# N253AU: 1982 Boeing 737-201, registration cancelled 2004-07-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 19, 2004
- Exported to: Gambia
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- 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: 22795
- Year built: 1982
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: September 27, 1982
- Certificate issued: July 16, 2002
- Last registry action: January 10, 2003
- Mode S code: A262B6
- Owner when cancelled: [Alameda Corp Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ALAMEDA%20CORP%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [San Antonio, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/San%20Antonio)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 29.5387° N, 98.4913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78216, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N253AU
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=253AU
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N253AU-2004-07-19

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 (14)

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

- [SDR USAASB01126](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB01126), May 2, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. BWI - THE LEFT AND RIGHT FORWARD DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT BATTERY PACK. (M)
- [SDR USAASB01113](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB01113), Apr 25, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. BOS - THE EXIT LIGHTS ABOVE THE OVERWING EXITS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY. (M)
- [SDR USAASB01055](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB01055), Feb 23, 2001: HYDRAULIC LINE. LEAKING. PIT - FLT 2622 - EN ROUTE FROM BWI TO MDW, AT FL280, FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF SYSTEM A HYDRAULIC QUANTITY FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF HYDRAUIC PRESSURE. CREW DECL
- [SDR USAA0102000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA0102000), Feb 14, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. BOS - FOUND SKIN CRACKED 1.375 INCH CRACK, BETWEEN STATION 747 AND 767 ABOVE STRINGER 18R. INSTALLED DOUBLER AT STATION 747 AND 767 ON STRINGER 18R AND 19R PER 
- [SDR USAA001960](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA001960), Nov 9, 2000: STRINGER. CORRODED. STRINGER HAS LEVEL 2 CORROSION . CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED SECTION OF STR PER SRM 53-10-3 FIG 1 DETAIL 6
- [SDR USAA991465](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA991465), Dec 29, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. TPA - DURING CX-3 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND A 1 INCH CRACK IN EXTERIOR SKIN STA 727A PLUS 8 INCHES AND STR 18 RT SKIN. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 FI
- [SDR USAASB99173](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB99173), Jul 15, 1999: LIGHT. FAILED. CLE - PILOT REPORTED THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT OVER THE FORWARD GALLEY DOOR ILLUMINATED WITH THE EMERGENCY EXIT SWITCH OFF AND GROUND SERVICE POWER ON. MAINTENAN
- [SDR USAA990625](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA990625), Jun 27, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. TPA - DURING A RON, VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND A .5 INCH CRACK AT STATION 380 BETWEEN STRINGER 28L AND 28R AFT EQUIP COOLING ACCESS ON SKIN. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER
- [SDR USAA990304](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA990304), Apr 1, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. TPA - DURING EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION, FOUND A .125 INCH CRACK AT AFT ENTRY DOOR, UPPER HINGE CUTOUT FUSELAGE SKIN. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-30-03 FIG 21A. (M)
- [SDR USAA980347](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980347), Sep 8, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. TPA - DURING WALK AROUND VISUAL AND EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION, FOUND A 1.5 INCH CRACK ON EXTERNAL SKIN STATION 765 STRINGER 19 RT. INSTALLED DOUBLER OF .080 2024 
- [SDR USAASB98147](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB98147), Jun 8, 1998: COFFEE MAKER. LEAKING. PIT - FLT 1250 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AFT GALLEY COFFEE MAKERS STARTED CREATING SMOKE AND PRODUCED A RUBBER SMELL. COFFEE MAKERS WERE NOT TURNED ON AT THE TIME. F
- [SDR USAASB97110](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAASB97110), Apr 23, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. CLE - DURING OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE B
- [SDR 97ZZZX2013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX2013), Apr 23, 1997: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. CLE - DURING OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE B
- [SDR USAA970040](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA970040), Jan 25, 1997: SPLICE. CORROSION. ROA - DURING CX-5 CHECK VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND 2 INCH CORRODED AREA STRINGER SPLICE STATION 360, STRINGER 27L. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED NEW STRINGER SP

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