# N259US: 1969 Boeing 727-251, registration cancelled 2001-11-02 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: November 2, 2001 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Boeing 727-251](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (registry code 138408H) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (registry code 52046) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 19978 - Year built: 1969 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: February 20, 1969 - Certificate issued: April 13, 1992 - Last registry action: August 14, 2001 - Mode S code: A27AC0 - Owner when cancelled: [Pegasus Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PEGASUS%20AVIATION%20INC) - Location: [San Francisco, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Francisco) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 37.7984° N, 122.3992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 94111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N259US - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=259US - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N259US-2001-11-02 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 727-251: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251.md ## Service difficulty reports (16) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 98ZZZM687](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZM687), Aug 29, 1998: ACM. FAILED. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CABIN PRESSURE. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO CSO. FOUND RT ACM DEFECTIVE. - [SDR 98ZZZX2403](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX2403), Jun 14, 1998: PANEL. MISINSTALLED. F/A REPORTED FUEL LEAKAGE FROM RT WING. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CUN. FOUND LOWER ACCESS PANEL ON RT WING LEAKING. RESECURED AND TORQUED HARDWARE IAW MM 28-11-21. - [SDR 98ZZZX2404](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX2404), Jun 10, 1998: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DURING B-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND 2 EACH OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS NOT WORKING. REPLACED BATTERIES. OPS CHECKED OK. - [SDR 97ZZZX3350](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX3350), Jul 3, 1997: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. THE CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE AFT BULKHEAD VERTICAL BEAM LBL 26.83 WL 257.0. THE CRACK IS ATTRIBUTED TO PRESSURIZATION CYCLES. RECOMMENDATION: THE SB 53-0182 RECOM - [SDR 97ZZZX3349](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX3349), Jul 3, 1997: BULKHEAD. BEAM CRACKED. THE CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE AFT BULKHEAD VERTICAL BEAM LBL 36.83 (LT/RT). THE SUSPECT CAUSE WAS THE RESULT OF FATIGUE THAT WAS CAUSED BY PRESSURIZED FLIGHTS. SUB - [SDR 97ZZZX3348](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX3348), Jul 3, 1997: BULKHEAD. BEAM CRACKED. THE CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE AFT BULKHEAD VERTICAL BEAM LBL 36.83 (LT/RT). THE SUSPECT CAUSE WAS THE RESULT OF FATIGUE THAT WAS CAUSED BY PRESSURIZED FLIGHTS. SUB - [SDR USVA49701](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USVA49701), Apr 9, 1997: TUBE. CRACKED. ENGINE NR 3 SHUT DOWN DUE TO FIRE WARNING. FOUND NR 3 ENGINE BLEED AIR MANIFOLD TUBE SEPARATED AT FLANGE WHERE ATTACHED TO FUEL HEAT VALVE. REPAIRED FLANGE TO P - [SDR 97ZZZX1428](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX1428), Oct 9, 1996: LAP SEAM. CORRODED. DURING VISUAL INSPECTION OF SB 727-53-0072 R5, LAP SEAM 520L AT STA 1170 WAS FOUND BULGING WITH POPPED RIVET HEADS IN THE LAP. LEVEL 2 CORROSION WAS NOTED BEHIN - [SDR IXKA9600077](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXKA9600077), Sep 5, 1996: CONTROLLER. INOPERATIVE. FLT 9 - EWR-MCO - AT CRUISE, EXPERIENCED RAPID DECOMPRESSION AT 31,000 FEET, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND FOLLOWED RAPID DECOMPRESSION AND EMERGENCY DESCENT PROCEDURE - [SDR IXKA9600053](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXKA9600053), Jun 23, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DIRTY. FORWARD EMERGENCY CEILING LIGHT OUT. REMOVED BATTERY AND CLEANED CONTACTS INSTALLED BATTERY PACK, OPS CHECK OK AS PER MM 33-50-01. (M) - [SDR IXKA9600052](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXKA9600052), Jun 20, 1996: FLOW CONTL VALVE. INTERMITTENT. AFTER TAKEOFF AT ATL, FLT 73, ATL TO MCO, AIR TURN BACK DUE TO UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE ON DEPARTURE IN AUTO OR MANUAL. TROUBLESHOT PRESSURIZATION TO INTERMITTENT F - [SDR IXKA960016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXKA960016), Apr 17, 1996: POWER PACK. INOPERATIVE. EWR - FLT 81 - POST-FLIGHT, AFT OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND RPELACED POWER PACK. (X) - [SDR IXKA960011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXKA960011), Apr 13, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EWR - POST-FLIGHT - OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ROW 11, INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERIES. - [SDR IXKA960001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXKA960001), Jan 2, 1996: TORQUE TUBE. LOOSE. ATL/MDW - FLT 59 - INBOARD FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT ABOVE 15 DEGREES. AIR TURN BACK TO ATL. ON SYSTEM OPS AND INSPECTION, FOUND FLAPS IN BYPASS MODE. RESET ASSYM - [SDR 95ZZZX2871](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX2871), Feb 17, 1995: STRINGER. CORRODED. DURING BOEING C.P.C.P. INSPECTION, FOUND SKIN BULGE AT STR 26R, STA 359. CUT OUT DAMAGED STRINGER SECTION. SKIN NOT DAMAGED. FABRICATED REPAIR FILLER AND DOUBLE - [SDR 95ZZZX2870](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX2870), Feb 17, 1995: STRINGER. CORRODED. DURING INSPECTION OF AD 91-06-06, FOUND STR 19L AT BS 675 EXFOLIATED ON INBOARD LOWER FLANGE. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA OF STRINGER. FABRICATED STRINGER SPLICE FROM ## 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 CHI74AC040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC040-187705), Dec 9, 1973: Boeing 727 (N259US), Madison, WI, substantial damage ## 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 19850823046059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850823046059I), Aug 23, 1985: Boeing 727251 (N259US), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. Epr dropped to near zero and takeoff was aborted. 13th stage bleed crossover duct ruptured. - [Incident 19831019069219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831019069219I), Oct 19, 1983: Boeing 727200 (N259US), Great Falls, MT. Tower personnel observed aircraft over approach runway overrun with gear up. ATC advised crew. Landed safely. --- 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.