# N846AA: 1975 Boeing 727-223, registration cancelled 2002-04-30 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 30, 2002 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Boeing 727-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (registry code 1384074) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 20987 - Year built: 1975 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: May 19, 1975 - Certificate issued: February 28, 1996 - Last registry action: April 9, 2001 - Mode S code: AB9624 - Owner when cancelled: [American Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20AIRLINES%20INC) - Location: [Fort Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Fort%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/N846AA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=846AA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N846AA-2002-04-30 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 Boeing 727-223: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223.md ## Service difficulty reports (22) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR AALA20010506](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010506), Mar 18, 2001: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHT DIM. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHT BATTERY PACK. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPE - [SDR AALA20001961](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001961), Nov 23, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT R1 DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY AT R1 DOOR. SYSTEM GRO - [SDR AALA20001623](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001623), Oct 1, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT OVERHEAD AFT STAIR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT OVERHEAD AFT STAIR. SYSTEM GROUND C - [SDR AALA20001464](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001464), Sep 7, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE AFT AIRSTAIRS EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED AFT AIR STAIRS EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED N - [SDR AALA20001024](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001024), Jun 9, 2000: SKIN. DENTED. TUL - FOUND SKIN DENTED STATION 312, STRINGER L4. CUT OUT DAMAGE. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AS PER SRM 53-30-3 PART 1 FIG 5 AT STATION 312 STRINGER 4 LEFT. (M) - [SDR AALA20000938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20000938), Jun 6, 2000: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CRACK IN SKIN AT UPPER HINGE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR, NOT HFEC. CUT AND REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF SKIN FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER AND INSTALLE - [SDR AALA20000939](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20000939), Jun 6, 2000: FRAME. DENTED. TUL - FOUND BELLFRAME DENTED STATION 950B STRINGER 26L. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF BELLFRAME. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-10-4 PAGE 1. (M) - [SDR AALA20000937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20000937), Jun 1, 2000: WEB. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CRACKS IN LOWER TORQUE BOX VERTICAL WEB LEFT STATION 1213 RIGHT STATION 1223 RIGHT STATION 1243. STOP DRILLED CRACKS AND INSTALLED DOUBLERS AARD 51- - [SDR AALA20000701](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20000701), Apr 27, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. MIA - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ABOVE AFT GALLEY DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ABOVE AFT GALLEY DOOR. SYSTEM GROUND C - [SDR AALA991904](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991904), Dec 14, 1999: GEAR ACCY UNIT. MALFUNCTIONED. ORD - FLT 1021 - AFTER TAKEOFF UPON GEAR RETRACTION, RED LEFT GEAR WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS AND FUNCTIONS NORMAL. JACKED AIRCRA - [SDR AALA991267](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991267), Aug 19, 1999: UNKNOWN. TUL - HFEC INDICATES A 1 INCH CRACK ON RT MLG WW PRESS DECK BEAD AT RT OUTBOARD AFT CORNER AT BS 947 ABOVE PULLEY. INSTALLED PRESSURE DECK REPAIR PER ECO 11697. - [SDR AALA981691](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981691), Sep 14, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - THREE CRACKS AT ACCESS PANEL CUT OUT LEFT SIDE OF VERTICLE, BELOW FLAG. INSTALLED THREE DOUBLERS PER SRM CHAPTER 54-10-3 PAGE 18, FIG 4, SHEET 5. (M) - [SDR AALA981690](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981690), Sep 14, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - ONE CRACK AT ACCESS PANEL CUT OUT RT SIDE OF VERTICLE BELOW FLAG. INSTALLED FLUSH DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM CH 54-10-3 PAGE 18, FIG 4 SHT 5. (M) - [SDR AALA981198](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981198), Jun 19, 1998: SENSOR. FAILED. IAH - FLT 1798 - AFTER TAKEOFF IAH, WHILE RAISING GEAR HANDLE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RECYCLED GEAR AND STILL HAD GEAR RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. - [SDR AALA971931](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971931), Oct 11, 1997: DUCT. LEAKING. ORD - FLT 0792 - AFTER TAKEOFF ORD DURING CLIMB-OUT, NR 3 ENGINE STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACCOMPLISHED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. AIRC - [SDR AALA961728](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961728), Nov 25, 1996: ACCESSORY UNIT. DEFECTIVE. DFW - FLT 1187 - AFTER TAKEOFF BWI WHEN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, NOSE LANDING GEAR RED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. AIRCRAFT PR - [SDR AALA961583](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961583), Oct 30, 1996: FRAME. MIS-DRILLED. TUL - MIS-DRILLED HOLE IN BELT FRAME. REPAIRED BELT FRAME PER SRM 53-10-4 PAGE 1. (M) - [SDR AALA961582](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961582), Oct 30, 1996: FRAME. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND BELL FRAME AT STATION 970 CRACKED AT SIDE PANEL ATTACH HOLE BETWEEN STRINGER 26 AND 27 LEFT (HFEC). STOPPED DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER - [SDR AALA961581](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961581), Oct 30, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND STRINGER CRACKED AT END, FORWARD OF STATION 720C. REPAIRED STRINGER PER SRM 53-10-3 PAGE 413. (M) - [SDR AALA961580](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961580), Oct 30, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND SKIN CORRODED THROUGH AT STRINGER 27L, STATION 486. REMOVED SECTION OF CORRODED SKIN AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3. (M) - [SDR AALA961579](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961579), Oct 30, 1996: ANGLE. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CRACK ON FRAME ATTACH ANGLE. DAMAGED AREA REMOVED, INSTALLED NEW ANGLE IAW SRM 53-10-4 PG 58-60. (M) - [SDR AALA961578](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961578), Oct 30, 1996: ANGLE. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CRACK ON FRAME ATTACH ANGLE. DAMAGED AREA REMOVED, INSTALLED NEW ANGLE IAW SRM 53-10-4 PG 58-60. (M) ## NTSB investigations (1) 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 FTW83IA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA044), Nov 23, 1982: Boeing 727-223 (N846AA), Little Rock, AR, incident, minor damage ## FAA accident and incident reports (2) 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 19871104074149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871104074149I), Nov 4, 1987: Boeing 727223 (N846AA), Providence, RI. Made low approach to wrong airport,went around without advising the tower then contacted Providence, landed. - [Incident 19810910063289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810910063289I), Sep 10, 1981: Boeing 727223 (N846AA), Chicago, IL. Shutdown NR2 engine in cruise due high oil temperature. Found fuel heater valve stuck open. ## Other aircraft with N846AA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N846AA): Piper PA-28-181, S/N 2881846, built 2025 --- 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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