# N644DL: 1989 Boeing 757-232, registration cancelled 2018-12-06 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 6, 2018 - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Boeing 757-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (registry code 1384965) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney PW2037](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (registry code 52117) - Data sheets: [TCDS A2NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A2NM), [TCDS E17NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E17NE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 23998 - Year built: 1989 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: January 12, 1989 - Certificate issued: February 15, 1989 - Last registry action: July 25, 2016 - Mode S code: A8746D - 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/N644DL - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=644DL - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N644DL-2018-12-06 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 757-232: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232.md ## Service difficulty reports (50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DALA14018410644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14018410644), Mar 25, 2014: WIRE. DAMAGED. ROW 44 EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. SPLICED BROKEN EMERGENCY LIGHT WIRE AT ROW 44 IAW SWPM 20. - [SDR DALA13068900644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068900644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 580, FOUR INCHES BELOW STRINGER 27R. REMOVED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. - [SDR DALA13068890644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068890644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 652 BELOW STRINGER 26R. REMOVED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA13068880644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068880644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 503, ONE INCH BELOW STRINGER 27L. BLENDED DAMAGE SRM 53-00-01. NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA13068870644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068870644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 722, TWO INCHES BELOW STRINGER 25R. BLENDED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA13068860644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068860644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 560, STRINGER 28L. BLENDED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA13068850644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068850644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 646, SEVEN INCHES BELOW STRINGER 27L. BLENDED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01, NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA13068840644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068840644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN, BS 470, THREE INCHES BELOW STRINGER 27R. REMEOVED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01, NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA13068830644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068830644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 475, THREE INCHES BELOW STRINGER 27R. REMOVED DAMAGE IAW SRM 757 53-00-01, HFC INSPECTED, NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA13068820644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068820644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 492, THREE INCHES BELOW STRINGER 27R. BLENDED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01, HFC INSPECTED, NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA13068810644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068810644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 506, FOUR INCHES BELOW STRINGER 27R. REMOVED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. - [SDR DALA13068800644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068800644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 480, THREE INCHES BELOW STRINGER 27R. REMOVED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. - [SDR DALA13068790644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068790644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 575, ONE INCH BELOW STRINGER 28L. BLENDED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. HFEC CHECKED IAW NDTSPM 06-10-01-001, NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA13068780644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068780644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 542, NINE INCHES BELOW STRINGER 26L. BLENDED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. HFEC CHECKED IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01-001, NO CRACKS FOUN - [SDR DALA13068770644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068770644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 523, TWO INCHES BELOW STRINGER 28L. BLENDED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. HFEC CHECKED IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01.001, NO CRACKS FOUND - [SDR DALA13068760644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068760644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 524, TWO INCHES BELOW STRINGER 28L. BLENDED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. HFEC CHECKED IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01.001, NO CRACKS FOUND - [SDR DALA13068750644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068750644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 560, FIVE INCHES BELOW STRINGER 27R. REMOVED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. CHECKED IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01.001, NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA13068740644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068740644), Dec 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 547, FIVE INCHES BELOW STRINGER 27R. REMOVED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-00-01. CHECKED IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01.001, NO CRACKS FOUND. - [SDR DALA1312920644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1312920644), May 9, 2013: CONNECTOR. MISSING. SEAT 38 DEF MISSING CONNECTOR ON BOTTOM OF SEAT FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT. REPINNED WIRE FOR CONNECTOR AT SEAT 38 DEF EMERGENCY LIGHTS IAW AMM 33-51-04. OPS CKD GOOD. - [SDR DALA1252460644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1252460644), Oct 22, 2012: LAMP. DAMAGED. MX DISCOVERED EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS, L569, L60 AND L57 INOPERATIVE. LAMPED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR POWER SUPPLY M736 IAW AMM 33-51. OPS CHECKED NORMAL - [SDR DALA1208170644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1208170644), Feb 13, 2012: PACKING. FAILED. DURING CRUISE AT FL400 CREW RECEIVED HYDRAULIC QUANTITY EICAS WARNING FOLLOWED BY LEFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE INDICATION. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION - [SDR DL757090410](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757090410), Mar 12, 2009: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. FUSELAGE PASSENGER FLOORBEAM, UPPER FLANGE STA 324 WL208 BL61 CORROSION DAMAGE BLENDED OUT. - [SDR DL757080567](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757080567), Apr 8, 2008: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING HMV AT SAA, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE EXTERNAL SKIN AT STA 1510 BETWEEN S-28R AND S-29R WHERE AN AIRPHONE ANTENNA HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MOUNTED. SINCE THE - [SDR DL757080552](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757080552), Apr 4, 2008: SKIN PANEL. CORRODED. HMV AT SAA, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE EXTERNAL SKIN AT THE DME ANTENNA MOUNT AT STA 690, BL 0. THE CORROSION WAS REMOVED AND A REPAIR WAS INSTALLED WITH BOEING - [SDR DL757071361](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757071361), Oct 16, 2007: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DURING TRANSIT CHECK INSPECTION FOUND SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP FROM ROW 19 TO 26 RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. - [SDR DL757071182](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757071182), Sep 8, 2007: TRANSCEIVER. ODOR. DURING DESCENT ACRID ODOR DETECTED IN COCKPIT AND REPORTED BY FLT ATTENDANTS AS WELL IN CABIN. PRIOR TO ODOR THE CABIN AIRFLOW CHANGED TO A SIGNIFICANTLY LESS I - [SDR DL75K050815](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL75K050815), Dec 21, 2005: BULB. BURNED OUT. FWD LT OVERWING AND R2 EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. RELAMPED, CK OK. - [SDR DL75K050071](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL75K050071), Feb 1, 2005: LINE. LEAKING. AIR TURN BACK RT GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. REPLACED HYDRAULIC LINE TO TRUCK POSITION ACTUATOR. - [SDR DL75K041095](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL75K041095), Dec 13, 2004: MEGAPHONE. DEFECTIVE. AT CRUISE LOUD SQUEAL REPORTED BY F/A IN AFT CABIN. NOISE DETERMINED TO BE COMING FROM MEGAPHONE. REPLACED MEGAPHONE. - [SDR DL75K040968](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL75K040968), Oct 14, 2004: GIRT BAR. LOOSE. DOOR 1R SLIDE LIGHT INOP WHEN DOOR IS ARMED. ADJUSTED GIRT BAR. - [SDR DL75K040347](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL75K040347), Apr 16, 2004: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. FWD ZONE EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR FWD ZONE AND TESTED GOOD. - [SDR DL75K030902](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL75K030902), Oct 5, 2003: BALLAST. ODOR. REPORT OF SMOKE IN THE AREA ABOVE WINDOW AT ROW 22 ON CAPTS SIDE. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TURNED OFF SIDEWALL LIGHTS AND ODOR DISSIPATED QUICKLY MCC 0114Z JNP. FOUND - [SDR DL75K030872](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL75K030872), Sep 23, 2003: SKIN. DENTED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND DENTED AND GOUGED JUST BELOW STRINGER 25R AT FS 1690 NEAR THE AFT LAVATORY SERVICE CUTOUT. THE DAMAGED AREA WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOU - [SDR DL757020469](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757020469), Apr 19, 2002: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION WAS FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT A FAIRING NUT PLATE ATTACH LOCATION NEAR FS 780 AND STRINGER 18R. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED PER ER/A 382916-14, REV A. - [SDR DL757020454](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757020454), Apr 17, 2002: SKIN. CORRODED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT AN ANTENNA CUTOUT NEAR FS 1510 BETWEEN STRINGERS 28R & 29R WAS FOUND CORRODED. THE SKIN WAS CUTOUT TO REMOVE ALL DAMAGE. THE CUTOUT WAS REP - [SDR DL757020453](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757020453), Apr 17, 2002: DOOR FRAME. GOUGED. THE OUTER CHORD OF THE FS 1640 FRAME AT THE AFT GALLEY DOOR OPENING WAS FOUND GOUGED. TO FACILITATE REPAIR, THE DAMAGED SECTION OF FRAME WAS CUT AND REMOVED. A - [SDR DL757020430](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757020430), Apr 12, 2002: SKIN. GOUGED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH TWO GOUGES BETWEEN FS 410 & 420 AND BETWEEN STRINGERS 15L & 16L. THE GOUGES WERE REMOVED WITH 2 CUTOUTS. THE CUTOUTS WERE REPAI - [SDR DL757020019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757020019), Jan 7, 2002: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHT AT 4C IS INOP. REPLACED BULB. - [SDR DL757011198](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757011198), Jul 19, 2001: GENERATOR. FAILED. RIGHT GEN FAILED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. RIGHT ENGINE DRIVE AND RIGHT ENGINE GEN OFF EICAS MSGS. TAKEOFF ABORTED. FWD TO MCO AND PLACARD MEL 24-00-01. - [SDR DL757010987](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757010987), Jun 16, 2001: POWER CABLE. DEFECTIVE. F/O ELECTRIC SEAT INOP. SPARK AND SMOKE OBSERVED FROM ELECTRICAL POWER CORD TO SEAT. REPLACED SEAT POWER CABLES. OPS OK. - [SDR DL757010461](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757010461), Mar 21, 2001: O-RING. LEAKING. RT ENGINE FUEL PUMP FILTER CASE LEAKING. REPLACED DAMAGED O-RING. LEAK CK OK. - [SDR DL757000716](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757000716), Apr 15, 2000: FLAP. MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER T/O DURING FLAP RETRACTION EICAS MSG T/E FLAP ASSY APPEARED ALONG WITH A T/E LIGHT. FLAP INDICATOR SHOWED NORMAL INDICATION OF UP. ACCOMPLISHED AN UNEVENT - [SDR DL757000635](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757000635), Apr 4, 2000: BALLAST. FAILED. STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL IN AFT GALLEY. FOUND BALLAST AT ROW 45 WITH BLOWN FUSE AND SMELL. REPLACED BALLAST. - [SDR DL757990444](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757990444), Feb 26, 1999: BLANKET. BURNED. DURING MID VISIT ON ROUTINE INSPECTION, A INSULATION BLANKET WAS FOUND WITH THE OUTER PLY MELTED AND THE INSULATION HAD BLACK SPOTS WHICH APPEARED TO BE BURN SP - [SDR DL757980198](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757980198), Jan 22, 1998: WEDGE. DELAMINATED. THE NR 10 SLAT WAS FOUND WITH A 2 X 2 AREA OF DELAMINATION ON THE TRAILING EDGE WEDGE. THE WEDGE WAS REPAIRED PER B757 SRM 51-70-10 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 3638 - [SDR DL757972223](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757972223), Nov 2, 1997: COFFEEMAKER. INOPERATIVE. AFT GALLEY BURNING SMELL DURING CRUISE, PULLED AFT GALLEY C/B FOUND ODOR COMING FROM AFT LT COFFEEMAKER. REPLACED SAME, LEAK CHECKED OK, OPS NORMAL. - [SDR DL757961895](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757961895), Aug 13, 1996: TE WEDGE. DELAMINATED. T/E WEDGE HAD SEVERAL DELAMINATED AREAS. REPLACED DAMAGED WEDGE PER SRM 57-43-02, FIGURE 2. - [SDR DL757961764](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757961764), Jul 24, 1996: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. ON PRE-DEPARTURE CHECK, FOUND LENS AND BULB MISSING FROM F/C EMERGENCY LIGHT FLOOR TRACK. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY AND REPAIRED WIRES IN FLOOR TRACK. - [SDR DL757961787](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757961787), Jun 30, 1996: TE WEDGE. DELAMINATED. TRAILING EDGE WEDGE DELAMINATED. REPLACED WEDGE PER SRM 57-43-02. - [SDR DL757960830](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL757960830), Apr 7, 1996: OIL PUMP. CRACKED. LT ENG OIL QTY WENT FROM 21 TO 15, CVG LAS OIL POOLED AND DRIPPING FROM BOTTOM OF COWLING. FOUND NR 1 ENGINE OIL PUMP HOUSING CRACKED. REPLACED PUMP, OPERATION ## NTSB investigations (1) 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 LAX01LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA307), Jul 12, 2001: Boeing 757-232 (N644DL), San Francisco, CA, no damage. Probable cause: the captain's excessive use of the flight controls to level off from a descent, which resulted in a passenger injury. ## 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. - [Accident 20010711038999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010711038999A), Jul 11, 2001: Boeing 757232 (N644DL), Lagrange, CA. (-23) The facts are unclear. The first officer's statement associates the report of the injured passenger with an abrupt level-off accomplished by the captain,… --- 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.