# N324DL: 1984 Boeing 737-232, registration cancelled 2007-11-21 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: November 21, 2007 - Exported to: Mexico - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - 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: 23096 - Year built: 1984 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: June 27, 1984 - Certificate issued: December 8, 2003 - Last registry action: December 19, 2006 - Mode S code: A37D82 - Owner when cancelled: [Delta Air Lines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DELTA%20AIR%20LINES%20INC) - Location: [Atlanta, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Atlanta) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 33.6604° N, 84.3865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 30354, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N324DL - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=324DL - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N324DL-2007-11-21 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 (31) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DL73S060147](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S060147), Feb 20, 2006: BULKHEAD. PUNCTURED. PUNCTURE REPAIR FOR AFT BULKHEAD WEB. THE NLG DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR FAILED AND CAUSED A PUNCTURE IN THE AFT BULKHEAD WEB AT FS 294.5, BL 0, WL 165. THE PUNCTURE MEA - [SDR DL73S060139](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S060139), Feb 18, 2006: ACTUATOR. BROKEN. DID NOT GET NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED, RED UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. REPLACED BROKEN ACTUATOR AND REPAIRED BULKHEAD DAMAGE. - [SDR DL73S050722](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S050722), Nov 15, 2005: SKIN. CRACKED. A 3 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN AND BEAR STRAP AT THE L-2 DOOR CUTOUT, LOWER FORWARD CORNER. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS PER THE SRM AND AUTHORIZED - [SDR DL73S040677](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040677), Jul 20, 2004: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT STA 750 AND STR 18R ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING CHEM-MILL. AREA REPAIRED IAW ERA 092053-14. - [SDR DL73S040579](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040579), Jun 17, 2004: BOLT. DAMAGED. YOKE FAILED TO RETURN TO NEUTRAL AFTER DEFLECTION. REPLACED BOLT IN ELEVATOR FEEL AND CENTERING OUTPUT ROD. - [SDR DL73S040241](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S040241), Mar 16, 2004: CSD. FAILED. ON TAKEOFF RT GEN LOW OIL PRESS LIGHT ON WITH GEN DROPPING OFF LINE WITH APU POWERING LEFT BUS DUE TO MCO ON LEFT GEN. AFTER FIVE MINUTES LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT - [SDR DL73S030970](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S030970), Oct 29, 2003: ATTACH FITTING. CORRODED. DURING INSPECTIONS PER EO 03-069697-03 AND 03-053025-03AD THE HORIZ STAB ATTACH FITTINGS, SEVERAL LUG BORES WERE OVERSIZED TO REMOVE CORROSION. CORROSION DAMAGE - [SDR DL73S030969](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S030969), Oct 29, 2003: SKIN. DENTED. A DENT WAS FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 380 BETWEEN S17L AND S17A. DENT WAS REPAIRED PER ERA 385801-14. - [SDR DL73S030967](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S030967), Oct 29, 2003: FRAME. DAMAGED. DURING REPAIR OF STA 663 FRAME AT S3L AN EXISTING FASTENER LOCATION WAS NOTED TO HAVE SHORTED ALONG WITH STANDOFFS THAT INTERFERED WITH REPAIR ACCOMPLISHMENT. R - [SDR DL73K011713](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K011713), Oct 24, 2001: THRUST REVERSER. INOPERATIVE. T/O ABORTED ON 13R AT 120 KNOTS FOLLOWING NR 1 T/R LIGHT FLICKERING AND THEN STEADY. T/O WT 103,00 LBS. LOCKED OUT NR 1 ENGINE REV PER MEL 78-00-01A. FWD TO MCO - [SDR DL73K011093](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K011093), Jun 29, 2001: ENGINE. FAILED. NR 1 ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF. REPLACED ENGINE. - [SDR DL73K010075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K010075), Jan 15, 2001: DUCT. RUPTURED. FLIGHT ATTENDANT HEARD POP IN OVERHEAD NEAR FRONT OF A/C JUST AFTER INITIATION OF T/O POWER. ANOTHER POP AT V1. AFTER T/O SMOKE FILLED CABIN. AFTER DISCOVERY OF - [SDR DL73K001949](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K001949), Oct 7, 2000: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. AT DEPARTURE FWD SECTION OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS WAS FOUND TO BE INOP. REPLACED DEFECTIVE POWER SUPPLY AND BATTERY. - [SDR DL73K000669](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K000669), Apr 5, 2000: BEAM. CRACKED. THE WEB OF THE STR 18A SHEAR BEAM AT FS 727, RT WAS FOUND WITH A CRACK AT AN ATTACH FASTENER ON THE AFT END. THE CRACK IS TYPICAL OF CRACKS NOTED IN S/B 737-53- - [SDR DL73K991915](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K991915), Aug 27, 1999: FAN. FAILED. AT DEPARTURE - WHEN FLT CREW SWITCHED ON GASPER FAN GOT ELECTRICAL SMELL IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. REMOVED BAGS FROM FWD B/B AND PULLED AFT WALL TO CONFIRM GASPER F - [SDR DL73K991448](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K991448), Jun 26, 1999: BATTERY PACK. NOT SECURED. ON L/O, FOUND EMERGENCY OVERHEAD SEAT LIGHT AT 18DEF INOP. RELAMPED, NO HELP. FOUND BATTERY PACK NOT SECURED. REINSTALLED AND SECURED, OPN NOW CKS NORMAL. - [SDR DL73K990928](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K990928), Apr 27, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. ON TEST, EMERGENCY LIGHT PACK M1137 NOT ILLUMINATING RESPECTIVE LIGHTS. REPLACE BATTERY PACK. - [SDR DL73K990280](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K990280), Feb 11, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE LOWER FWD CORNER OF THE L2 DOOR SURROUND LOWER HINGE CUTOUT. THE CRACK WAS .25 INCH LONG IN THE SKIN ONLY. THE CRACK - [SDR DL73K981048](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K981048), May 15, 1998: BULB HOLDER. FAILED. SMELLS LIKE ELECTRICAL SMOKE COMING FROM OVERHEAD VENT NEAR ROW 17. FOUND FLOUR BULB CONTACTS BURNED AT ROW 18 RIGHT SIDE. REPLACED BALLAST AT ROW 17 FOR LAMPS - [SDR DL73K981035](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K981035), May 14, 1998: BULB. FAILED. RT OVERWING EVACUATION HATCH OUTSIDE EMERG LIGHT INOP, REPLACE LAMP. - [SDR DL73K972758](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K972758), Dec 31, 1997: ACTUATOR. CRACKED. AFTER LANDING, DURING TAXI, LOST NOSE WHEEL STEERING WITH NR 1 ENG RUNNING AND NR 2 ENG SHUTDOWN. A SYSTEM PRESS AND QTY BOTH READ ZERO. REPLACED NR 8 GROUND SP - [SDR DL73K972128](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K972128), Oct 21, 1997: POWER SUPPLY. FAILED. RT WING EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT PWR SUPPLY. - [SDR DL73K971518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K971518), Aug 1, 1997: RADOME. BIRD STRIKE. BIRD STRIKE ON LEFT SIDE OF A/C. NO ABNOMAL FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OR ENGINE INDICATIONS. AIR TURNBACK, PERFORMED BIRD STRIKE INSP AND NO DAMAGE FOUND. CONFIRME - [SDR DL73K970955](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K970955), May 19, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FOUND ON LAYOVER, 2 CHECK FWD RT EMERGENCY LIGHT EXTERIOR LIGHT INOP. RELAMPED SAME, OPN CHECKS GOOD. - [SDR DL73K970339](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K970339), Feb 20, 1997: BULKHEAD WEB. CRACKED. THE FS 178 BULKHEAD WEB WAS FOUND CRACKED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE VERTICAL STIFFENER AT LBL 5.7 AND WL 187 WAS FOUND TO HAVE A 1 INCH CRACK. THE - [SDR DL73K970125](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K970125), Jan 21, 1997: PCU. MALFUNCTIONED. UNCOMMANDED LEFT RUDDER INPUT YAW DAMP INDICATOR SHOWED LEFT DISPLACEMENT. THIS HAPPEDED DURING CLIMB JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, WINGS LEVEL 2500 AGL 210 KTS PWR STEAD - [SDR DL73S962050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S962050), Aug 26, 1996: FRAME. CRACKED. THE C-2 DOOR CUTOUT FORWARD FRAME WAS FOUND WITH A 1 INCH CRACK AT THE NR 5 STOP FITTING. REPAIRED PER ERA 304090-14AD. - [SDR DL73S954682](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S954682), Dec 12, 1995: HYD LINE. RUPTURED. A/C 324 FLT 1500, JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN MASTER CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON FOR A-SYS HYD LEAK. WHILE TURNING OFF RUNWAY A-SYS HYD QUANTITY WENT TO ZERO, FLAP LEVER - [SDR DL73S954000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S954000), Oct 13, 1995: GEARBOX. STUDS STRIPPED. AFTER START, OIL QTY WENT TO ZERO, PRESS WENT TO ZERO, THEN SHUTDOWN ENGINE. - [SDR DL73S950373](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S950373), Jan 26, 1995: DUCT. CRACKED. DURING CLIMB-OUT, HAD NR 1 ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT. RETURNED SLC, AND FOUND CRACKED BLEED DUCT. REPLACED DUCT, OPERATION NORMAL. - [SDR DL73S950279](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S950279), Jan 18, 1995: PSU. FAULTY. AFTER TAKEOFF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED STRONG BURING ODOR IN MID CABIN AND AFT. NO SMOKE OR FIRE NOTED. RETURNED HSV. TRACED SOURCE OF ODOR TO PSU AT ROW 17AB ## 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 ATL87IA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87IA201), Jul 7, 1987: Boeing 737-232 (N324DL), Frankfort, KY, incident, no 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 20010115002309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010115002309I), Jan 15, 2001: Boeing 737232 (N324DL), Kansas City, MO. (-23) Delta airlines, flight 2859, departed mci at 0715. At 0716, delta flight 2589 declared an emergency and advised the tower they needed to return due to… - [Incident 19960307006309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960307006309I), Mar 7, 1996: Boeing 737232 (N324DL), Little Rock, AR. Narrative: history of flight: on March 7, 1996, a Boeing 737-232, N324DL, flight 1889, departed memphis, TN, enroute to Little Rock, AR. Upon landing at Adams… --- 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.