# N494AA: 1989 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), registration cancelled 2020-02-07 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: February 7, 2020 - Status when cancelled: Registration pending, canceled - 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: 49732 - Year built: 1989 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: February 14, 1989 - Last registry action: November 5, 2018 - Mode S code: A61EF5 - 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/N494AA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=494AA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N494AA-2020-02-07 From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 (118, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR AALA201703079012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201703079012), Mar 4, 2017: PORTABLE LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. L-1 CABIN EMERGENCY PORTABLE LIGHT IS INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED LIGHT IAW AMM 33-53-00. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. - [SDR AALA20161224005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20161224005), Dec 24, 2016: B-NUT. LEAKING. LOST OF RIGHT HYDRAULIC FLUID INDICATION. EMERGENCY DECLARED, AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. SECURED LOOSE B-NUT ON HYDRAULIC LINE IN FORWARD RIGHT - [SDR AALA20160823003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20160823003), Aug 23, 2016: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FORWARD SECTION OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE DIM. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK. FORWARD EMERGENCY LIGHTS OPS CHECKED OK. - [SDR AALA20160823002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20160823002), Aug 23, 2016: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. AFT SECTION OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE DIM. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK. LIGHTS OPS CHECKED OK. - [SDR AALA20160823001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20160823001), Aug 23, 2016: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. TAIL CONE EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BATTERY MODULE. EMERGENCY LIGHTS OPS CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20160406006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20160406006), Apr 4, 2016: BEARING. FAILED. AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. FLAMES REPORTED COMING FROM APU EXHAUST & SMOKE FROM APU INLET. NO FIRE WARNING OR INDICATION. SHUTDOWN APU. REPORTED TOTAL OIL QTY LOSS. FO - [SDR AALA20151206003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20151206003), Dec 6, 2015: PAN. CORRODED. FORWARD CARGO DOOR PAN HAS CORROSION. R & R FWD CARGO DOOR PAN IAW SRM 53-05-00-001. ACFT IN BASE MX. - [SDR AALA20151204008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20151204008), Dec 4, 2015: SKIN. CORRODED. FORWARD FUSELAGE SKIN BULGED & 7 EACH RIVET HEADS SHEARED OR CUPPED, BETWEEN L30R & L29R, AT PRODUCTION SPLICE, APPROX STATION 590. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51 - [SDR AALA20151013001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20151013001), Oct 12, 2015: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. AFT EMER LIGHTS CONTROLLED BY BATTERY PACK B5-28 INOPERATIVE. R & R B5-28 BATTERY PACK IAW AMM 33-53-00. AFFECTED AFT EMER LIGHT OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR AALA20141123010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20141123010), Nov 23, 2014: B-NUT. LOOSE. EMERGENCY DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT NOT OVERWEIGHT. DURING DESCENT RT HYD SYS QTY INDICATED LOW & DECREASING. PERFORMED QRH & LANDED WITH RT HYD ENG & - [SDR AALA20140613008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140613008), Jun 13, 2014: COFFEEMAKER. MALFUNCTIONED. CREW REPORTED ELEC ODOR IN CABIN. CREW DONNED O2 MASKS FOR LANDING. EMER DECLARED FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED FWD GALLEY - [SDR AALA20140611010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140611010), Jun 11, 2014: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME STATIONS FROM 1446 TO 1451 CRACKED. INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-70-5. - [SDR AALA20131014002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20131014002), Oct 14, 2013: LONGERON. CRACKED. LT LONGERON 24 UPPER FLANGE IS CRACKED AT STATION 160. INSTALLED LT 24 LONGERON SPLICE REPAIR AT STATION 160 IAW SRM 53-02-00. - [SDR AALA20131014011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20131014011), Oct 14, 2013: LONGERON. CRACKED. LONGERON 24 LT CRACKED AT STATION 160. INSTALLED LONGERON REPAIR AT STATION 160 IAW SRM 53-20-00. - [SDR AALA20121210004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121210004), Dec 10, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. DEEP DENT IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 436 BELOW LONGERON 21 LEFT. INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04-03 FIGURE 1. - [SDR AALA20121208003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121208003), Dec 8, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. DENT WITH GOUGES AT FUSELAGE STATIONS 1186 LEFT AT LONGERON 19 LEFT. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER PER EA MD80-53-027475. - [SDR AALA20121207020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121207020), Dec 7, 2012: CUSP WEB. DAMAGED. LEFT CUSP INBOARD LIGHTNING HOLE AT STATION 1234 DAMAGED. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER AARD 53-20-00-16. - [SDR AALA20121207019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121207019), Dec 7, 2012: CUSP WEB. DAMAGED. LEFT CUSP INBOARD LIGHTNING HOLE AT STATION 1238 DAMAGED. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER AARD 53-20-00-16. - [SDR AALA20121207008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121207008), Dec 7, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. LEFT CUSP CORRODED FROM STATIONS 1174 TO 1176. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 131A-23. - [SDR AALA20121206012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121206012), Dec 6, 2012: BRACKET. CORRODED. CORROSION ON T BRACKET AT STA 1155 AT LONGERON 28 RIGHT. REPLACED BRACKET PER AARD 51-00-05-1. - [SDR AALA20121206011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121206011), Dec 6, 2012: WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON WEB FROM STATIONS 1149 TO 1220. REPLACED WEB PER AARD 51-00-05-1. - [SDR AALA20121206002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121206002), Dec 6, 2012: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FORWARD AND AFT SIDE OF SHEAR TIE AT STATION 1155 BETWEEN LONGERONS 30 LEFT AND 29 RIGHT. INSTALLED NEW SHEAR-TIE AT STATION 1155 PER AARD 51-00-05 - [SDR AALA20121206001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121206001), Dec 6, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. BOTTOM OF LEFT CUSP AT STATION 1164 IS CORRODED AT FASTNERS. INSTALLED CUSP REPAIR PER SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 131A-23 AND EA MD80-53-027406. - [SDR AALA20121203023](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203023), Dec 3, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS TWO DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 7 INCHES INBOARD OF STATION XET 26 AND 10 INCHES AFT OF LEADING EDGE OF ELEVATOR. INSTALLED DOUBLER P - [SDR AALA20121203019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203019), Dec 3, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. RIGHT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS TWO DENT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 150 INCHES FROM INBOARD END AND 10 INCHES FROM TRAILING EDGE OF ELEVATOR. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 5 - [SDR AALA20121203018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203018), Dec 3, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS TWO DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 70 INCHES FROM INBOARD EDGE AND 5 INCHES UP FROM TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70-06. - [SDR AALA20121203017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203017), Dec 3, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS THREE DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 19 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 80 AND 8 TO 14 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER - [SDR AALA20121203004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203004), Dec 3, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS THREE DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 34 INCHES INBOARD OF STATION 173 AND 5 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE OF ELEVATOR. INSTALLED DOUBL - [SDR AALA20121203003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203003), Dec 3, 2012: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. LEFT ELEVATOR 4 DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 INCHES INBOARD OF STATION XET 80 AND 9 TO 14 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70 - [SDR AALA20121203002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203002), Dec 3, 2012: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. LEFT ELEVATOR 3 DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 46 AND 3 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70-06 - [SDR AALA20121202007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121202007), Dec 2, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS TWO DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 65 AND 11 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE OF ELEVATOR. INSTALLED DOU - [SDR AALA20121202006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121202006), Dec 2, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS THREE DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 46 AND 9 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE OF ELEVATOR. INSTALLED D - [SDR AALA20121203007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203007), Dec 1, 2012: STRUCTURE. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR 4 DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES INBOARD OF STATION XET 80 AND 9 TO 14 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70-06. - [SDR AALA20121206006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121206006), Nov 30, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS TWO DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 7 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 26 AND 10 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM - [SDR AALA20121206005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121206005), Nov 30, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS TWO DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 26 AND 7 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM - [SDR AALA20121203016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203016), Nov 30, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS MANY DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 26 AND 19 INCHES AFT OF LEADING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51- - [SDR AALA20121203012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203012), Nov 30, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS 2 DENTS 32 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 80 AND 3 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70-06. - [SDR AALA20121205009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121205009), Nov 30, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. RIGHT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 136 INCHES FROM INBOARD EDGE AND 6 INCHES UP FROM TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70- - [SDR AALA20121205008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121205008), Nov 30, 2012: STRUCTURE. DENTED. DENTS 46 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XTE 173 AND FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER ON ELEVATOR PER SRM 51-70-06. - [SDR AALA20121203009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203009), Nov 30, 2012: STRUCTURE. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR HAS 2 DENTS 35 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 80 AND 8 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70-06. - [SDR AALA20121203006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203006), Nov 30, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS THREE DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 46 AND 9 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE OF ELEVATOR. INSTALLED D - [SDR AALA20121130022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121130022), Nov 30, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. RIGHT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 130 INCHES FROM INBOARD END AND 10 INCHES UP FROM TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70- - [SDR AALA20121130015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121130015), Nov 30, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. RIGHT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS DENTS APPROXIMATELY 32 INCHES FROM INBOARD EDGE AND UP 5 INCHES FROM TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70-06. - [SDR AALA20121130014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121130014), Nov 30, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. RIGHT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS 3 DENTS APPROXIMATELY 45 INCHES FROM INBOARD END AND 7 INCHES FROM TRAILING EDGE OF ELEVATOR. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70 - [SDR AALA20121130013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121130013), Nov 30, 2012: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. DENTS APPROXIMATELY 28 INCHES FROM INBOARD EDGE AND 20 INCHES FROM TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER ON RIGHT ELEVATOR SRM 51-70-06. - [SDR AALA20121130006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121130006), Nov 30, 2012: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. DENTS 30 INCHES INBOARD OF STATION XET 26 AND 9 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER ON ELEVATOR PER SRM 51-70-06. - [SDR AALA20121203008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203008), Nov 29, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS 2 DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 65 AND 11 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 5 - [SDR AALA20121129029](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121129029), Nov 29, 2012: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. CEILING INTERCOSTAL CRACKED AT STATION 774, CENTER. INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL PER AARD 51-00-05-1. - [SDR AALA20121203011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203011), Nov 28, 2012: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN HAS 3 DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATLEY 34 INCHES INBOARD OF STATION XET 173 AND 56 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE OF ELEVATOR. INSTALLED DOUB - [SDR AALA20121203010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121203010), Nov 28, 2012: STRUCTURE. DENTED. LEFT ELEVATOR HAS 3 DENTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 34 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XET 80 AND 9 INCHES FORWARD OF TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70-06. All 118: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N494AA-2020-02-07/reports.md ## Other aircraft with N494AA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N494AA): Sikorsky UH-60L, S/N 93-26495 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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