# N70401: 1985 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), registration cancelled 2014-08-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 27, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (registry code 3022082)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 49312
- Year built: 1985
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: January 23, 1986
- Certificate issued: May 20, 2014
- Last registry action: May 20, 2014
- Mode S code: A965DC
- Owner when cancelled: [Jet Midwest Group LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JET%20MIDWEST%20GROUP%20LLC)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7236° N, 75.5412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19801, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70401
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=70401
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70401-2014-08-27

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 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82): https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82.md

## Service difficulty reports (41)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR AALA20110502TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110502TUL03), Mar 14, 2011: SPAR CAP. CRACKED. RIGHT WING LOWER REAR SPAR CAP AT STATION XRS 164 HAS CRACK INDICATION APPROXIMATELY 1/4 INCH LONG CONFIRMED WITH HFEC SCAN. REPAIRED PER EA MD80-57-016677.
- [SDR AALA20101014LGA02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20101014LGA02), Oct 13, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN CABIN. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20101014LGA04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20101014LGA04), Oct 13, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EGRESS LIGHTS ROW 22 ALL THE WAY BACK TO TAIL COMPARTMENT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT POSITION AB5-3. OPS CHECKS NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20101014LGA03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20101014LGA03), Oct 13, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EGRESS LIGHTS ROW 22 ALL THE WAY TO TAIL COMPARTMENT. REPLACED BATTERY PACK POSITION AB5-4. OPS CHECKS NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20101014LGA01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20101014LGA01), Oct 13, 2010: MODULE. SHORTED. EGRESS LIGHTS ROW 22 ALL THE WAY BACK TO TAIL COMPARTMENT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED MODULE POSITION AB5-4. OPS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20100809LGA03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100809LGA03), Aug 8, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FOUND AFT EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR AFT EMERGENCY LIGHTS. OPS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20100809LGA02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100809LGA02), Aug 8, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FOUND AFT DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR AFT DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS. OPS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20100809LGA01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100809LGA01), Aug 8, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY LIGHTS. OPS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20100328ORD01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100328ORD01), Mar 28, 2010: ENGINE. MAKING METAL. ORD - CREW REPORTED OIL STRAINER CLOG LIGHT, HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE, AND VIBRATIONS DURING FLIGHT. RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN (SINGLE ENGINE TIME 13 MINUTES). EMER
- [SDR AALA20090924TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20090924TUL02), Sep 17, 2009: WEDGE. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE DAMAGE JUST FORWARD OF RIGHT INBOARD FLAP WEDGE AREA. REPAIRED PER SRM 57-01 AND 51-00-014.
- [SDR AALA20090921TUL08](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20090921TUL08), Sep 17, 2009: BEAM. CORRODED. MID CARGO DOOR BEAM CORROSION REMOVAL BEYOND LIMITS. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-10-00-3 STATION 1183.
- [SDR AALA2009062000001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2009062000001), Jun 20, 2009: BATTERY. NOT SEATED. LGA - TAIL COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. RESEATED BATTERIES IN CHARGER FOR TAIL COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY LIGHTS.
- [SDR AALA2009041100751](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2009041100751), Apr 11, 2009: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. LGA CATWALK EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LAMP FOR CATWALK EMERGENCY LIGHT.
- [SDR AALA200802262](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200802262), Sep 3, 2008: ACM. FAILED. CREW REPORTED LT AIR CONDITIONING PACK LOW FLOW INDICATION AND ZERO PRESSURIZATION. RT PACK INOPERATIVE. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPL
- [SDR AALA200800163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200800163), Jan 24, 2008: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. LGA - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT OVERHEAD SEAT ROW 13 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT SEAT ROW 13. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
- [SDR AALA20071216](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20071216), Jun 30, 2007: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. LGA EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT SEAT ROWS 28 TO AFT OF CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT SEAT ROWS 28 TO AFT OF CABIN. SYSTEM GROUND CHEC
- [SDR AALA20060571](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20060571), Jul 31, 2006: SLIDE. INOPERATIVE. ORD - TAIL CONE WAS DEPLOYED WHEN AFT ENTRY DOOR WAS OPENED WHILE DOOR WAS ARMED. SLIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. INSTALLED NEW TAIL COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLID
- [SDR AALA20040457](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20040457), Apr 13, 2004: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. DFW - CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROWS 3 THROUGH 6 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT B5-100 FOR CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROWS 3 THROUGH 6. SYSTEM GROUND 
- [SDR AALA20040101](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20040101), Jan 20, 2004: CONTROLLER. INOPERATIVE. TUL INFLIGHT ORD-ABQ T0607/20 CENTER WINDSHIELD ARCHED THEN CRACKED AT FL280. PULLED CIRCUIT BREAKER X25 AS PRECAUTION. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT TUL. REPLACED
- [SDR AALA20030236](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20030236), Feb 24, 2003: WIRE. LOOSE. DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY EXIT AISLE SEAT LIGHT AT SEAT 26D INOPERATIVE. PLUGGED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WIRE IN TO RECEPTACLE. SYSTEM G
- [SDR AALA20030058](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20030058), Jan 9, 2003: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND .25 INCH CRACK AROUND RIVET HEAD, FS 1380. EXTERNAL DOUBLER INSTALLED PER SRM 51-01. (M)
- [SDR AALA20030057](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20030057), Jan 8, 2003: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND .1875 INCH CRACK EXTENDING FROM LOWER FASTENERS IN SHEAR TIE AT STATION 1380 ABOVE RIGHT ENGINE PYLON. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-30-00-02. (M)
- [SDR AALA20020724](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20020724), May 20, 2002: LANDING GEAR. MALFUNCTIONED. LAX - FLT 808 - ON TAKEOFF, NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. LOWERED GEAR, GOT NORMAL GEAR DOWN INDICATION. RETURNED LAX AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. JACKED AND CON
- [SDR AALA20020622](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20020622), May 7, 2002: WIRE. DISCONNECTED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, TAIL CONE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. RECONNECTED TAIL CONE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WIRE. SYSTEM GROUND
- [SDR AALA20020343](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20020343), Mar 22, 2002: CONNECTOR. DISCONNECTED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY SEAT EXIT LIGHT AT SEAT 31D INOPERATIVE. RECONNECTED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT CONNECTOR AT SEAT 31D. SYSTEM GROUND CHE
- [SDR AALA20020336](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20020336), Mar 22, 2002: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT BATTERY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERAT
- [SDR AALA20012163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20012163), Dec 17, 2001: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT AFT CABIN INOPERATIVE. TIGHTENED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT CONNECTOR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERAT
- [SDR AALA20012016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20012016), Nov 5, 2001: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, L1 DOOR PORTABLE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED L1 DOOR PORTABLE EMERGENCY LIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATIO
- [SDR AALA20011198](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011198), Jun 11, 2001: CLAMP. DFW - FLT 552 - EN ROUTE DFW-PIT, DETECTED TAIL HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHT ILLUMINATE IN COCKPIT. RETURNED DFW AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. RE-SECURED CLAMP
- [SDR AALA20011175](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011175), Jun 1, 2001: CONNECTOR. DISCONNECTED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT CONNECTOR AT MODULE INOPERATIVE. RE-CONNECTED FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT MODULE CONNECTOR. SYSTEM GRO
- [SDR AALA20010229](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010229), Feb 6, 2001: WIRE. INOPERATIVE. LAX - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, AFT LEFT EMERGENCY LIGHT AT LOWER SIDE WALL INOPERATIVE. RE-CONNECTED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WIRES AT SIDE WALL. SYSTEM GROUND
- [SDR AALA20001985](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001985), Nov 29, 2000: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT L1 DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY AT L1 DOOR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL
- [SDR AALA20001965](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001965), Nov 26, 2000: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. RE-SECURED FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT CONNECTOR. SYSTEM GROUND
- [SDR AALA20000670](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20000670), Apr 20, 2000: WIRE. BROKEN. MIA - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY AISLE LIGHTING THROUGHOUT AIRCRAFT INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED WIRE AT ROW 9. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED, NORMAL OPERATION. (
- [SDR AALA991130](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991130), Aug 2, 1999: RETRACT MECH. LACK OF LUBE. LGA - FLT 357 - AFTER TAKEOFF LGA FOR ORD, UNABLE TO RETRACT NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LGA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. LUBED NOSE GEAR AND PERFORMED NOSE
- [SDR AALA990913](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990913), Jun 21, 1999: SOCKET. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT POSITION INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LIGHT SOCKET AT AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT OV
- [SDR AALA981158](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981158), Jun 8, 1998: COALESCER BAG. CONTAMINATED. RDU - FLT 1287 - AFTER TAKEOFF RDU AN ODOR, LIKE BURNING RUBBER, ENTERED THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. RETURNED RDU AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED BOTH COALESCE
- [SDR AALA980744](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA980744), Apr 11, 1998: SENSOR. DEFECTIVE. DFW - FLT 1741 - DURING CRUISE, NOSE GEAR UNSAFE RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH HYDRAULIC PUMPS ON. CREW ACCOMPLISHED CHECK LIST AND LANDED DFW WITHOUT FURTHER INCI
- [SDR AALA970074](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970074), Jan 8, 1997: WIRE HARNESS. OUT OF POSITION. ORD - FLT 358 - AFTER TAKEOFF ORD, LANDING GEAR HANDLE BINDING HALF WAY UP AND UNABLE TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ORD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCID
- [SDR AALA961607](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961607), Nov 4, 1996: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON NR 3 SEAT TRACK STATION 1098 TO 1220. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 3 SEAT TRACK STATION 1098 TO 1220. (M)
- [SDR AALA961604](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961604), Nov 4, 1996: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON NR 3 SEAT TRACK, STATION 1098 TO 1220. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 3 SEAT TRACK STATION 1098 TO 1220. (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 19950308007089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950308007089I), Mar 8, 1995: Doug DC982 (N70401), Buffalo, NY, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 8, 1995, at 1933 EST, a Douglas DC 82, N70401, operated by American airlines inc., after departing laguardia airport, during cruise at…

## Other aircraft with N70401

- [Cancelled 1971-03-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70401-1971-03-18): Piper J3C-65, S/N 17391. Owner: [Lazy-S Flying Service](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LAZY-S%20FLYING%20SERVICE), [Scottsdale, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Scottsdale)

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