](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K992702), Dec 10, 1999: SKIN. DENTED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND DENTED AT FS 425 BETWEEN STR 14L AND 15L. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT MV IN ATL AND REPAIRED PER ERA 333892-14. - [SDR DL73K992701](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K992701), Dec 10, 1999: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. TWO CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE FS 178 BULKHEAD WEB. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT MV IN ATL AND REPAIRED PER ERA 333854-14. - [SDR DL73K992697](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K992697), Dec 10, 1999: STRINGER. CRACKED. THE RIGHT STR 18A HAD A CRACK IN THE SHEAR WEB SIMILAR TO THAT OF S/B 737-53-1170. DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT AMV IN ATL. DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED PER ERA 333859-14. - [SDR DL73K992292](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K992292), Oct 18, 1999: RETRACT MECH. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING FLIGHT, NR 2 SLAT WOULD NOT RETRACT FULLY. COCKPIT INDICATIONS SHOWED NR 2 RETRACTED. DURING EXTENSION FROM 1-5 DEGRESS IT DID NOT EXTEND, BUT FROM 5-10 - [SDR DL73K991625](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K991625), Jul 16, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE / SKIN ASSY / R1 DOOR CUTOUT / LOWER AFT CORNER / FS 332 : CRACK REPAIR. THE R1 DOOR CUTOUT WAS FOUND WITH A .375 INCH LONG TYPICAL CRACK IN THE LOWER - [SDR DL73K990373](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K990373), Feb 20, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN AND BONDED DOUBLER AT THE AFT GALLEY DOOR (R2) CUTOUT WAS FOUND WITH A .25 INCH LONG TYPICAL CRACK IN THE LOWER HINGE CUTOUT. THE UNDERLYING B - [SDR DL73E971259](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73E971259), Jun 27, 1997: BEARING. FAILED. STAB TRIM JAMMED IN FLT AT 2 DEGS NOSE DOWN TRIM. FOUND CROSSOVER SHAFT AND BEARINGS SEVERLY DAMAGED. REPLACED SHAFT, BEARINGS AND STAB TRIM SPROCKET PER M/M, C - [SDR DL73E960556](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73E960556), Mar 12, 1996: FAN. FAILED. SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AFTER LDG IN ICT, ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE CONTROL CABIN AUG FAN C/B POPPED. CONTRACT MTC INSPECTED FAN AND TESTED A/C SYS, PLACED THE AUG F All 53: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N242WA-2007-06-20/reports.md ## 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 19970627024059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970627024059I), Jun 27, 1997: Boeing 737247 (N242WA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. Diverted, due binding horizontal trim. Found trim control wheel bearing failed, caused trim wheel to bind. --- 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.