# N24UA: Douglas DC-8-61, registration cancelled 2001-07-10

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 10, 2001
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported
- Airframe: [Douglas DC-8-61](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-61) (registry code 3021952)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 4A25](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 45963
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Last registry action: May 29, 2001
- Mode S code: A22F69
- Location: [Memphis, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Memphis)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0795° N, 89.8454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 38119, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24UA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=24UA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24UA-2001-07-10

From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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 Douglas DC-8-61: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-61.md

## Service difficulty reports (12)

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

- [SDR K4HA00104](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/K4HA00104), Dec 14, 1999: ARM. BROKEN. PHL - FLT 14324 - GEAR WARNING LIGHTS, ON GO AROUND WHEN GEAR HANDLE PLACED UP, GEAR RETRACTED BUT DOORS NOT LATCHES AND GEAR NOT LATCHED, LIGHTS DID NOT GO OUT
- [SDR CKSA98504](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA98504), Jul 17, 1998: DIODE. SHORTED. AFTER GEAR UP DURING CLIMB, LEFT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AND GEAR NOT LATCHED LIGHT REMAINED ON. FOLLOWED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES PER FOM. DETERMINED THAT DOOR WAS LATCHE
- [SDR CKSA98499](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA98499), Jul 17, 1998: PIN. NOT SEATED. AFTER GEAR UP DURING CLIMB, LEFT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AND GEAR NOT LATCHED LIGHT REMAINED ON. FOLLOWED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES PER FOM. DETERMINED THAT DOOR WAS LATCHE
- [SDR CKSA97549](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97549), Oct 7, 1997: FLOOR BEAM. CORRODED. DURING ROUTINE CPCP CHECK INSPECTION FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION: CORROSION ABOVE 2 NUT PLATES FS 1600 RBL 36 ON CARGO FLOORBEAM APPROX 3 FOOT INBD OF RT SIDE. REPA
- [SDR CKSA97548](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97548), Oct 7, 1997: SKIN. DAMAGED. DURING ROUTINE B CHECK INSPECTION FOUND: A PIT DOOR, LWR FWD CORNER DAMAGED. REPAIRED DAMAGE TO LWR FWD CORNER OF A PIT DOOR PER DC8 SRM 52-2-0 FIG 4. (2014-T6)
- [SDR CKSA97547](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97547), Oct 7, 1997: DOUBLER. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE B CHECK INSPECTION FOUND: LEFT FORWARD ENTRANCE DOOR CRACKED FWD UPPER CORNER. REPAIRED ENTRANCE DOOR FWD UPPER CORNER IAW DC8 SRM 52-2-0 FIG. 2.
- [SDR CKSA97546](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97546), Oct 7, 1997: DOUBLER. CORRODED. DURING ROUTINE CPCP CHECK INSPECTION FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION: UPPER SURFACE APPROX STA XRS 74.8 NEAR FWD SPAR CORROSION BEYOND LIMITS. INSTALLED REPAIR IAW DC8 
- [SDR CKSA97441](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97441), Aug 10, 1997: BALLAST. FAILED. DURING CRUISE, F/O NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM TEMP AND PRESS CONTROL PANEL. CREW INITIATED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND SMOKE STOPPED WHEN CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER 
- [SDR CKSA96193](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA96193), Nov 2, 1996: FIRE LOOP. GROUNDED. FIRE WARNING NR 3 ENGINE. THE LIGHT IN HANDLE WENT OUT APPROXIMATELY 45 SECONDS AFTER SHUTDOWN. FIRE BELL AND WARNING LIGHTS REACTIVATED INTERMITTENTLY FOR APPR
- [SDR CKSA96192](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA96192), Nov 1, 1996: FIRE LOOP. CHAFED. FIRE WARNING NR 3 ENGINE. DISCHARGED ONE FIRE BOTTLE. RIGHT WING INBOARD FIRE BOTTLE REMOVED. INSPECTED NR 3 ENGINE AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. FOUND FIRE LO
- [SDR CKSA96050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA96050), Apr 6, 1996: DOUBLER. CORRODED. SPLP - FLT 73216 - DURING 'C-2' CHECK INSPECTION FOUND, CARD NR 378R-0551 AREA, RT ELEVATOR AND TAB. RT ELEVATOR, STATIC DISCHARGER DOUBLER HAS LEVEL 2 CORROSIO
- [SDR CKSA95035](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA95035), Jun 1, 1995: BOLT. LOOSE. RDU - NOSE GEAR DOWN WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENT, CYCLED GEAR, WARNING LIGHT REMAINS INTERMITTENT. TIGHTENED LOOSE ATTACHING HARDWARE. OPS CHECK GOOD ON GROUND. 

## Other aircraft with N24UA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24UA): Sky Arrow 650 TCNS, S/N CNS029, built 2004

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