# N462AA: 1988 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), registration cancelled 2012-04-26 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 26, 2012 - Status when cancelled: First renewal notice - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (registry code 3022082) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053) - Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 49592 - Year built: 1988 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: August 20, 1988 - Certificate issued: September 21, 1988 - Last registry action: April 20, 2010 - Mode S code: A5A10A - Owner when cancelled: [Wilmington Trust Company Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WILMINGTON%20TRUST%20COMPANY%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N462AA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=462AA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N462AA-2012-04-26 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 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82): https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82.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 AALA20110829LAS01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110829LAS01), Aug 29, 2011: LINE. LEAKING. LAS - CREW REPORTED TAIL COMPARTMENT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER TAKEOFF. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED LAS LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED - [SDR AALA20100120TUL09](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100120TUL09), Jan 20, 2010: OXYGEN BOTTLE. LOW PRESSURE. PIT DURING FLIGHT IT WAS DISCOVERED CREW OXYGEN BOTTLE PRESSURE LOSS. FLIGHT DIVERTED PIT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SERVICED CREW OXYGEN BOTTLE. SYSTEM GROUND CH - [SDR AALA20091113DFW04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20091113DFW04), Nov 13, 2009: CONTROLLER. FAILED. CABIN ALTITUDE AURAL WARNING AT FL280, CABIN ALTITUDE REACHED 9500 FEET, CABIN DEPRESSURIZED. LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED NUMBER ONE AND TWO CABIN PRE - [SDR AALA2009020100444](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2009020100444), Feb 1, 2009: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LGA - FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK IN FIRST CLASS. - [SDR AALA200801676](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200801676), Jun 20, 2008: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LGA - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT MID CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT MID CABIN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (A) - [SDR AALA200801675](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200801675), Jun 20, 2008: BATTERY. LOOSE. LGA - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT OVERHEAD LT NR ONE DOOR GALLEY INOPERATIVE. RESEATED BATTERY FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT OVERHEAD LT NR ONE DOOR GALLEY. SYSTEM GROUND CHE - [SDR AALA200801674](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200801674), Jun 20, 2008: BATTERY. LOOSE. LGA - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT AFT TAIL COMPARTMENT INOPERATIVE. RESEATED BATTERY FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN AFT TAIL COMPARTMENT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATIO - [SDR AALA200801296](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200801296), May 13, 2008: OUTFLOW VALVE. INOPERATIVE. DFW INFLIGHT T682/13MAY AUS TO ORD - CREW REPORTED CABIN PRESSURE LOSS. NO MASKS DEPLOYED. LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED BOTH CABIN SAFETY RELIEF VALVES - [SDR AALA20071312](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20071312), Jul 16, 2007: DUCT. BLOWN. SAN INFLIGHT T237/16JUL - REPEATER DURING CLIMB TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AFTER NUMBER ONE ENGINE TO IDLE AND L - [SDR AALA20060490](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20060490), Jul 24, 2006: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DFW - EMERGENCY OVERHEAD LIGHTS FROM ROWS 28 TO 30 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AND RELAMPED EMERGENCY OVERHEAD LIGHTS FROM ROWS 28 TO 30. SYSTEM GROUND C - [SDR AALA20060489](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20060489), Jul 24, 2006: LENS. MISSING. DFW - OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT LENS COVER MISSING AT ROW 28 AND ONE LENS COVER LOOSE AT ROW 28. REPLACED LENS COVER FOR MISSING LENS AND REPLACED GROMMET AND SE - [SDR AALA20060488](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20060488), Jul 24, 2006: LENS. MISSING. DFW - EMERGENCY PATH LIGHT LENS COVER MISSING AT SEAT 11D. REPLACED LENS COVER AT SEAT 11D FOR EMERGENCY PATH LIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. - [SDR AALA20060487](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20060487), Jul 24, 2006: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTING AT SEAT 14D INOPERATIVE. RELAMPED EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTS AT SEAT 14D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (CLOSED) - [SDR AALA20050272](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20050272), Apr 15, 2005: BLADES. DAMAGED. COMPRESSOR STALL ON TAKEOFF AT 50 FEET TO FLEX 50 DEGREES. RIGHT ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE IN AMBER AREA 590 DEGREES. RETURNED TO DFW AND LANDED WITHOUT IN - [SDR AALA20040287](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20040287), Feb 29, 2004: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. SAN - CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS BETWEEN TWO AFT LAVS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS BETWEEN TWO AFT LAVS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED - [SDR AALA20031067](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20031067), Sep 25, 2003: SLIDE. DEFECTIVE. DFW - FLT 1128 - AIRCRAFT GROUND INTERRUPTED WITH SMOKE IN THE CABIN. EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS EXECUTED BY DEPLOYING SLIDES. ALL PERSONS EVACUATED SAFELY. TAIL - [SDR AALA20031064](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20031064), Sep 24, 2003: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING WAS OBSERVED TO BE INOPERATIVE AT THE OVERWING EXIT. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. SYSTEM GROUND CHEC - [SDR AALA20031063](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20031063), Sep 24, 2003: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING WAS OBSERVED TO BE INOPERATIVE AT SEAT ROWS 13 THROUGH 20. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. SYSTEM GROUN - [SDR AALA20030687](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20030687), Jun 23, 2003: BATTERY. DEFECTIVE. WHEN PARKING AT GATE, SMOKE EMITTED FROM E/E COMPARTMENT. USED EXTERNAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN E/E COMPARTMENT. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM BATTERIES. REPLACED BOTH SHI - [SDR AALA20030109](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20030109), Jan 25, 2003: WIRE. DAMAGED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, AFT AIRSTRIP EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED AFT STAIR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WIRE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OP - [SDR AALA20021819](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20021819), Dec 15, 2002: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT ENTRY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT ENTRY LIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M) - [SDR AALA20011830](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011830), Sep 28, 2001: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. SAT - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FORWARD GALLEY EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M) - [SDR AALA20011815](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011815), Sep 18, 2001: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. TUL - FOUND MAINTENANCE ENTRY DAMAGED RIGHT WING FROM L/E OF NR 5 SLAT BACK TO THE AILERON AT INBOARD ATTACH POINT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER TO LOWER RI - [SDR AALA20011658](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011658), Aug 20, 2001: HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. LEAKING. DFW - FLT 692 - SIX MINUTES AFTER LANDING AIR CONDITIONING PACK BEGAN EMITTING AN ACRID ODOR AND SMOKE APPEARED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. PACKS WERE SHUTDOWN. REPAIRE - [SDR AALA991892](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991892), Dec 10, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - RUST EMITTING FROM FASTENER HOLES ON LOWER AREA OF FORWARD CARGO LOWER DOOR SILL AND DOOR FRAME CUTOUT STATION 370 AND 427. REMOVED CORRODED LOWER SILL PA - [SDR AALA990921](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990921), Jun 22, 1999: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTING IN FIRST CLASS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHT STRIP IN FIRST CLASS - [SDR AALA990651](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990651), May 3, 1999: AIR DIST. ODOR. MEX - FLT 884 - AFTER TAKEOFF, ELECTRICAL SMELL AND SMOKE WAS NOTED IN CABIN BY FLIGHT CREW. AIRCRAFT AIR INTERRUPTED, RETURNED MEX AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER I - [SDR AALA981698](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981698), Sep 16, 1998: FAN. FAILED. DFW - FLT 85 - DURING DESCENT INTO DFW, FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTED A ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE AFT COACH CABIN. AIRCRAFT LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUN - [SDR AALA981284](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981284), Jun 28, 1998: WIRE. BROKEN. DFW - DURING OVENRIGHT MAINTENANCE, AFT AIR STAIR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED WIRING FOR AFT AIR STAIR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKE - [SDR AALA961824](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961824), Dec 15, 1996: SENSOR. DEFECTIVE. ORD - FLT 1059 - DURING CLIMB-OUT BOS, THE RED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE THEN EXTINGUISHED. LANDED ORD WITHOUT FURTHER INC - [SDR AALA960387](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA960387), Mar 10, 1996: OIL LINE. LOOSE. DFW - FLT 2386 - AFTER TAKEOFF SAT DURING INITIAL CLIMB, OIL SMOKE, AND FUMES NOTED IN AFT PORTION OF MAIN CABIN. SMOKE AND FUMES DISSIPATED AFTER APPROXIMATELY ## 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 DCA03IA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA03IA058), Sep 25, 2003: McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (N462AA), Dfw, TX, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The improper maintenance of the tailcone evacuation system, which prevented the evacuation slide from inflating during an evacuation due to smoke/fumes in the cabin. ## 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 20030925031499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030925031499I), Sep 25, 2003: Doug DC982 (N462AA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. (-23) On sep 25, 2003, at approximately 0651 aircraft performed uneventful power back from gate C-17 at dfw airport. Upon initiating taxi, smoke and acrid… - [Incident 19970317014789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970317014789I), Mar 17, 1997: Doug DC982 (N462AA), Miami, FL. Narrative: the aircraft landed at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. While taxiing to the gate a flight attendant notified the flight crew that… - [Incident 19960514013649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960514013649I), May 14, 1996: Doug DC982 (N462AA), Springfield, MO. Narrative: on 14 may 96, American flight AAL267 diverted to Springfield Missouri airport. There was no oil pressure for the #2 engine. The crew shut down the… - [Incident 19920624031839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920624031839I), Jun 24, 1992: Doug DC982 (N462AA), Middletown, PA, Minor damage. Bird strike in right engine en route. Landed safely. ## Other aircraft with N462AA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N462AA): Airbus A321-253NX, S/N 11057, built 2022 --- 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.