# N821AX: 1970 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63, registration cancelled 2004-09-23 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: September 23, 2004 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63) (registry code 302198B) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT3D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-series) (registry code 52035) - Data sheets: [TCDS 4A25](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A25) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 46116 - Year built: 1970 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development, showing compliance - Airworthiness date: July 28, 1992 - Certificate issued: January 18, 1992 - Last registry action: August 17, 2004 - Mode S code: AB34A8 - 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/N821AX - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=821AX - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821AX-2004-09-23 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 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63.md ## Service difficulty reports (21) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR ABXA010418](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010418), Jul 26, 2001: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING SERVICE CHECK, FOUND CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY CHARGER TRIPPED. WOULD NOT RESET. REPLACED DEFECTIVE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK ASSEMB - [SDR ABXA010107](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010107), Mar 28, 2001: TORQUE TUBE. BROKEN. THE RIGHT AILERON TORQUE TUBE WAS REPORTED TO BE BROKEN AT EWR. *S/D* THE AIRCRAFT ON DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL HAD RIGHT ROLL TENDENCY THAT REQUIRED APPROX 30 DEGR - [SDR ABXA010051](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010051), Feb 14, 2001: DUCT. FAILED. A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD PASSING THROUGH FL22 FOLLOWED BY RAPID CABIN DECOMPRESSION. THE FLIGHT CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS AND RETURNED TO EWR WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LAN - [SDR ABXA000225](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA000225), May 4, 2000: LINE. LEAKING. ON DEPARTURE, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF HYDRAULICS. RESERVOIR LOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND HYDRAULIC QUANTITY WAS DECREASING. IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEMS WERE ACCOMP - [SDR ABXA9800926](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800926), Oct 21, 1998: WINDOW. LACK OF LUBE. FIRST OFFICER'S CLEARVIEW WINDOW (EMERG EXIT) WOULD NOT OPEN FULLY. LUBRICATED WINDOW TRACKS. OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA9800925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800925), Oct 21, 1998: WINDOW. LACK OF LUBE. CAPTAIN'S CLEARVIEW WINDOW (EMERG EXIT) WOULD NOT OPEN FULLY. LUBRICATED WINDOW TRACK. OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA9800868](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800868), Oct 1, 1998: WINDOW TRIM. LOOSE. CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW (EMERG EXIT) WOULD NOT OPEN. INSTALLED AND SECURED WINDOW TRIM ON AFT SECTION OF WINDOW, OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA9800638](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800638), Jul 26, 1998: RELIEF VALVE. MALFUNCTION. NR 4 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DESCENT. OIL PRESSURE READ 30 PSI. THROTTLE WAS IN IDLE. SHUT DOWN NR 4 ENGINE. WINDMILLING OIL PRESSURE WAS 3 - [SDR ABXA9800615](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9800615), Jul 8, 1998: LINK. BROKEN. WITH FLAPS SET AT 35 DEGREES THE INDICATOR SHOWED 5 DEGREES OF SPLIT, REQUIRING 2 DEGREES OF LEFT AILERON TRIM. REPLACED BROKEN RIGHT FLAP DRIVER LINK IAW DC8 M - [SDR ABXA9702001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9702001), Dec 18, 1997: BULB. FAILED. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT BULB WAS BURNED OUT. RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT. OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA9701153](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9701153), Jun 18, 1997: CONTROL VALVE. DEFECTIVE. ON TAKEOFF ROLL FROM LAX, HAD ZNS FAULT ON NR 1 GENERATOR BUS. ABNORMAL PROCEDURES ACCOMPLISHED. BUS POWER RESTORED FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES THEN ZNS FAULT O - [SDR ABXA9700940](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9700940), Apr 29, 1997: HINGES. LACK OF LUBE. AFTER TEST FLIGHT, THE CABIN DOOR WAS HARD TO OPEN. LUBED DOWN HINGES AND OPERATED DOOR SEVERAL TIMES FROM BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF AIRCRAFT. NO BINDING NOTED - [SDR ABXA9700939](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9700939), Apr 28, 1997: MECHANISM. OUT OF ADJUST. AFTER FERRY FLIGHT FROM GSO TO ILN THE CABIN ENTRY DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED. ADJUSTED CABIN ENTRY DOOR IA DC-8 MM 52-11-1, OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA9701176](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9701176), Apr 23, 1997: TAB. DELAMINATED. RIGHT AILERON TRIM TAB WAS FOUND DELAMINATED. REPLACED SKIN, HONEYCOMB CORE AND INTERNAL DOUBLERS. - [SDR ABXA9600633](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600633), Oct 1, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. ON SERVICE CHECK, FOUND COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHTING DIM. REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK IAW DC-8 MM 33-50-1, OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA9600598](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600598), Jul 17, 1996: O-RING. LEAKING. NR 3 ENGINE OIL QUANTITY SLOWLY DECREASED AFTER TAKEOFF. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN WHEN THE OIL QUANTITY REACHED ONE GALLON. OIL PRESSURE AND OIL TEMPERATURE WAS - [SDR ABXA9600012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600012), Aug 16, 1995: LONGERON. CRACKED. DURING 821AX C-CHECK INSPECTION, STATION 1440 LONGERON 29R TO 31R AT C-4 DOOR CUTOUT AFT SECTION HAS SEVERAL CRACKS. REPAIRED STATION 1440 LONGERON 29R TO 31R C - [SDR ABXA9600011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600011), Aug 16, 1995: FITTING. OVERSIZED HOLES. DURING 821AX C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND THE LEFT WING LOWER SURFACE BELOW NR 1 PYLON, FORWARD T-FITTING AND FORWARD DOUBLER HAS 6 HOLES OVERSIZED FOR BUSHINGS AN - [SDR ABXA9600010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600010), Aug 16, 1995: FLOOR. CORRODED. DURING 821AX C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION IN THE LEFT COCKPIT FLOOR AREA BELOW COCKPIT SEAT AND BETWEEN FINGER DOUBLER. REPAIRED THE CORRODED COCKPIT FLO - [SDR ABXA9500839](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9500839), Aug 16, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND CRACK INDICATIONS AT LEFT LOWER WING STATION XCW 69.5, HOLES 1, 2.A AND C. REPAIRED IAW ABX REA D857-12279-MR. - [SDR ABXA9500120](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9500120), Feb 27, 1995: SENSOR. DIRTY. AT TOP OF DESCENT, AFTER ANTI-FOG C/B WAS CLOSED, A STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS NOTICED IN THE COCKPIT. NO SMOKE WAS DETECTED. C/B WAS OPENED AND SMELL DISAPPEA ## Other aircraft with N821AX - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N821AX): Yamaha RMAX TYPE II, S/N L27-3-100125 --- 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.