# N638AA: 1991 Boeing 757-223, registration cancelled 2014-04-09 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 9, 2014 - Exported to: Iceland - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Boeing 757-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (registry code 1384957) - Engine: [Rolls-Royce RB-211 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (registry code 54555) - Data sheets: [TCDS A2NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A2NM) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 24596 - Year built: 1991 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: February 22, 1991 - Certificate issued: December 23, 2013 - Last registry action: December 23, 2013 - Mode S code: A85B75 - Owner when cancelled: [Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20FARGO%20BANK%20NORTHWEST%20NA%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 40.8659° N, 112.0391° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 84116, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N638AA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=638AA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N638AA-2014-04-09 From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 757-223: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223.md ## Service difficulty reports (46) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR AALA20120813007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120813007), Aug 13, 2012: SPRING. BROKEN. SEA - CREW REPORTED MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT LANDED SEA WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. FOUND UPLOCK SPRI - [SDR AALA20120829010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120829010), Aug 2, 2012: SLAT. DELAMINATED. NUMBER 2 LEFT OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE SLAT HAS DELAMINATED AREA AT TOP INBOARD SIDE. REMOVED DELAMINATED DAMAGED AREA AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-70-10-2R. - [SDR AALA20120618001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120618001), Jun 17, 2012: SLIDE. UNWANTED DEPLOY. FLIGHT REPORTED RIGHT NUMBER 4 DOOR DIFFICULT TO ARM OR DIS-ARM. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING RIGHT NUMBER 4 DOOR SLIDE INFLATED AND BOTTLE DISCHARGED. FOUND SLIDE LAN - [SDR AALA20120413007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120413007), Apr 11, 2012: CONNECTOR. UNSECURE. SEAT 31D ESCAPE PATH LIGHT INOPERATIVE. SECURED LOOSE CONNECTOR AT SIDEWALL. OPS CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20120303006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120303006), Mar 3, 2012: ANGLE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON AFT ANGLE OF AUXILIARY POWER UNIT INLET CUTOUT. INSTALLED DOUBLER. - [SDR AALA20111130LGA01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20111130LGA01), Nov 30, 2011: WIRE. EXPOSED. WIRES HANGING DOWN FROM BOTTOM OF SEAT 14D. WIRES WERE FROM AISLE EMERGENCY LIGHT MOUNTED ON SEAT. REPLACED LIGHT ASSY FOR SEAT 14D EMERGENCY LIGHT. OPS CHECK N - [SDR AALA20110621TUL11](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110621TUL11), Jun 17, 2011: WIRE. BROKEN. EMERGENCY LIGHT OUTSIDE OF RIGHT AFT LAVATORY INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED LIGHT ASSEMBLY GROUND WIRE THAT WAS BROKEN. OPS CHECK NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20110618SJU01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110618SJU01), Jun 17, 2011: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHT OUTSIDE OF RIGHT AFT LAVATORY INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. OPS CHECK NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20110314LGA01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110314LGA01), Mar 13, 2011: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. LEFT NUMBER 2 DOOR EXTERIOR AFT EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LAMP FOR LEFT NUMBER 2 DOOR EXTERIOR AFT EMERGENCY LIGHT. OPS CHECK NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20101030ORD01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20101030ORD01), Oct 30, 2010: PROBE. DEFECTIVE. ORD - INFLIGHT JFK-SEA. CREW REPORTED TOTAL AIR TEMPERATURE PROBE EICAS MESSAGE. FLIGHT DIVERTED ORD LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REP - [SDR AALA20100722TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100722TUL05), Jul 22, 2010: DOUBLER. CORRODED. CORROSION ON AFT CABIN FLOOR DOUBLER. REPLACED DOUBLER. - [SDR AALA20100713TUL04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100713TUL04), Jul 13, 2010: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FLOORBOARD SUPPORT AT STATION 1662 TO 1667 LEFT BUTTLINE 55 TO 57. REPLACED FLOORBOARD SUPPORT PER SRM 51-10-02. - [SDR AALA20100630TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100630TUL03), Jun 30, 2010: BULLNOSE. CRACKED. LEFT WING PYLON AREA INBOARD BULLNOSE CRACKED, MARKED. STOP DRILLED CRACK PER SRM 51-10-02-0G. REPAIRED CRACK PER SRM 57-41-01-6 AND RE-ASSEMBLED. - [SDR AALA20100627TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100627TUL02), Jun 23, 2010: CREASE BEAM. CORRODED. CREASE BEAM INBOARD CHORD CORRODED FROM STATIONS 760 TO 780 AT LEFT BUTTLINE 64. CUT OUT CORRODED CHORD SECTION AND SPLICED IN NEW SECTION PER AARD 53-30-13-1. - [SDR AALA20100515LAX01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100515LAX01), May 15, 2010: TRANSMISSION. FAULTY. LAX - CREW REPORTED "TRAILING EDGE FLAPS DISAGREE" EICAS MESSAGE. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES LANDED FLAPS 20. EMERGENCY DECLARED LANDED LAX WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCR - [SDR AALA20100514JFK02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100514JFK02), May 14, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. RIGHT NUMBER 1 DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN ABOVE DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN OVER RIGHT NUMBER 1 DOOR. OPS CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20100514JFK01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100514JFK01), May 14, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LEFT NUMBER 1 DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN ABOVE DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AT LEFT NUMBER 1 DOOR. OPS CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20100512JFK01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100512JFK01), May 12, 2010: INDICATOR. DEFECTIVE. JFK - CREW REPORTED TRAILING EDGE FLAP DISAGREE EICAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED ON APPROACH. EMERGENCY DECLARED LANDED JFK WITHOUT INCIDENT. RESET TRANSMISSION INDICA - [SDR AALA20091117LGA01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20091117LGA01), Nov 16, 2009: LENS. MISSING. SEAT 21D EMERGENCY LIGHT LENS MISSING. REPLACED LENS AT SEAT 21D. - [SDR AALA2009042200811](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2009042200811), Apr 22, 2009: POWER SUPPLY. DISCHARGED. SFO - SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT SEATS 16D TO 25D ARE DIM. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY M10800. - [SDR AALA200803093](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200803093), Dec 11, 2008: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. JFK - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT ROWS 9D TO 15A AND MID CABIN DOOR LEFT AND RIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. - [SDR AALA200803092](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200803092), Dec 11, 2008: MODULE. INOPERATIVE. JFK - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT SEAT ROWS 9D TO 15A AND MID CABIN DOOR LEFT AND RIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED MODULE CONTAINING CHARGER AND BATTERY PACK. SYSTEM GROUND - [SDR AALA200803032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200803032), Dec 3, 2008: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. JFK EMERGENCY LIGHTS AFT OF SEAT ROW 28 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK IN AFT GALLEY CEILING. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPS. - [SDR AALA200801785](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200801785), Jul 6, 2008: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DFW - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT SEAT ROWS 27 TO 36 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT SEAT ROWS 27 TO 36. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATI - [SDR AALA20072312](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20072312), Nov 27, 2007: SHROUD. MISSING. DFW - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 38D MISSING SHROUD. REPLACED SHROUD FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 38D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. - [SDR AALA20072311](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20072311), Nov 27, 2007: LENS. MISSING. DFW - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 38D MISSING LENS. REPLACED LENS FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 38D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. - [SDR AALA20071932](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20071932), Oct 13, 2007: GOVERNOR. INOPERATIVE. CLE INFLIGHT T222/13OCT LAX TO BOS - RIGHT ENGINE WOULD NOT REACH CLIMB POWER. MAXIMUM ENGINE PRESSURE RATIO (EPR) ATTAINABLE WAS ABOUT 1.4 EPR. LANDED CLE WITH - [SDR AALA20070619](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20070619), Apr 9, 2007: SHROUD. MISSING. MIA - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 6E MISSING SHROUD. REPLACED SHROUD FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 6E. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. - [SDR AALA20070618](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20070618), Apr 9, 2007: LENS. MISSING. MIA - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 6E HAS MISSING LENS. REPLACED LENS FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 6E. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. - [SDR AALA20070027](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20070027), Jan 6, 2007: BULB. BURNED OUT. MIA - LEFT EMERGENCY LIGHT AFT OF OVERWING INOPERATIVE. RELAMPED LEFT EMERGENCY LIGHT AFT OF OVERWING. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. - [SDR AALA20061399](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20061399), Dec 27, 2006: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. MIA - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 32D INOPERATIVE. RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 32D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. - [SDR AALA20060972](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20060972), Nov 1, 2006: MODULE. INOPERATIVE. MCO - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT FIRST CLASS FLOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED CONTROL MODULE FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT FIRST CLASS FLOOR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATI - [SDR AALA20060973](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20060973), Nov 1, 2006: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. MCO - CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT RIGHT AND LEFT FORWARD DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT RIGHT AND LEFT FORWARD DOOR. SY - [SDR AALA20060494](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20060494), Jul 26, 2006: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT FIRST CLASS SEATS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK M10802 FOR INOPERATIVE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT FIRST CLASS SEATS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NOR - [SDR AALA20030761](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20030761), Jul 9, 2003: SPRING. OUT OF ADJUST. DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ENGINEERING REQUEST TO CHECK GIRT BAR SPRINGS AT EACH PASSENGER DOOR POSITION, ONE GIRT BAR SPRING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. ADJUSTED ONE GIRT - [SDR AALA20020897](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20020897), Jun 15, 2002: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DFW - FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON SEAT SIDE PANELS IN FIRST CLASS ARE DIM. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY LIGHTS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OP - [SDR AALA20011858](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011858), Oct 9, 2001: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. LAX - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT AFT GALLEY INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATI - [SDR AALA20002036](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20002036), Nov 30, 2000: ENGINE. VIBRATION. TPA - FLT 1818 - EN ROUTE MIA-LAX, FIFTEEN MINUTES INTO FLIGHT DETECTED NR 1 SIDE ENGINE VIBRATION. RETURNED THROTTLE TO IDLE. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE VIBRATION CHE - [SDR AALA991706](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991706), Nov 12, 1999: WIRE. BROKEN. LAX - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, AFT SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY EXIT PATH LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED WIRE ON 4L DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK N - [SDR AALA980559](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA980559), Mar 23, 1998: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY FLOOR PATH LIGHT IN FORWARD COACH CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY FLOOR PATH LIGHT STRIP FORWARD COACH CABIN. SYST - [SDR AALA980049](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA980049), Jan 11, 1998: MODULE. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY EXIT SIDEWALL SIGN AT R2 FOUND INOPERATIVE. REPLACED FORWARD EXIT SIGN MODULE AT R2 DOOR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED, NORMAL - [SDR AALA952161](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA952161), Dec 26, 1995: DOOR PAN. GOUGED. AFW - FOUND L-4 DOOR EXTERNAL HANDLE PAN HAS GOUGE BLENDED OUT BEYOND SRM LIMITS. PER MRB 757-681. (M) - [SDR AALA952159](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA952159), Dec 26, 1995: DECK PLATE. CORRODED. AFW - FOUND DECK PLATE HAS CORROSION REMOVED ON UPPER SURFACES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. CORROSION REMOVED IS BEYOND SRM LIMITS. PER MRB 757-677. (M) - [SDR AALA952158](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA952158), Dec 26, 1995: FLOOR BEAM. CORRODED. AFW - FOUND FLOOR BEAM AT STATION 377.7 HAS CORROSION REMOVED BEYOND SRM LIMITS ON UPPER SURFACE. PER MRB 757-678. (M) - [SDR AALA952157](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA952157), Dec 26, 1995: FLOOR BEAM. CORRODED. AFW - FLOOR BEAM AT STATION 365.5 HAS CORROSION REMOVED ON UPPER SURFACE. MATERIAL REMOVED IS BEYOND SRM LIMITS. PER MRB 757-676. (M) - [SDR AALA952160](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA952160), Dec 20, 1995: FLOOR BEAM. CORRODED. AFW - FOUND FLOOR BEAM AT STATION 1640 HAS CORROSION REMOVED ON UPPER SURFACE. CORROSION DEPTH IS BEYOND SRM LIMITS. PER MRB 757-679. (M) ## 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 20001130021209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001130021209I), Nov 30, 2000: Boeing 757223 (N638AA), Tampa, FL. (-23) On November 30, 2000, at 1800 EST, a Boeing B-757-223, N638AA, operated by American airlines, flight 1818, from miami international airport to las vegas,… ## Other aircraft with N638AA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N638AA): Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T, S/N 431/US, built 2025 --- 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.