# N77303: 1985 Boeing 737-3TO, registration cancelled 2013-03-21 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: March 21, 2013 - Status when cancelled: Third renewal notice - Airframe: [Boeing 737-3TO](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3to) (registry code 138447G) - Engine: [CFM International CFM56 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (registry code 13802) - Serial number: 23354 - Year built: 1985 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: July 24, 1985 - Certificate issued: April 5, 2006 - Last registry action: April 21, 2009 - Mode S code: AA76A0 - Owner when cancelled: [Continental Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CONTINENTAL%20AIRLINES%20INC) - Location: [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 29.7568° N, 95.3657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77002, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77303 - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=77303 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77303-2013-03-21 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 Boeing 737-3TO: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3to.md ## Service difficulty reports (53, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR CALA0700157](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700157), Mar 29, 2007: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 1 INCH CRACK AT LIGHTENING HOLE IN R-2 DOOR INNER SKIN. A REPAIR WAS INSTALLED IAW ECRA 5241-01018. - [SDR CALA0700156](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700156), Mar 29, 2007: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 1.8 INCH CRACK IN SKIN AT STA 727D+8, S24R. THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW ECRA 5331-01295. - [SDR CALA0700153](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700153), Mar 27, 2007: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 1.5 INCH CRACK IN RT WING FIXED LEADING EDGE LOWER SKIN AT PYLON O/B MIDSPAR FITTING. A DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED IAW ECRA 5731-01302. - [SDR CALA0700147](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700147), Mar 25, 2007: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A .75 INCH CRACK IN FORWARD CARGO DOOR CUTOUT FORWARD FRAME LOWER STOP PAD AT STA 440, S24R. THE FRAME WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-40-02. - [SDR CALA0700146](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700146), Mar 25, 2007: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A .75 INCH CRACK IN FORWARD CARGO DOOR CUTOUT AFT FRAME LOWER STOP PAD, STA 480, S24R. THE AFT FRAME WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-40-02. - [SDR CALA0700145](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700145), Mar 24, 2007: BELTFRAME. CORRODED. INSPECTION FOUND FRONT SIDE OF BELTFRAME CORRODED IN AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT AT STA 847 BETWEEN S27L AND S27R. A NEW FRAME WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-40-02 AND 51-1 - [SDR CALA0700144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700144), Mar 24, 2007: KEELBEAM. CORRODED. INSPECTION FOUND LT KEEL BEAM I/B LOWER FLANGE CORRODED AT STA 537, S28L, O/B AND AFT OF A/C GROUND CONNECTION. A KEEL BEAM SPLICE REPAIR WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM - [SDR CALA0700152](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700152), Mar 23, 2007: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 1.5 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 876 BETWEEN S23L AND S24L. A REPAIR WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-00-01, REPAIR 31, FIGURE 201. - [SDR CALA0700140](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700140), Mar 23, 2007: STRINGER. CORRODED. INSPECTION FOUND STRINGER 27L CORRODED NEAR VHF ANTENNA DOME NUT, STA 500. THE CORRODED SECTION OF STRINGER WAS REMOVED AND REPAIR STRINGER AND SPLICES WERE INS - [SDR CALA0700138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700138), Mar 22, 2007: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A .25 INCH CRACK IN FLOORBEAM AT STA 727B, LBL 44. THE FLOORBEAM WAS REPAIRED IAW ECRA 5311-01303. - [SDR CALA0700139](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700139), Mar 21, 2007: STRINGER SPLICE. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A .5 INCH CRACK IN STRINGER 16L SPLICE CHANNEL AT STA 351-365. A NEW STRINGER SPLICE CHANNEL WAS INSTALLED IAW ECRA 5311-01302. - [SDR CALA0700136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700136), Mar 19, 2007: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 1.7 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 765, S21R. A DOUBLER REPAIR WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-00-01. - [SDR CALA0700135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700135), Mar 19, 2007: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 0.75 INCH CRACK AT UPPER O/B CORNER OF FLIGHT COMPARTMENT L-1 WINDSHIELD CUTOUT, STA 211.8-219.8, S5L. A REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM - [SDR CALA0700132](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700132), Mar 17, 2007: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 1.5 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 727E, S24L. A DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-00-01, FIGURE 201. - [SDR CALA0700131](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700131), Mar 16, 2007: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 1.5 INCH CRACK IN R-1 DOOR CUTOUT LOWER AFT CORNER, STA 328, S17R. REPAIR DOUBLERS AND FILLERS WERE INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-10-01. - [SDR CALA0700128](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0700128), Mar 15, 2007: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A .5 INCH CRACK AT UPPER O/B CORNER OF FLIGHT COMPARTMENT R-1 WINDSHIELD CUTOUT, STA 211.8-219.8, S5R. A REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 5 - [SDR CALA0500210](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0500210), Jul 1, 2005: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND 2.5 IN CRACK FORWARD OF STA 787 ABOVE S24L. DOUBLER REPAIR INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-00-01. - [SDR CALA0400699](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0400699), Nov 2, 2004: SIGN. SHORTED. THE LEFT AFT EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN WAS FOUND SHORTED. THE EXIT SIGN WAS REPLACED. - [SDR CALA0400698](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0400698), Nov 2, 2004: WIRE. BROKEN. INSPECTION FOUND THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT SEATS 12ABC TO 20ABC INOPERATIVE. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND A BROKEN WIRE AT PIN 18 ON AFT BATTERY CHARGER UNIT. THE WIRE W - [SDR CALA0400589](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0400589), Jul 30, 2004: WIRE. BROKEN. INSPECTION FOUND THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE AT SEAT ROWS 5-10. A BROKEN WIRE WAS FOUND AT ROW 5. REPAIRED WIRE PER WDM 33-51-01 AND AN OPERATIONAL CHECK O - [SDR CALA0400530](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0400530), Jun 12, 2004: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. INSPECTION FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE ON SEATS 14-20. THE BATTERY PACK WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. - [SDR CALA0300259](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300259), May 20, 2003: CONTROL VALVE. OUT OF ADJUST. THE CREW RECEIVED 3 RED LIGHTS AND THREE GREEN LIGHTS WHEN GEAR WAS LOWERED ON APPROACH TO EWR. THE APPROACH WAS ABORTED AND THE CHECKLIST WAS ACCOMPLISHED. WHE - [SDR CALA0300235](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300235), May 9, 2003: FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON TOP OF FRAME AT STA 227.8, WL 148. COMPLETED INTERIM REPAIR AND PLACED ON DIP PER ECRA 5311-01148. - [SDR CALA0300234](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300234), May 8, 2003: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. C1 DOOR IMPROPERLY REPAIRED ON INNER SKIN AT CENTER LINE NR 4 HOLE. INSTALLED REPAIR PER ECRA 5232-01028. - [SDR CALA0300231](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300231), Apr 30, 2003: SKIN. CANNING. C2 DOOR SKIN OIL CANNING APPROXIMATELY 32 INCHES FROM TOP OF DOOR AND 7 INCHES FROM FORWARD EDGE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR PER SRM 52-00-01. - [SDR CALA0300230](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300230), Apr 29, 2003: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT INTERCOSTAL CORRODED INBOARD OF CARGO DOOR JAMB STATION 807 AND 827. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL PER SRM 51-40-00. - [SDR CALA0300221](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300221), Apr 27, 2003: RIB. GOUGED. LEFT WING NUMBER TWO MID FLAP GOUGED AT MID SPAR CENTER FORE FLAP TRACK GUIDE. REPLACED RIB AT MID FLAP SPAR CENTER FORE FLAP TRACK GUIDE NUMBER TWO MID FLAP PE - [SDR CALA0300222](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300222), Apr 26, 2003: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. SEAT TRACK CORRODED STATION 277 - 294 AT RBL 42. REMOVED AND REPLACED DAMGED SEAT TRACK PER SRM 51-40-02. - [SDR CALA0300220](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300220), Apr 26, 2003: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. AFT CARGO RIGHT TIE DOWN RAIL CORRODED IN NUMEROUS PLACES BETWEEN STATIONS 727 AND 787 UPPER SURFACE. REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW TRACK PER 53-60-53 AND INSTA - [SDR CALA0300226](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300226), Apr 25, 2003: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. AFT BAG BIN CARGO TIE DOWN RAIL HAS CORROSION AT STATION 947. REMOVED AND REPLACED TIE DOWN TRACK STATION 877 - 947 PER SRM 51-40-02 AND 53-60-53. - [SDR CALA0300225](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300225), Apr 25, 2003: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. FLOORBEAM CORRODED AT STATION 284 RBL 42 BELOW SEAT TRACK. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. FABRICATED NEW FLOORBEAM, TREATED, PRIMED AND INSTALLED PER SRM 53-10-51 FIG - [SDR CALA0300224](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300224), Apr 25, 2003: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. RIGHT OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK HAS CORROSION AT AFT END STATION 927. REMOVED AND REPLACED SEAT TRACK PER SRM 51-10-2. - [SDR CALA0300223](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300223), Apr 25, 2003: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. THREE FASTENERS CORRODED IN FLOORBEAM. REPLACED UPPER STRUCTUREAS REQUIRED IN SRM 53-10-51. - [SDR CALA0300216](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0300216), Apr 24, 2003: SKIN. PUNCTURED. INSPECTION FOUND A HOLE MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES X 5 INCHES IN FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN STA 986.5 AND 1006 BETWEEN S3L AND S4L. A REPAIR WAS INSTALLED IAW - [SDR CALA0200582](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0200582), Dec 11, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 1.5" CRACK IN R/H FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 727A JUST FORWARD AND BELOW EMERGENCY LIGHT AND AFT OF WHEEL WELL. A DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED IAW ECRA 53 - [SDR CALA0200375](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0200375), Jun 29, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 2" CRACK IN R/H FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 727E, S24R. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-00-01, FIGURE 201. - [SDR CALA0200136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0200136), Mar 17, 2002: VALVE. INOPERATIVE. THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE TO THE UP POSITION AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MSY. QRH PROCEDURES WERE COMPLIED WITH AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO MSY WHERE IT - [SDR CALA0100740](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0100740), Aug 3, 2001: HINGE PIN. BROKEN. INSPECTION FOUND LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HINGE PIN AND INSERT BROKEN. THE HINGE PIN AND INSERT WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 27-41-31. - [SDR CALA0100724](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0100724), Jul 30, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 1" CRACK IN #1 PYLON SKIN PANEL #5727L. A REPAIR WAS INSTALLED IAW ECRA 5430-01230. - [SDR CALA0000915](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA0000915), Jun 19, 2000: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. INSPECTION FOUND OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT L-1 DOOR INOPERATIVE. THE BATTERY PACK WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND OPERATION CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 33-51-51. - [SDR CALA9900297](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9900297), Mar 19, 1999: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. INSPECTION FOUND FLOORBEAM CORRODED AT STA 294 FROM LBL 32 TO LBL 51. A NEW SECTION OF FLOORBEAM WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-10-51. - [SDR CALA9900249](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9900249), Mar 13, 1999: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. INSPECTION FOUND FLOORBEAM CAP CORRODED AROUND FASTENER HOLES AT STA 344 FROM RBL 12 TO LBL 15. REPLACED BEAM IAW SRM 53-10-51. - [SDR CALA9900244](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9900244), Mar 11, 1999: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. INSPECTION FOUND FLOORBEAM CAP CORRODED AT STA 312 FROM LBL 10 TO RBL 10. THE CORRODED SECTION WAS REMOVED AND FILLER AND DOUBLERS WERE INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-10- - [SDR CALA9802134](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9802134), Dec 3, 1998: FRAME. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A 9 INCH CRACK IN FORWARD CARGO DOOR FRAME UNDER AFT LOCK ROLLER. THE DOOR FRAME WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW SRM 51-10-2 AND 51-30-2. - [SDR CALA9801940](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9801940), Oct 11, 1998: OVEN. FAILED. AFT GALLEY CENTER OVEN SMOKED. REPLACED CENTER OVEN. - [SDR CALA9700973](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9700973), Jun 26, 1997: GCU. INOPERATIVE. WHILE OPERATING THE APU, WITH THE NR 2 GENERATOR PLACARDED INOPERATIVE, THE APU GENERATOR DROPPED OFF LINE ENROUTE FROM PDX TO IAH. THE GENERATOR COULD NOT BE R - [SDR CALA9700500](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9700500), Mar 27, 1997: ANGLE. CORRODED. INSPECTION FOUND SUPPORT ANGLE CORRODED AT STA 990, LBL 14. A NEW ANGLE WAS FABRICATED AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-10-2. - [SDR CALA9700498](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9700498), Mar 25, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. INSPECTION FOUND CABIN FLOORBEAM CORRODED AT STA 986.5 BETWEEN RBL 15 AND LBL 15. REPAIRED IAW ECRA 5310-03450. - [SDR CALA9700499](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9700499), Mar 23, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. INSPECTION FOUND CORROSION ACROSS TOP AND SIDES OF FLOORBEAM AT STA 986.5 BETWEEN ANGLE BEAMS. AN ANGLE AND HAT SECTION WERE FABRICATED AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 51 - [SDR CALA9700501](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA9700501), Mar 22, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION FOUND A .25 INCH CRACK IN PYLON OUTER SKIN AT UPPER FORWARD CORNER OF PANEL NR 5824R. A 1.25 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN INNER SKIN OF SAME AREA. A DOUBL All 53: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77303-2013-03-21/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 20080307012399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080307012399I), Mar 7, 2008: Boeing 7373TO (N77303), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Continental airlines, flight 1492, enroute from houston, Texas, to Columbus, Ohio, landed and slid off the departure end of runway 10L at Port Columbus… - [Incident 19920901038169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920901038169I), Sep 1, 1992: Boeing 7373T0 (N77303), Greensboro, NC, Minor damage. Smoke and fumes in cockpit. Precautionary landing at Greensboro. Faulty first officers pitot tube heating element. - [Incident 19910926048999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910926048999I), Sep 26, 1991: Boeing 7373T0 (N77303), Lincoln, NE. Emergency descent and landing due to smoke in cabin from overheated transformer in coat closet. ## Other aircraft with N77303 - [Cancelled 1972-02-04](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77303-1972-02-04): Cessna 120, S/N 11745. 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