# N7543A: 1990 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), registration cancelled 2015-09-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 24, 2015
- 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: 53025
- Year built: 1990
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: December 11, 1990
- Certificate issued: July 14, 2015
- Last registry action: July 14, 2015
- Mode S code: AA2BA7
- 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: Corporation
- 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/N7543A
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7543A
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7543A-2015-09-24

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 (95, newest 50)

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

- [SDR AALA20140621004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140621004), Jun 21, 2014: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FORWARD EMER LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. R & R BATTERY PACK B5-23. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20140621003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140621003), Jun 21, 2014: PORTABLE LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. LEFT NR 1 DOOR FWD PORTABLE EMER LIGHT INOPERATIVE. R & R LT NR 1 DOOR FWD PORTABLE EMER LIGHT. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20140603002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140603002), Jun 3, 2014: SENSOR. FAULTY. ORD CREW REPORTED TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EMER DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED ORD LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REP
- [SDR AALA20131217009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20131217009), Dec 17, 2013: RESERVOIR. DEFECTIVE. DFW CREW REPORTED RT HYDRAULIC FAILURE. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED RT SYSTEM RESERVOIR. SYST
- [SDR AALA20130506020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130506020), May 6, 2013: FRAME. WORN. COCKPIT TEMPERATURE CONTROL VALVE WEARING INTO FRAME 1380. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-28, FIGURE 28.
- [SDR AALA20130506016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130506016), May 6, 2013: FRAME. CRACKED. CANT 1510 IS CRACKED AT THE TAIL CONE ALIGNMENT PIN AT THE 7 O` CLOCK POSITION. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER EA MD80-53-029565.
- [SDR AALA20130506012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130506012), May 6, 2013: FRAME. CRACKED. CANT FRAME 1510 IS CRACKED AT THE TAIL CONE ALIGNMENT PIN JUST LEFT OF THE SLIDE TRAY. INSTALLED 1510 CANT FRAME PIN DOUBLER PER EA MD80-53-029565.
- [SDR AALA20130506004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130506004), May 6, 2013: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. LEFT CUSP CRACKED AT STATION 225. STOP DRILLED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER EA MD80-53-029678.
- [SDR AALA20121022007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121022007), Oct 22, 2012: RESERVOIR. LEAKING. DEN - CREW REPORTED ON DESCENT WHEN HYDRAULICS PUMPS TURNED TO HIGH, LEFT SYSTEM QUANTIY WENT TO ZERO. FLIGHT LANDED DEN WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM
- [SDR AALA20120724015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120724015), Jul 24, 2012: SKIN PANEL. DAMAGED. DUE TO NUMBER ON HOLES FOUND ON INSPECTION, DOUBLER IS REQUIRED ON UPPER LEADING EDGE PER SRM 55-03-00 FIGURE 29. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER TO UPPER LEADING EDGE
- [SDR AALA20120724003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120724003), Jul 24, 2012: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. ELONGATED HOLES AT STATION ZFS 55 OF VERTICAL STABILIZER. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 55-03-00 AND SRM 51-60-00.
- [SDR AALA20111220TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20111220TUL01), Dec 20, 2011: FRAME. CRACKED. 1418 FRAME CRACKED AT LONGERON 2 LEFT. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-03-00.
- [SDR AALA20110822DFW03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110822DFW03), Aug 22, 2011: FILTER. DIRTY. DFW - CREW REPORTED LEFT CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE OIL PRESSURE LOW LIGHT FLICKERED ON AND OFF. CREW UNABLE TO START APU. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED DFW LAND
- [SDR AALA20101004TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20101004TUL02), Oct 1, 2010: SHROUD. MISSING. THE 11D ESCAPE PATH LIGHT SHROUD MISSING. REPLACED SHROUD FOR 11D ESCAPE PATH LIGHT. OPS CHECKS GOOD.
- [SDR AALA20101003DFW04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20101003DFW04), Oct 1, 2010: SHROUD. MISSING. SEAT 22D ESCAPE PATH LIGHT SHROUD MISSING. REPLACED SHROUD FOR SEAT 22D ESCAPE PATH LIGHT. OPS CHECKS NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20101003DFW03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20101003DFW03), Oct 1, 2010: LENS. MISSING. THE 11D ESCAPE PATH LIGHT LENS MISSING. REPLACED LENS FOR 11D ESCAPE PATH LIGHT. OPS CHECKS GOOD.
- [SDR AALA20100821MCO01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100821MCO01), Aug 21, 2010: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20100714TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100714TUL02), Jul 14, 2010: DOUBLER. CORRODED. CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE INNER DOUBLER AT THE FORWARD LAVATORY SERVICE PANEL CUTOUT. A SECTION OF THE DOUBLER WAS CUT OUT DURING CORROSION REMOVAL. A TITANIUM
- [SDR AALA20100714TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100714TUL01), Jul 14, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. NOSE SECTION FORWARD BULKHEAD FRAME 37 CRACK AT LOWER RIGHT RADOME ALIGNMENT PIN RADIATING FROM INBOARD RIVET. CUT OUT CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-1
- [SDR AALA20100713TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100713TUL05), Jul 13, 2010: SKIN. DAMAGED. FUSELAGE SKIN DAMAGED LOCATION IS THE RIGHT ALT STATIC PORT. INSTALLED PERMANENT FLUSH REPAIR DOUBLER AT RIGHT STATIC PORT PER SRM 53-04 12C AND EA MD80-53-0117
- [SDR AALA20100713TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100713TUL02), Jul 13, 2010: BEAM. CORRODED. MID CARGO DOOR CUTOUT BEAM IS CORRODED. REMOVED CORROSION FROM MID CARGO DOOR CUTOUT BEAM PER SRM 53-10-03 FOUND TO BE IN CONDITION IV PER AARD 53-10-00-3. INST
- [SDR AALA20100712TUL15](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100712TUL15), Jul 12, 2010: STRAP. GOUGED. STRAP HAS GOUGES STA 421-439. INSTALLED NEW STRAP PER AARD 51-00-00-012.
- [SDR AALA20100712TUL14](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100712TUL14), Jul 12, 2010: STRAP. GOUGED. STRAP HAS DEEP GOUGES STATIONS 358 TO 376. INSTALLED NEW STRAP PER AARD 51-00-00-012.
- [SDR AALA20100712TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100712TUL01), Jul 12, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. AFT ACCS 1510 CANT FRAME CRACKED ABOVE LEFT UPPER TAIL CONE LATCH. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER EA MD80-53-011638.
- [SDR AALA20100712TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100712TUL03), Jul 12, 2010: THRESHOLD. CORRODED. CARGO FORWARD CARGO CORROSION ON THRESHOLD PAN. INSTALLED NEW PAN & SPLICE ANGLES PER SRM 53-05-00 AND E/A MD8053-011676.
- [SDR AALA20100710TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100710TUL03), Jul 10, 2010: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. NUMBER 6 SEAT TRACK HAS CORROSION AT STATION 216. REMOVED CORROSION IN NUMBER 6 SEAT TRACK AT STATION 216, CORROSION REMOVAL OUT OF LIMITS PER SRM 53-05-00. INS
- [SDR AALA20100710TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100710TUL02), Jul 10, 2010: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON CUSP AT STATION 256 BETWEEN SEAT TRACKS 5 AND 6. CUT OUT CORROSION IN CUSP AT STATION 256 BETWEEN 5 AND 6 SEAT TRACKS AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AAR
- [SDR AALA20100710TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100710TUL01), Jul 10, 2010: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON UPPER SURFACES OF SEAT TRACK NUMBER 5 FROM STATIONS 218 TO 247. NEW SECTION OF SEAT TRACK INSTALLED AND SPLICE REPAIR PER SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 4F.
- [SDR AALA20100709TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100709TUL03), Jul 9, 2010: MEMBRANE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RIGHT SUB-FLOOR STATION 216 UNDER FIBERGLASS Z-ANGLE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16 AND EA MD80-53-011717.
- [SDR AALA20100709TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100709TUL02), Jul 9, 2010: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RIGHT CUSP STATION 238 UNDER NUMBER 6 SEAT TRACK. INSTALLED RIGHT CUSP SHEET DOUBLER AT STATIONS 237 TO 241 RIGHT BUTTLINE 50- TO 59 PER AARD 53-20
- [SDR AALA20100708TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100708TUL02), Jul 8, 2010: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. HEAVY CARGO/AFT- CORROSION ON FRAME LOWER FLANGE STATION 1287, AFT SIDE, LONGERON 29 LEFT TO LONGERON 28 RIGHT. SPLICED IN REPLACEMENT SECTION OF SHEAR-TIE (FOR
- [SDR AALA20100708TUL09](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100708TUL09), Jul 8, 2010: MOUNT. CORRODED. G-2 GALLEY MOUNT STATION 215 HAS CORROSION. INSTALLED NEW G-2 GALLEY MOUNT PER SRM 51-30-02.
- [SDR AALA20100708TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100708TUL03), Jul 8, 2010: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. HEAVY CARGO/AFT- CORROSION ON TIEDOWN TRACK RIGHT SIDE STATIONS 1218 TO 1231. INSTALLED NEW TIE DOWN TRACK PER SRM 51-30-01.
- [SDR AALA20100707TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100707TUL01), Jul 7, 2010: MOUNT. CORRODED. GALLEY SUPPORT BRACKET INBOARD OF NUMBER 4 SEAT TRACK IS CORRODED BEYOND LIMITS. REMOVED AND REPLACED GALLEY SUPPORT BRACKET.
- [SDR AALA20100707TUL08](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100707TUL08), Jul 7, 2010: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON CUSP RIGHT SIDE STATION 1218. INSTALLED RIGHT CUSP DOUBLER REPAIR STATIONS 1214 TO 1231 PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100707TUL07](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100707TUL07), Jul 7, 2010: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. RIGHT CUSP STATION 455 HAS A CRACK WITH A HOLE. INSTALLED CUSP DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100707TUL06](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100707TUL06), Jul 7, 2010: STIFFENER. CRACKED. CRACK IN RADIUS OF STIFFENER FORWARD SIDE OF STATION 1338 BULKHEAD ABOVE VAULT DOOR JAMB NEXT TO LONGERON 1. DAMAGE REMOVED FROM VERTICAL STIFFENER ON AFT PRESS
- [SDR AALA20100707TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100707TUL05), Jul 7, 2010: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. HEAVY CARGO/AFT- CORROSION ON TIE-DOWN TRACK LEFT SIDE STATIONS 1212 TO 1287, TOP AND BOTTOM SIDES. BLENDED OUT CORROSION PER SRM 51-10-03. BLEND OUT WITHIN LIM
- [SDR AALA20100707TUL09](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100707TUL09), Jul 7, 2010: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. RIGHT CUSP STATION 1193 CORROSION IS OUT OF LIMITS. INSTALLED CUSP DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100702TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100702TUL02), Jul 2, 2010: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. RIGHT CUSP STATION 455 HAS A CRACK WITH A HOLE. INSTALLED CUSP DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100701TUL06](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100701TUL06), Jul 1, 2010: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. RIGHT CUSP AFT STATION 218 HAS TWO CRACKS. INSTALLED NEW CUSP SECTION STATION 218 TO STATION 237 FROM SEAT TRACK NUMBER 5 OUTBOARD PER SRM 51-01-00.
- [SDR AALA20100701TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100701TUL05), Jul 1, 2010: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. NUMBER 6 SEAT TRACK LUG OUT OF LIMITS AT STATIONS 563 TO 567. INSTALLED PLUG PER AARD 53-20-00-10 AND SRM 53-05-00.
- [SDR AALA20100630TUL13](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100630TUL13), Jun 30, 2010: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. NUMBER 6 SEAT TRACK CORRODED BEYOND LIMITS STATION 321. INSTALLED SEAT TRACK PLUG ON SEAT TRACK NUMBER 6 STATION 321 PER SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 4A. TREATED AND PRI
- [SDR AALA20100630TUL06](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100630TUL06), Jun 30, 2010: CUSP WEB. TORN. RIGHT CUSP STATION 989 TORN. REMOVED DAMAGE AND INSTALLED DOUBLER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20100629TUL11](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100629TUL11), Jun 29, 2010: STRAP. CRACKED. T-STRAP CRACKED AT LONGERON 11 LEFT STATION 207. INSTALLED REPAIR STRAP AT LONGERON 11 LEFT STATION 207 PER AARD 53-10-00-11.
- [SDR AALA20100629TUL10](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100629TUL10), Jun 29, 2010: WINDOW FRAME. CRACKED. RIGHT WINDOW FRAME CRACKED AT LOWER FORWARD SIDE AT STATIONS 1117 TO 1136. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20100629TUL09](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100629TUL09), Jun 29, 2010: PAN. CRACKED. WINDOW PAN CRACKED AT STATION 1079 LEFT SIDE UPPER AFT CORNER. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20100629TUL08](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100629TUL08), Jun 29, 2010: PAN. CRACKED. WINDOW PAN CRACKED BETWEEN STATIONS 886 TO 905 AT UPPER FORWARD CORNER ON LEFT SIDE. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20100629TUL07](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100629TUL07), Jun 29, 2010: WINDOW FRAME. CRACKED. RIGHT WINDOW FRAME CRACKED AT UPPER FORWARD SIDE AT STATIONS 946 TO 965 MARKED. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20100629TUL06](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100629TUL06), Jun 29, 2010: WINDOW FRAME. CRACKED. RIGHT WINDOW FRAME CRACKED AT UPPER FORWARD SIDE AT STATIONS 927 TO 946 MARKED. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE PER AARD 53-10-00-25.

All 95: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7543A-2015-09-24/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 20001025031419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001025031419I), Oct 25, 2000: Doug DC982 (N7543A), Kansas City, MO. (-23)On 10-25-00, at approximately 1400, American airlines MD-82, flight 1723, declared a emergency shortly after takeoff from Kansas City International (mci),…

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