# N6838: 1969 Boeing 727-223, registration cancelled 2004-04-22 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 22, 2004 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Boeing 727-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (registry code 1384074) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (registry code 52048) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 20191 - Year built: 1969 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: July 21, 1995 - Certificate issued: November 19, 1997 - Last registry action: March 6, 2004 - Mode S code: A911CC - Owner when cancelled: [Kitty Hawk Aircargo Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KITTY%20HAWK%20AIRCARGO%20INC) - Location: [Dfw Airport, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Dfw%20Airport) - 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/N6838 - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6838 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6838-2004-04-22 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 727-223: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223.md ## Service difficulty reports (20) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR GAIA01005OP](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA01005OP), Jan 6, 2001: SELECTOR KNOB. BINDING. FLT 3864 - FWA-EWR - ON CLIMB-OUT, THE FLAP SELECTOR WAS STIFF AND INITIALLY WOULD NOT SELECT FLAPS TWO DEGREES. WORKED OK WITH SOME FORCE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINU - [SDR GAIA00716](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA00716), Nov 21, 2000: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT DEN, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COCKPIT EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT APPEARED TO BE LOW WHEN TURNED ON. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE COCKPIT E - [SDR GAIA00664](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA00664), Oct 14, 2000: WARNING LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. DISCREPANCY: EXPERIENCED AN OIL FILTER BYPASS ON NUMBER TWO ENGINE ON CLIMB OUT FROM GEG. THE LIGHT CAME ON AT 17,000 FEET. ALL NUMBER TWO ENGINES INSTRU. WERE - [SDR GAIA00662](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA00662), Oct 11, 2000: ANGLE. CRACKED. DISCREPANCY: DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT DFW, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT HAND WING BS 601. THE LOWER RIB ATTACH ANGLE HAS A TWO INCH CRACK. CORRECTIVE A - [SDR GAIA00661](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA00661), Oct 11, 2000: ANGLE. CRACKED. DISCREPANCY: DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT DFW, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT HAND WING BS410, THE LOWER RIB ATTACH ANGLE HAS A TWO INCH CRACK. CORRECTIVE ACT - [SDR GAIA00502](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA00502), Aug 15, 2000: DUCT. RUPTURED. FLT 838 - MHR-SAN - ON CLIMB-OUT, THE LOWER AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED AT MHR WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DIFFICULTIES. REMOVED A - [SDR GAIA00499](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA00499), Aug 14, 2000: CLAMP. LOOSE. DISCREPANCY: LOWER BODY OVER HEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON CLIMB OUT BETWEEN 12,500 AND 13,000, TURNED OFF BOTH PACKS AND REDUCED POWER AND NR 3 ENGINE LIGHT WENT O - [SDR GAIA00367](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA00367), Jun 21, 2000: LANDING GEAR. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT 2032 - IND-MHR - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED, AND LEFT MAIN GEAR WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. AIRFLOW DRAG WAS FELT AND HEARD. THE GEAR LEV - [SDR GAIA00278](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA00278), May 14, 2000: SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. DEN/OAK - FLT 2026 - AFTER FLAP RETRACTION, THE NR 2 LEADING EDGE DEVICE DID NOT INDICATE RETRACTED. AMBER LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE CREW RETURNED TO DEN AND LANDE - [SDR GAIA00171](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA00171), Apr 6, 2000: B-NUT. LOOSE. FLT 1250 - GEG-PDX - UNABLE TO CONTROL CABIN PRESSURE. THE AIRCRAFT WOULD MAINTAIN 5 PSID AND THE CABIN CLIMBED TO 15,000 FT. THE CREW DESCENDED THE AIRCRAFT TO - [SDR GAIA00106](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA00106), Mar 14, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. IN DEN - DURING PREFLIGHT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COCKPIT EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHT. OPERATIONAL - [SDR GAIA99237](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA99237), Dec 16, 1999: BRAKE. LOCKED. FLT 1728 - MEM-DEN, NR 1 BRAKE DEBOOSTER WILL NOT RESET. NR 1 BRAKE ASSEMBLY LOCKED UP. REPLACED NR 1 BRAKE ASSEMBLY PER B727 MM 32-41-32. ALSO, REPLACED NR 1 B - [SDR GAIA99107](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA99107), Jul 22, 1999: RIB. CRACKED. DURING A 'ZERO' LIGHT 'C' INSPECTION BEING PERFORMED IN OSC AT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS REPAIR STATION, A CRACK WAS DETECTED ON THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABIL - [SDR GAIA99106](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA99106), Jul 22, 1999: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING A 'ZERO' LIGHT 'C' INSPECTION BEING PERFORMED IN OSC AT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS REPAIR STATION, CORROSION WAS DETECTED AT BS 1130 FLOORBEAM UPPER - [SDR GAIA99105](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA99105), Jul 22, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING A 'ZERO' LIGHT 'C' INSPECTION BEING PERFORMED IN OSC AT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS REPAIR STATION, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT UPPER AFT CO - [SDR GAIA99103](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA99103), Jul 22, 1999: BULKHEAD BEAM. CRACKED. DURING A 'ZERO' LIGHT 'C' INSPECTION BEING PERFORMED IN OSC AT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS REPAIR STATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AT THE 1183 PRESSURE BULKHE - [SDR GAIA99045](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA99045), Mar 19, 1999: MECHANISM. LACK OF LUBE. DURING CLIMB-OUT FROM TOL TO DFW, WITH FLAPS SELECTED TO 2 DEGREES FROM 5 DEGREES THE LEADING EDGE AMBER LIGHT REMAINED ON. IN ADDITION, NEITHER OUTBOARD OR INB - [SDR GAIA9903](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA9903), Jan 8, 1999: STRUT. DISCHARGED. AFTER TAKEOFF FROM ROC, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR 'RED' LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. AFTER APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AND - [SDR GAIA98113](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA98113), Nov 11, 1998: AOA VANE. BIRD STRIKE. AFTER TAKEOFF AT HUF, AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT, AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY THREE BIRDS IN THE NOSE AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT. AT LEAST THREE LOAD THUMPS WERE HEARD. STALL - [SDR GAIA9869](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAIA9869), Jul 1, 1998: AIR DISTR. ODOR. TOL - ON DEPARTURE, A STRONG ODOR OF BURNING RUBBER WAS BRIEFLY SMELLED IN THE COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO TOL AND LANDED UNDER MAX LANDING WEIGHT WITHOUT ## FAA accident and incident reports (3) 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 19900925054749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900925054749I), Sep 25, 1990: Boeing 727223 (N6838), Minneapolis, MN. Captain became ill while eating. Diverted to Minneapolis. Paramedics met flight. - [Incident 19820123000459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820123000459I), Jan 23, 1982: Boeing 727223 (N6838), Chicago, IL. Ze aborted takeoff due to a main landing gear strut overheat warning light. Faulty overheat warning loop replaced. - [Incident 19810708044549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810708044549I), Jul 8, 1981: Boeing 727223 (N6838), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Right main landing gear rear trunion broke during rollout. Main gear upper housing cracked by contact by beam. --- 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.