# N596AA: 1992 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83), registration cancelled 2019-01-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 7, 2019
- Status when cancelled: Second renewal notice
- Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (registry code 3022083)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 53286
- Year built: 1992
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: June 6, 1992
- Certificate issued: February 23, 2016
- Last registry action: March 3, 2016
- Mode S code: A7B3B2
- 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/N596AA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=596AA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N596AA-2019-01-07

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 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83): https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83.md

## Service difficulty reports (76, newest 50)

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

- [SDR AALA20140528003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140528003), May 27, 2014: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FORWARD WALK AROUND EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR FWD WALK AROUND EMERGENCY LIGHT. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20140528001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140528001), May 27, 2014: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FORWARD AREA EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR FWD AREA EMERGENCY LIGHTS. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20130514006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130514006), May 14, 2013: STOP FITTING. CRACKED. MID CARGO - AFT LOWER DOOR STOP PAD BRACKET ON DOOR IS CRACKED. INSTALLED DOOR STOP PAD FITTING PER ARRD 51-00-05-1.
- [SDR AALA20130507018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130507018), May 7, 2013: COMPUTER. INOPERATIVE. DFW - CREW REPORTED WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED TO 15 DEGREE, AUTO SLAT FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SLAT DISAGREE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT LANDE
- [SDR AALA20130130020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130130020), Jan 30, 2013: PAN. CRACKED. RIGHT WINDOW AT STATION 1221, WINDOW RING PAN HAS CRACK AT RADIUS AFT UPPER LOCATION IN PAN. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20120930003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120930003), Sep 30, 2012: SLIDE. DAMAGED. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED FORWARD ENTRY DOOR EVACUATION SLIDE LANYARD AND SLIDE PACK TAIL DAMAGED. REPLACED FORWARD LEFT NUMBER 1 ENTRY DOOR EVACUATION SLIDE.
- [SDR AALA20110708DFW01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110708DFW01), Jul 8, 2011: SENSOR. FAULTY. DFW - CREW REPORTED SLAT OVERSPEED WARNING FOLLOWED BY SLAT DISAGREE WARNING ON CLIMBOUT. REDUCED SPEED AND WARNING STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIG
- [SDR AALA20110503PHX01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110503PHX01), May 3, 2011: BRACKET. BROKEN. PHX - CREW REPORTED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CLIMBOUT. GEAR WAS CYCLED WITH NO CHANGE IN WARNING LIGHT. FLIGHT RETURNED PHX LANDED
- [SDR AALA20100701TUL04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100701TUL04), Jul 1, 2010: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON AFT CARGO DOOR FRAME WEB BEYOND LIMITS STATIONS 1206 TO 1218. REMOVED DAMAGE AND INSTALLED NEW WEB SPLICE PER AARD 53-10-00-24.
- [SDR AALA20100701TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100701TUL03), Jul 1, 2010: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. CORE BOLTS IN AFT CARGO DOOR BEAM ARE CORRODED. INSTALLED BEAM DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-3.
- [SDR AALA20100701TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100701TUL02), Jul 1, 2010: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. RIGHT CUSP CORRODED BEYOND LIMITS FROM STATIONS 218 TO 221 JUST OUTBOARD OF NUMBER 6 SEAT TRACK. REMOVED AND REPLACED CUSP SHEET FROM STATIONS 218 TO 237 PER AA
- [SDR AALA20100701TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100701TUL01), Jul 1, 2010: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. NUMBER 5 SEAT TRACK UPPER OUTBOARD FLANGE CORRODED BEYOND LIMITS. REMOVED AND REPLACED SEAT TRACK FROM STATIONS 200 TO 248 PER SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 4F.
- [SDR AALA20100630TUL11](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100630TUL11), Jun 30, 2010: FITTING. CORRODED. STATION 218 INBOARD FITTING CORRODED. INSTALLED NEW FITTING PER SRM 51-30-05.
- [SDR AALA20100630TUL10](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100630TUL10), Jun 30, 2010: MOUNT. CORRODED. G2 GALLEY OUTBOARD MOUNT CORRODED. INSTALLED NEW GALLEY MOUNT PER SRM 51-30-05.
- [SDR AALA20100630TUL08](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100630TUL08), Jun 30, 2010: LONGERON. CRACKED. LONGERON 2 LEFT CRACKED AFT OF STATION 1418. INSTALLED LONGERON SPLICE REPAIR AT STATION 1418 LONGERON 2 LEFT PER AARD 53-30-00-2.
- [SDR AALA20100630TUL07](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100630TUL07), Jun 30, 2010: MEMBRANE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON SUBFLOOR STATIONS 200 TO 218 BETWEEN NUMBER 5 AND 6 SEAT TRACKS. CUT OUT CORRODED AREA AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100630TUL04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100630TUL04), Jun 30, 2010: LONGERON SPLICE. CORRODED. AFT CARGO, CORROSION IN LONGERON 30 SPLICE AT STATIONS 1293 TO 1299. REPLACED SPLICE PER SRM 51-30-05 AND EA MD80-51-011436.
- [SDR AALA20100630TUL14](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100630TUL14), Jun 30, 2010: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. RIGHT AFT TIE DOWN TRACK CORRODED. REPLACED RIGHT AFT TIE DOWN TRACK PER SRM 51-30-01.
- [SDR AALA20100630TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100630TUL01), Jun 29, 2010: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. SEAT TRACK NUMBER 6 STATIONS 215 TO 216 CORROSION BEYOND LIMITS. INSTALLED REPAIR STRAP AT NUMBER 6 SEAT TRACK STATIONS 215 TO 222 PER EA MD8053-011490.
- [SDR AALA20100629TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100629TUL03), Jun 29, 2010: MEMBRANE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON SUBFLOOR BELOW GALLEY TIE DOWN FITTING STATION 218 INBOARD OF NUMBER 4 SEAT TRACK OUT OF LIMITS. CUTOUT CORROSION AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53
- [SDR AALA20100629TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100629TUL02), Jun 29, 2010: FITTING. CORRODED. STATION 218 INBOARD AFT GALLEY FITTING UNDER LILLIE PAD HAS CORROSION. INSTALLED NEW FITTING PER SRM 51-30-05.
- [SDR AALA20100629TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100629TUL01), Jun 29, 2010: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. NUMBER 2 SEAT TRACK CORRODED BEYOND LIMITS STATIONS 1302 TO 1307. REMOVED AND REPLACED SEAT TRACK FROM STATIONS 1222 TO 1309 PER SRM 53-05-00.
- [SDR AALA20100628TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100628TUL01), Jun 28, 2010: MEMBRANE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON SUB FLOOR UNDER G-1 DRAIN PAN. INSTALLED DOUBLER ON SUB-FLOOR UNDER G-1 DRAIN PAN PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100628TUL06](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100628TUL06), Jun 28, 2010: FRAME. CORRODED. AFT CARGO HAS CORROSION ON FRAME 1271 BETWEEN LONGERON 28L-29R. INSTALLED J-ANGLE REPAIR PER EA NUMBER MD80-53-011489 DATED 6-27-2010.
- [SDR AALA20100628TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100628TUL05), Jun 28, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. STATION 1418 FRAME CRACKED AT LONGERON 2 RIGHT. STOP DRILLED CRACKS AND INSTALLED DOUBLERS ON FORWARD AND AFT SIDES OF STATION 1418 PER AARD 53-10-00-15 AND SRM
- [SDR AALA20100628TUL04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100628TUL04), Jun 28, 2010: MOUNT. CORRODED. CORROSION ON G1 GALLEY MOUNT STA 160 RBL 50. INSTALLED NEW GALLEY MOUNT PER SRM 51-30-02 AND 51-30-05.
- [SDR AALA20100628TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100628TUL03), Jun 28, 2010: MOUNT. CORRODED. CORROSION ON G1 GALLEY MOUNT STA 160 RBL 44. INSTALLED NEW GALLEY MOUNT PER SRM 51-30-02 AND 51-30-05.
- [SDR AALA20100628TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100628TUL02), Jun 28, 2010: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. AFT CARGO HAS A CRACK IN INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN CABIN FLOORBEAMS STA 1287-1309 AT AIRCRAFT CENTER LINE. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL STA 1287 TO 1309 SRM 
- [SDR AALA20100625TUL04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100625TUL04), Jun 25, 2010: LONGERON. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LONGERON 30 STATIONS 1285 TO 1293. REMOVED CORRODED LONGERON INSTALLED NEW LONGERON AND SPLICE PER SRM 53-02-00.
- [SDR AALA20100625TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100625TUL02), Jun 25, 2010: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. FUSELAGE FORWARD CRACK IN BULKHEAD AT UPPER LEFT RADOME GUIDE PIN AT LOWER FASTENER. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-19.
- [SDR AALA20100625TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100625TUL01), Jun 25, 2010: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. LEFT CUSP CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS STATIONS 639 TO 667. INSTALLED NEW CUSP DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100624TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100624TUL05), Jun 24, 2010: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR HINGE CUTOUT. STOP DRILLED CRACK INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 53-05-00 FIG 62.
- [SDR AALA20100623TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100623TUL01), Jun 23, 2010: RIB. CRACKED. RIGHT NUMBER 5 SLAT RIB NUMBER 15 CRACKED. REPLACED DAMAGED OUTBOARD RIB NUMEBR 15 WITH NEW ONE ON SLAT 5 PER IAW ESO 80117.
- [SDR AALA20100623TUL07](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100623TUL07), Jun 23, 2010: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. CRACK IN LEFT CUSP AT STATION 218 INBOARD OF NUMBER 2 SEAT TRACK. REPAIRED PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100623TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100623TUL05), Jun 23, 2010: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CABIN - LEFT CUSP HAS CORROSION AT STATIONS 452 TO 458. REMOVED CORRODED CUSP AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100622TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100622TUL05), Jun 22, 2010: WEDGE. DENTED. INBOARD FLAP WEDGE ON INBOARD FLAP HAS 3 DENTS. TWO DENTS REMOVED BY DRILLING AND THIRD DENT REMOVED BY CUTTING 1 INCH HOLE. DYE CHECKED AREA FOR CRACKS, NONE F
- [SDR AALA20100622TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100622TUL01), Jun 22, 2010: RIB. CRACKED. RIGHT NUMBER 5 SLAT RIB NUMBER 14 CRACKED. REPLACED NUMBER 14 ATTACHED RIB 2ND FROM OUTBOARD POSITION NUMBER 5 RIGHT SLAT PER ESO 80117.
- [SDR AALA20100621TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100621TUL03), Jun 21, 2010: CUSP WEB. DAMAGED. DAMAGE TO CUSP STATIONS 1083 TO 1085. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100618TUL07](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100618TUL07), Jun 18, 2010: PAN. CRACKED. WINDOW PAN CRACKED AT FORWARD LOWER CORNER AFT SIDE OF STATION 1060 RIGHT. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20100618TUL04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100618TUL04), Jun 18, 2010: PAN. CRACKED. WINDOW PAN CRACKED AT UPPER FORWARD CORNER AFT SIDE OF STATION 927 RIGHT. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20100618TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100618TUL03), Jun 18, 2010: SKIN. DENTED. FUSELAGE DENT FOUND STATION 218 BETWEEN LONGERON 16 LEFT AND 17 LEFT. INSTALLED INTERNAL DOUBLER AS PER SRM 53-04-02 DRAWING SG09530001.
- [SDR AALA20100424LGA02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100424LGA02), Apr 23, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING EMERGENCY LIGHT TEST FOUND AFT CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE FROM ROW 27 AFT. REMOVED AND REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK FOR AFFECTED AREA. E
- [SDR AALA20100424LGA01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100424LGA01), Apr 23, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING EMERGENCY LIGHT TEST FOUND FUSELAGE EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK. EMERGENCY LIGHTS OPS CHECK NORMAL ON
- [SDR AALA20100320DFW03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100320DFW03), Mar 19, 2010: WIRE. BROKEN. SEAT 28D ESCAPE PATH SEAT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE.
- [SDR AALA20100320DFW02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100320DFW02), Mar 19, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EXTERIOR FUSELAGE EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS. OPS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20100320DFW01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100320DFW01), Mar 19, 2010: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. OVERHEAD EMERGENCY POWER LIGHT AT SEAT 7C INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LAMP FOR OVERHEAD EMERGENCY POWER LIGHT AT SEAT 7C, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA2009062300013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2009062300013), Jun 23, 2009: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LGA - CEILING EXIT LIGHTS FROM ROWS 21 TO 27 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR CEILING EXIT LIGHTS FROM ROWS 21 TO 27.
- [SDR AALA2009062300005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2009062300005), Jun 23, 2009: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LGA - STRIP EXIT LIGHTS AT OVERWING LEFT AND RIGHT EXITS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACKS FOR STRIP EXIT LIGHTS AT OVERWING LEFT AND RIGHT EXITS.
- [SDR AALA2009062300004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2009062300004), Jun 23, 2009: CONTROL MODULE. INOPERATIVE. LGA - STRIP EXIT LIGHTS AT OVERWING LEFT AND RIGHT EXITS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED CONTROL MODULE FOR STRIP EXIT LIGHTS AT OVERWING LEFT AND RIGHT EXITS.
- [SDR AALA2009042600003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2009042600003), Apr 26, 2009: REGULATOR VALVE. ODOR. STL CREW REPORTED BURNING ODOR IN CABIN. RETURNED STL WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED LEFT AC PILOT PRESSURE REGULATOR AND LEFT AIR CO

All 76: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N596AA-2019-01-07/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 19930929040079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930929040079I), Sep 29, 1993: Doug DC983 (N596AA), Buffalo, NY. Unsafe ger indication on approach. Went around. Recycled gear. Landed safely.

## Other aircraft with N596AA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N596AA): Zipline International P2 ZIP, S/N 18736P22939

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