# N61CX: 1971 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62, registration cancelled 2018-01-25 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: January 25, 2018 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-62) (registry code 302197B) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT3D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-series) (registry code 52035) - Data sheets: [TCDS 4A25](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A25) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 46142 - Year built: 1971 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: November 21, 1994 - Certificate issued: December 28, 1999 - Last registry action: July 13, 2006 - Mode S code: A7ECAD - Owner when cancelled: [Wilmington Trust Co Tr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WILMINGTON%20TRUST%20CO%20TR) - Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61CX - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=61CX - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61CX-2018-01-25 From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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-8-62: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-62.md ## Service difficulty reports (30) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR IXXA0000039](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA0000039), Oct 31, 2000: COMPRESSOR. FAILED. EN ROUTE FROM NBW TO NGU, SMOKE WAS EMITTED INTO THE COCKPIT WHEN THE NUMBER THREE TURBO COMPRESSOR WAS OPERATED. THE FLIGHT CREW SECURED THE COMPRESSOR, SMOKE - [SDR IXXA0000022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA0000022), Jun 23, 2000: FAN. DEFECTIVE. EN ROUTE FROM EDI TO TOL, THE FLIGHT CREW SENSED AN ODOR IN THE COCKPIT WHEN THE LEFT RECIRULATION FAN WAS TURNED ON. THE FLIGHT CREW SECURED THE FAN, THE ODOR - [SDR IXXA0000010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA0000010), Feb 25, 2000: WIRE. BROKEN. TOL - FLT 1837 - EN ROUTE FROM AUS TO TOL, AFTER LANDING GEAR RETRACTION, THE GEAR UNSAFE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CREW CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTINGU - [SDR IXXA9900026](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9900026), Oct 21, 1999: UNKNOWN. ODOR. EN ROUTE FROM AVB TO RMS, THE FLIGHT CREW SENSED AN ODOR IN THE COCKPIT WHEN THE OVER HEAD FLORESENT LIGHTING SYSTEM WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CREW TURNED THE LIGHTS - [SDR IXXA9900009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9900009), May 4, 1999: UPLATCH. LACK OF LUBE. AFTER TAKEOFF FROM AVB EN ROUTE TO FRA, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED THE MAIN GEAR DOOR NOT LATCHED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CREW CYCLED TH - [SDR IXXA9800061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9800061), Jul 9, 1998: RETRACT MECH. MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MSP, EN ROUTE TO TOL, WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED A LOUD NOISE AND SLIGHT VIBRATION COMING FROM THE NOSE WHEEL WELL - [SDR IXXA9800055](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9800055), Jun 9, 1998: RETRACT MECH. LACK OF LUBE. AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED, THE FORWARD NOSE GEAR DOORS REMAINED OPEN. THE CREW CYCLED THE GEAR WITH NO HELP. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO TOL, MAKING - [SDR IXXA9800029](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9800029), Mar 18, 1998: REGULATOR VALVE. DEFECTIVE. DURING CLIMBOUT, THE NUMBER ONE AND TWO ENGINE PNEUMATIC MANIFOLD OVER TEMPERATURE INDICATING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, VERIFIED BY TEMPERATURE INDICATOR. THE FLIGHT - [SDR IXXA9700168](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9700168), Dec 10, 1997: SMOKE DETECTOR. DIRTY. EN ROUTE FROM EDDF TO OKBK, THE MAIN CARGO COMPART SMOKE DETECTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED ACCOMPANIED BY THE WARNING HORN. THE CREW SILENCED THE HORN AND THE A/C DIV - [SDR IXXA9700166](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9700166), Nov 16, 1997: WIRE. CHAFED. ON SHORT FINAL INBOUND EDDF FROM KWI, THE NUMBER 4 ENGINE FIRE BELL SOUNDED AND THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CAPTAIN RESET MASTER FIRE WARNING SWITCH WHI - [SDR IXXA9700163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9700163), Nov 11, 1997: CONTROL CABLE. OUT OF ADJ. AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED, THE LANDING GEAR AND DOOR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KWI, MAKING AN UNEVENTFUL LANDI - [SDR IXXA9700161](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9700161), Nov 9, 1997: CONTROL CABLE. MISRIGGED. AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED, THE DOOR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CREW RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE INDICATION REMAINED TH - [SDR IXXA9700083](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9700083), Jun 19, 1997: CONTAINER. LEAKING. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, CREW NOTICED FUMES ENTERING THE COCKPIT. FLIGHT ENGINEER WAS DISPATCHED TO INVESTIGATE MAIN CARGO DECK TO DETERMINE ORIGIN OF FUMES. THE - [SDR IXXA9700014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9700014), Jan 30, 1997: TRACK BEARINGS. FAILED. ON LANDING ROLLOUT BGTL, WITH ALL ENGINES IN REVERSE, NR 2 ENGINE EPR DROPPED AND THE REVERSER LEVER MOVED FORWARD OUT OF REVERSE. ON INSPECTION, THE TRANSLATIN - [SDR IXXA96137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96137), Aug 6, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE EXTERNAL PLATING WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED AT FUSELAGE STATION 1495 AND LONGERON 32 RIGHT. REPAIR OF THE PLATING WAS ACCOM - [SDR IXXA96136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96136), Aug 6, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE LEFT OUTBOARD AILERON LOWER PLATING SURFACE WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED BETWEEN STATIONS XW500 AND 577. THE PLATING WAS REPL - [SDR IXXA96135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96135), Aug 6, 1996: SPAR. CRACKED. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FITTING, THE RIGHT LOWER REAR SPAR WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED BETWEEN WING STATION S XRS 13 AND - [SDR IXXA96145](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96145), Jul 23, 1996: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE EXTERNAL FUSELAGE PLATING AT THE FORWARD UPPER CORNER OF THE FORWARD LOWER CARGO DOOR OPENING. THE C - [SDR IXXA96144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96144), Jul 23, 1996: PLATING. CORRODED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE RIGHT OUTBOARD AILERON LOWER PLATING ON THE INBOARD SIDE WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. REPAIR TO THE AREA WAS ACCOMPLISHED IA - [SDR IXXA96138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96138), Jul 23, 1996: BUS LINKS. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE RIGHT INBOARD AILERON, INBOARD BUS LINKS WERE FOUND TO BE CRACKED. THE BUS LINKS WERE REPLACED IAW THE DOUGLAS SRM AND MM - [SDR IXXA96146](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96146), Jul 22, 1996: PLATING. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE EXTERNAL PLATING A FUSELAGE STATION 225 BETWEEN LONGERONS 29 AND 30 LEFT. THE CRACK WAS REPAIRED IAW - [SDR IXXA96143](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96143), Jul 22, 1996: PLATING. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE PLATING WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE INBOARD STUB WING, INBOARD END. THE CRACK WAS REPAIRED IAW THE D - [SDR IXXA96142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96142), Jul 22, 1996: FITTING. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FITTING WAS FOUND CRACKED. THE FITTING WAS REPLACED IAW THE DOUGLAS SRM AND FITTING REPLACEMENT G - [SDR IXXA96141](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96141), Jul 22, 1996: FITTING. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE TUBE SUPPORT FITTING WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. THE FITTING WAS REPLACED IAW THE STRUCTURAL - [SDR IXXA96140](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96140), Jul 22, 1996: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE PRESSURE BULKHEAD (CABLE FEED THROUGH) AT FUSELAGE STATION 680 WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AT LONGERON 27 LEFT. THE BULKHEAD - [SDR IXXA96139](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA96139), Jul 22, 1996: LONGERON. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE LEFT LONGERON 24 WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THE WING ATTACH BOTTLE BOLT AREA. THE LONGERON WAS REPLACED IAW THE DOUGLAS REPLACE - [SDR IXXA9648](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9648), Apr 14, 1996: TURBOCOMPRESSOR. MALFUNCTIONED. RJTY/RJOI - EN ROUTE BETWEEN RJTY AND RJOI, NR 1 CABIN TURBOCOMPRESSOR BECAME NOISY AND PRODUCED AN OILY SMELL. THE NR 12 TC WAS SHUT OFF, AND WAS DEFERRED AT R - [SDR IXXA9597](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA9597), Nov 20, 1995: EEL WIRE. FAILED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE FOUR FORWARD FLOOR EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTS TO BE INOPERATIVE. THE POWER SUPPLY PROVIDING POWER TO THESE LIGHTS WAS BLOWING PICOFUSES FOR TH - [SDR IXXA199567](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA199567), Jul 19, 1995: WIRE. FAILED. WSAP - ON DEPARTURE DURING UPLATCH CHECK, THE GEAR LIGHT STAYED ON WITH THE MAIN GEAR DOOR LIGHT OUT. THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED ONCE, AND THE UPLATCH CHECK WA - [SDR IXXA199562](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IXXA199562), Jun 12, 1995: UPLOCK ASSY. LACK OF LUBE. ON DEPARTURE OUT OF RJTY, THE UPLATCH CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND BOTH THE GEAR DOOR AND GEAR WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO RJTY FOR MAINT ## Other aircraft with N61CX - [Cancelled 2026-08-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61CX-2026-08-17): Piper PA-46-600TP, S/N 4698261. Exported to Brazil. 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