# N516US: 1986 Boeing 757-251, registration cancelled 2017-07-21 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: July 21, 2017 - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Boeing 757-251](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (registry code 1384970) - Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) - Data sheets: [TCDS A2NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A2NM) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 23204 - Year built: 1986 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: July 8, 1986 - Certificate issued: December 31, 2009 - Last registry action: April 8, 2016 - Mode S code: A6798C - Owner when cancelled: [Delta Air Lines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DELTA%20AIR%20LINES%20INC) - Location: [Atlanta, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Atlanta) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 33.6604° N, 84.3865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 30354, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N516US - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=516US - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N516US-2017-07-21 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 757-251: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251.md ## Service difficulty reports (10) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR NWAA093625516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA093625516), Oct 19, 2009: CABLE. DEFECTIVE. DOOR 1L FAILED THE EMERGENCY POWER ASSIST CHECK. REPLACED CABLE, ADJUSTED TRIGGER STUD PER AMM 52-11-32-40 AND COMPLIED WITH AMDS 55-0552-8-0077. OPS CHECKED GO - [SDR NWAA09525516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA09525516), Feb 18, 2009: COOLING FAN. FAULTY. ENROUTE, THE CREW BEGAN TO SMELL AN ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE FLIGHT DECK AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE EICAS MESSAGE EQPT COOLING FAN WAS DISPLAYED. THE COM PROCEDUR - [SDR NWAA072935516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA072935516), Aug 29, 2007: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, FOUND DOOR 2 RIGHT EMERGENCY EXTERIOR LIGHT INOP. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY SUPPLY. OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD AND AIRCRAFT - [SDR NWAA071845516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA071845516), May 12, 2007: POWER SUPPLY. WEAK. DURING LINE CHECK, FOUND AFT SECTION EMERGENCY FLOOR PROXIMITY LIGHTS DIM WHEN TESTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED POWER SUPPLY AT DOOR 3R. OPS CHECKS NORMAL PER AMM 3 - [SDR 0402225516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0402225516), Dec 29, 2004: COMPUTER. BURNED. DURING DESCENT FLIGHT CREW REPORTED ELECTRICAL SMELL IN COCKPIT. FLIGHT ATTENDANT INDICATED FUMES/SMOKE COMING OUT OF OVERHEAD VENTS AND SOME FLOOR VENTS IN CAB - [SDR 0401835516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0401835516), Sep 3, 2004: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. DURING H-CHECK FOUND CORROSION ON FLOOR SUPPORT AT BS 345 BL 0. REPAIRED PER EA 55-200413. - [SDR 0000295516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0000295516), Jan 19, 2000: WEB. CRACKED. DURING L CHECK, FOUND CRACK ON NUMBER 10 SLAT AFT CLOSURE WEB AT O/B DRIVE TRACK. REPAIRED PER EA 55-173783. - [SDR 9806405516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9806405516), Apr 11, 1998: COWLING. MISSING. DURING CLIMB, CREW NOTICED A VIBRATION WHICH INCREASED IN INTENSITY COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. GROU - [SDR 9624415516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9624415516), Nov 13, 1996: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DURING PREFLIGHT, FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHT AT DOOR 4R INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY AND POWER SUPPLY. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. - [SDR 9507595516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9507595516), Apr 28, 1995: SUPPORT. CORRODED. DURING PERIODIC CHECK, FOUND CORROSION IN SEAT TRACK SUPPORT FS 365, RBL 45.5. REPAIRED PER EA 55-98202. MFG PART NUMBER 141N5131-4. ## 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 CHI87IA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87IA026), Nov 6, 1986: Boeing 757-251 (N516US), Washington, DC, incident, no damage ## 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 19980411011889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980411011889I), Apr 11, 1998: Boeing 757* (N516US), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. Narrative: the #1 engine core cowl came off the aircraft following take-off. Company disciplinary action was administered and appears to be adequate. Cmo… --- 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.