# N805AX: 1967 Douglas DC-8-62, registration cancelled 2004-05-04 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: May 4, 2004 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Douglas DC-8-62](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-62) (registry code 3021970) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3-3b) (registry code 52039) - Data sheets: [TCDS 4A25](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A25) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 45906 - Year built: 1967 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: May 4, 1992 - Certificate issued: August 3, 1987 - Last registry action: March 16, 2004 - Mode S code: AAF486 - Owner when cancelled: [Abx Air Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ABX%20AIR%20INC) - Location: [Wilmington, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Wilmington) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.4607° N, 83.8443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 45177, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N805AX - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=805AX - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N805AX-2004-05-04 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 Douglas DC-8-62: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-62.md ## Service difficulty reports (22) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR ABXA9900858](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900858), Dec 21, 1999: STRIKER. LOOSE. RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH GEAR UP AT 1700 FT. PERFORMED GEAR UPLATCH CHECK. DISCRIMINATOR PANEL NOT LATCHED LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN LEFT LANDING GEAR - [SDR ABXA9900855](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900855), Dec 20, 1999: INDICATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING CLIMB, RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH GEAR UP. DURING UPLATCH CHECK, THE LEFT GEAR DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN SELECTED. AFTER GEAR RECYCLE, BOTH - [SDR ABXA9900866](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900866), Dec 16, 1999: WINDOW. OUT OF ADJUST. FIRST OFFICER'S WINDOW WOULD NOT OPEN. ADJUSTED LOWER AFT HOOK IAW DC8 MM. - [SDR ABXA9900815](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900815), Dec 3, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING PREFLIGHT, FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHTS BATTERY PACK IAW DC8 MM 33-50-01. OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA9900249](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900249), Mar 24, 1999: O RING. FAILED. DURING CRUISE, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM QUANTITY DECREASED. PERFORMED LOSS OF HYDRAULICS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. REPLACED O-RING ON NR 3 ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP. - [SDR ABXA9800520](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800520), Jun 12, 1998: CTC DUCT. LOOSE. ON TAKEOFF AND CLIMBOUT, GEAR RETRACTION HAD RUMBLING FROM NOSE GEAR AREA. RECYCLED GEAR, NOISE STOPPED ON DOWN CYCLE BUT RETURNED ON THE RETRACTION. AIR TURNBA - [SDR ABXA9800373](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800373), Apr 27, 1998: DOUBLER. CRACKED. LEFT STAB WING ABOVE NR 2 PYLON CRACKED JUST OUTBOARD OF AUX TANK MOUNTING SURFACE. REPAIRED IAW ABX REA D857-22682-MR. - [SDR ABXA9800394](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800394), Apr 24, 1998: DOOR. CRACKED. AFT LOWER CARGO DOOR LOWER SIDE HAS 2 CRACKS. REPAIRED PER DC8 SRM 52-4-2 AND 52-2-0. - [SDR ABXA9800376](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800376), Apr 22, 1998: RIB. CRACKED. WEB OF INBOARD RIB OF LEFT INBOARD FLAP IS CRACKED. REPAIRED IAW ABX REA D857-22657 MR. - [SDR ABXA9800375](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800375), Apr 22, 1998: DOUBLER. CRACKED. INTERNAL DOUBLER AT GROUND AIR CONNECTION IS CRACKED. REPAIRED PER ABX REA D853-22653 MR. - [SDR ABXA9800074](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800074), Feb 11, 1998: ROD END. OUT OF ADJUST. CAPTAINS CLEARVIEW WINDOW (EMERG EXIT) WOULD NOT OPEN. ADJUSTED CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW ROD END ON UPPER LINK. OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA9701142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9701142), Jun 13, 1997: O-RING. DETERIORATED. AFTER 50 MINUTES FLIGHT, LOST ONE-HALF QUANTITY OF GENERAL HYDRAULIC SYS. REPLACED O-RING AT LEFT HYDRAULIC PUMP. RESERVICED SYSTEM, OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA9700020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9700020), Jan 28, 1997: SWITCH. DEFECTIVE. MAIN LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT FOR RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AFTER GEAR EXTENSION. DURING FLY-BY FOR GEAR CONFIRMATION, GREEN LIGHT CAME ON. REPLACED - [SDR ABXA9600645](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600645), Aug 26, 1996: FITTING. CRACKED. DURING 'C' CHECK, FOUND LEFT WING FLAP SUPPORT FITTING CRACKED AT XW 340. REMOVED CRACKED FLAP SUPPORT FITTING AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE FLAP SUPPORT FITTING. - [SDR ABXA9600644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600644), Aug 26, 1996: FITTING. CRACKED. DURING 'C' CHECK, FOUND RIGHT WING SUPPORT FITTING CRACKED AT XW 340. REPAIRED RIGHT WING SUPPORT FITTING IAW REA NR D827-16054. - [SDR ABXA9600249](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600249), Mar 11, 1996: RETRACT MECH. LACK OF LUBE. DURING GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE NOSE GEAR AREA. THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. RECYCLED GEAR AND COND - [SDR ABXA9600185](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600185), Feb 7, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT BATTERY PACK. EMERGENCY LIGHT SYSTEM OPS C - [SDR ABXA9501039](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9501039), Dec 10, 1995: SLIDING WINDOW. OUT OF ADJUST. CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN. RIGGED AND PRESSURE CHECKED CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW I/A/W DC8 MM 56-10-3. - [SDR ABXA9500519](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9500519), May 25, 1995: WINDOW SEAL. DEFECTIVE. DURING MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, DISCOVERED THAT THE CAPTAIN'S CLEAR VIEW WINDOW WOULD NOT OPEN. REMOVED EXCESS FILLER FROM THE SEAL SURFACE OF WINDOW FRAME. RESU - [SDR ABXA9500245](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9500245), Mar 24, 1995: O-RING. DEFECTIVE. DURING APPROACH AFTER THE FLAPS WERE SELECTED TO 35 DEGREES, THE HYDRAULIC FLUID LEVEL IN THE MAIN RESERVOIR WENT TO STANDPIPE LEVEL. FOUND DEFECTIVE O-RING AT - [SDR ABXA9500024](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9500024), Jan 18, 1995: DNLOCK SWITCH. DEFECTIVE. LEFT MAIN GEAR LIGHT FAILED TO COME ON WHEN THE GEAR WAS LOWERED DURING FINAL APPROACH INTO DFW. GEAR WAS RECYCLED AND LIGHT CAME ON NORMALLY WITH THE SECOND EX - [SDR ABXA9500001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9500001), Jan 3, 1995: CYLINDER. BLOWN. HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND FLUID LOSS ON CLIMB-OUT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ILN. FOUND LEFT MLG BOGIE TRIM CYLINDER BLOWN. REMOVED AND REPLACED CYLINDER IAW DC 8 MM CH --- 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.