# N532DA: 1980 Boeing 727-232, registration cancelled 2004-08-25

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 25, 2004
- Exported to: Kazakhstan
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Boeing 727-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (registry code 1384082)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (registry code 52051)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 22045
- Year built: 1980
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: April 4, 1980
- Certificate issued: May 25, 2004
- Last registry action: May 25, 2004
- Mode S code: A6B827
- Owner when cancelled: [Trans Aviation Global Group Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TRANS%20AVIATION%20GLOBAL%20GROUP%20INC)
- Location: [Richardson, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Richardson)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.9761° N, 96.7421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 75080, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N532DA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=532DA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N532DA-2004-08-25

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 DL72S021049](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S021049), Sep 8, 2002: BATTERY. WEAK. R1 OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT BARELY ILLUMINATES REPLACED BATTERIES OPS CK OK
- [SDR DL72S021034](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S021034), Sep 3, 2002: WEB. CRACKED. CRACK ON O/B WEB OF #1 SLAT ACT. MOUNT BRACKET REPAIR PER M/M 57-20-021-8
- [SDR DL72S020200](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020200), Feb 18, 2002: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. ON L/O, FOUND EMERGENCY CEILING LIGHTS AT ROW 26 INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, CHECKS GOOD.
- [SDR DL72S011765](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011765), Nov 5, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. AFT AIRSTAIR EMERGENCY LIGHT VERY DIM. REPLACED BATTERIES.
- [SDR DL72S011441](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011441), Aug 31, 2001: RESERVOIR. LOW. RETURNED TO DFW FOR LOW HYDRAULICS FLUID IN SYSTEM A. SERVICED A SYSTEM TO 4.4 GALLONS. INSPECTED ACFT FOR LEAKS, NONE FOUND.
- [SDR DL72S011098](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011098), Jul 1, 2001: FITTING. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTIONS PER AD 97-05-08, CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE#1 FORWARD ENGINE MOUNT AT HOLES C AND D. THE HOLES WERE OVERSIZED, INSPECTED AND NEW FASTENERS INST
- [SDR DL72S011090](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011090), Jun 29, 2001: FRAME. CRACKED. DURING HMV A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE FS 344 FRAME DIRECTLY ABOVE THE L1 DOOR. THE CRACK WAS .5". THE CRACK WAS CUT OUT AND A DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED. THE DAMAGE WA
- [SDR DL72S011089](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011089), Jun 29, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING AN INSPECTION REQUIRED BY AD 99-04-22 CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE STR 4R LAP JOINT BETWEEN FS 660 AND 680. THE CRACKS WERE CUT OUT AND AN EXTERNAL REPAIR IN
- [SDR DL72S011087](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011087), Jun 29, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY AD 99-04-22, TWO CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE STR 4L LAP JOINT BETWEEN FS 380 AND 400. THE CRACKS WERE CUT 
- [SDR DL72S011036](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011036), Jun 22, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED AT FS1009 BETWEENSTR 29L AND 28R. THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED SIMILIAR TO THAT OF SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 3A. THE DAMAGE WAS FO
- [SDR DL72S011035](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011035), Jun 22, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN AND STRINGER WERE FOUND CORRODED AT FS 950E AND STR 29R. THE STRINGER WAS CUT AT FS 950D +10 AND REMOVED TO THE AFT END OF THE PART. A NEW SEC
- [SDR DL72S010948](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010948), Jun 12, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE STR 26L LAP JOINT BETWEEN FS 620 AND 640. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED AND REPIARED PER SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 5. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT HMV.
- [SDR DL72S010924](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010924), May 31, 2001: FASTENER. LOOSE. NR 2 SLAT I/B ACTUATOR RIB FASTENERS LOOSE. REQUIRING A SKIN SPLICE PER 727 SRM CH 57-54-000-8 FIG 801. ACTUAL DAMAGE NOT RELATED TO METHOD USED TO GAIN ACCESS.
- [SDR DL72S010875](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010875), May 31, 2001: FLAP TRACK. CORRODED. DURING OVERHAUL THE INBD FLAP, INBD TRACK WAS FOUND WITH CORROSION AND WEAR EXCEEDING THE ALLOWABLE LIMITS. REPAIRED PER ER/A 401900-14AD AND BF GOODRICH DOCUME
- [SDR DL72S010874](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010874), May 31, 2001: FLAP TRACK. CORRODED. DURING OVERHAUL THE INBD FLAP, INBD TRACK ASSY WAS FOUND WITH CORROSION AND WEAR. DAMAGE EXCEEDED ALLOWABLE LIMITS AT THE MLG BEAM ATTACH BOLT HOLES AND SPOTFAC
- [SDR DL72S020894](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020894), May 30, 2001: ANGLE. CRACKED. AFT CHORD ANGLE CRACKED 22 INCHES AND 37 INCHES FROM THE I/B END. REPAIRED NR 3 FLAP CHORD ANGLE.
- [SDR DL72S011017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011017), May 30, 2001: FRAME. WORN. AT HMV FOUND FRAME WORN STA.1342 6,O-CLOCK POSITION FRAME FOR FWD END OF #2 ENG COWL'S. CORR: REMVD DAMAGE PER MM 53-11-000-8,FABD REPAIR ANGLE PER MM 53-11-000
- [SDR DL72S010908](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010908), May 29, 2001: SPAR. CRACKED. AT HMV FOUND FAST SPAR LWR CHORD - CRACK, REPAIR LOOSE LOC AT LWR END OF NR 7 SPOILER ACT FITTING. REMOVED NR 6/7 SPOILER MOUNT ARM, REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF 
- [SDR DL72S010648](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010648), Apr 19, 2001: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. 1R DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON WITH TEST. REPLACED EMER LIGHT ASSY.
- [SDR DL72S002030](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S002030), Oct 16, 2000: BATTERY. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT NOT HOLDING CHARGE. REPLACED BATTERY.
- [SDR DL72S001165](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S001165), Jun 15, 2000: BEAM. CRACKED. HFEC BOLT HOLE INSPECTION OF TWO FASTENERS COMMON TO AN INTERCOSTAL AND THE FWD CAP OF THE FS 1183 BULKHEAD VERTICAL BEAM AT RBL 17.8 AND WL 273.25 REVEALED CRA
- [SDR DL72S001107](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S001107), Jun 7, 2000: ACTUATOR. LEAKING. ON T/O ROLL IN MSO, BOTH SYS A HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE LIGHTS CAME ON AT APROX 100 KIAS, SYS A QTY RAPIDLY WENT TO ZERO. T/O CONTINUED CHECKLIST C/W, UNEVENTFUL 
- [SDR DL72S000672](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S000672), Apr 7, 2000: ACM. MALFUNCTIONED. LEFT PACK ON DESCENT INCREASED TO 90 DEGREES AND SMOKE WAS EXHAUSTING BRIEFLY INTO THE CABIN WITH A SMELL. REDUCING MANUALLY TO 50 DEGREES STOPPED SMOKE. MTC AT
- [SDR DL72S992255](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S992255), Oct 11, 1999: BRAKE. FAILED. ON LANDING, NR2 BRAKE LOCKED AND BLEW NR 2 MAIN TIRE. REPLACED NR 2 BRAKE, NR 1 AND NR 2 WHEEL ASSY. T/S NR 2 WHEEL ANTI-SKID SYSTEM. OPERATION NORMAL.
- [SDR DL72S991976](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991976), Sep 6, 1999: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. L-2 DOOR OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LT WOULD NOT TEST REPLACED BATTERY PACK.
- [SDR DL72S990803](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990803), Apr 12, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN FS 360-481 STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE, CRACK REPAIR. LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 AND 481 INDICATED CRACKS I
- [SDR DL72S990705](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990705), Mar 23, 1999: FRAME. CRACKED. FOUND DURING MV2 CORROSION VISIT NRC 134, .375 INCH VISIBLE CRACK LT CUTOUT FRAME, AFT ENTRY DOORWAY AT SECOND FROM UPPER STOP CASTING. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-9
- [SDR DL72S990631](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990631), Mar 23, 1999: WEB. CRACKED. FOUND ON MV2 CK, .5 INCH CRACK IN STA 1303 WEB LT LOWER CORNER. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-4.
- [SDR DL72S990630](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990630), Mar 23, 1999: WEB. CRACK. FOUND ON MV2 CK, .5 INCH CRACK STA 1303 WEB RT AT LOWER RT CORNER. REF NR 143. FOUND ON MV2 CK, .5 INCH CRACK STA 1303 WEB RT AT THE CUTOUT FOR THE STRINGER. RE
- [SDR DL72S990722](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990722), Mar 22, 1999: STRINGER. CRACKED. REPAIRED CRACK AT UPPER STRINGER TO RIB FASTENER HOLE AT RT WING STA 656.50 STR 14 PER M/M 57-13-0.
- [SDR DL72S982614](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S982614), Dec 21, 1998: DOUBLER. CRACKED. WING FIXED LEADING EDGE, NR 8 SLAT ACTUTOR SUPPORT BRACKET REPAIR FOR CRACKED DOUBLER. THE OUTBD SUPPORT BRACKET DOUBLER FOR THE NR 8 SLAT WAS FOUND CRACKED. TH
- [SDR DL72S981648](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S981648), Aug 10, 1998: WIRE. BROKEN. EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING SECTION IN FWD COACH AREA DOES NOT ILLUMINATE. REPAIRED SECTION OF WIRE.
- [SDR DL72S980596](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980596), Mar 17, 1998: COWL. CRACKED. FOUND .75 INCH CRACK NR 2 ENG NOSE COWL 10 INCH AFT OF NOSE RING 3.00 POS. REPAIRED PER MM 54-30-0 P 801.
- [SDR DL72S972702](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S972702), Dec 22, 1997: INDICATOR. FAILED. SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, FLT DIVERTED TO BHM. MTC FOUND NR 3 ENG OIL QTY IND TO BE SOURCE OF SMOKE. REPLACED INDICATOR.
- [SDR DL72S972520](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S972520), Dec 1, 1997: TORQUE BOX. CRACKED. THE TORQUE BOX WAS FOUND WITH A CRACKED UPPER CHORD AND A CRACKED FS 1263 UPPER BEAM ANGLE AND CHANNEL. THE CRACKED MEMBERS WERE REPLACED OR REPAIRED PER S/B 53
- [SDR DL72S972514](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S972514), Dec 1, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND ON D1 LETTER CK, ONE 3 AND ONE 3.5 INCH CRACK IN SLAT LOWER SKIN OF NR 6 L/E SLAT AT O/B T/E. REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-0.
- [SDR DL72S972433](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S972433), Nov 21, 1997: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. AT LAYOVER, FOUND L2 DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT POWER PACK INOP. REPLACED BATTERIES.
- [SDR DL72S972080](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S972080), Oct 17, 1997: OVEN. FAILED. FWD GALLEY OVEN FIRE IN FLT AFTER DEPARTURE. PERFORMED SMOKE/ID, RMVAL AND CLEAN UP CHECKLIST. RETURNED TO LAND AT PHX. REMOVED OVEN, INSPECTED WIRING AND COMPA
- [SDR DL72S971868](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971868), Sep 5, 1997: SKIN. EROSION. THE RT LOWER ELEVATOR SKIN HAS A 6 SPAN X 7 CHORD HOLE 12 O/B OF THE FUSELAGE. THE HOLE WAS CAUSED WHEN A DOUBLER PEELED BACK INTO THE AIRSTREAM. THE DEPARTING 
- [SDR DL72S970037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S970037), Dec 12, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION WAS FOUND IN THREE AREAS AROUND THE RAM AIR ACTUATOR ACCESS DOOR. THE DAMAGED AREAS MEASURE 3.5 BY 4.375 IN THE AFT RT CORNER, 7.375 BY 3.625 ON THE F
- [SDR DL72S960863](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960863), Apr 15, 1996: LIGHT PANEL. SMOKING. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE WITH PSGRS ON BOARD, B-SYS STBY HYD PANEL WAS SMOKING. PSGRS WERE DEPLANED IN A NORMAL MANNER. FOUND BACKGROUND LIGHTING PANEL DAMAGED. REPLA
- [SDR DL72S960659](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960659), Mar 26, 1996: OVERHEAT SENSOR. OUT OF POSITION. LOWER AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUM. C/W PROM LIGHT WENT OUT WHEN LT PACK AND BLEED TURNED OFF. REPOS OVERHEAT SENSOR IN 48 SECTION. RAN ENGINE WITH NO OVERHEAT
- [SDR DL72S960680](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960680), Mar 13, 1996: ANGLE. CRACKED. A CRACK WAS FOUND 32.5 FROM I/B END ON LOWER AFT COVE SKIN ATTACH ANGLE BELOW ANTI-ICE DUCT. REPAIRED AS PER MM 57-54-0 FIG 805A, FOR NR 8 L/E SLAT.
- [SDR DL72S960567](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960567), Mar 13, 1996: WEB. CRACKED. FOUND ON B2 LETTER CHECK, LOWER RT TORQUE BOX LIGHTENING HOLE WEB CRACKED FS 1243. REPAIRED PER MM 53-11-0.
- [SDR DL72S960436](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960436), Feb 27, 1996: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FOUND EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP AT AFT LT DOOR IN EMERGENCY. REPLACED LIGHT ASSY.
- [SDR DL72S954696](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S954696), Dec 13, 1995: GEARBOX. FAILED. NR 2 ENG FAILED ON TAKEOFF. AFTER RETURNING TO YVR, CNTR MAINT FOUND THE NR 2 ENGINE GEARBOX HAD COME APART. REPLACED ENGINE AND ROUTED TO SHOP.
- [SDR DL72S953877](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S953877), Sep 26, 1995: SHIM. MISALIGNMENT. DURING ROUTINE INSECTION, THE LAMINATED SHIM INSTALLED ON THE RIGHT WING I/B FLAP TRACK WAS FOUND TO HAVE MIGRATED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. COMPLYING WITH AD 90-07-0
- [SDR DL72S953521](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S953521), Aug 27, 1995: EEL SIGN. BROKEN. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT FOUND BROKEN AND HANGING ON SIDEWALL PANEL SEAT ROW 20ABC. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY, OPERATION NORMAL.
- [SDR DL72S953520](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S953520), Aug 27, 1995: EEL BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING LAYOVER, FOUND THE AFT AIRSTAIR OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. RELAMPED, CLEANED CONNECTIONS AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK. OPERATION NORMAL.
- [SDR DL72S953393](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S953393), Aug 14, 1995: ANGLE. CRACKED. FOUND DURING B-1 LETTER CHECK, .5 INCH CRACK NR 3 SLAT COVE ANGLE BELOW ANTI-ICE DUCT. REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-0 PG 807A.

All 63: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N532DA-2004-08-25/reports.md

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

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 19971222043879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971222043879I), Dec 22, 1997: Boeing 727232 (N532DA), Birmingham, AL. Narrative: #3 engine oil quantity ind. Internal failure (short). No damage to any other component. Indicator was mgo'd and isolated from system.
- [Incident 19960413015199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960413015199I), Apr 13, 1996: Boeing 727232 (N532DA), Jackson, MS. Narrative: the aircraft was being pushed from gate 16 (jan) to the taxiway. Due to construction near the gate, ground personnel were required to push the…
- [Incident 19820308008529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820308008529I), Mar 8, 1982: Boeing 727232 (N532DA), Chicago, IL. Za during climb the leading edge slat did not retract. Intransit light came on. Flap switch was replaced.

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