# N537DA: 1980 Boeing 727-232, registration cancelled 2013-01-30 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: January 30, 2013 - Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled - 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: 22073 - Year built: 1980 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: May 28, 1980 - Last registry action: January 15, 2003 - Mode S code: A6CABA - Location: [East Hartford, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/East%20Hartford) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 41.7804° N, 72.6239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 06108, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N537DA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=537DA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N537DA-2013-01-30 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 (36) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DL72S011141](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011141), Jul 10, 2001: FLAP TRACK. CORRODED. INBOARD FLAP, NR 4 INBOARD TRACK WAS FOUND WITH CORROSION AND WEAR AT THE MLG AND SPOILER BEAM ATTACH PADS AND MLG DOOR HINGE FITTING HOLES. REPAIR PER ER/A 402 - [SDR DL72S011121](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011121), Jul 6, 2001: DUCT. BLOWN. AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE IN CLIMBOUT. FOUND DUCT BLOWN ON RT PACK. REPLACED DUCT AND CONTROLLER PRECAUTIONARY. PRESSURIZED A/C, CHECKS OK. NO LEAKS FOUND. - [SDR DL72S010790](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010790), May 18, 2001: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DURING STBY ELEC CK NOTICED SEVERAL EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOP. REPLACED AFT CRT AISLE EXIT LIGHT BATTERY PACK. REPLACED MID CABIN CTR AISLE EXIT LIGHT ASSY. - [SDR DL72S010144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010144), Jan 25, 2001: VALVE. ODOR. LEFT PACK OVERHEATED WHEN TURNED OFF, SMOKE SMELL IN CABIN. REPLACED LEFT PACK SHUTOFF VALVE, CKS GOOD. - [SDR DL72S001238](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S001238), Jun 30, 2000: SKIN. CORRODED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND CORRODED AT FS 1009 FROM STRINGER 29L TO 29R. THE CORROSION WAS REMOVED WITH A 18 X 7.5 INCH CUTOUT IN THE SKIN. THE CUTOUT WAS REPA - [SDR DL72S001236](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S001236), Jun 29, 2000: STIFFENER. CRACKED. IB SPAR STIFFENER CRACKED NR 7 SLAT OB TRACK. REPAIR PER M/M 57-20-21 - [SDR DL72S001097](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S001097), Jun 5, 2000: SWITCH. MALFUNCTIONED. LEFT GEAR DOOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION AND SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION. FOLLOWED CHECKLIST AND STOPPED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON RUNWAY TO HAVE GEAR P - [SDR DL72S991569](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991569), Jul 13, 1999: STRINGER. CRACKED. A CRACK WAS FOUND IN S18A RT SIDE AT APPROX BS 950. A NEW SECTION WAS SPLICED IN PER ERA 333330-14, REV A. - [SDR DL72S991568](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991568), Jul 13, 1999: STRINGER. CORRODED. STRINGER 29L WAS FOUND WITH CORROSION IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS FROM APPROXIMATELY STATION 990 TO 1010. NEW SECTION SPLICED IN PER ERA 333339-14, REV A. - [SDR DL72S991532](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991532), Jul 8, 1999: SKIN. GOUGED. GOUGE WAS FOUND IN THE SKIN AT THE AFT EDGE OF THE C2 DOOR CUOUT AT BS 990, LOCATED AT S24R. THE DAMAGE WAS IN THE SKIN, DOUBLER, TRIPLER AND BEAR STRAP. REWORK - [SDR DL72S991486](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991486), Jul 1, 1999: SKIN. DAMAGED. LOWER SKIN REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0 FIG 801. - [SDR DL72S991206](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991206), May 30, 1999: BY PASS LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. NR 2 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLT. POM FOLLOWED, ENGINE SHUT DOWN. CHECKED OIL FILTER, ALL OK. RAN ENG, ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL. FWD OIL PRESS - [SDR DL72S990980](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990980), May 4, 1999: RIB. CRACKED. ONE INCH CRACK NR 2 SLAT L/E NOSE RIB I/B SIDE OF ACTUATOR. REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-0 PG 805. - [SDR DL72S990721](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990721), Mar 31, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 26L SKIN LAP SPLICE INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED CRACKS IN 4 - [SDR DL72S980489](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980489), Feb 27, 1998: RIB. CRACKED. FOUND DURING D-1 LETTER CHECK, NR 6 L/E SLAT ACTUATOR ATTACH RIB CRACKED AT PREVIOUS REPAIR. REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0 AND ERA 364139-14. - [SDR DL72S972734](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S972734), Dec 27, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. CENTER AISLE EMER EXIT LIGHT INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPS NML. - [SDR DL72S971708](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971708), Aug 22, 1997: BULB. FAILED. EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTS INOP ROW 29C. REPLACED BULB. - [SDR DL72S971655](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971655), Aug 22, 1997: LIGHT. FAILED. EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING INOP AT SEAT 29C TO 36C. REPLACED DOOR EXIT BULBS AND LT AFT SERV DOOR EXIT LIGHT ASSY, OPERATION NOW NORMAL. - [SDR DL72S970655](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S970655), Apr 13, 1997: LINE. CRACKED. DURING DESCENT, COMPLETE LOSS OF 'B' HYD SYSTEM OCCURRED. FOUND PRESSURE LINE TO THE HYD MODULE CRACKED, REPLACED SAME. REPLACED CASE DRAIN FILTERS, NO CONTAMIN - [SDR DL72S961996](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961996), Aug 28, 1996: BULB. BURNT OUT. TWO BULBS OUT ON EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING. REPLACED BULBS, OPS CHECK GOOD. - [SDR DL72S961279](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961279), May 26, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. ON L/O, FOUND RT AFT EMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHT FLASHING. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, CK'S GOOD. - [SDR DL72S961484](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961484), May 22, 1996: ANGLE. CRACKED. FOUND A CRACK IN ANGLE OF THE FWD TRANSVERSE BEAM AND AFT CHANNEL OF THE RT TORQUE BOX AT FS 1263. REPAIRED PER DELTA ER/A 303623-14AD. - [SDR DL72S961470](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961470), May 22, 1996: SKIN. CORROSION. THE SKIN AT STA 1044 AND ST 28L WAS FOUND CORRODED. REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 3. - [SDR DL72S961291](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961291), May 22, 1996: TRANSVERSE BEAM. CRACKED. CRACK IN ANGLE OF THE FWD TRANSVERSE BEAM AND AFT CHANNEL OF THE RT TORQUE BOX AT FS 1263. THIS AREA IS SUBJECT OF AD 94-07-08 WHICH REQUIRES INSPECTION PER S/B - [SDR DL72S961286](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961286), May 22, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. SKIN CORROSION AT STRINGER 28L, STA 1044 TO 1047, CUTOUT IS 3 BY 1.75 INCH. REPAIRED PER DAL ER/A 303626-14. - [SDR DL72S961248](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961248), May 21, 1996: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, L-2 DOOR FRAME CRACKED AT UPPER HINGE CUTOUT. REPAIRED PER SRM 52-40-4. - [SDR DL72S961247](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961247), May 21, 1996: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, 1 INCH CRACK LWR RUDDER SKIN LT SIDE. REPAIRED PER SRM 55-20-3 FIG 1. - [SDR DL72S961246](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961246), May 21, 1996: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, LIGHTENING HOLE CRACKED RT LOWER TORQUE BOX STA 1243. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-11-0 PG 828. - [SDR DL72S961245](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961245), May 21, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, STRINGER CRACKED 1ST BAY FROM TOP OF VERT STAB LT SIDE. REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-0 FIG 803. - [SDR DL72S961244](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961244), May 21, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, STRINGER CRACKED 2ND BAY FROM TOP LT SIDE. REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-0 FIG 803. - [SDR DL72S961242](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961242), May 21, 1996: WEB. CRACKED. FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, WEB ANGLE CRACKED LT SIDE 2ND BAY UP FROM ACCESS PANEL 9504. REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-0 FIG 802. - [SDR DL72S961241](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961241), May 21, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, TWO STRINGERS CRACKED 3RD BAY FROM TOP RT SIDE VERT STAB. REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-0 PG 803. - [SDR DL72S961240](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S961240), May 21, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, STRINGER CRACKED RT SIDE 2ND BAY UP FROM ACCESS PNL 9504. REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-0 FIG 803. - [SDR DL72S954074](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S954074), Oct 20, 1995: WEB. CRACKED. A 1 INCH CRACK IN RT LWR TORGUE BOX WEB AT LIGHTENING HOLE STA 1303. FOUND AT B-1 LTR CK. REPAIRED PER MM 53-11-0. - [SDR DL72S953402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S953402), Aug 6, 1995: ANGLE. CRACKED. NR 6 L/E SLAT HAD A CRACK IN THE LOWER SKIN ATTACH ANGLE. CRACK WAS REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0 FIG 809A. FOUND AT SHOP INSPECTION. - [SDR DL72S951491](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S951491), Apr 11, 1995: SLAT. CRACKED. FOUND DURING A-2 LETTER CHECK, .5 INCH CRACK AT I/B STOP PAD NR 6 SLAT. REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-0. ## 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 19960206006809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960206006809I), Feb 6, 1996: Boeing 727232 (N537DA), Missoula, MT. Narrative: on 02/06/96 delta flight 1082 from slc to mso was cleared to enter holding at kona NDB which is associated with the mso ILS approach to runway 11.… --- 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.