# N829US: 1985 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), registration cancelled 2003-09-24 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: September 24, 2003 - Exported to: Indonesia - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (registry code 3022082) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053) - Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 49429 - Year built: 1985 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: January 9, 1986 - Certificate issued: June 11, 1999 - Last registry action: June 18, 2002 - Mode S code: AB541D - Owner when cancelled: [State Street Bank And Trust Co Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STATE%20STREET%20BANK%20AND%20TRUST%20CO%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Hartford, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/Hartford) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 41.7651° N, 72.6708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 06103, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N829US - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=829US - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N829US-2003-09-24 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-9-82(MD-82): https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82.md ## Service difficulty reports (30) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR ASOA03307](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA03307), Jul 13, 2003: CAM. OUT OF RIG. FLT 4140 - DURING GROUND INSPECTION IN DFW, THE MAIN PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE AND DIFFICULT TO OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. MAINTENANCE RIGGED TH - [SDR USAAD01163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD01163), Sep 22, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. PHL - THE LOW LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN THE FIRST CLASS SECTION OF THE PASSENGER CABIN WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES. (M) - [SDR USAAD01141](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD01141), Jul 30, 2001: BATTERY. INOPERATIVE. BOS - THE LOW LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES. (M) - [SDR USAAD01128](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD01128), Jun 14, 2001: POWER SUPPLY. DISCHARGED. CLT - THE CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS A SEAT ROWS 20 THROUGH 24 ILLUMINATE WITH THE POWER SHUTOFF. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY. (M) - [SDR USAA010684](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA010684), Jun 5, 2001: ATTACH ANGLE. CRACKED. PIT - FOUND PYLON ATTACH ANGLE CRACKED .25 INCH, LOWER PYLON ATTACH ANGLE STATION 1463 CANTED. STOP DRILLED CRACK PER TYPICAL REPAIR 54-10-06A. (M) - [SDR USAA010685](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA010685), Jun 5, 2001: ATTACH ANGLE. CRACKED. PIT - FOUND ATTACH ANGLE CRACKED .75 INCH, RIGHT UPPER PYLON ATTACH ANGLE CANTED STATION 1464. STOP DRILLED CRACK PER TYPICAL REPAIR 54-10-06A. (M) - [SDR USAAD01118](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD01118), May 30, 2001: BATTERY. INOPERATIVE. MCO - THE LOW LEVEL LIGHT AT SEAT 25D DID NOT TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY. (M) - [SDR USAAD01111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD01111), May 20, 2001: WATER HEATER. MALFUNCTIONED. PHL-IND - FLT 1787 - DURING DESCENT, AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL WAS DETECTED IN THE LAVATORY AREA. THE AFT LAVATORY WATER HEATER CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULL BUT T - [SDR USAAD01018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD01018), Feb 4, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. TPA - THE LOW LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHT AS SEAT ROW 25 WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY. (M) - [SDR USAA001736](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA001736), Oct 13, 2000: LONGERON. CRACKED. PIT - FOUND LONGERON CRACKED .5 INCH, LONGERON 4L AT INTERSECTION OF FRAME 160. SPLICED IN LONGERON SECTION PER SRM 53-02. (M) - [SDR USAA001738](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA001738), Oct 13, 2000: LONGERON. CRACKED. PIT - Q-3, LONGERON CRACKED .25 INCH AT LONGERON 2L INTERSECTION OF FRAME 160. SPLICED IN LONGERON SECTION PER SRM 53-02 FIG 18. (X) - [SDR USAA001737](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA001737), Oct 13, 2000: LONGERON. CRACKED. PIT - Q-3, LONGERON CRACKED .25 INCH AT LONGERON 3L AT INTERSECTION OF FRAME 160. SPLICED IN LONGERON SECTION PER SRM 53-02. (X) - [SDR USAA001735](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA001735), Oct 13, 2000: ANGLE. CRACKED. PIT - Q-3, REPAIR ANGLE CRACKED, 1.75 INCHES IN RADIUS OF REPAIR ANGLE AT BS 1474, RIGHT VERTICAL STABILIZER. SPLICED IN NEW SECTION AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLES - [SDR USAAD00093](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD00093), Jun 14, 2000: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. PHL - THE LOW LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT ROW 24 ILLUMINATED AND COULD NOT BE EXTINGUISHED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY. (M) - [SDR USAAD00029](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD00029), Feb 16, 2000: STRUT. LACK OF LUBE. LGA - BUF - FLT 2240 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE SERVICED THE - [SDR USAAD99099](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD99099), Jul 19, 1999: RELAY. FAILED. PIT/MSY - FLT 474 - AFTER TAKEOFF IT WAS NOTED THERE WERE NO CABIN LIGHTS OR LAVATORY LIGHTS. THE TOILETS DID NOT FLUSH, THE NR 4 TR INDICATED ZERO, AND THE BAT - [SDR USAAD99050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD99050), Apr 2, 1999: HOSE. RUPTURED. DCA-BUF - FLT 8005 - DURING CLIMB POWER SETTINGS THE TAIL COMPARTMENT HIGH TEMP LIGHT ILLUMINATED BUT WOULD EXTINGUISH DURING CRUISE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTE - [SDR USAA990084](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA990084), Feb 12, 1999: WEB. CRACKED. PIT - DURING C2 CHECK, FOUND 1 INCH CRACK ON VERTICAL WEB AT CENTER OF DOOR ADJACENT TO DOOR OPERATING MECHANISM BETWEEN BEAM 4 AND 5 INNER DOOR HINGE, BOX AFT - [SDR USAAD98168](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD98168), Oct 1, 1998: GENERATOR. FAILED. MCO-PIT - FLT 843 - EN ROUTE THE LEFT ENGINE GENERATOR POWER DROPPED OFF LINE, AND THE APU WAS ON MEL. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO CLT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. - [SDR USAAD98130](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD98130), Jul 31, 1998: FUSE. BROKEN. TPA - FLT 1622 - DURING CRUISE, THE LEFT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE QTY INDICATING 4 QTS. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED W - [SDR USAAD98091](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD98091), May 15, 1998: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. THE PASSENGER CABIN CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE DIM. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERIES. (M) - [SDR USAAD97103](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97103), Jun 17, 1997: CLAMP. LOOSE. BDL/CLT - FLT 1053 - AT 1,000 FEET AFTER TAKEOFF, 'TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HI' LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED WITH HP BLEED SELECTED OFF AND POWER REDUCED. - [SDR USAAD97102](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97102), Jun 17, 1997: GASKET. FAILED. BDL/CLT - FLT 1053 - AFTER TAKEOFF AT 600 FEET, 'TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HI' LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LIGHT WENT OUT WITH HP BLEEDS SELECTED OFF AND POWER REDUCED. RETU - [SDR USAAD97086](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97086), May 18, 1997: ENGINE. FAILED. FLT 463 - CLT-IAH - AFTER CLIMB THROUGH 19,000 FEET, CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG, AND LEFT ENGINE PARAMETERS BEGAN TO DROP. RETURNED TO CLT. REPLACED LEFT ENGINE. (M - [SDR USAAD97064](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97064), Apr 2, 1997: TRANSMITTER. FAILED. FLIGHT 1438 - BOS-FLL - LEFT OIL PRESSURE LOW LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. OIL PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATED 34 PSI. OIL TEMP, QTY, AND ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS NORM - [SDR USAAD97054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97054), Mar 10, 1997: MECHANISM. NOT LATCHED. FLT 2198 - ROC-PHL - AIRCRAFT FAILED TO PRESSURIZE ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO FIELD. L2 DOOR BAYONET WAS NOT IN PROPER POSITION. OPENED AND CLOSED DOOR. NO DEFECTS - [SDR USAAD96173](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD96173), Nov 28, 1996: BATTERIES. DISCHARGED. FORWARD SECTION OF EMERGENCY FLOOR TRACK LIGHTING INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERIES IN BATTERY PACK. (M) - [SDR USAA960508](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960508), Jul 16, 1996: BELTFRAME. CORRODED. PIT - DURING Q-2/C-5 CHECK, FOUND .5 INCH BY 4 INCH CORRODED AREA,STATION 1322 LONGERON 30 BELTFRAME. SPLICED IN NEW BELTFRAME PER SRM53-14-3, CORROSION TASK NR - [SDR USAAD96068](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD96068), Jun 1, 1996: PRESSURIZATION. MALFUNCTIONED. RIC/CLT - FLT 761 - CABIN ALTITUDE CONTROLLER FAILED TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND CLIMBED AT A HIGH RATE ABOVE 10,000 FEET. DESCENDED TO 8,000 FEET. PERFORMED BITE - [SDR USAA950526](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950526), May 23, 1995: CARGO NET. OUT OF POSITION. BOS - FLIGHT 0120 - WHILE ON ROTATION, THE CREW FELT A BUMP THEN NOTICED THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CAPTAIN DECIDED TO RETURN TO BOS. FLIGHT ## 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 19970518022799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970518022799I), May 18, 1997: Doug DC982 (N829US), Charlotte, NC. Left engine compressor stall FL190 secured. Returned airport. Cause to be sought. --- 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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