# N796AS: 1998 Boeing 737-490, registration cancelled 2016-09-15 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: September 15, 2016 - Exported to: South Africa - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Boeing 737-490](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-490) (registry code 138449M) - Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) - Data sheets: [TCDS A16WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 28891 - Year built: 1998 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: May 11, 1998 - Certificate issued: May 20, 1998 - Last registry action: January 29, 2015 - Mode S code: AACE60 - Owner when cancelled: [Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20FARGO%20BANK%20NORTHWEST%20NA%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 40.7558° N, 111.8843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 84111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N796AS - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=796AS - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N796AS-2016-09-15 From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 737-490: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-490.md ## Service difficulty reports (186, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR ASAA2016041216372](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2016041216372), Apr 12, 2016: LENS. DETACHED. EMERGENCY LIGHT AT 16DEF PUSHED IN. ACFT GROUNDED. RE-INSTALLED LIGHT AT 16DEF, OPS CHECKS GOOD. - [SDR ASAA2016021415438](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2016021415438), Feb 14, 2016: LENS. DETACHED. EXIT SIGN FELL OFF EMERGENCY EXIT ROW LT SIDE. ACFT GROUNDED. REINSTALLED EXIT SIGN LENS, NO DAMAGE NOTED. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT OPS CK GOOD REF AMM 33-51-11. - [SDR ASAA2016010414644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2016010414644), Jan 4, 2016: LAMP. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHT EXIT SIGN ABOVE L-2 DOOR HAS MULTIPLE LAMPS INOPERATIVE. ACFT GROUNDED. REPLACED THE LAMPS AND TESTED IAW AMM 33-51-11-962-002. OPS NORMAL. - [SDR ASAA2015102813576](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2015102813576), Oct 28, 2015: SKIN. DAMAGED. RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR AND ADJACENT STRUCTURE DAMAGED. ACFT GROUNDED. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER TO DAMAGED FUSELAGE SKIN AND REPLACED GEAR DOOR. - [SDR ASAA2015100113439](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2015100113439), Oct 1, 2015: ATTACH ANGLE. CRACKED. INTERCOSTAL ATTACH ANGLE AT BS 348.2 STR 15L IS CRACKED. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED IAW AD20121205-400-53-2. - [SDR ASAA2015092913438](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2015092913438), Sep 29, 2015: BEAM. CRACKED. AFT CARGO DOOR FWD END E BEAM OUTER ANGLE IS CRACKED AT 3RD FASTENER AFT VERTICAL LEG. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED AFT CARGO DOOR FWD END E BEAM OUTER ANGLE IAW T/C - [SDR ASAA2015012811114](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2015012811114), Jan 28, 2015: HOUSING. GOUGED. AFT CARGO DOOR HANDLE HOUSING GOUGED FROM HANDLE DUE TO MISSING BUMPER. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES FROM THE AFT CARGO DOOR RE - [SDR ASAA2014121410062](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014121410062), Dec 14, 2014: SEAL DEPRESSOR. CRACKED. AFTER REMOVAL OF FAIRING COMPOUND, FOUND R2 DOOR LOWER HINE SEAL DEPRESSOR FITTING CRACKED. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED DAMAGED LOWER SEAL DEPRESSOR FITTING AND INST - [SDR ASAA2014121410061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014121410061), Dec 14, 2014: SEAL DEPRESSOR. CORRODED. AFTER REMOVAL OF FAIRING COMPOUND, FOUND L2 DOOR LOWER HINGE SEAL DEPRESSOR CORRODED. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0, 51-40-05-0G-0, W 1, O .080, R - [SDR ASAA2014121409964](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014121409964), Dec 14, 2014: FITTING. CRACKED. AFTER REMOVAL OF FAIRING COMPOUND FOUND L2 DOOR UPPER HINGE SEAL DEPRESSOR FITTING CRACKED. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0 , 51-40-05-0G-0, FIG 2. - [SDR ASAA2014121409962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014121409962), Dec 14, 2014: FITTING. CRACKED. AFTER REMOVAL OF FAIRING COMPOUND FOUND R2 DOOR HINGE UPPER SEAL DEPRESSOR FITTING CRACKED. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED CRACKED UPPER SEAL DEPRESSOR FITTING AND INST - [SDR ASAA2014101909433](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014101909433), Oct 19, 2014: LENS. DETACHED. F/A REPORTS ROW 16DEF EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN FALLING DOWN ON OVERWING EXIT. ACFT GROUNDED. SECURED EXIT SIGN ABOVE SEAT 16F. NO DEFECTS NOTED. - [SDR ASAA2014070808641](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070808641), Jul 8, 2014: STIFFENER. CORRODED. APU BAY RT TORQUE BOX AIR INLET CUT OUT, AFT STIFFENER CORRODED. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R STIFFENER IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0. - [SDR ASAA2014070708621](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070708621), Jul 7, 2014: ANGLE. CRACKED. RIGHT FUSELAGE HAS CRACKED ANGLE JUST FWD OF R1 DOOR AT BS 294.5 BETWEEN S9-10R. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED ANGLE STIFFENER IAW SRM 51-40-02, INSTALLED FABRICATED A - [SDR ASAA2014070708620](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070708620), Jul 7, 2014: ANGLE. CRACKED. RIGHT FUSELAGE HAS CRACKED ANGLE JUST FWD OF R1 DOOR AT FS 294.5 BETWEEN STR 12-13 RT. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED ANGLE STIFFENER IAW SRM 51-40-02 LOCATED AND DRILL - [SDR ASAA2014070708619](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070708619), Jul 7, 2014: ANGLE. CRACKED. RIGHT FUSELAGE HAS CRACKED ANGLE JUST FWD OF R1 DOOR AT BS 294.5 BETWEEN STR 11-12 RT. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE ANGLE IAW SRM 51-40-02, SRM 51-40 - [SDR ASAA2014070308816](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070308816), Jul 3, 2014: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME BS 787, CRACKED BETWEEN STRINGERS 8-9L. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED FRAME IAW EA AD20062609 400-53-132, REV. - [SDR ASAA2014070308814](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070308814), Jul 3, 2014: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME BS 500A CRACKED BETWEEN STRINGERS 8-9R. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED FRAME IAW EA AD20062609 400-53-132, REV. - [SDR ASAA2014070308813](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070308813), Jul 3, 2014: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME BS 907 CRACKED BETWEEN STRINGERS 8-9R. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED FRAME IAW EA AD20062609 400-53-132, REV. - [SDR ASAA2014070308812](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070308812), Jul 3, 2014: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME BS 727D CRACKED BETWEEN STRINGERS 8-9R. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED FRAME IAW EA AD20062609 400-53-132, REV. - [SDR ASAA2014070308811](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070308811), Jul 3, 2014: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME BS 727D CRACKED BETWEEN STRINGERS 8-9L. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED FRAME IAW EA AD20062609 400-53-132, REV. - [SDR ASAA2014070308655](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070308655), Jul 3, 2014: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME AT BS 480 HAS A CRACK BETWEEN STRINGERS 8-9R. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED FRAME IAW ASA EA AD20062609 400-53-132, REV NEW DATED. - [SDR ASAA2014070215159](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070215159), Jul 2, 2014: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. FLOOR SUPPORT, LBL 10, BS 328 - 344 HAS CORROSION. ACFT GROUNDED. BLENDED CORROSION AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-10-51-1A-1. R & R THE FLOOR SUPPORT - [SDR ASAA2014070208817](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070208817), Jul 2, 2014: CHANNEL. CORRODED. L1 DOOR MOPSILL HAS MULTIPLE AREAS OF CORROSION. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R MOPSILL, IAW EA 400-53EA-13151. - [SDR ASAA2014070208774](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070208774), Jul 2, 2014: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. FLOORBEAM UPPER CAP FROM LBL 39-RBL 45 IS CORRODED IN SEVERAL AREAS. ACFT GROUNDED. BLENDED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-60-51-1A-1. FOUND OUT OF ALLOWABLE LIMITS IAW SRM - [SDR ASAA2014070208708](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070208708), Jul 2, 2014: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. BS 344 FLOORBEAM HAS A SPOT OF CORROSION ON UPPER CAP AT LBL 10. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED CORROSION FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS AND REPAIRED IAW EA 400, 53EA 13112. - [SDR ASAA2014070208667](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070208667), Jul 2, 2014: SKIN. CHAFED. LT INBD FOREFLAP UPPER SURFACE CHAFED AT PREVIOUS REPAIR. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED LT INBD FOREFLAP UPPER SURFACE AT PREVIOUS REPAIR IAW SRM 51-20-10-2R-0, REPAI - [SDR ASAA2014070208658](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070208658), Jul 2, 2014: CHANNEL. CORRODED. L2 DOOR MOP SILL HAS CORROSION AT FWD END OF DOORWAY. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-60-51-1A-1. R & R MOP SILL IAW S - [SDR ASAA2014070208656](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070208656), Jul 2, 2014: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. FWD FLOOR SUPPORT, LBL 10, BS 328-344 CORRODED. ACFT GROUNDED. BLENDED CORROSION AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-10-51-1A-1. R & R FLOOR SUPPORT IAW SR - [SDR ASAA2014070208618](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070208618), Jul 2, 2014: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. FWD WET INTERCOSTAL, LBL 45, BS 312-328 IS CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE ON UPPER SURFACE. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R INTERCOSTAL IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0. - [SDR ASAA2014070108815](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070108815), Jul 1, 2014: SKIN. DELAMINATED. LEFT OTBD AFT FLAP OTBD CORNER DELAMINATED. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED LT OTBD AFT FLAP OTBD CORNER IAW SRM 51-70-10-2R-4, REPAIR 4. - [SDR ASAA2014070108659](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070108659), Jul 1, 2014: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. AFT CARGO BAY FLOORBEAM TEE SPLICE BETWEEN NR 1 AND 2 FLOOR PANELS HAS MULTIPLE AREAS OF CORRODED. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. FABRICATED NEW SPLI - [SDR ASAA2014070108622](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070108622), Jul 1, 2014: SKIN. DELAMINATED. LEFT OTBD AFT FLAP OTBD CORNER DELAMINATED. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED LT OTBD AFT FLAP OTBD CORNER IAW SRM 51-70-10-2R-4, REPAIR 4. - [SDR ASAA2014070108584](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2014070108584), Jul 1, 2014: SUPPORT. CORRODED. FWD CARGO LT TRANSITION IS CORRODED AT STA 500G. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED DAMAGE, FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS SRM 53-30-53-1A-1 FABRICATED NEW TRANSITION PANEL IAW - [SDR ASAA2013101708669](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2013101708669), Oct 17, 2013: SKIN. CRACKED. NR 2 L/E SLAT LOWER T/E HAS POSSIBLE CRACK AT RIVET HEAD, MARKED. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED NR 2 L/E SLAT LOWER T/E SKIN IAW SRM 57-43-01-2R-6. - [SDR ASAA2013033194328](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2013033194328), Mar 31, 2013: THRESHOLD. CORRODED. LEFT AFT LAVATORY THRESHOLD AFT HAS BULGED AREA ON AFT SIDE. REPAIRED AFT LAVATORY THRESHOLD BULGING AREA IAW NA 25-46-99, REPAIR 2 & 4 AND EA 400-25EA-10035. - [SDR ASAA2013031994331](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2013031994331), Mar 19, 2013: SKIN. CHAFED. RT OTBD FORE FLAP PREVIOUS REPAIR ON OTBD L/E CHAFED. REMOVED DAMAGED REPAIR, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW REPAIR DOUBLER IAW SRM 57-53-01, FIG 201. - [SDR ASAA2013031994282](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2013031994282), Mar 19, 2013: SKIN. DEFORMED. LEFT FUSELAGE SKIN IS DENTED FWD OF THE ALTERNATE STATIC PORT. REPAIRED IAW EA 400-53, EA 10047. - [SDR ASAA2013031894330](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2013031894330), Mar 18, 2013: FLOOR PANEL. CORRODED. AFT CARGO BAY BS 945 AFT FLOOR PANEL HAS CORROSION ON AFT RT END. REMOVED, FABRICATED NEW AND INSTALLED NEW FLOOR PANEL IAW AMM 25-52-51-004-001, PARA C, 25-52- - [SDR ASAA2013031894261](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2013031894261), Mar 18, 2013: WEDGE. CHAFED. RT WING NR 4 SLAT INBD T/E WEDGE LOWER SURFACE IS CHAFED. REPAIRED RT WING NR 4 SLAT INBD T/E WEDGE LOWER SURFACE IAW SRM 51 70 10, REPAIR 4. - [SDR ASAA2013031894229](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2013031894229), Mar 18, 2013: FLOOR PANEL. CORRODED. AFT CARGO NR 2 FLOOR PANEL HAS CORROSION. FABRICATED NEW FLOOR PANEL IAW SRM 51-40-05, FIG 2, DETAIL I, 51 20 01 PARA 6 AND SOPM 20 41 02, PARA 6.F. REMOVED COR - [SDR ASAA2013031894227](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2013031894227), Mar 18, 2013: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT OTBD FOREFLAP L/E IS DENTED APPORX 6 FROM INBD. REMOVED, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW L/E SKIN IAW SRM 51 40 05, 51 40 02. - [SDR ASAA2013031894225](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2013031894225), Mar 18, 2013: WEDGE. CHAFED. RT WING NR 5 SLAT INBD T/E WEDGE LOWER SURFACE IS CHAFED ON A PREVIOUS REPAIR. REPAIRED RT WING NR 5 SLAT INBD T/E WEDGE LOWER SURFACE IAW SRM 51 70 10, REPAIR - [SDR ASAA2012111793363](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA2012111793363), Nov 17, 2012: FLOOR PANEL. PUNCTURED. REPORTED HOLE IN FLOOR PANEL, AFT CARGO BAY FS 727E. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA AND SECURED DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-60-53 REPAIR 6 AND SRM 51-70-13. - [SDR ASAA11410159](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA11410159), Jul 23, 2011: ENGINE. SURGES. ALMOST TO TOP OF CLIMB (18 MIN INTO FLIGHT) BOTH PILOTS HEARD AN ENGINE SURGE NR 1 N1 99% NR 2 N1 96%. NR 1 N1 CAME RIGHT DOWN TO 96%. ON APPROACH HAD A ONE THR - [SDR ASAA0946371](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0946371), Aug 7, 2009: BEAM. CORRODED. AFT CARGO TIE DOWN BEAM HAS MULTIPLE AREAS OF CORROSION FROM STA 778 TO 860 ALONG STR 26R. REPAIRED AFT CARGO TIE DOWN. - [SDR ASAA0946364](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0946364), Aug 6, 2009: FITTING. GOUGED. UPON BOLT REPLACEMENT FOUND STR END FITTING STR 10L AFT SIDE STA 1016 LOWER HOLE GOUGED. REMOVED AND REPLACED STR 10L FWD END FITTING IAW SRM. - [SDR ASAA0946363](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0946363), Aug 6, 2009: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. AFT CARGO FLOOR SUPPORT ANGLE STA 793 AND STR 27R CORRODED AT SPLICE. REPAIRED AFT CARGO FLOOR SUPPORT ANGLE IAW ASA EA. - [SDR ASAA0946362](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0946362), Aug 6, 2009: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. MAIN CABIN FLOORBEAM CORRODED LBL 43 LBL 26 STA 986. REPAIRED FLOORBEAM BETWEEN RBL 20 LBL 57. - [SDR ASAA0946361](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0946361), Aug 6, 2009: FITTING. DAMAGED. UPON BOLT REPLACEMENT FOUND STR END FITTING STR 10L AFT SIDE STA 1016 LOWER HOLE ELONGATED. REMOVED AND REPLACED STR 10L AFT END FITTING IAW SRM. All 186: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N796AS-2016-09-15/reports.md ## Other aircraft with N796AS - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N796AS): Ea Vision EA J100, S/N EAVUAV502585800 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.