# N305DL: 1983 Boeing 737-232, registration cancelled 2008-07-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 7, 2008
- Exported to: Afghanistan
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported
- Airframe: [Boeing 737-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-232) (registry code 1384475)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A16WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 23077
- Year built: 1983
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: December 5, 1983
- Last registry action: June 25, 2008
- Mode S code: A3323B
- Location: [Xxx, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Xxx)
- Owner type: Individual
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N305DL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=305DL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N305DL-2008-07-07

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 737-232: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-232.md

## Service difficulty reports (58, newest 50)

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

- [SDR DL73S060620](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S060620), Aug 3, 2006: CONNECTOR. UNSECURE. LEFT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP. RESECURED CONNECTOR ON LIGHT ASSY/ OPS NORMAL.
- [SDR DL73S060468](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S060468), May 30, 2006: SKIN. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN HAS A 0.5 INCH CRACK AT THE LOWER HINGE CUTOUT FOR THE R1 DOOR. THE DAMAGED SKIN WAS CUTOUT AND A REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED. ALSO MODIFIED 
- [SDR DL73S060195](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S060195), Mar 16, 2006: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK FOUND IN FASTENER HOLE AT FUSELAGE STATION 393 AND STRINGER 4R. DAMAGED SKIN WAS TRIMMED OUT AND REPAIR DOUBLER AND TRIPLER INSTALLED.
- [SDR DL73S060197](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S060197), Mar 16, 2006: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT CHEM MILL LINE STATION STATION 790 AND STRINGER 17L. REPAIR DOUBLER INSTALLED AND SURROUNDING AREA INSPECTED.
- [SDR DL73S060196](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S060196), Mar 16, 2006: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK FOUND IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 409 AND STR 4R. CRACK TRIMMED OUT AND REPAIR DOUBLER AND TRIPLER INSTALLED.
- [SDR DL73S060220](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S060220), Mar 14, 2006: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK INDICATION IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 481, S-4R LAP JOINT. INSPECTION CONFIRMED THAT NO CRACK EXISTS. NO REPAIR INSTALLED.
- [SDR DL73S050589](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S050589), Oct 3, 2005: LINE. LEAKING. LOSS OF A SYSTEM HYD, ALT GEAR EXTENSION. REPLACED LEAKING PRESSURE LINE IN RIGHT PYLON.
- [SDR DL73S050111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S050111), Feb 13, 2005: SKIN. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A CRACK AT FS 764 RUNNING ALONG THE BONDED DOUBLER MILL LINE JUST ABOVE STRINGER 19L. THE CRACK IS TYPICAL OF AD 2004-18-06. TH
- [SDR DL73S050109](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S050109), Feb 13, 2005: SKIN. CRACKED. A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN JUST BELOW STRINGER 18R RUNNING ALONG THE MILL LINE OF THE BONDED INTERNAL DOUBLER. THE CRACK IS TYPICAL OF AD 2004-18-06
- [SDR DL73S040495](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040495), Jun 1, 2004: SKIN. CRACKED. APPROX 3 INCH LONGITUDINAL CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN STA 944 ABOVE STR 24R. REPAIRED PER SRM.
- [SDR DL73S040466](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040466), May 25, 2004: ROLLER. OUT OF POSITION. DURING ROTATION A STRONG RT WING UP FORCE WAS ENCOUNTERED AS THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. SUBSTANTIAL RT AILERON WAS NECESSARY TO KEEPS WINGS LEVEL. FOUND LT O
- [SDR DL73S040430](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040430), May 12, 2004: SKIN. DELAMINATED. NR 2 AFT FLAP AFT SKIN SEPARATED/DELAMINATED AT IB END. REPAIRED IAW SRM 51-40-20 FIG 10.
- [SDR DL73S040418](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040418), May 10, 2004: SKIN. DELAMINATED. WHILE WORKING N/R 13 FOUND LT ELEVATOR UPPER SURFACE DELAMINATED UNDER CONDUCTIVE FRAME REPAIRED PER SRM 55-20-03 FIG 1 TABLE 1.
- [SDR DL73S040426](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040426), Apr 28, 2004: SKIN. CRACKED. 3/16 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE OUTER SKIN AT C2 DOOR CUTOUT UPPER AFT CORNER , FASTENER REPAIR PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 6
- [SDR DL73S040395](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040395), Apr 26, 2004: SKIN. CRACKED. DENT & CRACK ON LWR SIDE OF I/B GROUND SPOILER 1.5 INCH FWD OF T/E AFT OF INBOARD ACTUATOR.
- [SDR DL73S040105](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040105), Jan 27, 2004: SKIN. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A 2.75 INCH CRACK RUNNING ALONG THE BONDED DOUBLER LINE JUST ABOVE STRINGER 19L BETWEEN FS 776 & 787. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WIT
- [SDR DL73S030864](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S030864), Sep 22, 2003: GASPER FAN. FAILED. ON CLIMBOUT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SMOKE ODOR IN CABIN, STRONGER IN AFT PART OF CABIN, NO SMOKE VISIBLE. GASPER FAN WAS TURNED OFF AND ODOR DISSIPATED. FOUN
- [SDR DL73S030861](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S030861), Sep 20, 2003: BEAR STRAP. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN AND BONDED DOUBLER WERE FOUND WITH A TYPICAL CRACK AT THE UPPER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE L1 DOOR OPENING. THE UNDERLYING BEAR STRAP WAS UNCRACKED. 
- [SDR DL73S030476](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S030476), May 19, 2003: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING INSPECTIONS OF THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD IAW AD 99-08-23, 2 CRACKS WERE FOUND EMANATING FROM FASTENER HOLES IN THE BULKHEAD AT THE ATTACH AR
- [SDR DL73S030191](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S030191), Feb 24, 2003: SUPPORT FITTING. DAMAGED. FWD ENGINE MOUNT SUPPORT FITTING ASSY WAS FOUND WITH O/S MOUNT HOLES. REPAIR PER ER/A 422119-14AD.
- [SDR DL73S030070](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S030070), Jan 15, 2003: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. DOOR / C-2 CARGO DOOR / FWD FRAME / LAP SPLICE : CRACK REPAIR THE C-2 CARGO DOOR WAS FOUND WITH A 1" CRACK IN THE UPPER AND LOWER FRAME WEB AT THE LAP JOINT FOR
- [SDR DL73K021467](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K021467), Dec 24, 2002: SMOKE. DETECTED. SMOKE/ODOR OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN MID TO FWD CABIN TO COCKPIT, SIMILAR TO FIRECRACKER FUSE. AFTER DEPLANING, COULD NOT LOCATE A SOURCE FOR THE ODOR OR SMOKE, SUSPECT
- [SDR DL73K021384](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K021384), Nov 27, 2002: TIRE. FLAT. IR/ UPON EXTENSION OF GEAR AND 3 GREEN INDICATIONS. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER HEARD A THUMP NOISE. INSPECTED GEAR THROUGH NOSE GEAR PORT AND CONFIRMED GEAR DOWN. EM
- [SDR DL73K021062](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K021062), Sep 8, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT FS 525 AND STRINGER 16R WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ALONG THE UPPER CHEM-MIL EDGE OF THE INTERNAL BONDED DOUBLER. THE CRACK FOUND WAS APPROXIMA
- [SDR DL73K020569](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K020569), May 19, 2002: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. RT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN INOP. REPLACED BATTERY, OPS NORMAL.
- [SDR DL73K020326](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K020326), Mar 18, 2002: ENGINE. FAILED. PASSING THROUGH 10,000 FT ON DEPARTURE, HAD LOUD BANG FROM NR 1 ENGINE. ENGINE RPM DECREASED RAPIDLY AND TEMPERATURE WENT TO MAX INDICATED ON GAUGE. SHUT DOWN E
- [SDR DL73K020099](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K020099), Jan 26, 2002: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. OVERHEAD EMERGENCY FLOODLIGHT INOP AT SEAT 04C. RELAMPED.
- [SDR DL73K011806](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K011806), Nov 14, 2001: COFFEEMAKER. MALFUNCTIONED. AFT COFFEEMAKER HAD SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE REPORTED BY FLT ATTENDANT. COFFEEMAKER TURNED OFF, SMOKE STOPPED. REQUESTED INSPECTION OF COFFEMAKER. INSPECTED WIRING
- [SDR DL73K002320](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K002320), Nov 28, 2000: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE / SKIN / AFT ENTRY DOOR OPENING / LWR HINGE CUTOUT:CRACK REPAIR THE LOWER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE AFT ENTRY DOOR OPENING SURROUND SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A TYP
- [SDR DL73K001970](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001970), Oct 10, 2000: UNKNOWN. ODOR. PILOTS DETECTED A MELTING PLASTIC SMELL AT CRUISE (FL 330.7M) SMELL WAS INTERMITTENT AND FLT CREW WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE. EXECUTED PRECAUTIONARY, DI
- [SDR DL73K001288](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001288), Jul 7, 2000: SKIN. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND CRACKED JUST ABOVE STR 19R AT FS 767. THE 2.5 INCH CRACK WAS CUTOUT AND A REPAIR WAS INSTALLED PER B737-200 SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 6. T
- [SDR DL73K001287](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001287), Jul 7, 2000: FRAME. DAMAGED. THE LOWER STUB FRAME FOR THE FORWARD SIDE OF THE AFT GALLEY DOOR CUTOUT WAS FOUND DAMAGE AND REPLACED ON ERA 334610-14 AT HMV.
- [SDR DL73K001286](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001286), Jul 7, 2000: SKIN. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND CRACKED JUST BELOW STR 18L AT FS 727B. THE 3 INCH CRACK WAS CUTOUT AND AN EXTERNAL REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER B737-200 SRM 53-30-3,
- [SDR DL73K001285](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001285), Jul 7, 2000: STRINGER. CORRODED. THE LT AFT KEEL CHORD (STR 27L) WAS FOUND CORRODED BETWEEN FS 907 AND FS 927. AS A RESULT STRINGER 27L WAS REMOVED FROM FS 907 TO FS 1016 AND A NEW SECTION SPLI
- [SDR DL73K001284](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001284), Jul 7, 2000: FRAME. MISDRILLED. A DOUBLE DRILLED HOLE WAS FOUND ON THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION OF THE FS 663 FRAME BETWEEN STRINGERS 9L AND 10L. THE HOLE WAS CLEANED UP AND REPAIRED PER ERA 3345
- [SDR DL73K001282](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001282), Jul 7, 2000: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. THE BL .07 FLOORBEAM WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THE WEB BETWEEN FS 700 AND FS 717. ERA 334520-14 REPAIRED THE DAMAGE SIMILIARLY TO S/B 737-57-1210 AT HMV.
- [SDR DL73K001281](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001281), Jul 7, 2000: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. THE UPPER CAP AND WEB OF THE LBL 24 FLOOR BEAM WAS FOUND CRACKED BETWEEN STATIONS 670 AND 678. THE UPPER CAP WAS SPLICED AND THE WEB WAS REPAIRED PER ERA 334555
- [SDR DL73K001280](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001280), Jul 7, 2000: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE WING CENTER SECTION FLOOR BEAM AT RBL 12 WAS CRACKED IN THE WEB AND UPPER CAP. THE UPPER CAP WAS CUT AND SPLICED TO REMOVE THE DAMAGE AND THE WEB W
- [SDR DL73K001279](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001279), Jul 7, 2000: ATTACH FITTING. CORRODED. CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE FUSELAGE SIDE OF THE VERTICAL FIN ATTACH LUGS. LUG BORES WERE OVERSIZED THE THE LUG FACES WERE SPOTFACED TO REMOVE THE CORROSION. THE
- [SDR DL73K001278](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001278), Jul 7, 2000: ATTACH FITTING. CORRODED. CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT FORWARD AND AFT CLEVIS LUGS. THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED BY INCREASING THE DIA OF THE BORES AND SPOTFACING SOME OF THE FACE
- [SDR DL73K001277](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001277), Jul 7, 2000: ATTACH FITTING. CORRODED. CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE RHS AFT SPAR LUGS OF THE HORIZ STABILIZER. CORROSION WAS REMOVED BY OVERSIZING THE BORES AND SPOTFACING THE FORWARD AND AFT FACES OF 
- [SDR DL73K001276](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001276), Jul 7, 2000: FRAME. CRACKED. A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE LOWER FASTENER OF THE INBOARD CHORD OF THE FS 616 JUST BELOW THE CABIN FLOOR. THE CRACK IS SIMILIAR TO THAT OF S/B 737-53-1182. ADDITIO
- [SDR DL73K001232](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001232), Jun 29, 2000: ATTACH FITTING. CORRODED. CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER FRONT AND REAR SPAR ATTACH FITTING LUGS. THE LUGS WERE SPOT FACED AND THE BORES OVERSIZED PER ERA 334517-14 AT 
- [SDR DL73K001231](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001231), Jun 29, 2000: FITTING. CORRODED. DURING HMV CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE AFT FACES OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT VERTICAL STABILIZER PRIMARY REAR SPAR TERMINAL FITTING. THE AREA WAS BLENDED AND TREATED P
- [SDR DL73K000978](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K000978), May 14, 2000: TRANSFORMER. FAILED. C/B POPPED, CREW REPORTED SMOKE AND BURNING SMELL BEFORE C/B POPPED. FOUND SHORTED TRANSFORMER IN OIL QTY INDICATOR. REPLACED SAME.
- [SDR DL73K000313](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K000313), Feb 15, 2000: SKIN. CRACKED. THE LOWER FORWARD CORNER OF THE AFT ENTRY DOOR (L2) CUTOUT WAS FOUND WITH A TYPICAL CRACK IN THE SKIN, BONDED DOUBLER, AND BEAR STRAP. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WIT
- [SDR DL73K991770](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K991770), Aug 8, 1999: LIGHT. INOP. DOOR 1R EMERGENCY LIGHT FLASHES.
- [SDR DL73K982533](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K982533), Dec 10, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN ASSY AND BEAR STRAP WERE FOUND WITH AN APPROX 1 INCH LONG CRACK AT THE LOWER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE AFT GALLEY DOOR CUTOUT. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED 
- [SDR DL73K980650](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K980650), Mar 24, 1998: SIGN. INOPERATIVE. 2L EMERGENCY DOOR LIGHT INOP. REPLACED ASSEMBLY.
- [SDR DL73K980385](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K980385), Feb 14, 1998: PRESS PACK. MALFUNCTIONED. LOST PRESSURE ON BOTH A-SYS HYD PUMPS, HYD QTY NML. MTC HAS FOUND NO FLUID LOSS. MOTORED ENG'S AT GATE HAD PRESSURE. CKD CASE DRAIN AND PRESS FILTERS, NO CONTAM

All 58: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N305DL-2008-07-07/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 19870625039819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870625039819I), Jun 25, 1987: Boeing 737232 (N305DL), Charleston, WV. A missile approached head on and passed 500 ft below the airliner. Appeared to be homebuilt and six feet long.

## Other aircraft with N305DL

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N305DL): Bombardier BD-100-1A10, S/N 20608, built 2016

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