# N809CK: Douglas DC-8F-55, registration cancelled 2000-12-06 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 6, 2000 - Exported to: Swaziland - Status when cancelled: Sale reported - Airframe: [Douglas DC-8F-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8f-55) (registry code 3021928) - Data sheets: [TCDS 4A25](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A25) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 45803 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Last registry action: December 6, 2000 - Mode S code: AB0388 - Location: [Potomac, MD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MD/Potomac) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 39.0133° N, 77.1936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Potomac, MD, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N809CK - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=809CK - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N809CK-2000-12-06 From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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-8F-55: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8f-55.md ## Service difficulty reports (108, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR CKSA98265](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA98265), Apr 21, 1998: FIRE LOOP. CHAFED. UPON INITIAL DESCENT NR 2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING CAME ON. COMPANY PROCEDURES FOLLOWED AND ENGINE WAS SECURED. FOUND WIRE CHAFFING AT RT FWD MAIN WIRE BUNDLE AT 3 O - [SDR CKSA98263](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA98263), Apr 18, 1998: TR ACTUATOR. FAILED. DURING DESCENT, NR 2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING CAME ON. PROCEDURES FOLLOWED IAW AIA FOM. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND NR 2 BOTTLE FIRED. NR 2 BOTTLE PRESS LOW LIGHT DID NOT CO - [SDR CKSA98261](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA98261), Apr 16, 1998: ENGINE. FIRE. NR 2 ENG FIRE WARNING CAME ON DURING DESCENT. AFTER SHUTDOWN LIGHT WENT OUT, THEN CAME BACK ON WITH BELL SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. DISCHARGED ONE FIRE BOTTLE, LIGH - [SDR CKSA97479](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97479), Aug 28, 1997: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. ON LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, NO NOSE GEAR LIGHT, (GREEN) HAD TO RECYCLE GEAR TO GET A NOSE GREEN LIGHT. FOUND DOWNLOCK SWITCH CANNON PLUG LOOSE. CLEANED AND RESEC - [SDR CKSA97171](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97171), Mar 24, 1997: DOUBLER. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION. HEAVY CORROSION ON FINGER DOUBLER OUTBOARD OF STRINGER 31 LT FS 1260. CUT OUT AREA AND INSTALLED REPAIR I - [SDR CKSA97170](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97170), Mar 24, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION INNER SKIN CORRODED AT FS 840 BELOW LONGERON 22L. REPAIRED CORRODED AREA IAW AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2487 EA 97-01 - [SDR CKSA97169](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97169), Mar 24, 1997: FRAME. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 1140 FRAME AT STRINGER 36. REPAIRED IAW AIA/E/2517 AND DC8 SRM 51-1-20D EA 97-013A. CORROSION TASK CARD - [SDR CKSA97168](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97168), Mar 24, 1997: FLANGE. DAMAGED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEFT HAND WING LOWER ACCESS PANEL FLANGE DAMAGED OUTBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR. REPAIRED LEFT HAND WING LOWER ACCESS PANEL - [SDR CKSA97167](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97167), Mar 24, 1997: ACCESS DOOR. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 4 PYLON ACCESS DOOR 411 CRACKED AT SEVERAL FASTENER HOLES. REPAIRED IAW AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2505 SRM 51-1-8, 51-1-20D EA 97- - [SDR CKSA97166](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97166), Mar 24, 1997: WEB. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION LEFT HAND WHEEL WELL OVERHEAD WEB ABOVE LONGERON 24 BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND FITTINGS. REPAIRED WEB IAW AIA SKE - [SDR CKSA97165](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97165), Mar 24, 1997: DOUBLER. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 4 PYLON ACCESS DOOR 407 DOUBLER CRACKED AT UPPER FASTENER HOLE. REPAIRED DAMAGE TO ACCESS DOOR DOUBLER IAW SKETCH AIA/E/2 - [SDR CKSA97164](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97164), Mar 24, 1997: DOUBLER. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION. HEAVY CORROSION ON FINGER DOUBLER OUTBOARD OF STRINGER 31LT FS 1280. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND INSTALLED REPAIR - [SDR CKSA97163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97163), Mar 24, 1997: SPAR WEB. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 1 PYLON UPPER SPAR WEB CRACKED UNDER DOUBLER OUTBOARD SIDE APPROXIMATELY STA YOP244. INSTALLED REPAIR AS PER AIA/E/2491 E - [SDR CKSA97162](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97162), Mar 24, 1997: FITTING. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEFT HAND WHEEL WELL ABOVE FORWARD END OF LONGERON 24 FITTING CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED FITTING IAW SRM 51-01-20 AND 51- - [SDR CKSA97161](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97161), Mar 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FLOORBEAM UPPER FORWARD FLANGE STA 822 RIGHT SIDE. REMOVED CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS. INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW A - [SDR CKSA97160](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97160), Mar 24, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION LEFT HAND WING UPPER SURFACE SKIN THICKNESS EXCEEDS LIMITS AT XRS535.00. REMOVED MINOR EXISTING CORROSION - [SDR CKSA97159](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97159), Mar 24, 1997: SPAR CAP. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION NR 3 PYLON UPPER OUTBOARD SPAR CAP CRACKED AT STA YIP230. INSTALLED REPAIR TO UPPER OUTBOARD SPAR CAP IAW - [SDR CKSA97158](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97158), Mar 24, 1997: ANGLE. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 857 LBL 25 TO RBL 60 SHEAR WEB TO FLOORBEAM ATTACH ANGLE CORRODED. CLEANED AND TREATED CORROSION IAW DC - [SDR CKSA97157](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97157), Mar 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 1200 RBL 40 FLOORBEAM. REPAIRED IAW AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2516 EA 97-013. C-1 CHECK INSPECTION WORK CARD NUMB - [SDR CKSA97156](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97156), Mar 24, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION NR 3 TC DOOR OUTER SKIN SEVERAL AREAS. REPAIRED TC DOOR PER ENGINEERING DRAWING NUMBER 25128090, AIA SKETCH - [SDR CKSA97155](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97155), Mar 24, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION NR 4 TC DOOR OUTER SKIN SEVERAL AREAS. REPAIRED TC DOOR PER ENGINEERING DRAWING NUMBER 25128090, AIA SKETCH - [SDR CKSA97154](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97154), Mar 24, 1997: CUSP. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 879 TO 800 RIGHT CUSP. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT CUSP AND REPAIRED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-0 AND AIA SKETCH A - [SDR CKSA97153](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97153), Mar 24, 1997: SHEAR WEB. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 879 RBL 60 SHEAR WEB. REMOVED AND REPLACED FS 879 RBL 60 SHEAR WEB IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-0 AND 51-1-21, 51-1 - [SDR CKSA97152](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97152), Mar 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 879 RBL 60 ON LOWER LEG OF FLOORBEAM. REMOVED CORROSION, FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 A - [SDR CKSA97151](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97151), Mar 24, 1997: ANGLE. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 980 LONGERON 34-35RT LOWER ANGLE. REPAIRED ANGLE IAW AIA/E/2510 AND DC8 SRM 51-1-20D AND EA 97-013. COR - [SDR CKSA97150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97150), Mar 24, 1997: RIB. CRACKED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND RIGHT HAND WING TRAILING EDGE (FLAPWELL) HAS A CRACKED RIB FRAME AT XRS303. REPAIRED FRAME AT XRS303 TRAILING EDGE RIGHT HAND - [SDR CKSA97149](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97149), Mar 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 879 RBL 60 FLOORBEAM CORRODED. REMOVED CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS IAW 53-2-0. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER IAW - [SDR CKSA97148](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97148), Mar 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 834 LBL 50 ON FLOORBEAM FORWARD SIDE. REPAIRED IAW AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2493 EA 97-013. CORROSION TASK CARD - [SDR CKSA97147](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97147), Mar 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 834 LBL 45 FLOORBEAM CORRODED. REPAIRED FLOORBEAM IAW AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2493 EA 97-013. CORROSION TASK C - [SDR CKSA97146](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97146), Mar 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 798 LBL 45 AND 50 ON FLOORBEAM AFT SIDE. REPAIRED FLOORBEAM IAW AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2493 EA 97-013. CORROS - [SDR CKSA97145](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97145), Mar 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 759 LBL 25 AT SEAT TRACK BOLTS. REPAIRED FLOORBEAM IAW AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2492 EA 97-013. CORROSION TASK - [SDR CKSA97144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97144), Mar 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 742 LBL 25 AT SEAT TRACK. REPAIRED FLOORBEAM IAW AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2492 EA 97-013. CORROSION TASK CARD N - [SDR CKSA97143](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97143), Mar 24, 1997: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 702 LBL 25 AT SEAT TRACK BOLTS ON FLOORBEAM. REPAIRED FLOORBEAM AS PER AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2492 EA 97-013. - [SDR CKSA97142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97142), Mar 24, 1997: A FRAME. CRACKED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND RIGHT HAND AILERON A-FRAME IS CRACKED (3RD A FRAME FROM INBOARD). INSTALLED REPAIR PER AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2481 EA 97-013. C-1 C - [SDR CKSA97141](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97141), Mar 24, 1997: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 834 RBL 45 SEAT TRACK. REMOVED SEAT TRACK, FOUND FLOORBEAM CORRODED. REMOVED CORROSION FOUND OUT OF LIM - [SDR CKSA97140](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97140), Mar 24, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND RIGHT HAND LOWER WING AT CENTER SPAR XRS74.849 WING SURFACE IS CRACKED. REPAIRED CRACK XRS 74.849 RIGHT HAND LOWER WING IAW - [SDR CKSA97139](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97139), Mar 24, 1997: ANGLE. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 1 PYLON OUTBOARD UPPER SPAR CAP CRACKED APPROXIMATELY STA YOP223 VIEWED THROUGH PANEL 110. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW ANGL - [SDR CKSA97138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97138), Mar 24, 1997: FRAME. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION. FS 1260 LEFT HAND CUSP AND FRAME CORRODED RIVET HEAD BLOWED OFF. CUT OUT AREA WITH EXFOLIATION CORROSION. - [SDR CKSA97137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97137), Mar 24, 1997: ANGLE. CORRODED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION FS 1616 LEFT SIDE VERTICAL STABILIZER TO FUSELAGE ATTACH ANGLE CORRODED. REPAIRED IAW SKETCH AIA/E/2528 EA - [SDR CKSA97136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97136), Mar 24, 1997: LONGERON. CORRODED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL 2 CORROSION, REMOVED LEFT HAND LONGERON 24. REMOVED AND REPLACED LONGERON 24 IAW SRM 51-1-0 DOUGLAS PROCEDURE'S 51-1-2 - [SDR CKSA97135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97135), Mar 24, 1997: WEB. CRACKED. DURING C-2 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 4 PYLON STA YOP244 OUTBOARD SIDE WEB HAS A 3 INCH CRACK. STOP DRILLED CRACK, INSTALLED REPAIR IAW AIA SKETCH AIA/E/2522, S - [SDR CKSA97134](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97134), Mar 24, 1997: STIFFENER. CRACKED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND RIGHT HAND WING FRONT SPAR HAS A STIFFENER BRACKET CRACKED (AT BOTTOM) AT XFS522 INBOARD NR 4 ENGINE. REMOVED AND REPLACED RI - [SDR CKSA97133](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97133), Mar 24, 1997: DOUBLER. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 4 PYLON DOOR 412 CUTOUT CRACKED INNER AND OUTER DOUBLER STA YOP208 UPPER SPAR AREA, NR 4 PYLON UPPER OUTBOARD SPAR CAP CR - [SDR CKSA97132](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97132), Mar 24, 1997: SPAR CAP. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 1 PYLON UPPER INBOARD SPAR CAP CRACKED PAST STOP DRILL AT UPPER AND APPROXIMATELY STA YOP254. INSTALLED REPAIR ON UPPER S - [SDR CKSA97131](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97131), Mar 24, 1997: BRACKET. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND BRACKET INBOARD SIDE OF NR 1 PYLON AT SLOT ATTACH AREA CRACKED. INSTALLED BRACKET INBOARD SIDE NR 1 PYLON, SLOT ATTACH AREA, - [SDR CKSA97130](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97130), Mar 24, 1997: ATTACH PLATE. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 1 PYLON CAP ATTACH PLATE INBOARD SIDE CRACKED TWO PLACES APPROXIMATELY STA YOP270. REMOVED AND REPLACED ATTACH PLATE INBO - [SDR CKSA97129](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97129), Mar 24, 1997: ANGLE. CRACKED. DURING CPCP CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 1 PYLON CAP SUPPORT RIB OUTBOARD ATTACH ANGLE CRACKED APPROXIMATELY STA YOP212. REMOVED AND REPLACED OUTBOARD SUPPORT RIB - [SDR CKSA97128](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97128), Mar 24, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 1 PYLON CRACKED PYLON STUB WING LOWER SKIN DOUBLER AT XFS552.00 AND XFS454.00. REMOVED AND INSTALLED SKIN DOUBLER XFS552.0 - [SDR CKSA97127](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97127), Mar 24, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND CRACKED PYLON STUB WING LOWER SKIN AT XFS552 AND XFS542 NR 1 PYLON. REMOVED AND INSTALLED SKIN DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-0 AND INS - [SDR CKSA97126](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CKSA97126), Mar 24, 1997: BRACKET. CRACKED. DURING C-1 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND NR 1 PYLON CRACKED PYLON BRACKET AT XFS542.50 AT FORWARD AND AFT END ALONG BENDS (2 EACH CRACKS APPROXIMATELY 1.0 INCHES AT A All 108: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N809CK-2000-12-06/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 19960904030629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960904030629I), Sep 4, 1996: Doug DC855 (N809CK), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: phase of operation was taxi to ramp position. Wing walker did not get a/c stopped in time to miss N901SJ Lockheed L-382E aircraft l/wing tip and… --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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