# N845AA: Boeing 727-223, registration cancelled 1999-08-19 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: August 19, 1999 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Boeing 727-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (registry code 1384074) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 20986 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Certificate issued: January 4, 1996 - Last registry action: January 20, 1999 - Mode S code: AB926D - Owner when cancelled: [American Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20AIRLINES%20INC) - Location: [Ft Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Ft%20Worth) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 32.8240° N, 97.0491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 76155, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N845AA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=845AA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N845AA-1999-08-19 From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 Boeing 727-223: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223.md ## Service difficulty reports (15) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR AALA972203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972203), Nov 18, 1997: SPAR WEB. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CRACK INDICATION APPROX RBL 5 INCHES ON UPPER REAR SPAR WEB. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED REPAIR STRAP AND FILLER PER ESO 11697, DATED 11/11/97. - [SDR AALA972202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972202), Nov 18, 1997: FRAME. MISDRILLED. TUL - INBOARD FRAME FLANGE AT STATION 760.95 RIGHT HAS MISDRILLED HOLE AT APPROX WL 212. OPENED HOLE AND INSTALLED FREEZE PLUG PER SRM 51-10-7. INSTALLED REPAIR - [SDR AALA972192](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972192), Nov 17, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - SKIN BULGED AT AFT EDGE OF THE AFT LAV SERVICE PANEL AT STATION 1180, STRINGER 20L TO 21L (FUSELAGE SKIN). REMOVED CORRODED SECTION OF SKIN AND INNER DOUB - [SDR AALA972191](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972191), Nov 17, 1997: BULKHEAD WEB. CRACKED. TUL - STATION 870 BULKHEAD CRACKED AT CUTOUT FOR APU LOAD CONTROL VALVE. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-10-2 PAGE 261 (C). (M) - [SDR AALA972190](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972190), Nov 17, 1997: FRAME. BROKEN. TUL - BELTFRAME ON LOWER FORWARD CORNER OF AFT CARGO DOOR BROKEN. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND INSTALLED STAINLESS FORMER REPAIR PER SRM 51-40-3. (M) - [SDR AALA972189](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972189), Nov 17, 1997: WIRE. DELAMINATED. TUL - FLAT CONDUCTOR WAS DELAMINATED PRODUCING AN OPEN CIRCUIT. AFT SECTION OF EMERGENCY AISLE LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED P/N A3-06-0720-204, LIGHTS OPS CHECK OK. (M - [SDR AALA972188](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA972188), Nov 17, 1997: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - FUSELAGE SKIN HAS BULGE JUST ABOVE STRINGER 26L SKIN LAP AT STATION 599 TO 601. REMOVED CORRODED SHEAR TIE AT STATION 600 , STRINGER 25L-26L AND REPLACED - [SDR AALA970581](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970581), Mar 22, 1997: AIR DISTR. ODOR. ATL - FLT 1503 - AFTER TAKEOFF ATL DURING CLIMB-OUT, UNIDENTIFIABLE FUMES/ODOR NOTED IN AFT CABIN. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ATL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACCOMPL - [SDR AALA970266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970266), Jan 31, 1997: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS BY FORWARD GALLEY INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT STRIP BY FORWARD GALLEY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKE - [SDR AALA970012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970012), Jan 2, 1997: PIVOT PIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND REQ TORQUE VALUE TO HAVE STRETCHED AND CRACKED PIVOT PIN AT THREADED END. FOUND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE (NUT). POSSIBLE OVER TORQUE VALUE IN 'FT - [SDR AALA970006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970006), Jan 2, 1997: STRINGER. CRACKED. TUL - UPPER WING STRINGER CRACKED AT WS 686.5, FIRST STRINGER FORWARD OF JETTISON TUBE, INSIDE WING. STOP DRILLED CRACK. FABRICATED 3 SMALL DOUBLERS. INSTALLED - [SDR AALA970005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970005), Jan 2, 1997: SKIN. WORN. TUL - FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN HAS HEAVY WEAR MARKS FROM LEFT WING ROOT LE FAIRING AT STRINGER 19 LAP JOINT. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER PER 53-30-3 SRM. (M) - [SDR AALA970004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970004), Jan 2, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN HAS VISUAL INDICATION OF CRACK (APPROX 1 INCH LONG) EXTENDING FROM RIVET HEAD STRINGER 1 AT STATION 1097. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER - [SDR AALA970003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970003), Jan 2, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - SKIN BULGING AND RIVET HEADS PULLED UNDER AFT LAV SERVICE PANEL. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA AND CORROSION AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 1 SHEET 1-4. - [SDR AALA951955](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA951955), Nov 13, 1995: EEL CHARGER. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, FOUND RIGHT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY CHARGER FOR RIGHT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT ## NTSB investigations (2) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB DCA98MA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA98MA023), Feb 9, 1998: Boeing 727-223 (N845AA), Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the flight crew to maintain a proper pitch attitude for a successful landing or go-around. Contributing to the accident were the divergent pitch oscillations of the airplane, which… - [NTSB IAD98LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA021), Jan 6, 1998: Boeing 727-223 (N845AA), Philadelphia, PA, minor damage. Probable cause: failure of the tug driver to see-and-avoid the taxiing airplane. ## FAA accident and incident reports (3) 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. - [Accident 19980106006099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980106006099A), Jan 6, 1998: Boeing 727223 (N845AA), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. (-23) On 01/06/98 the pilot in command of American airlines flt. 2027 while taxiing in a non-movement area of the Philadelphia int'l airport reported that a… - [Incident 19860221007819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860221007819I), Feb 21, 1986: Boeing 727223 (N845AA), Omaha, NE. Crew oxygen system developed a leak and an unscheduled landing was made for repairs. - [Incident 19851002053209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851002053209I), Oct 2, 1985: Boeing 727223 (N845AA), St Louis, MO. Diverted after engine shutdown due to fire warning nr 3 engine. Mechanics being sent to repair aircraft. ## Other aircraft with N845AA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N845AA): DJI AGRAS T40, S/N 1581F574B238F0010009 --- 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.