# N522DA: 1978 Boeing 727-232, registration cancelled 2013-04-02

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 2, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Boeing 727-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (registry code 1384082)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (registry code 52046)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 21582
- Year built: 1978
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: December 11, 1978
- Certificate issued: June 29, 2004
- Last registry action: June 15, 2010
- Mode S code: A690A8
- Owner when cancelled: [Dodson International Parts Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DODSON%20INTERNATIONAL%20PARTS%20INC)
- Location: [Rantoul, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Rantoul)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 38.5420° N, 95.1245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 66079, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N522DA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=522DA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522DA-2013-04-02

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 727-232: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232.md

## Service difficulty reports (63, newest 50)

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

- [SDR DL72S020595](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020595), May 26, 2002: RAM AIR DOOR. STUCK. AT GATE WITH APU POWER,TURNED PACKS ON AND CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. FOUND RT PACK RAM AIR SCOOP CK VALVE STUCK OPEN. FREED DOOR, RAN PACKS, RAN ENGINES 1 AND 3.
- [SDR DL72S020588](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020588), May 23, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE BONDED SKIN ASSY AND UNDERLYING BEARSTRAP OF THE LOWER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE L1 DOOR CUTOUT. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN AND THE
- [SDR DL72S020585](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020585), May 23, 2002: SKIN. CORRODED. FUSELAGE / SKIN / FS 1067 / STRG. 28R : CORROSION CUTOUT REPAIR THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH AN AREA OF CORROSION AT FS 1067 NEAR STRINGER 28R. THE CORROSIO
- [SDR DL72S020584](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020584), May 22, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND ON E1 LETTER CK 1/2 CRACK VISIBLE VERTICAL STAB AT LWR END SKIN AT AFT SPAR R/H SIDE REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-000-8 FIG 801
- [SDR DL72S020583](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020583), May 22, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND ON E1 LETTER CK, LT ELEVATOR BONDED BEADED SKIN CRACKED AT STA 100 TO STA 103 FWD OF TAB. REPAIRED PER SRM 55-20-3D FIG 3.
- [SDR DL72S020582](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020582), May 22, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND ON E1 LETTER CK 2 INCH CRACK L/H ELEVATOR LOWER SKIN FWD OF TAB WRITEN ON CARD 79 REPAIRED PER SRM 55-20-3D FIG 5
- [SDR DL72S020581](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020581), May 22, 2002: ANGLE. CRACKED. FOUND ON E1 LETTER CK LOWER COVE SKIN ATTACH ANGLE IS CRACKED BELOW #2 SLAT TAI DUCT. REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-000-8
- [SDR DL72S020580](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020580), May 22, 2002: WEB. CRACKED. FOUND ON E1 LETTER CK I/B MOUNT WEB CRACKED #1 SLAT ACTUATOR. REPAIRED PER MM 57-20-21-8.
- [SDR DL72S020338](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020338), Mar 19, 2002: VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. PACKS OVERHEATED ON TAXI OUT. RETURNED TO GATE. HAZE IN CABIN. FOUND RIGHT PACK FREEZING UP, REPLACED 35 DEGREE CONTROLLER AND VALVE.
- [SDR DL72S011682](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011682), Oct 17, 2001: ANGLE. CRACKED. LWR COVE SKIN ANGLE IS CRACKED AT #7 SLAT I/B UPSTOP PAD. SLAT SER # BN324. REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-000-8
- [SDR DL72S011110](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011110), Jul 4, 2001: CHARGER. FAULTY. RIGHT AFT LOWER FUSELAGE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REPLACED CHARGER, CKS OK.
- [SDR DL72S002499](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S002499), Dec 21, 2000: SWITCH. UNSERVICEABLE. NR 5 KRUGER FLAP SHOWED AMBER AFTER RETRACTION. CORRECTION: REPLACED NO. 5 KRUGER FLAP POS. SWITCH
- [SDR DL72S002304](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S002304), Nov 27, 2000: SKIN PANEL. DAMAGED. DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF PREVENTIVE MOD. PER E.O. 4-70183-3 THE UPPER AND LOWER SKIN PANELS WERE FOUND WORN FROM REPETITIVE DISASSIMBLY. MANY ATTACHMENT HOLES W
- [SDR DL72S002288](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S002288), Nov 22, 2000: FRAME. CORRODED. FUSELAGE / C3 DOOR CUTOUT SURROUND STRUCTURE / AFT FRAME : CORROSION REPAIR. THE AFT FRAME OF THE C3 DOOR CUTOUT (FS 1142) WAS FOUND WITH CORROSION IN THE SKIN 
- [SDR DL72S002284](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S002284), Nov 22, 2000: FRAME. CRACKED. FUSELAGE / C1 DOOR OPENING SURROUND STRUCTURE / AFT FRAME / FS 620 : WEB CRACK AND CHORD GOUGE REPAIR NSPECTIONS OF THE AFT DOOR FRAME OF THE C1 DOOR OPENING AT
- [SDR DL72S002277](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S002277), Nov 21, 2000: SKIN. WORN. THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ELEVATOR SKINS WERE FOUND WITH WORN, WITH ELONGATED FASTENER HOLES. THE FASTENER HOLES ARE COMMON TO THE UPPER AND LOWER SKINS AND THE
- [SDR DL72S002282](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S002282), Nov 20, 2000: FRAME. CRACKED. FUSELAGE / C1 CARGO DOOR CUTOUT SURROUND STRUCTURE / FWD FRAME / FS 560 : WEB CRACK REPAIR THE FWD FRAME OF THE C1 CARGO DOOR CUTOUT (FS 560) WAS FOUNDWITH A CR
- [SDR DL72S001650](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S001650), Aug 25, 2000: OXYGEN MASK. BROKEN. MICROPHONE JACK FOR O2 MASK IS BROKEN. REPLACED JUMPSEAT O2 MASK ASSY.
- [SDR DL72S001443](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S001443), Jul 31, 2000: CASTING. CRACKED. ON C2 LETTER CK, NR 3 SPOILER O/B ATTACH CASTING CRACKED. REPLACED ANGLE PER MM 57-42-0.
- [SDR DL72S001256](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S001256), Jul 3, 2000: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FOUND EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ABOVE L-2 DOOR HAS DEAD BATTERY . R & R EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSY ABOVE L-2 DOOR OPS CK NORMAL.
- [SDR DL72S992817](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S992817), Dec 22, 1999: STIFFENER. CRACKED. NR 2 SLAT O/B TRACK I/B SPAR STIFFENER CRACKED. REPLACED STIFFENER PER M/M 57-20-21 PG 813.
- [SDR DL72S992816](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S992816), Dec 22, 1999: STRINGER. CRACKED. STR 18A CRACKED AT STA 940 AFT SIDE OF RADIUS BLOCK AT AFT LOWER BOLT. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-12-0 PG 816, LEVEL II TIME LIMITED REPAIR.
- [SDR DL72S991813](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991813), Aug 13, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LEFT FWD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPS CK OK.
- [SDR DL72S991177](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991177), May 25, 1999: FRAME. CRACKED. A .5 INCH CRACK IN R-1 DOOR FWD FRAME EXTENDING FROM LOWER FWD STOP FITTING. REPAIRED PER MM 52-12-0.
- [SDR DL72S990431](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990431), Mar 2, 1999: PUMP. DAMAGED. AFTER T/O ON INIT CLMB, BOTH HYD SYS B PUMPS LOW PRESS LIGHTS ILLUM. HYD QTY IN A SYS DROPPED TO 2.5 GALS, B QTY APPEARED NORMAL. PRESS THEN DROPPED TO NEAR ZER
- [SDR DL72S982433](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S982433), Nov 24, 1998: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EMERG LIGHT OVERWING FWD POSITION LT WING INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK.
- [SDR DL72S982375](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S982375), Nov 16, 1998: LIGHT. INOP. EMER AREA LIGHT AT WING EXITS IN CABIN INOP. FOUND THAT LAMP AT EXTERIOR WING EXIT SHORTING CIRCUIT. REPLACED LAMP AND BATTERY PACK AND RACK FUSES, OPERATION CH
- [SDR DL72S980617](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980617), Mar 20, 1998: FRAME. CORRODED. SKIN ATTACH FLANGE AT FS 1166 FRAME WAS CORRODED BETWEEN S28 AND 29 ON THE LT SIDE. REPAIR WILL REQUIRE REACOMMPLISHMENT OF AD92-12-03. REPAIRED PER ERA 331479-
- [SDR DL72S980616](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980616), Mar 20, 1998: BULKHEAD FTG. DAMAGED. THE BORE OF FS 870 BLKHD LT TERMINAL FITTING WAS O/S TO 4.605 DIAMETER TO REMOVE TOOLING DAMAGE. REWORKED PER ERA 331517-14.
- [SDR DL72S980541](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980541), Mar 9, 1998: STIFFENER. CRACKED. A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE RBL 36.83 VERT STIFFENER ON THE FWD SIDE FO THE FS 1183 BLKHD. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED AT APPROX WL 238 AND WAS APPROX 2. REPAIRED PER ER
- [SDR DL72S980592](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980592), Mar 5, 1998: FITTING. CORRODED. CORROSION ON BORE OF BODY FITTING LT AFT BTL PIN. ALSO, SOME CORROSION ON EDGE OF FITTING BETWEEN WING AND BODY FITTING. REMOVED CORROSION PER 53-40-1 FIG 4. RE
- [SDR DL72S980667](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980667), Mar 4, 1998: ANGLE. CRACKED. DURING SHOP INSPECTION, THE FLAP REAR CHORD ANGLE WAS FOUND CRACKED 32 AND 37 FROM THE IB END. THE ANGLE WAS REPAIRED BY INSTALLING A DOUBLER PER 727 MM 57-52-0
- [SDR DL72S980666](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980666), Mar 4, 1998: ANGLE. CRACKED. DURING SHOP INSPECTION, THE FLAP WAS FOUND WITH A CRACKED REAR CHORD ANGLE. THE ANGLE WAS REPAIRED PER 727 MM 57-52-0 BY INSTALLING A DOUBLER.
- [SDR DL72S980518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980518), Feb 25, 1998: WEB. CRACKED. INSIDE ACCESS 9504 3RD BAY DOWN VERTICAL WEB IS CRACKED ON LT SIDE. FAB REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 53-10-4 FIG 17. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND DYE CHECK PER SRM 53-10-4.
- [SDR DL72S980517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980517), Feb 25, 1998: WEB. CRACKED. DUPLICATE ORIGINAL SOILED. INSIDE ACCESS 9504 3RD BAY DOWN VERTICAL WEB IS CRACKED AT 2 LOC ON RT SIDE. REMOVED SECTION OF ANTI-ICE DUCT AND X BRACE FOR ACCESS.
- [SDR DL72S980557](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980557), Feb 24, 1998: FRAME. CRACKED. ITEM: FRAME CRACKED STA 930 ABOVE 14 LT MARKED. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-4 FIG 25.
- [SDR DL72S980613](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980613), Feb 23, 1998: BULKHEAD SKIN. CRACKED. AT HMV, FOUND APU BLEED AIR CUTOUT FWD BLKHD RT W/W SKIN CRACKED. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-9 FIG 5.
- [SDR DL72S980612](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980612), Feb 23, 1998: FRAME. CRACKED. ITEM: AT HMV TEMPORARY REPAIR LMLG UPLOCK FITTING SUPPORT FRAME AFT WEB. REPAIRED PER MM 53-11-0 FIG 814.
- [SDR DL72S980750](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980750), Feb 21, 1998: ANGLE. DAMAGED. AFT LOWER CHORD ANGLE IS DAMAGED 29 FROM O/B END OF NR 2 MIDFLAP. REPAIRED PER M/M 57-52-0 FIG 802, INSTALLED DOULBER.
- [SDR DL72S971267](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971267), Jun 29, 1997: HYDRAULIC LINE. RUPTURED. SYSTEM A HYDRAULICS TOTAL FAILURE 10 MIN INTO FLIGHT. BY POM ELECTRICALLY OPERATED FLAPS AND CRANKED NOSE GEAR DOWN. MAIN GEAR DOWN BY ALTERNATE METHOD. ALL HAP
- [SDR DL72S970491](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S970491), Mar 16, 1997: RUDDER. DEFLECTION. ON TAKEOFF ROLL 10 KNOTS BEFORE V1, RUDDER KICKED HARD LEFT TWICE IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAUSING ABRUPT NOSE DEFLECTION. TAKEOFF WAS CONTINUED DUE TO HIGH WEIGHT A
- [SDR DL72S962690](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S962690), Dec 13, 1996: WEB. CRACKED. FOUND DURING F-2 LETTER CHECK, 3 EA .5 INCH CRACKS LWR TORQUE BOX WEB STA 1219 TO 1224 LEFT SIDE. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-11-0.
- [SDR DL72S962689](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S962689), Dec 13, 1996: ANGLE. CORRODED. FOUND DURING F-2 LETTER CHECK, CORROSION AT FUSELAGE BELLY PANEL 3348L FWD HINGE SUPPORT. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-30-01.
- [SDR DL72S961397](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961397), Jun 3, 1996: FRAME. CRACKED. FOUND CRACKS AT THE LT AND RT FRAMES AT STA 784. REPAIRED BOTH CRACKS PER BAC S/B 727-53-0197, REV 2.
- [SDR DL72S961396](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961396), Jun 3, 1996: SKIN. CORROSION. FOUND CORROSION SLIGHTLY AFT OF C-3 DOOR OPENING BEAR STRAP. REPAIRED PER ER/A 303676-14.
- [SDR DL72S961358](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961358), May 29, 1996: TORQUE BOX. CRACKED. AT MID-VISIT, THE AFT STAIRWELL RT TORQUE BOX WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE UPPER LIGHTENING HOLE AT STA 1226. REPAIRED PER MM 53-11-0.
- [SDR DL72S961469](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961469), May 26, 1996: BLKHD STIFFENER. CRACKED. CRACKS WERE FOUND EMANATING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE FLANGE ON THE VERTICAL STIFFENERS LOCATED AT THE BOTH LBL AND RBL 8. REPAIRED PER B727 S/B 727-53-0175, REV 2
- [SDR DL72S961284](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961284), May 26, 1996: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. CRACKS EMANATING FROM VERTICAL STIFFENERS AT LBL AND RBL 8 ON STA 1183 BULKHEAD. REPAIRED PER EO 4-59275-3AD.
- [SDR DL72S961300](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961300), May 23, 1996: TRUNNION FTG. CORRODED. AT MID VISIT, THE NLG TRUNNION FITTING WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. REPAIRED PER MM 53-40-0.
- [SDR DL72S961299](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961299), May 23, 1996: TRUNNION FTG. CORRODED. AT MID VISIT, BORE OF NLG FITTING WAS FOUND TO BE PITTED. AREA SPOTFACED, BORED DYE CHECKED, ROTOPEENED AND BUSHING INSTALLED PER M/M 53-40-0.

All 63: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522DA-2013-04-02/reports.md

## 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 19790728012619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728012619I), Jul 28, 1979: Boeing 727232 (N522DA), Burlington, VT, Minor damage. Ze tire blew on takeoff after contacting construction material on taxiway.

## Other aircraft with N522DA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N522DA): Airbus A321-271NX, S/N 11154, built 2022

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