# N421DA: 1977 Boeing 727-232, registration cancelled 2013-08-06 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: August 6, 2013 - Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled - Airframe: [Boeing 727-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (registry code 1384082) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (registry code 52060) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 21274 - Year built: 1977 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: February 3, 1977 - Last registry action: May 24, 2001 - Mode S code: A4FFA2 - Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 25.8166° N, 80.3105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33166, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421DA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=421DA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421DA-2013-08-06 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 727-232: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232.md ## Service difficulty reports (27) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DL72S991812](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991812), Aug 13, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND ON F1 LETTER CK, .375 INCH CRACK AT L-1 DOOR UPPER HINGE CUTOUT ON THE FUSELAGE. REPAIRED PER MM 53-30-3. - [SDR DL72S991811](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991811), Aug 13, 1999: SKIN. SEPARATED. LEFT ELEVATOR T/E SEPARATING O/B OF TAB. RIGHT ELEVATOR T/E SEPARATING O/B OF TAB. INSTALL T/E FASTENERS REF MM 55-20-0. - [SDR DL72S991708](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991708), Jul 30, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. ON SVC CK, FOUND CENTER AISLE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AT ROW 21 INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPS NML. - [SDR DL72S991025](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991025), May 8, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION OF THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE INDICATED CRACKS. ONE CRACK WAS NOTED BETWEEN FS 7 - [SDR DL72S991024](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991024), May 8, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 481 AND 681 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION - [SDR DL72S991023](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991023), May 7, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION OF THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL AT THE STRINGER 4L SKIN LAP SPLICE REVEALED 8 CRACKS IN CONSECUTIVE FRAME BAYS. THE S - [SDR DL72S990185](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990185), Jan 28, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 26L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 AND 681 INDICATED POSSIBLE CRACKS IN THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 18 CR - [SDR DL72S982169](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S982169), Oct 20, 1998: STRINGER. CRACKED. CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE SKIN, STRINGER AND BS 940 FITTING ON THE RT SIDE OF THE AC AT STRINGER 8A. STRINGER 18A CONTAINED AN APPROX 2 LONG CRACK, THE SKIN AND - [SDR DL72S982083](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S982083), Oct 8, 1998: TAB. CRACKED. 59R FLANGE TAB AT FIN STA 133.8 CRACKED, HORIZONTALLY THROUGH ATTACH BOLT. REF NRC515 MV2. REPAIRED PER MM 55-30-0 FIG 803. - [SDR DL72S982143](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S982143), Sep 29, 1998: STRNGER. CRACKED. TAB CRACKED AT WING STRINGER TO FRAME ATTACHMENT STA 629 AT 4TH FROM FWD SIDE AND 2ND FROM FWD SIDE. REPAIRED PER MM 57-13-0 FIG 804 NRC 521 AND NRC 520. - [SDR DL72S981846](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S981846), Sep 6, 1998: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. LEFT WING MID BODY FAIRING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WILL NOT TEST. REPLACED BATTERY. - [SDR DL72S972639](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S972639), Dec 14, 1997: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. R2 DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY. - [SDR DL72S972249](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S972249), Nov 4, 1997: RIB. CRACKED. FOUND DURING D-2 LETTER CHECK - VERTICAL FIN RIB CRACKED AT RIB TO STRINGER ATTACH BOLT FIN STA 133.8 R/H SIDE 5TH \ATRINGER UP FROM BOTTOM REPAIRED PER M/M 55- - [SDR DL72S962173](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S962173), Sep 23, 1996: FRAME. CRACKED. A .5 INCH CRACK R2 DOOR FWD FRAME AT UPPER HINGE CUTOUT LOWER CORNER. REPLACED DOOR PER M/M. - [SDR DL72S961831](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961831), Aug 1, 1996: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. TRACK LIGHT AT 36D INOPERATIVE. REPLACED SOCKET AND BULB, CHECKS NORMAL. - [SDR DL72S961472](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961472), Jun 12, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. FUSELAGE SKIN JUST AFT OF FUSELAGE STA 700 HAD CORROSION DAMAGE AT STRINGER 28L AND STR 28R. REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 1 IN ACCORDANCE WITH B727 S/B - [SDR DL72S960778](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960778), Apr 6, 1996: ACTUATOR. FAILED. SLOW LEAK OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM-A AT F310 AFTER 2 HRS AT CRUISE. POM PROCEDURES FOLLOWED FOR LOSS OF SYSTEM-A. RT SLAT NR 6 DID NOT EXTEND WITH ALTERNATE FLAPS EX - [SDR DL72S960470](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960470), Feb 29, 1996: ANGLE. CRACKED. A .25 INCH CRACK AT NR 2 SLAT COVE SKIN ANGLE BELOW I/B TRACK. FOUND DURING C-1 LTR CK TPAMM AND REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-0. - [SDR DL72S960316](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960316), Feb 11, 1996: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. AIRSTAIR COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY LIGHT IS INOP DURING TEST. REPLACED LIGHT ASSY, CHECKS GOOD. - [SDR DL72S954483](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S954483), Nov 23, 1995: DUCT. RUPTURED. FLT DIVERTED INTO DCA AT FL 350, CABIN ALT 5,600 FT, AFTER ABOUT 10 MIN OF LITE VIBRATION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, CABIN CLIMBED AT 500 FT/MIN AND UNABLE TO CONTROL I - [SDR DL72S953197](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S953197), Jul 26, 1995: ANGLE. CRACKED. CRACK UNDER NR 3 SLAT I/B STOP PAD. FOUND AT B-2 LTR CHECK, REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-0. - [SDR DL72S953196](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S953196), Jul 26, 1995: ANGLE. CRACKED. A .25 INCH CRACK COVE SKIN ATTACH ANGLE UNDER ANTI-ICE DUCT AT NR 8 SLAT. FOUND AT B-2 LTR CHECK, REPAIRED PER SRM 57-54-0. - [SDR DL72S953195](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S953195), Jul 26, 1995: ACT BRACKET. CRACKED. A .75 INCH CRACK AT NR 3 L/E FLAP ACTUATOR MOUNT BRACKET. FOUND AT B-2 LTR CHECK, REPAIRED PER MM 57-20-21. - [SDR DL72S950682](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S950682), Jan 20, 1995: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE NR 7 LEADING EDGE SLAT, RIB MARKED NR 11 WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK. THE RIB WAS REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-0. - [SDR DL72S950680](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S950680), Jan 20, 1995: SLAT. CRACKED. DURING THE INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE NR 7 LEADING EDGE SLAT, THERE WAS A CRACK FOUND THE UPPER I/B CORNER OF THE 'T' DUCT OPENING. THE CRACK WAS REPAIRED PER MM - [SDR DL72S950679](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S950679), Jan 20, 1995: SKIN. DAMAGED. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE NR 7 LEADING EDGE SLAT, THERE WAS A TEMPORARY REPAIR FOUND ON THE OUTER SKIN 45 INCHES FROM THE OUTBOARD END. THE DAMAGE WAS REPA - [SDR DL72S950261](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S950261), Jan 18, 1995: ATTACH ANGLE. CRACKED. DURING LETTER CHECK, THE LEFT WING NR 4 LEADING EDGE SLAT LOWER FORWARD SKIN ATTACH ANGLE WAS FOUND WITH A .5 INCH CRACK IN ITS RADIUS BEHIND THE INBOARD SLAT U ## FAA accident and incident reports (4) 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 19970627020939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970627020939I), Jun 27, 1997: Boeing 727232 (N421DA), Kansas City, MO. Diverted mci due failed green light on nose gear. Performed missed approach. Replaced nose gear lock switch. - [Incident 19960802026969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960802026969I), Aug 2, 1996: Boeing 727200 (N421DA), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: on 8/02/96, delta flight DL883 departed mci enroute to atl. The aircraft was on takeoff climb, when the crew experienced a hydraulic pressure loss… - [Incident 19891021063069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891021063069I), Oct 21, 1989: Boeing 727232 (N421DA), Shreveport, LA, Minor damage. Aircraft bounced on landing with co pilot at controls. Wing tip touched runway on correction of hard landing. - [Incident 19870812065339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870812065339I), Aug 12, 1987: Boeing 727232 (N421DA), Washington, DC. Engine flamed out on takeoff. Returned for safe landing. Found a shaft broken on the fuel pump. --- 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.