# N716AA: 1972 Boeing 727-227, registration cancelled 2002-02-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 27, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Boeing 727-227](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (registry code 1384078)
- 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: 20608
- Year built: 1972
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: June 30, 1972
- Certificate issued: March 9, 1981
- Last registry action: May 16, 2000
- Mode S code: A99258
- 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/N716AA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=716AA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N716AA-2002-02-27

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 Boeing 727-227: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227.md

## Service difficulty reports (84, newest 50)

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

- [SDR AALA20011584](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011584), Jul 31, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION AROUND FASTENER HEAD LOWER SKIN OF WING CENTER SECTION LBL 24 STRINGER 6. REPAIRED PER ESO 11697 DATED 7/31/2001 EXTERNAL DOUBLER. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011583](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011583), Jul 31, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON LOWER WING SKIN IN AREA OF PREVIOUS REPAIR ABOVE LEFT PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER. REPAIRED PER ESO 11697 DATED 7/31/2001 EXTERNAL DOUBLER. 
- [SDR AALA20011587](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011587), Jul 31, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN BULGED STATION 992 STRINGER 29R. REMOVED CORRODED AREA OF SKIN AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011586](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011586), Jul 31, 2001: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND STRINGER 29R CORRODED ON LOWER FLANGE AT STATION 998. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER SECTION WITH SPLICE PER SRM 53-10-3. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011585](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011585), Jul 31, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND LIGHT CORROSION AROUND FLAPPER DRAIN BETWEEN 28R AND BLO STATION 685. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 050 7075 T-6 9 INCH BY 9 INCH FOUR ROWS EACH
- [SDR AALA20011607](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011607), Jul 27, 2001: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND LEFT AFT GALLEY DOOR FORWARD JAMB CRACKED AT TOP FORWARD SIDE. STOP DRILLED CRACK INSTALLED DOUBLER PER ESO 11697 DATED 7-26-2001. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011606](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011606), Jul 26, 2001: STIFFENER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND STIFFENER CORRODED ON 870 BULKHEAD 1ST STIFFENER OUTBOARD OF KEEL BEAM, ON OUTBOARD SIDE APPROX MIDDLE OF STIFFENER. DAMAGE, REMOVED HFEC INDICATED 
- [SDR AALA20011582](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011582), Jul 24, 2001: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. TUL - FOUND LIGHT WOULD NOT OPERATE IN ARM POSITION. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY. OPS CHECKED GOOD. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011605](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011605), Jul 24, 2001: SPAR CAP. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB, REAR SPAR CAP EXTENSION, ON AFT END, HAD CORROSION ABOVE NR 1 ELEVATOR HINGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER REPAIR PER ESO 1169
- [SDR AALA20001979](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001979), Nov 21, 2000: FAN. FAILED. MIA - FLT 1845 - EN ROUTE MIA-ANU, ON CLIMB-OUT PASSING 24,000 FEET, HEARD CABIN ALTITUDE HORN. LEFT SIDE PACK MEL. RIGHT SIDE PACK UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE AIRCRAF
- [SDR AALA20001244](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001244), Jul 27, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. TUL - FOUND EMERGENCY AREA LIGHT IN CEILING STATION 680 INOPERATIVE. INSTALLED SERVICEABLE LIGHT ASSY PER MM 33-50-081-4 PAGE 401, OPS CHECK OK. (M)
- [SDR AALA20001251](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001251), Jul 27, 2000: FRAME. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CRACK IN LOWER PORTION OF FRAME BETWEEN STRINGER 25L AND 26L. CUT OFF BOTTOM OF FRAME AND INSTALLED REPAIR PER ESO11697 7-27-00 AND SRM 53-10-4 FIG 
- [SDR AALA20001245](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001245), Jul 27, 2000: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND BULGING IN SKIN STATION 670-680 STRINGER 25R. FOUND CORROSION ON SKIN AND SPLICE. REMOVED DAMAGED PRODUCTION SPLICE, CUT END OF DAMAGED STRINGER 6 I
- [SDR AALA20001241](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001241), Jul 27, 2000: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND BULGE IN SKIN STATION 720A LBL 7. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION OF SKIN. BLENDED CORROSION ON STRINGER 28L. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED STRINGER REPAIR IAW E
- [SDR AALA20001249](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001249), Jul 23, 2000: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - BULGING AND FASTENERS BROKEN STATION 580 STRINGER 26L, FOUND CORROSION AT BULGING. REMOVED FASTENERS AND CORRODED AREA STATION 552-620 AND INSTALLED SKIN 
- [SDR AALA20001248](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001248), Jul 23, 2000: LAP JOINT. DAMAGED. TUL - FASTENERS POPPED AT SKIN LAP STATION 700 STRINGER 26R, FOUND CORROSION ON SKIN. REMOVED CORROSION, MANUFACTURED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3. (M)
- [SDR AALA20001247](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001247), Jul 23, 2000: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND BULGE IN SKIN STATION 720B PLUS 12 INCHES, LBL 7. FOUND CORROSION AT SKIN BULGE. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED SECTION OF SKIN AND INSTALLED A DOUBLER REPAIR 
- [SDR AALA20001246](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001246), Jul 23, 2000: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND FASTENERS CRACKED AND SKIN BULGING STATION 560, STRINGER 26L. FOUND CORROSION IN BULGE AREA. REMOVED FASTENERS AND CORRODED AREAS STATION 552-620 AN
- [SDR AALA20001250](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001250), Jul 19, 2000: TORQUE BOX. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND TWO 1 INCH LONG CRACKS RIGHT TORQUE BOX. INSTALLED DOUBLER ON RIGHT TORQUE BOX STATION 1243 RIGHT PER SRM 51-40-2, SIZE OF DOUBLER 4 INCHES BY 3 INC
- [SDR AALA20001243](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001243), Jul 19, 2000: STIFFENER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND HEAVY CORROSION ON L/E VERTICAL STIFFENER AT TOP OUTBOARD OF FUEL PRESSURE SWITCHES. INSTALLED NEW STIFFENER AT L/E, OUTBOARD OF FUEL PRESSURE SWITC
- [SDR AALA20001242](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001242), Jul 19, 2000: WEB. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON TOP OF FLOOR SHEAR WEB JUST FORWARD OF LAV WALL, STATION 1130, LBL 38-42. REMOVED CORROSION, ALODINED AND PRIMED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER 
- [SDR AALA20001240](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001240), Jul 18, 2000: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND BULGING IN SKIN STATION 700 BETWEEN STRINGER 25L AND 26L, FOUND CORROSION. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3. (M)
- [SDR AALA20000157](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20000157), Jan 25, 2000: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT AFT STAIRWELL LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT AFT STAIRWELL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NO
- [SDR AALA991835](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991835), Nov 30, 1999: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT PATH LIGHTS NEAR AFT DOOR INOPERATIVE. RE-SEATED EMERGENCY EXIT PATH LIGHTS CONNECTOR NEAR AFT DOOR. SYSTEM G
- [SDR AALA991503](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991503), Oct 5, 1999: WIRE. BROKEN. DTW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTING AT FORWARD GALLEY INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED WIRE ON EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTING. SYSTE
- [SDR AALA991362](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991362), Sep 9, 1999: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON STRINGER 28R 541 TO 560. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF STRINGER. INSTALLED STRINGER REPAIRS PER SRM 53-10-3. (M)
- [SDR AALA991364](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991364), Sep 8, 1999: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND SHEAR TIE CORRODED STATION 540 BETWEEN STRINGER 27R AND 28R. REMOVED AND REPLACED SHEAR TIE AT STATION 540 PER SRM 51-10-1 PAGE 4. (M)
- [SDR AALA991363](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991363), Sep 8, 1999: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - SHEAR TIE CORRODED AT STATION 540 OUTBOARD OF STRINGER 27R. REMOVED AND REPLACED SHEAR TIE PER SRM 51-10-1 PAGE 4. (M)
- [SDR AALA991361](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991361), Sep 8, 1999: FITTING. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND STRINGER TIE FITTING CORRODED STATION 540 STRINGER 26R. REMOVED AND REPLACED FITTING PER SRM 51-10-1 PAGE 4 AT STATION 540 STRINGER 26R. (M)
- [SDR AALA991350](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991350), Sep 8, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - LEFT LOWER WING SKIN HAS CORROSION IN AREA OF 4C, LBL 30/38/40, ABOVE PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER. REMOVED CORROSION, TREATED AND PRIMED. INSTALLED DOUBLER REP
- [SDR AALA991347](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991347), Sep 8, 1999: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON STRINGER 28L STATION 481-482. CUT AND REMOVED 3 INCH SECTION OF STRINGER 28L. INSTALLED STRINGER SPLICE REPAIR PER ESO 11697, DATED 9-1
- [SDR AALA991346](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991346), Sep 8, 1999: SPLICE. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON STRINGER SPLICE STRINGER 28L STATION 480 TO 486. REMOVED STRINGER SPLICE AND INSTALLED STRINGER SPLICE REPAIR PER ESO 11697, DATED 9-1-
- [SDR AALA991345](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991345), Sep 8, 1999: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON 23 LEFT STATION 720F - STATION 740. INSTALLED STRINGER REPAIR PER SRM 53-10-3. (M)
- [SDR AALA991343](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991343), Sep 8, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND STATION 685-690 STRINGER 25L FUSE SKIN BULGING AT SEVERAL RIVETS. CUTOUT CORRODED SECTION OF SKIN. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 FIGURE 3A. (M)
- [SDR AALA991342](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991342), Sep 8, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND STATION 695, STRINGER 24L, SKIN BULGING AT RIVET. CUTOUT CORRODED SECTION OF SKIN. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 3A. (M)
- [SDR AALA991341](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991341), Sep 8, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED (BULGED) AT RIGHT RAM AIR ROD, STATION 720B PLUS 5 INCHES, BELOW STRINGER 28R. CUT OUT DAMAGE IN SKIN 2 INCHES BY 4 INCHES. IN
- [SDR AALA991339](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991339), Sep 8, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND SKIN BULGED FASTENER HEADS POPPED STATION 480-482 FROM STRINGER 28L TO 2 INCHES OUTBOARD. CUT AND REMOVED CORRODED SKIN. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PE
- [SDR AALA991348](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991348), Sep 7, 1999: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION STRINGER 28 RIGHT STATION 700. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR STRINGER AND SPLICES PER SRM 53-10-3. (M)
- [SDR AALA991344](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991344), Sep 7, 1999: SKIN. GOUGED. TUL - FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN GOUGED BELOW STRINGER 28R STATION 696-704. BLENDED, INSTALLED DOUBLER OVER DAMAGED AREA PER SRM 53-30-3. (M)
- [SDR AALA991349](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991349), Sep 3, 1999: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON TOP OF FLOORBEAM AT 1127L, STATION 5300 TO 5800. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED T-ANGLE REPLACEMENT PER SRM 53-12-10-1. (M)
- [SDR AALA991352](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991352), Aug 31, 1999: WEB. CRACKED. TUL - VENTRAL STAIRS, RIGHT LOWER TORQUE BOX, CRACK IN WEB AT LIGHTING HOLE, STATION 1223. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-40-02. DOUBLER .050 2024T3. INSTALLED WI
- [SDR AALA991351](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991351), Aug 31, 1999: WEB. CRACKED. TUL - VENTRAL STAIRS, LEFT LOWER TORQUE BOX, CRACK IN WEB AT LIGHTING HOLE, STATION 1243. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-40-2. DOUBLER .050 2024T3, INSTALLED WITH
- [SDR AALA991340](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991340), Aug 30, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND SKIN CRACKED AROUND FASTENER HEADS AT SECOND FASTENER ROW BELOW LEFT NR 3 COCKPIT WINDOWS STATION 235-STATION 250. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER ESO 
- [SDR AALA991204](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991204), Aug 10, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. TUL - FORWARD ENTRY DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY, CHECKED GOOD. (M)
- [SDR AALA990908](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990908), Jul 20, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON FUSELAGE SKIN OUTBOARD SIDE OF STRINGER 26L FROM STATION 720D PLUS 10 INCH TO 720E. INSTALLED NEW FILLER DOUBLER PER ESO 11697, DATED 9
- [SDR AALA990756](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990756), May 24, 1999: VALVE. DEFECTIVE. SJU - FLT 0680 - EN ROUTE AUA/MIA, NR 2 CROSSFEED VALVE FAILED TO OPEN. AIR INTERRUPTED AND LANDED SJU WITHOUT INCIDENT. CHECKED AND DEFERRED ACCORDING TO MEL. 
- [SDR AALA990544](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990544), Apr 18, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT 1L DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
- [SDR AALA990016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990016), Jan 3, 1999: VALVE. DEFECTIVE. ORD - FLT 1948 - DURING CLIMB-OUT AT FL 30, BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT DUCT AND PACK TEMPERATURES STARTED TO RISE WITH SMOKE REPORTED IN AFT CABIN. CREW RAN CHECKLIST 
- [SDR AALA981661](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981661), Sep 3, 1998: FRAME. GOUGED. TUL - GOUGE AT INSIDE AIRSTAIR PUMP COMP CEILING RT SIDE THROUGH HORIZONTAL FLANGE OF WEB. TRIM WEB AND REPAIRED WITH STAINLESS DOUBLER PER SRM 51-40-2. REPAIRE
- [SDR AALA981660](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981660), Aug 28, 1998: SKIN. GOUGED. TUL - DEEP GOUGE IN SKIN STATION 380 STRINGER 6L AND 5 TO STRINGER 7L AND 5 AREA ALSO DENTED WHERE GOUGE IS AT. BLENDED GOUGE AND FABRICATED DOUBLER REPAIR, NO 

All 84: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N716AA-2002-02-27/reports.md

## 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 19841115066359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841115066359I), Nov 15, 1984: Boeing 727 (N716AA), Chicago, IL. Flight attendant discovered small fire in aft lavatory. Extuinguished.
- [Incident 19840808058419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840808058419I), Aug 8, 1984: Boeing 727 (N716AA), Meridian, MS, Minor damage. Encountered brief large hail in clouds af FL330. Cracked windshield. Made descent to VFR at FL270. No injuries.
- [Incident 19840317012709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840317012709I), Mar 17, 1984: Boeing 727223 (N716AA), El Paso, TX, Minor damage. Takeoff aborted due to erratic reading on NR2 engine instruments. Found fan blade missing. Metal fatigue.

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