# N7537A: 1990 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), registration cancelled 2018-12-18

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 18, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- 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: 49991
- Year built: 1990
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: October 24, 1990
- Certificate issued: July 1, 2015
- Last registry action: July 1, 2015
- Mode S code: AA287C
- Owner when cancelled: [Aerothrust Holdings Leasing LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AEROTHRUST%20HOLDINGS%20LEASING%20LLC)
- Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 25.8166° N, 80.3105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33166, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7537A
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7537A
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7537A-2018-12-18

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 (91, newest 50)

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

- [SDR AALA20131126007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20131126007), Nov 26, 2013: SLIDE. UNSERVICEABLE. LT NR 1 DOOR SLIDE FELL OUT OF DOOR & BOTH LACE PINS PULLED. REPLACED LT NR 1 DOOR SLIDE, OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20130114004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130114004), Jan 11, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. DENT TO LEADING EDGE OF SLAT NUMBER 1, 33 INCHES FROM INBOARD END. REMOVED LOWER SKIN AND REWORKED DENTED AREA TO BE WITHIN LIMITS, DYE CHECKED REWORKED AREA NO
- [SDR AALA20121128001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121128001), Nov 28, 2012: DUCT. RUPTURED. DFW - CREW REPORTED TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CLIMBOUT. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED DFW LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAF
- [SDR AALA20120622017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120622017), Jun 22, 2012: BRAKE. DRAGGING. DFW - CREW REPORTED UPON THROTTLES BEING SET FOR TAKEOFF, WHEEL NOT TURNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT DID NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 10-15 KNOTS. FLIGHT ABORTED
- [SDR AALA20110716LGA01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110716LGA01), Jul 15, 2011: BATTERY PACK. NOT SEATED. CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS FROM ROW 18 TO 21 INOPERATIVE. RESEATED BATTERY PACK AT ROW 20. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20110715LGA01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110715LGA01), Jul 14, 2011: BATTERY. NOT SEATED. CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROWS 18 TO 21 INOPERATIVE. RESEATED BATTERIES IN BATTERY PACK AT ROW 20. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20110428JFK01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110428JFK01), Apr 28, 2011: HINGE. WORN. JFK - INGLIGHT LGA-DFW. CREW REPORTED BANGING NOISE HEARD COMING FROM NOSE OF AIRCRAFT. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT DIVERTED JFK LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NOISE WE
- [SDR AALA20110327DFW03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110327DFW03), Mar 27, 2011: PISTON. MISSING. DFW - CREW REPORTED NOSE GEAR DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE UPON RETRACTION. SECOND ATTEMPT HAD NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. FLIGHT RETURNED DFW LANDED WITHOUT 
- [SDR AALA20110204TUL15](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110204TUL15), Feb 4, 2011: FAN BLADE. DAMAGED. IAH - CREW REPORTED LEFT ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL ON CLIMBOUT. AUTOPILOT KICKED OFF AND AIRCRAFT YAWED SLIGHTLY. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED IAH LANDED WI
- [SDR AALA20100809TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100809TUL01), Aug 8, 2010: POWER SUPPLY. FAILED. TUS - CREW REPORTED POWER PORT SYSTEM ON SEAT 12B SPARKED. CIRCUIT BREAKER PULLED TO STOP SPARKS. EMERGENCY DECLARED, LANDED TUS WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED THE 
- [SDR AALA20100314TUL04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100314TUL04), Mar 14, 2010: ANGLE. CORRODED. PLOW ANGLE HAS CORROSION AT STATION 1338 LONGERON 29 LEFT TO LONGERON 29 RIGHT. REPLACED CORRODED PLOW ANGLE WITH NEW ANGLE IAW DWG 9915561, SRM 51-30-2 AND SRM
- [SDR AALA20100313TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100313TUL05), Mar 13, 2010: ANGLE. CORRODED. PLOW ANGLE CORROSION REMOVAL BEYOND LIMITS. REMOVED AND REPLACED PLOW ANGLE PER SRM 51-30-02.
- [SDR AALA20100313TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100313TUL03), Mar 13, 2010: DOUBLER. CORRODED. CARGO AFT CX CORROSION FORWARD SIDE OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD PLOW ANGLE DOUBLER. DOUBLER WAS OUT OF LIMITS PER SRM 53-01. NEW AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD DOUBLER (DEL
- [SDR AALA20100312TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100312TUL02), Mar 12, 2010: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. AFT CARGO HAS CORROSION LEFT TIE DOWN TRACK ATTACH POINTS AND UPPER EDGE TABS STATION 1220 TO 1322. INSTALLED NEW TRACK PER SRM 51-30.
- [SDR AALA20100312TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100312TUL01), Mar 12, 2010: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LEFT TIE DOWN TRACK STA 1220 SPLICE TOP AND BOTTOM IN AFT CARGO. INSTALLED NEW SPLICE PER SRM 51-30.
- [SDR AALA20100311TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100311TUL05), Mar 11, 2010: FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FRAME 1231 AFT SIDE LONGERON 30. FRAME 1231 FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS ABOVE LONGERON 30. REMOVED DAMAGE AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER PER
- [SDR AALA20100311TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100311TUL02), Mar 11, 2010: SKIN. DENTED. DENT IN FUSELAGE STATION 206 BETWEEN LONGERON 4 LEFT AND 5 LEFT. COLD WORKED DENT REF: SRM 53-04 FIG 38 DYE CHECKED NO CRACKS FOUND. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 5
- [SDR AALA20100311TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100311TUL01), Mar 11, 2010: FRAME. CORRODED. AFT CARGO FRAME 1271 AFT SIDE LONGERON 27 LEFT TO LONGERON 26 RIGHT HAS CORROSION. BLENDED OUT CORROSION UNDER SRM 51-10-03. OUT OF LIMITS. INSTALLED REPAIR "J"
- [SDR AALA20100310TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100310TUL02), Mar 10, 2010: FITTING. CRACKED. FITTING IN LOWER FORWARD CORNER OF DOOR CUTOUT IS CRACKED STATION 1155 AT AFT CARGO. INSTALLED NEW CORNER SUPPORT PER SRM 51-30-05.
- [SDR AALA20100310TUL11](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100310TUL11), Mar 10, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. STATION 1418 FRAME CRACKED AT LONGERON 2 RIGHT. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-03-00 FIGURE 31A.
- [SDR AALA20100310TUL09](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100310TUL09), Mar 10, 2010: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. RIGHT CUSP CRACKED STATION 1173. INSTALLED DOUBLER AT STATION 1173 PER EA MD80-53-009531.
- [SDR AALA20100310TUL06](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100310TUL06), Mar 10, 2010: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. RIGHT CUSP CORRODED AT STATION 1183 TO 1186. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100310TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100310TUL05), Mar 10, 2010: MEMBRANE. CORRODED. CORROSION TOP SIDE OF SUBFLOOR STATION 200 TO 216 OUTBOARD SIDE OF SEAT TRACK NUMBER 5. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100309TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100309TUL03), Mar 9, 2010: TIE DOWN. CORRODED. CORROSION TOP OF GALLEY TIE DOWN. INSTALLED NEW GALLEY TIE DOWN FITTING PER SRM 51-30-05.
- [SDR AALA20100309TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100309TUL02), Mar 9, 2010: MEMBRANE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON SUBFLOOR UNDER GALLEY TIE DOWN AT STATION 218 RIGHT BUTTLINE 11. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100309TUL09](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100309TUL09), Mar 9, 2010: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION AT NUT CLIP HOLE ON OUTBOARD FLANGE OF SEAT TRACK NUMBER 5 STATION 204 OUT OF LIMITS. CUT OUT CORROSION AND INSTALLED STRAP PER AARD 53-20-00-13.
- [SDR AALA20100309TUL08](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100309TUL08), Mar 9, 2010: FITTING. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LOWER AFT FITTING AFT CARGO DOOR CUTOUT STATION 1212. REPLACED SUPPORT FITTING PER AARD 51-00-00-12.
- [SDR AALA20100309TUL07](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100309TUL07), Mar 9, 2010: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CUSP HAS CORROSION BETWEEN NUMBER 10 SEAT TRACKS STATION 1287. REPLACED LEFT CUSP SHEET STATION 1250 TO 1309 PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100309TUL06](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100309TUL06), Mar 9, 2010: BEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LOWER DOOR CUTOUT BEAM STATION 1155 TO 1212 ON LOWER LEG FOR AFT CARGO. INSTALLED DOOR BEAM DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-3 AND SRM 51-30.
- [SDR AALA20100309TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100309TUL01), Mar 9, 2010: SKIN. DENTED. FUSELAGE DENT AT STATION 300 BETWEEN LONGERON 22 RIGHT AND 23 RIGHT. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04-00 FIGURE 12B.
- [SDR AALA20100308TUL04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100308TUL04), Mar 8, 2010: FITTING. CORRODED. GALLEY FITTING UNDER SUBFLOOR G-2 GALLEY INBOARD AFT MOUNT CORRODED. INSTALLED NEW FITTING PER SRM 51-30-05.
- [SDR AALA20100308TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100308TUL03), Mar 8, 2010: SEAT TRACK. DAMAGED. NUMBER 2 SEAT TRACK HAS CORROSION STATION 1305. NUMBER 2 SEAT TRACK WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 4F.
- [SDR AALA20100308TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100308TUL02), Mar 8, 2010: BEAM. CRACKED. FORWARD ENTRY FORWARD END OF NUMBER 2 BEAM CRACKED. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 52-05-00 SHEET 13.
- [SDR AALA20100308TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100308TUL01), Mar 8, 2010: BEAM. CRACKED. FORWARD ENTRY DOOR AFT END NUMBER 2 BEAM CRACKED. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 52-05 -00 FIGURE 31 SHEET 13.
- [SDR AALA20100307TUL04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100307TUL04), Mar 7, 2010: LONGERON. CRACKED. LONGERON 3 LEFT CRACKED OUTBOARD SIDE AT RADIUS STATION 160. ACCOMPLISHED SPLICE REPAIR PER SRM 53-02-00 FIGURE 18.
- [SDR AALA20100307TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100307TUL02), Mar 6, 2010: DOUBLER. CORRODED. AFT CARGO CORROSION FORWARD SIDE OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD PLOW ANGLE DOUBLER STATION 1338 LONGERON 30. REPLACED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-01-00 AND SRM 51-30-00.
- [SDR AALA20100306TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100306TUL02), Mar 6, 2010: MEMBRANE. CRACKED. SUBFLOOR CRACKED STATION 155. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100305TUL12](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100305TUL12), Mar 5, 2010: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT COMPARTMENT RIGHT SIDE SUB FLOOR CRACKED BELOW GALLEY 1 WATER DRAIN PAN STATION 155. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16
- [SDR AALA20100307TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100307TUL03), Mar 5, 2010: DOUBLER. CRACKED. STATION 1022 LEFT WINDOW PAN DOUBLER IS CRACKED AT UPPER AFT CORNER. REPAIRED PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20100305TUL11](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100305TUL11), Mar 5, 2010: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. A 2 INCH CRACK IN LEFT CUSP AT STATION 227 OUTBOARD OF NUMBER 1 SEAT TRACK. REMOVED DAMAGE INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100304TUL10](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100304TUL10), Mar 4, 2010: FITTING. WORN. LEFT NUMBER 4 SLAT OUTBOARD KNUCKLE FITTING WORN. REPLACED WORN KNUCKLE FITTING LEFT NUMBER 4 SLAT PER 27-80-00 REPAIR 2 ESO 80117.
- [SDR AALA20100304TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100304TUL05), Mar 4, 2010: VANE. WORN. RIGHT WING WORN AREAS OUTBOARD FLAP INBOARD VANE INBOARD LEADING EDGE. DID HOT BOND REPAIR PER SRM 51-70-02.
- [SDR AALA20100303TUL07](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100303TUL07), Mar 3, 2010: RIB. CRACKED. LEFT WING SLAT TRACK ATTACH RIB ON NUMBER 5 SLAT IS CRACKED AT NUMBER 14 SLAT TRACK. REPLACED 2ND FROM OUTBOARD ATTACH FITTING PER ESO 80117.
- [SDR AALA20100303TUL09](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100303TUL09), Mar 3, 2010: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. CUSP CRACKED AT STATION 218 JUST OUTBOARD OF SEAT TRACK 2. REMOVED DAMAGE, INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20091112LGA02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20091112LGA02), Nov 12, 2009: ANTI-SKID SYS. CONTAMINATED. WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED ALL 4 ANTISKID LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN ANTISKID SYSTEM WAS CYCLED. ALL LIGHTS WENT OUT EXCEPT RIGHT INBOARD. ANTISKID CYCLED AGAIN
- [SDR AALA20090712LGA01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20090712LGA01), Jul 12, 2009: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT. / OPS CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR AALA2009031300002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2009031300002), Mar 13, 2009: TUBE. RUPTURED. MCO - CREW REPORTED NUMBER 2 ENGINE BLEED LIGHT AND FULL FIRE WARNING INDICATION CAME ON. EMERGENCY DECLARED, RETURNED MCO WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FR
- [SDR AALA200810182](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200810182), Nov 17, 2008: FRAME. CRACKED. CANT FRAME CRACKED AT LOWER TAILCONE ALIGNMENT PIN, STATION 1510, LEFT. REPAIRED PER ESO80559 DATED 11-17-08.
- [SDR AALA208810181](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA208810181), Nov 15, 2008: SKIN. CRACKED. 2 CRACKS IN SKIN AT STATION 1380 RT BETWEEN LONGERON 13R AND 14R. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-01-00.
- [SDR AALA200810180](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200810180), Nov 15, 2008: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME AT STATION 1418 CRACKED AT LONGERON 2L. REPAIRED PER ESO80559 DATED 11-14-08.

All 91: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7537A-2018-12-18/reports.md

## 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 20020222002519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020222002519I), Feb 22, 2002: Doug DC982 (N7537A), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Friday, February 22, 2002 at approximately 2019 EST, a Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82, N7537A flight 353, operated by American airlines, inc., during…

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