# N53SW: Boeing 737-2H4, registration cancelled 1999-04-02 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 2, 1999 - Exported to: Philippines - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Boeing 737-2H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2h4) (registry code 138448C) - Serial number: 21534 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Certificate issued: December 11, 1998 - Last registry action: December 11, 1998 - Mode S code: A6AFB9 - Owner when cancelled: [Aar Aircraft & Engine Group Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AAR%20AIRCRAFT%20%26%20ENGINE%20GROUP%20INC) - Location: [Wood Dale, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Wood%20Dale) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 41.9744° N, 87.9865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 60191, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53SW - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=53SW - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53SW-1999-04-02 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 737-2H4: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2h4.md ## Service difficulty reports (34) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR SWAA982136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA982136), Sep 17, 1998: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED C4 CHECK, FOUND INTERCOSTAL CRACKED AT DOOR UPLATCH BRACKET. REMOVED AND REPLACED PER BOEING SRM. - [SDR SWAA980403](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA980403), Mar 26, 1998: SENSOR. OUT OF POSITION. DURING FLIGHT, LEFT WING BODY OVERHEAT ILLUMINATED AT APPROXIMATELY 8,000 FT. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED SHORTLY AFTER CLOSING ISOLATION AND NR 1 ENG BLEED VALVES. REPO - [SDR SWAA971045](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA971045), Dec 12, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED SPECIAL VISIT, FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN AND DOOR BEAR STRAP, FWD LOWER HINGE CUTOUT, AT AFT SERVICE DOOR. REPAIRED PER DALFORT AVIATION XEA X2-53-19 - [SDR SWAA971044](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA971044), Dec 12, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED SPECIAL VISIT, FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN AND DOOR BEAR STRAP, FWD LOWER HINGE CUTOUT, AT AFT ENTRY DOOR. REPAIRED PER DALFORT AVIATION XEA X2-53-191 - [SDR SWAA971043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA971043), Dec 12, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED SPECIAL VISIT, FOUND NUMEROUS FASTENER HOLES CRACKED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: BS 907-937, S10L. REPAIRED PER DALFORT AVIATION XEA X2-53-188. - [SDR SWAA971042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA971042), Dec 12, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED SPECIAL VISIT, FOUND NUMEROUS FASTENER HOLES CRACKED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: BS 907-947, S4R BS 907-937, 14L, BS 907-903, S10R BS 1006-1016 - [SDR SWAA970672](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA970672), Aug 6, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING C4 CHECK, FOUND AFT FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT BS 948, AT S24R. REPAIRED PER BOEING SRM. - [SDR SWAA970930](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA970930), Mar 15, 1997: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DURING SCHEDULED A1 CHECK, FOUND LT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED BOTH BATTERY PACKS PER BOEING M/M. - [SDR SWAA970243](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA970243), Feb 25, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DURING SCHEDULED C2 CHECK, FOUND SECTION OF FLOOR LIGHTING INOP. RELAMPED AND OP CHECKED PER BOEING M/M. - [SDR SWAA961335](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA961335), Dec 9, 1996: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED C1 CHECK, FOUND NOSE WHEEL WELL SKIN CRACKED, 4 INCHES BEHIND GEAR MANUAL EXTENSION RETURN SPRING BRACKET. REPAIRED PER BOEING SRM. - [SDR SWAA961173](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA961173), Oct 24, 1996: SLIDE. LOW PRESSURE. DURING SCHEDULED SERVICE CHECK, FOUND FWD ENTRY DOOR SLIDE PRESSURE BELOW SERVICEABLE LIMITS. REPLACED SLIDE PER BOEING M/M. - [SDR SWAA960209](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA960209), Apr 8, 1996: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED C2 CHECK, FOUND LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED 2 PLACES, FWD OF AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE PANEL, MEASURING .25 BY 1.5. REPAIRED BOTH PER BOEING SRM - [SDR SWAA960065](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA960065), Feb 5, 1996: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED C1 CHECK, FOUND TRANSVERSE FLOORBEAM AT BS 312 CRACKED ON LOWER CHORD AFT FLANGE, LBL 62.0. REPAIRED PER BOEING SRM. - [SDR SWAA960043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA960043), Jan 30, 1996: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED MAINT CHECK, FOUND AFT ENTRY DOOR HINGE CUTOUT CRACKED AT UPPER HINGE. REPAIRED PER BOEING SRM. - [SDR SWAA960042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA960042), Jan 30, 1996: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED MAINT CHECK, FOUND AIRSTAIR DOORWAY UPPER STOP SUPPORT INTERCOSTAL CRACKED AROUND UPPER/FWD STOP FITTING. REPAIRED PER BOEING SRM. - [SDR SWAA960041](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA960041), Jan 30, 1996: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED MAINT CHECK, FOUND TRANSVERSE FLOORBEAM AT BS 312 CRACKED ON LOWER CHORD AFT FLANGE, LBL 62. REPAIRED PER BOEING SRM. - [SDR SWAA950676](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950676), Oct 18, 1995: KEEL BEAM. CHAFED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND CHAFING DAMAGE ON LOWER O/B FLANGE OF KEEL BEAM BS 710 TO 727, LBL 7 WL 149. REPAIRED PER EWO 95-0596 AND BOEING STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. - [SDR SWAA950675](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950675), Oct 18, 1995: FRAME. CRACKED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND FUSE FRAME CRACKED AT BS 597, BL 71 WL 202 ON BOTH RT AND LT SIDES. REPAIRED PER BOEING STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. - [SDR SWAA950674](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950674), Oct 18, 1995: KEEL BEAM. CRACKED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND THREE HOLES IN KEEL BEAM LOWER FLANGE AND RADIUS AT BS 727+16, RBL 7. REPAIRED PER BOEING STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. - [SDR SWAA950673](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950673), Oct 18, 1995: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD CORRODED AT BS 1016, LBL 7 TO RBL 36 WL 208. REPAIRED PER BOEING STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. - [SDR SWAA950672](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950672), Oct 18, 1995: FRAME. CRACKED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND FUSELAGE FRAME AND SHEAR TIE CORRODED AT BS 747, RBL 6 TO 9 WL 148. ALSO, SHEAR TIE AT BS 727A BETWEEN 21 AND 22L. REPAIRED PER BOEING STR - [SDR SWAA950671](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950671), Oct 18, 1995: STRINGER. CRACKED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND STRINGER S15L CRACKED AT BS 787. REPAIRED PER BOEING STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. - [SDR SWAA950670](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950670), Oct 18, 1995: CHORD. CRACKED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND T-CHORD CRACKED BETWEEN BS 178 TO 180, WL 197 LBL 24. REPAIRED PER BOEING STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. - [SDR SWAA950669](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950669), Oct 18, 1995: STRINGER. CRACKED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND STRINGER 4R AND 4L SPLICE JOINT CRACKED AT BS 907. REPAIRED PER BOEING STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. - [SDR SWAA950668](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950668), Oct 18, 1995: SKIN. DENTED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN SCRATCHED AND DENTED AT BS 183 LBL 2 TO RBL 9, FWD OF NOSE BAY ACCESS DOOR. ALSO, SKIN DENTED AT BS 904, ABOVE S25R. REPAIRE - [SDR SWAA950667](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950667), Oct 18, 1995: STRINGER. CORRODED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND CORROSION BETWEEN S4 AND 6R ON AFT FACE AND O/B FLANGE O/B SURFACE OF FRAME INCLUDING STRINGER CLIP. REPAIRED PER BOEING STRUCTURAL REPAIR - [SDR SWAA950666](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950666), Oct 18, 1995: STRINGERS. CORRODED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND STRINGER 3L CORRODED UNDER FASTENER BETWEEN BS 380 AND 400. ALSO, FOUND S11R CORRODED BETWEEN BS 478 AND 484. REPAIRED PER BOEING STRUCTUR - [SDR SWAA950665](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950665), Oct 18, 1995: BLKHD WEB. DAMAGED. DURING D-CHECK, FOUND PRESSURE BULKHEAD WEB CHAFE DAMAGE AT BS 727 BL 0 WL 185. REPAIRED PER EWO 95-0595 AND BOEING STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. - [SDR SWAA950198](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950198), Feb 28, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED SPECIAL VISIT FOR SKIN LAP INSPECTION, FOUND CRACK INDICATIONS AT BS 768, AT STRINGER 4R. REPAIRED PER TRAMCO EWO 95-0200. - [SDR SWAA950197](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950197), Feb 28, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED SPECIAL VISIT FOR SKIN LAP INSPECTION, FOUND CRACK INDICATIONS AT BS 767, AT STRINGER 4L. REPAIRED PER TRAMCO EWO 95-0200. - [SDR SWAA950196](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950196), Feb 28, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED SPECIAL VISIT FOR SKIN LAP INSPECTION, FOUND CRACK INDICATIONS AT BS 867, 860, 870, 887, 888, AT STRINGER 4L. REPAIRED PER TRAMCO EWO 95-0200. - [SDR SWAA950195](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950195), Feb 28, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED SPECIAL VISIT FOR SKIN LAP INSPECTION, FOUND CRACK INDICATIONS AT BS 818 TO 828, AT STRINGER 4L. REPAIRED PER TRAMCO EWO 95-0200. - [SDR SWAA950194](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950194), Feb 28, 1995: BLKHD WEB. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED SPECIAL VISIT FOR SKIN LAP INSPECTION, FOUND CRACK INDICATIONS AT BS 178 BULKHEAD PRESSURE WEB FROM BL 0 TO RBL 17, WL 184 TO 230, UNDER STRAPS - [SDR SWAA950087](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA950087), Jan 25, 1995: ANGLE. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED C-2 CHECK, FOUND SUPPORT ANGLE CRACKED AT WING TO FUSELAGE TRANSITION PANEL INBOARD OF GROUND SPOILER. REPAIRED PER BOEING STRUCTURAL REPAIR MA ## NTSB investigations (2) 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 ATL96FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96FA101), Jul 8, 1996: Boeing 737-200 (N53SW), Nashville, TN, minor damage. Probable cause: the captain's improper rejected takeoff, in that the takeoff was rejected after V1, and the flight attendants' improper use of the evacuation procedure, in that an evacuation was independently… - [NTSB FTW94IA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94IA070), Jan 19, 1994: Boeing 737-2H4 (N53SW), Little Rock, AR, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: WAS THE LANDING GEAR SEPARATION DUE TO AN UNDETERMINED CAUSE. ## 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 19980731027409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980731027409I), Jul 31, 1998: Boeing 7372H4 (N53SW), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On departure from abq, a southwest airline B737-flight 803 had the number 1 tire on the left main landing gear fail. Debris caused damage to the number 1… - [Accident 19960708019899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960708019899A), Jul 8, 1996: Boeing 7372H4 (N53SW), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Narrative: on July 8, 1996, southwest 436, a B-737-2H4 (N53SW) aborted takeoff on RW20C at Nashville, TN (bna), after ingesting a bird in the left engine at… - [Incident 19780810049379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780810049379I), Aug 10, 1978: Boeing 737/ (N53SW), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Takeoff aborted when #3 tire blew. Flap damaged. ## Other aircraft with N53SW - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53SW): Johnson Gary GLASAIR FT SPR II-S, S/N 2382 --- 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.