# N6818: Boeing 727-223, registration cancelled 1999-09-16 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: September 16, 1999 - Exported to: Mexico - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Boeing 727-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (registry code 1384074) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 19493 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Certificate issued: December 22, 1986 - Last registry action: November 19, 1997 - Mode S code: A90A5E - Owner when cancelled: [American Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20AIRLINES%20INC) - Location: [Dfw Airport, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Dfw%20Airport) - Physical address: [Dallas/Ft Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Dallas%2FFt%20Worth) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 32.9032° N, 97.0531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 75261, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6818 - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6818 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6818-1999-09-16 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 727-223: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223.md ## Service difficulty reports (11) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR AALA982236](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA982236), Dec 27, 1998: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH EXIT LIGHT AT SEAT 3E INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHT STRIP AT SEAT 3E. SYSTEM GRO - [SDR AALA982235](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA982235), Dec 27, 1998: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH EXIT DECAL AT SEAT ROW 30 NOT PROPERLY LIGHTED. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHT STRIP AT SEAT R - [SDR AALA980820](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA980820), Apr 22, 1998: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY OVERHEAD EXIT SIGN LIGHT AT L2 SERVICE DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED L2 EMERGENCY OVERHEAD EXIT SIGN LIGHT ASSEMBLY. - [SDR AALA980540](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA980540), Mar 18, 1998: PIN. PUSHED OUT. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EVACUATION DOOR MOUNTED SLIDE LIGHT ON FORWARD L1 DOOR INOPERATIVE. INSTALLED PIN ON LIGHT ASSEMBLY WIRE TO SWITCH - [SDR AALA972257](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972257), Nov 27, 1997: WIRE. BROKEN. ORD - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, DISCOVERED AFT CABIN EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTING INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH WIRE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKE - [SDR AALA961832](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961832), Dec 16, 1996: RIVET. POPPED. TUL - POPPED RIVET TAIL STATION 740 RBL 3, INSIDE NR 2 TANK CENTER LOWER CHORD AREA. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER ESO 11782. (M) - [SDR AALA961831](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961831), Dec 16, 1996: WEB. CRACKED. TUL - NR 2 CENTER WING TANK, SEVERAL BULGES AND CRACKS AT STATION 740 LOWER CHORD, WEB FROM RBL 14 TO RBL 27. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER ESO 11782. (M) - [SDR AALA961830](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961830), Nov 20, 1996: FLOOR SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON CHORD AND RT AFT LAV FLOOR SKIN, BS 1176.9 RBL 29-32 WL 208.1. REMOVED CORROSION TREATED AND PRIMED AREA PER MM 51-20-0. INSTALLED DOUBLER ON - [SDR AALA961828](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961828), Nov 20, 1996: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. TUL - BS 1070 RBL 45.5 HEAVY CORROSION ON TOP LEG OF FLOORBEAM. REMOVED CORRODED PORTION OF FLOORBEAM. INSTALLED NEW PORTION PER SRM 53-10-8. (M) - [SDR AALA960655](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA960655), Apr 26, 1996: CASTING. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND INBOARD AILERON QUADRANT CASTING AND WEB AT CASTING CRACKED. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW WEB AND QUADRANT AND CASTING. (M) - [SDR AALA951773](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA951773), Oct 10, 1995: EEL CONNECTOR. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, FOUND THE MID CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHT SIGN INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED CONNECTOR, SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M) ## 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 CHI75AC005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC005), Jul 10, 1974: Boeing 727 (N6818), Chicago, IL, no damage ## 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 19970315007199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970315007199I), Mar 15, 1997: Boeing 727223 (N6818), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: during takeoff roll the captain noticed excessive vibration in the nose gear on American airlines flight #AAL1015, N6818. The takeoff was… ## Other aircraft with N6818 - [Cancelled 1934-08-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6818-1934-08-25): Waco GXE, S/N 1585. Owner: [Clary Robert H](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CLARY%20ROBERT%20H), [Englewood, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/Englewood) --- 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.