# N309VA: 1968 Boeing 737-247, registration cancelled 2017-07-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 6, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Boeing 737-247](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (registry code 138448D)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (registry code 52046)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A16WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 19614
- Year built: 1968
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: December 9, 1968
- Certificate issued: September 4, 1997
- Last registry action: September 11, 2006
- Mode S code: A3429D
- Owner when cancelled: [Cis Air Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CIS%20AIR%20CORPORATION)
- Location: [New York, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/New%20York)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 40.7095° N, 74.0131° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 10006, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N309VA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=309VA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N309VA-2017-07-06

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 (9)

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

- [SDR 99ZZZM402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZM402), May 19, 1999: GENERATOR. FAILED. NR 1 GEN DROPS OFF LINE. (M)
- [SDR 99ZZZM370](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZM370), Apr 23, 1999: OUTFLOW VALVE. WORN. ON TAKEOFF AND CLIMB, AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE WITH RT PACK ONLY OPERATING. PILOT INFORMED MAINTENANCE OF PROBLEM AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO STATION. 
- [SDR USVA69702](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USVA69702), Jun 24, 1997: ACCY GEAR BOX. FAILED. NR 2 ENGINE OIL QUANTITY DROPPED TO ZERO AND WHEN OIL PRESSURE DROPPED BELOW RED RADIAL ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. OIL TEMP WAS NORMAL. SINGLE TIME WAS ABOUT TEN MIN
- [SDR USVA96603](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USVA96603), Aug 6, 1996: FITTING. CRACKED. MAIN CABIN FLOOR BEAM RIGHT SIDE BS 578 ATTACH ANGLE TO WEB HAS A 3.75 INCH CRACK AT WL 208 AND BBR 70.85. INSTALLED NEW FITTING ATTACH ANGLE, AND ALL FASTENERS
- [SDR USVA96602](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USVA96602), Aug 6, 1996: FRAME. CRACKED. CIRCUMFERENTIAL FRAME BS 578 RIGHT SIDE, 4 INCHES ABOVE CREASE BEAM, HAS CRACK EMANATING FROM HOLE FOR RECEPTACLE, WHICH SIDE WALL PANEL MOUNTS FROM INBOARD FAC
- [SDR USVA69601](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USVA69601), Aug 6, 1996: STIFFENER. CRACKED. VERTICAL STIFFENER FORWARD FACE OF CENTER FUEL TANK IS CRACKED AT UPPER FLOOR FRAME ATTACH CUP BS 540. REPAIRED IAW MHA2020 REV 'N/C' DATED 6-26-96 APPROVED DAT
- [SDR 96ZZZX3286](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX3286), Sep 15, 1995: SKIN. CORRODED. TUS - MAINTENANCE REPORT OF CORROSION AT FORWARD LAVATORY SERVICE PANEL SKIN AND REINFORCING DOUBLER, STA 257 TO STA 277, BETWEEN STR 23R AND STR 24R. AFTER COR
- [SDR 95ZZZX6271](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX6271), Sep 11, 1995: SKIN. CORRODED. MAINTENANCE REPORT OF CORROSION AT FORWARD LAV SERVICE PANEL SKIN AND REINFORCING DOUBLER, STA 257 TO STA 277, BETWEEN STR 23R AND STR 24R. AFTER CORROSION REMO
- [SDR 96ZZZX3288](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX3288), Sep 1, 1995: C-1 BLADE. DAMAGED. IFP - FLT 3225 - EN ROUTE IFP - NR 2 ENGINE ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND BIRD STRIKE DAMAGED, 3 EACH N1 FAN BLADES. REPLACED NOTED BLADES. 

## 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 19980324007959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980324007959I), Mar 24, 1998: Boeing 737247 (N309VA), Greensboro, NC, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot statement: "on climb out of iad at about 17,000 feet, we felt a violent bump. We asked the center about any aircraft in the area, they had…

## Other aircraft with N309VA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N309VA): DJI AGRAS T20P, S/N 1581F574B2383001008A

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