# N508DC: 1968 Douglas DC-8-51, registration cancelled 2013-09-20 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: September 20, 2013 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Douglas DC-8-51](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-51) (registry code 3021920) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT3D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-series) (registry code 52035) - Data sheets: [TCDS 4A25](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A25) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 45935 - Year built: 1968 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: December 10, 1994 - Certificate issued: May 3, 2007 - Last registry action: April 20, 2010 - Mode S code: A657F6 - Owner when cancelled: [Miami Leasing Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MIAMI%20LEASING%20INC) - Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 25.7795° N, 80.2996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33126, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N508DC - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=508DC - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N508DC-2013-09-20 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 Douglas DC-8-51: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-51.md ## Service difficulty reports (16) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 2000ZZZM249](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000ZZZM249), Oct 24, 1999: BALLAST. FAILED. DURING TAXI NOTICED THAT SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM THE FLIGHT ENGINEER QUADRANT. COMPLETE PHASE ONE SMOKE SOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVED AND REPLACED BAL - [SDR 98ZZZM338](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZM338), Mar 6, 1998: ELEMENT. CHAFING. DURING CRUISE NR 2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL CAME ON. SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND FIRE WARNING CEASED. GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR OVERH - [SDR 98ZZZM297](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZM297), Feb 12, 1998: TRUNNION. CRACKED. MIA - DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEFT MAIN GEAR TRUNNION CRACKED, REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT GEAR TRUNNION PER DOUGLAS DC-8 MAIN GEAR FITTING REPLACEMENT G - [SDR 2000ZZZX458](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000ZZZX458), Feb 12, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND THE FOLLOWING: CORROSION DAMAGE AT LOWER OUTBOARD AILERON RIGHT. REPAIRED CORROSION DAMAGE IAW FINE AIRLINES EO 9802041 AND SRM - [SDR 2000ZZZX457](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000ZZZX457), Feb 12, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND THE FOLLOWING: FUSELAGE CORROSION DAMAGE AT STA 1050 TO STA 1140, LONGERONS 34LT TO 30RT. REPAIRED CORROSION DAMAGE IAW FINE AI - [SDR 97ZZZX4649](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX4649), Oct 24, 1997: ACME NUT. FAILED. ACME NUT THREADS STRIPPED MAKING LONGITUDINAL TRIM MECHANISM DRIVE UNIT TOTALLY INOPERABLE. THIS NUT DRIVES THE JACKSCEW UP OR DOWN. THE INSIDE DIAMETER IS TOTA - [SDR 97ZZZM77](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM77), Dec 17, 1996: DOOR SEAL. PLUGGED. EN ROUTE ALB TO SDF, LOST CABIN PRESSURIZATION DURING CLIMB. INITIATED EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET AND CONTINUED FLIGHT TO SDF. GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED - [SDR 97ZZZM78](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM78), Dec 13, 1996: TIRES. BLOW OUT. PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING LANDING IN MIA, THREE TIRES WERE BLOWN DUE TO RUNWAY CONDITIONS (WET). GROUND INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES PER SE - [SDR 96ZZZM1402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZM1402), Sep 18, 1996: SMOKE DETECTOR. DEFECTIVE. DURING CRUISE CARGO SMOKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. EXECUTED SMOKE/FIRE CHECK LIST AND VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE. ON DESCENT WARNING LIGHT WE - [SDR 96ZZZM983](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZM983), May 16, 1996: BALLAST. SHORTED. DURING CRUISE AT FL 350 MIA-DFW, EXPERIENCED SPARK FOLLOWED BY SMOKE ON THE FLIGHT OFFICERS SIDE OF THE COCKPIT. DONNED MASKS AND GOGGLES AND INITIATED EMERGENC - [SDR 96ZZZX1460](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX1460), Feb 29, 1996: WIRE HARNESS. SHORTED. ON DESCENT TO MIAMI, RECEIVED INTERMITTENT FIRE WARNING ON NR 1 ENGINE. LANDED MIAMI WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A SHORTED WIRE IN THE HARNESS. REP - [SDR 95ZZZX3435](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX3435), Jun 24, 1995: PIPE ASSY. RUPTURED. MIA - AFTER TAKEOFF, THERE WAS A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. EXECUTED EMERGENCY CHECK LIST. LANDED MIA WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION REVEALED - [SDR 95ZZZM93](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZM93), Jun 6, 1995: STATIC LINE. LOOSE. ON DEPARTURE MIAMI, CAPTAIN'S AIRSPEED AND ALT INOP. RETURNED AND LANDED MIAMI WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION FOUND LOOSE STATIC LINE AT CAPTAIN ALTIMETER TIGHTEN - [SDR 95ZZZM92](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZM92), May 26, 1995: HYDRAULIC PUMP. FAILED. ON APPROACH MIAMI EXPERIENCED LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. SHUTDOWN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. NOTIFIED MIAMI TOWER AND LANDED MIAMI WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION REVEALED FL - [SDR 95ZZZX2312](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX2312), Apr 21, 1995: DOOR. DAMAGED. PTY - AFTER TAKEOFF, RECEIVED LEFT MLG UNSAFE LIGHT. RETURNED TO PTY. INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED LEFT MLG DOOR DAMAGE. REMOVED LEFT MLG DOOR AND FERRIED AIRCRA - [SDR 95ZZZX1948](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX1948), Apr 7, 1995: ELBOW. CRACKED. MIAMI - ON DESCENT, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PRESSURE, EXECUTED EMERGENCY CHECK LIST. LANDING MIA WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION FOUND ELBOW FITTIN --- 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.