# N502FE: Boeing 727-25, registration cancelled 2001-07-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 28, 2001
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Boeing 727-25](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-25) (registry code 1384006)
- Serial number: 18271
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: February 13, 1989
- Last registry action: January 16, 2001
- Mode S code: A641E0
- Owner when cancelled: [Federal Express Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FEDERAL%20EXPRESS%20CORPORATION)
- Location: [Memphis, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Memphis)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0351° N, 89.9272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 38118, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N502FE
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=502FE
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N502FE-2001-07-28

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 727-25: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-25.md

## Service difficulty reports (12)

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

- [SDR 98FDEA00682](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98FDEA00682), Oct 28, 1998: COALESCER BAG. CONTAMINATED. 98-261 ACRID, RANCID BURN SMELL FROM LH PACK. ISOLATE LH PK & ODOR SUBSIDED. 2 PKS REQ THIS A/C. ODOR BEGAN T/O ROLL. ODOR CEASE F/L 180. RET AT DES USING #1 BL
- [SDR 97FDEA00810](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00810), Nov 9, 1997: SWITCH. MALFUNCTION. MAIN CARGO DOOR LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR SERVICE PER MEL/CDL: 52-4A, MCD VERIFIED CLOSED. REMOVED AND REPLACED CONTROL SWITCH 
- [SDR 97FDEA00097](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00097), Feb 10, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. NR 0190 009 CORROSION (C53-224-03) ON STR 19 RT BS 313. *S/D* FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FASTENERS TO LOWER FLANGE DOUBLER AT STR 19 RT BS 313. ALODINED AND PRIME
- [SDR 97FDEA00087](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00087), Feb 3, 1997: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. NR 0172 005. BS 950 BULKHEAD IS CRACKED LBL 31, WL 183. REPAIRED CRACK AT LBL 31, WL 183 ON BS 950 BULKHEAD I.A.W. FED-EX SRM 53-10-9.
- [SDR 97FDEA00086](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00086), Feb 3, 1997: FRAME. CORRODED. NR 0405 006. CORROSION (C53-224-03) ON FRAME STA 423, BL ZERO, WL 152. REMOVED FRAME AT STA 423, BL ZERO, WL 152 (E-BAY) ORDERED AND INSTALLED NEW FRAME PER FED
- [SDR 97FDEA00084](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00084), Feb 2, 1997: STIFFENER. CORRODED. NR 0401 08. CORROSION (C53-224-03) ON VERTICAL STIFFENER STA 344, LBL 13, WL 180. REMOVED CORROSION ON STIFFENER. FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS PER FED-EX SRM 53-10
- [SDR 97FDEA00078](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00078), Jan 29, 1997: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. NR 0170 04. 950 BULKHEAD IS CRACKED AT RBL 4.5 AND LBL 4.5 WL 176. REPAIRED CRACKS AT 950 BULKHEAD, RBL 4.5 AND LBL 4.5, WL 176 PER FED-EX SRM 53-10-9.
- [SDR 97FDEA00085](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00085), Jan 27, 1997: STIFFENER. CORRODED. NR 0402 07. CORROSION (C53-224-03) ON HORIZONTAL STIFFENER STA 344, LBL 8, WL 180. REMOVED AND REPLACED STIFFENER PER FED-EX SRM 51-30-2.
- [SDR 97FDEA00076](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00076), Jan 27, 1997: NOSE CHORD. CORRODED. NR 0406 002. CORROSION (C53-224-03-1/2) ON RT MID-NOSE CHORD BS 312-344, RBL 13, WL 167. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT MID-CHORD AT BS 294 TO 351, WL 169, RBL 13 I.A.
- [SDR 97FDEA00075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00075), Jan 27, 1997: WEB. CORRODED. NR 0337 003. CORROSION (C53-100-01(1) ON WEB OF FRAME AND BONDED DOUBLER AT BS 211.8, LBL 19, WL 152. CORROSION FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. REPAIRED WEB AND REPL
- [SDR 97FDEA00071](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97FDEA00071), Jan 25, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. NR 0140 001. CORROSION (C53-224-06) AROUND FASTENER HOLE ON FLOORBEAM AT BS 344, LBL 34 TO LBL 57, WL 208. REMOVED CORRODED UPPER CHORD AT BS 344, RBL 62 - LBL 
- [SDR 96FDEA01343](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96FDEA01343), Aug 10, 1996: LINE. LEAKING. NR 2 ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN HIGHER THAN EPR 1.02, N1 63.0, EGT 260 DEGREES, N2 74.0, AND FUEL FLOW 2950 POUNDS PER HOUR. POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK. ENGINE SHUT DOWN AS A

## 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 19930720028929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930720028929I), Jul 20, 1993: Boeing 72725 (N502FE), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Fumes in cockpit. Diverted to Nashville. Landed safely. Evacuated aircraft. First officer overhead speaker shorted.

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