# N517US: 1986 Boeing 757-251, registration cancelled 2018-03-29 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: March 29, 2018 - 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: 23205 - Year built: 1986 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development, crew training, market survey, showing compliance - Airworthiness date: July 23, 1986 - Certificate issued: December 31, 2009 - Last registry action: April 8, 2016 - Mode S code: A67D43 - 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/N517US - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=517US - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N517US-2018-03-29 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 (23) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DALA104405517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA104405517), Feb 28, 2010: CONTACT. DIRTY. FIRST AND ECONOMY CLASS FLOOR PROXIMITY PATH LIGHTING STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY. FOUND CONTACTS DIRTY. CLEANED EMERGENCY LIGHTS SWITCH AND REPLACED POWER SUPPLY IAW - [SDR NWAA092255517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA092255517), Jun 18, 2009: BATTERY PACK. DEFECTIVE. DURING AN OVERNIGHT LINE CHECK, THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING FROM STATION 700 (NEAR DOOR TWO) TO STATION 900 (NEAR THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING ROOT) WAS - [SDR NWAA084215517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA084215517), Sep 11, 2008: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. DURING THE EMERGENCY LIGHT CHECK AS A PART OF AN OVERNIGHT LINE CHECK, THE ESCAPE SLIDE ILLUMINATION LIGHT AT DOOR 3L FAILED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BATTERY PACK - [SDR 0700185517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0700185517), Jan 22, 2007: LAMP. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE AT DOORS 2 RIGHT AND LEFT. RE-LAMPED, NO HELP. FOUND BROKEN WIRE AT PIN E OF D40488J. REPINNED WIRE PER WDM 33-51-11. EMERGENCY LIG - [SDR 0602715517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0602715517), Dec 6, 2006: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. EXTERIOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT DOORS 2R AND 2L ARE INOP. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM IAW WDM 33-51-13 AND FIM 33-51-00 AND FOUND FUSES (2EA) BAD ON BATTERY PACK M733. - [SDR 0401505517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0401505517), Aug 4, 2004: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. DURING H-CHECK FOUND CORROSION ON FLOOR SUPPORT AT BS 377 RBL 45. REPAIRED IAW EA 55-200105. - [SDR 0401445517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0401445517), Aug 2, 2004: FRAME. CORRODED. DURING H-CHECK FOUND CORROSION ON FUSELAGE FRAME AT BS 1520 RBL 22. REPAIRED PER EA 55-200104. - [SDR 0102165517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0102165517), Jun 12, 2001: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. DURING ROUTINE TEST, FORWARD EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY FAILED 15 MINUTE TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE POWER SUPPLY AND BATTERY. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. - [SDR 0102445517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0102445517), Jun 8, 2001: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. IN L2 CHECK, FOUND CRACKED FLOORBEAM. REPAIRED PER EA55-183549. - [SDR 9904005517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9904005517), Sep 20, 1999: WARNING. ILLUMINATED. ON APPROACH SEA, TRAILING EDGE FLAP ASYMMETRY WARNING ILLUMINATED AND FLAPS STOPPED AT 17 DEGREES. FLIGHT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAI - [SDR 9805995517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9805995517), Mar 11, 1998: HYD LINE. DAMAGED. ON DESCENT, LEFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOST FLUID SUPPLY. ALTERNATE SYSTEMS WERE USED, AIRCRAFT LANDED IN SFO WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE ENGINE DRIVEN P - [SDR 9720925517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9720925517), Oct 29, 1997: IDG. FAILED. DURING CRUISE, THE GENERATOR INDICATION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DISCONNECTED RIGHT GENERATOR AND ATTEMPTED TO START APU. APU FAILED TO START. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MS - [SDR 9626385517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9626385517), Dec 15, 1996: COMPRESSOR. FOD. WHILE WAITING IN LINE TO DE-ICE, NR 1 ENGINE SHUT DOWN. A 727 IN FRONT HAD JUST THROTTLED UP AFTER BEING DE-ICED. MAINTENANCE FOUND SNOW AND ICE PLUGGING INTERM - [SDR 9623655517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9623655517), Nov 6, 1996: LAMP. FAILED. ON APPROACH TO MCO, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. REPLACED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR INDICATION LAMPS. ALL LIGHTS TESTED NORMALLY. - [SDR 9622065517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9622065517), Oct 5, 1996: ENGINE. FAILED. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, NR 2 ENGINE OIL FILTER EICAS MESSAGE ANNUNCIATED. COM PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED, SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE, FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MSP AND PERFORME - [SDR 9621075517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9621075517), Oct 3, 1996: WINDOW SEAL. DISLODGED. DURING CLIMB AT 10,000 FEET, THE CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW DEVELOPED A LOUD SQUEAL WHICH PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED UNTIL COMMUNICATION BECAME DIFFICULT AT 28,000 FE - [SDR 9621585517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9621585517), Sep 26, 1996: FLOOR BEAM. CORRODED. DURING P-CHECK, FOUND CORROSION IN THE BS 365 FLOOR BEAM UPPER CHORD FROM RBL 45 TO 56. REPAIRED CHORD (P/N 141N5112) PER EA 55-110352. - [SDR 9608715517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9608715517), Apr 17, 1996: ENGINE. FAILED. DURING CRUISE, NR 2 ENGINE OIL QUANTITY AND PRESSURE INDICATIONS DROPPED. ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE FOR REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO ATL - [SDR 9512215517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9512215517), Aug 13, 1995: INDICATION. MALFUNCTIONED. UPON EXTENDING FLAPS TO POSITION NR 1 FOR LANDING IN PDX, RECEIVED TE FLAP DISAGREE MESSAGE AND TRAILING EDGE WARNING LIGHT. FLAPS DID NOT MOVE OUT OF UP POSITI - [SDR 9506425517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9506425517), Apr 6, 1995: THRESHOLD. CORRODED. DURING PERIODIC CHECK, THE AFT CARGO THRESHOLD BEAM CHORD WAS FOUND CORRODED AROUND NUTPLATE HOLES AT FS 1380 TO 1440, RBL 20. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED R - [SDR 9505485517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9505485517), Apr 6, 1995: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING PERIODIC CHECK, THE FS 345 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD WAS FOUND WITH TYPICAL CORROSION. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED REPAIR PER NWA EA 55-97822. - [SDR 9505475517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9505475517), Apr 6, 1995: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING PERIODIC CHECK, THE FS 324 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD WAS FOUND WITH TYPICAL CORROSION AT LBL 15, WL 208. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE PER NWA - [SDR 9505355517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9505355517), Apr 2, 1995: FLOOR BEAM. CORRODED. DURING PERIODIC CHECK, THE FS 365 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD WAS FOUND WITH TYPICAL CORROSION AROUND THE NUTPLATE HOLES. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE ## FAA accident and incident reports (2) 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 19881021057639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881021057639I), Oct 21, 1988: Boeing 757251 (N517US), Detroit, MI. After takeoff NR1 EGT overtemped. Shut down and deployed extinguisher. Returned, landing without incident. - [Incident 19880207010259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880207010259I), Feb 7, 1988: Boeing 757251 (N517US), Boston, MA. Engine failed on takeoff due to compressor stall and flame out. Returned. Unable to duplicate engine failure. --- 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.