# N815AX: 1969 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63, registration cancelled 2007-03-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 20, 2007
- Exported to: Ghana
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported
- Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63) (registry code 302198B)
- 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: 46097
- Year built: 1969
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: December 14, 1969
- Last registry action: January 31, 2007
- Mode S code: AB1C05
- Location: Ostend, Belgium
- Owner type: Individual
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N815AX
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=815AX
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N815AX-2007-03-20

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 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63.md

## Service difficulty reports (80, newest 50)

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

- [SDR ABXA040382](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA040382), Nov 10, 2004: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. FLOORBEAM AT STA 52, RIGHT BUTTLINE 51 HAD CORROSION ON BOTTOM CAP. REPAIRED AREA IAW REA D853-50309MR.
- [SDR ABXA040381](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA040381), Sep 23, 2004: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION FUSELAGE SKIN STA 1040, LONGERON 36. DEFERRED TIL 9-6-04 IAW REA D853-50415, IAW ABX GMM CHAPTER 1 07-04. FABRICATED DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW REA D853-5
- [SDR ABXA030365](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030365), Sep 8, 2003: FITTING. CRACKED. FITTING IN RIGHT WHEEL WELL DAMAGED (CRACKED). FABRICATED NEW PART REF: ST-9300-01 AND PARTS FABRICATION RECORD WO 600179300 AND IAW SRM.
- [SDR ABXA030366](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030366), Sep 8, 2003: FITTING. CRACKED. FITTING IN RT WHEEL WELL DAMAGED (CRACKED). FABRICATED NEW PART REF: ST-9300-01 AND PARTS FABRICATION RECORD WO 600179300 AND IAW SRM.
- [SDR ABXA030282](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030282), Jul 12, 2003: CABLE. BROKEN. AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. GOT (MAIN GEAR SPOILERS INOP) LIGHT. PERFORMED ABNORMALS, GEAR RETRACTED. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS NORMAL. PRESSURIZ
- [SDR ABXA030264](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030264), Mar 22, 2003: FRAME. DAMAGED. REMOVE AND REPLACE STUB FRAME IN MAIN CARGO DOOR AT STA 183.5. REMOVED STUB FRAME, LOCATED AND DRILLED, AND INSTALLED STUB FRAME IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR AND DC
- [SDR ABXA030255](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030255), Mar 16, 2003: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. UPPER LATCH HOOK MOUNT HOLE AT STA 196.5 HAD CRACK INDICATION. REMOVED DAMAGED FRAME, LOCATED, DRILLED, AND DEBURRED NEW FRAME, INSTALLED IAW ABX REA D852-46041
- [SDR ABXA030254](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030254), Mar 16, 2003: STRUCTURE. CRACKED. CENTER LATCH HOOK MOUNT HOLE AT STA 203.5 HAD CRACK INDICATION. REPAIRED AREA IAW ABX REA D852-46041MR.
- [SDR ABXA030270](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030270), Mar 15, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. CUT AND SPLICE MAIN CARGO DOOR FRAME AT STA 233.5. CUT AND REMOVED DOOR FRAME, AND SPLICED IN NEW SECTION IAW ABX REA D852-46041MR AND DC-8 SRM 51-1-20D.
- [SDR ABXA030260](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030260), Mar 12, 2003: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. UPPER LATCH HOOK MOUNT HOLE AT STA 153.0 HAD CRACK INDICATION. REPAIRED AREA IAW ABX REA D852-46041MR.
- [SDR ABXA030257](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030257), Mar 12, 2003: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. UPPER LATCH HOOK MOUNT HOLE AT STA 176.5 HAD CRACK INDICATION. REPLACED STUB FRAME IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR.
- [SDR ABXA030259](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030259), Mar 12, 2003: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. UPPER LATCH HOOK MOUNT HOLE AT STA 163.5 HAD CRACK INDICATION. REPAIRED AREA IAW ABX REA D852-46041MR.
- [SDR ABXA030258](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030258), Mar 12, 2003: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. CENTER LATCH HOOK MOUNT HOLE AT STA 167.0 HAD CRACK INDICATION. REPAIRED AREA IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR.
- [SDR ABXA030250](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030250), Mar 5, 2003: SKIN. CRACKED. HOLE NR 2 ON RIGHT WING AT XFS 515, SHOWED CRACK INDICATION IN SKIN DURING INSPECTION. REPAIRED AREA IAW ABX REA D857-46040MR.
- [SDR ABXA030276](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030276), Feb 24, 2003: SPAR. DAMAGED. RIGHT FORWARD LOWER SPAR HAD EXISTING CUTOUT THAT EXCEEDED THE LIMITS OF THE SERVICE REWORK DRAWING SR-8570012. FABRICATED FILLER IAW ABX REA D857-46655MR. ALOD
- [SDR ABXA030263](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030263), Feb 23, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. CUT AND SPLICE MAIN CARGO DOOR FRAME AT STA 147. CUT AND REMOVED DOOR FRAME SECTION, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME SECTION AND SPLICES IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR
- [SDR ABXA030262](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030262), Feb 23, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. REMOVE AND REPLACE STUB FRAME AT MAIN CARGO DOOR STA 143.5. REMOVED STUB FRAME IAW DC-9 SRM 51-1-21. RECEIVED SERVICEABLE FRAME, LOCATED AND DRILLED FASTENER HO
- [SDR ABXA030266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030266), Feb 22, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. CUT AND SPLICE MAIN CARGO DOOR AT FRAME STA 213.5. CUT AND NEW SECTION SPLICED IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR AND DC-8 SRM 51-1-8, 51-1-20D, AND 51-3-0.
- [SDR ABXA030272](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030272), Feb 22, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. CUT AND SPLICE MAIN CARGO DOOR FRAME AT STA 247. REMOVED DAMAGED FRAME SECTION, FABRICATED NEW SECTION AND SPLICES, AND INSTALLED IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR AND D
- [SDR ABXA030275](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030275), Feb 22, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. REMOVE AND REPLACE MAIN CARGO DOOR STUB FRAME STA 237. REMOVED AND REPLACED MAIN CARGO DOOR STUB FRAME IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR AND DC-8 SRM 51-1-8, 51-1-24, AN
- [SDR ABXA030274](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030274), Feb 22, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. REMOVE AND REPLACE MAIN CARGO DOOR STUB FRAME STA 173.8. REMOVED AND REPLACED MAIN CARGO DOOR STUB FRAME IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR AND DC-8 SRM 51-1-21.
- [SDR ABXA030273](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030273), Feb 22, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. REMOVE AND REPLACE MAIN CARGO DOOR STUB FRAME AT STA 157. REMOVED AND REPLACED MAIN CARGO DOOR STUB FRAME IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR AND DC-8 SRM 51-1-24 AND 51-1
- [SDR ABXA030269](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030269), Feb 22, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. CUT AND SPLICE MAIN CARGO DOOR FRAME AT STA 227. CUT AND REMOVED DOOR FRAME, INSTALLED SPLICED SECTION IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR AND DC-8 SRM 51-1-20.
- [SDR ABXA030268](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030268), Feb 22, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. REMOVE AND REPLACE STUB FRAME IN MAIN CARGO DOOR STA 223.5. REMOVED STUB FRAME, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR AND DC-8 SRM 51-3-0 AND 
- [SDR ABXA030267](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030267), Feb 22, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. REMOVE AND REPLACE STUB FRAME IN MAIN CARGO DOOR STA 217. REMOVED, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW FRAME IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR AND DC-8 SRM 51-3-0.
- [SDR ABXA030265](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030265), Feb 22, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. CUT AND SPLICE MAIN CARGO DOOR FRAME AT STA 187. CUT AND NEW SECTION SPLICED IN IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR.
- [SDR ABXA030271](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030271), Feb 22, 2003: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. REMOVE AND REPLACE MAIN CARGO DOOR STUB FRAME AT STA 243.5. REMOVED AND REPLACED MAIN CARGO DOOR STUB FRAME IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR AND DC-8 SRM 51-1-21, 51-3-
- [SDR ABXA030261](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030261), Feb 14, 2003: MOUNT. DAMAGED. MAIN CARGO DOOR FRAMES LATCH MOUNT HOLES OVERSIZED. REPAIRED AREA IAW ABX REA D852-46043MR.
- [SDR ABXA030251](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030251), Feb 11, 2003: MOUNT. CRACKED. LOWER LATCH HOOK MOUNT HOLE AT STA 256.5 HAD CRACK INDICATION. REPAIRED AREA IAW ABX REA D852-46041MR.
- [SDR ABXA030256](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030256), Feb 11, 2003: MOUNT. CRACKED. UPPER LATCH HOOK MOUNT HOLE AT STA 193 HAD CRACK INDICATION. REPAIRED AREA IAW ABX REA D852-46041MR.
- [SDR ABXA030253](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030253), Feb 11, 2003: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. CENTER LATCH HOOK MOUNT HOLE STA 207.0 HAD CRACK INDICATION. REMOVED DOOR FRAME, FABRICATED NEW FRAME SECTION AND SPLICES, AND INSTALLED IAW ABX REA D852-46041M
- [SDR ABXA030252](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030252), Feb 11, 2003: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. UPPER LATCH HOOK MOUNT HOLE AT STA 253.0 HAD CRACK INDICATION. CUT AND REMOVED DOOR FRAME, FABRICATED SPLICES FOR FRAME REPAIR, LOCATED & DRILLED NEW FRAME SECT
- [SDR ABXA030040](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030040), Jan 17, 2003: UPLOCK. MALFUNCTIONED. CREW REPORTED DURING GEAR UPLATCH CHECK, NOSE GEAR SHOWED NOT UP AND LOCKED. GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT SEAT INTO UPLATCH POSITION. RECYCLED GEAR DOWN AND UP AS PER 
- [SDR ABXA020327](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA020327), Dec 2, 2002: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHTS BATTERY PACK WOULD NOT CHARGE. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY AND RELAY PACK IAW DC-8 MM 33-50-01. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR ABXA020326](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA020326), Nov 30, 2002: SKIN. CORRODED. LOWER BELLY SKIN AFT OF ANTENNA F.S. 216 BETWEEN LONGERON 33 RIGHT AND 34 RIGHT WAS CORRODED. REPAIRED AREA IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8.
- [SDR ABXA020057](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA020057), Jul 10, 2002: FIRE DETECTOR. FALSE INDICATION. ON ONE MILE FINAL, THE LOWER CARGO FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. MX DISPLAY SHOWED "FWD A FIRE". EMERGENCY DECLARED INTO KILN BY CREW. LANDED AND CLEARED RUNWAY, TOWE
- [SDR ABXA010781](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010781), Mar 18, 2002: BUSHING. DEFECTIVE. UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR ON FIRST ATTEMPT. GROUND COOLING AND BLOWAWAY JET RETRACTED NORMALLY. REMOVED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, REPLACED GEAR BUSHING IAW DC-8
- [SDR ABXA010649](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010649), Dec 20, 2001: DOOR. MISSING. DURING MAINTENANCE POST FLIGHT WALKAROUND, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CENTER DOOR WAS MISSING. INSTALLED THE MAIN GEAR CENTER DOOR IAW DC-8 MM 32-12-01.
- [SDR ABXA010535](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010535), Oct 14, 2001: PROBE. DAMAGED. NR 1 ENGINE EGT AT V1 WENT TO 575 DEGREES AND INCREASED, REDUCE POWER BY 1 KNOB. DURING INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLL ALL PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. NR 4 ENGINE, SAME AS NR
- [SDR ABXA010504](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010504), Sep 25, 2001: RIB. CRACKED. FUSELAGE RIB AT FS 880 LEFT WAS CRACKED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIB AT FS 880 LEFT, IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-21.
- [SDR ABXA010503](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010503), Sep 25, 2001: ANGLE. CRACKED. MAIN CARGO DOOR BOTTOM Z- ANGLE CRACKED AT FASTENER BS 140 AND BS 160. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE Z-ANGLE AT BS 140 AND 160 IAW DC-8 SRM 53-01-0 AND 51-01-20.
- [SDR ABXA010505](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010505), Sep 25, 2001: LONGERON. CRACKED. L24L FOUND CRACKED AT FORWARD MAIN ATTACH BOLT HOLE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED L24L IAW REA D853-41938MR.
- [SDR ABXA010506](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010506), Sep 25, 2001: DOOR. CRACKED. MAIN CARGO DOOR LOWER FORWARD CORNER SKIN AND FRAME CRACKED. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE AREA IAW REA D852-41939MR AND REA 852-41940MR.
- [SDR ABXA010507](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010507), Sep 25, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. RIGHT WING AT STATION XW 253 OUTBD OF #3 PYLON AT LEADING EDGE, WAS CRACKED. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE AREA IAW DC-8 SRM 57-2-1 FIG 2H.
- [SDR ABXA010508](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010508), Sep 25, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE EXTERIOR SKIN AT LEFT MID SERVICE DOOR CUTOUT FS 1287, CRACKED AT DOOR STRUT ATTACH POINT. MAINTENANCE INSTALLED A DOUBLER REPAIR AT FUSELAGE IAW REA D
- [SDR ABXA010509](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010509), Sep 25, 2001: FITTING. CRACKED. L24L SUPPORT FITTING AT STATION 960 WAS CRACKED AT UPPER FORWARD SIDE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE STUB FITTING IAW REA D 853-41938MR.
- [SDR ABXA010510](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010510), Sep 25, 2001: FITTING. CRACKED. FUSELAGE INTERIOR LONGERON SPLICE FITTING CRACKED AT FS 680.5, RIGHT LONGERON 10 AT UPPER NUT ANGLE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SPLICE FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D.
- [SDR ABXA010511](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010511), Sep 25, 2001: DOUBLER. CORRODED. CORROSION FOUND AT FUSELAGE STATION 960 LEFT AT FLOOR LINE FINGER DOUBLER. MAINTENANCE INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR IAW REA D853-41935MR.
- [SDR ABXA010512](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010512), Aug 15, 2001: FITTING. CRACKED. LEFT WHEEL WELL LONGERON 24, FUSALAGE STATION 960, SUPPORT FITTING WAS CRACKED AND CORRODED AT UPPER FORWARD AND AFT HORIZONTAL FLANGES. MAINTENANCE REPLACED TH
- [SDR ABXA000528](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA000528), Dec 11, 2000: SEAL. CUT. TWENTY MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM EWR, THE NR 3 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATED AND OIL QUANTITY DROPPED TO APPROX. ZERO GALLONS. THE CREW SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN I

All 80: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N815AX-2007-03-20/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 19990108016279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990108016279I), Jan 8, 1999: Doug DC863 (N815AX), Wilmington, OH, Minor damage. (-5)A later decision to execute a missed approach to rwy. 4L at iln resulted in the left outboard engine nacelle striking the rwy. The first officer was flying…

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