# N852AX: 1968 Douglas DC-8-61, registration cancelled 2003-01-09 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: January 9, 2003 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Douglas DC-8-61](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-61) (registry code 3021952) - 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: 46016 - Year built: 1968 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: July 9, 1996 - Certificate issued: December 7, 1994 - Last registry action: December 19, 2000 - Mode S code: ABAEDC - 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/N852AX - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=852AX - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N852AX-2003-01-09 From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Douglas DC-8-61: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-61.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 ABXA020213](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA020213), Sep 19, 2002: CONNECTOR. CORRODED. DURING CLIMBOUT THROUGH 12,000 FT, THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PERFORMED ABNORMAL PROCEDURE. LIGHT REMAINED ON. PERFORMED PRECAUTION - [SDR ABXA010918](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010918), Jun 24, 2002: WINDOW. OUT OF ADJUST. CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW WOULD NOT CLOSE OR OPEN. WINDOW WAS JAMMED. FOUND CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW, TOP FORWARD CORNER OUT OF ALIGNMENT. REALIGNED WINDOW. OPS - [SDR ABXA010913](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010913), Jun 14, 2002: LOCK. OUT OF ADJUST. CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW WOULD NOT OPEN. ADJUSTED TOP WINDOW LOCK IAW DC-8 MM 56-10-03. - [SDR ABAX010913](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABAX010913), Jun 14, 2002: LOCK. OUT OF ADJUST. CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW WOULD NOT OPEN. ADJUSTED TOP WINDOW LOCK IAW DC-8 MM 56-10-03. - [SDR ABXA010361](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010361), Jun 27, 2001: HYDRAULIC LINE. LEAKING. AFTER 1.5 HOURS OF FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF HYDRAULICS. PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO ACCOMPANIED BY AILERON AND RUDDER CONTROL MANUAL LIGHTS. ISOLATED SYSTEM PRI - [SDR ABXA000136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA000136), Feb 28, 2000: WINDOW. LACK OF LUBE. FIRST OFFICER'S CLEARVIEW WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN. LUBRICATED FIRST OFFICER'S LOCKBAR ON THE CLEARVIEW WINDOW. WINDOW OPENS FREELY. - [SDR ABXA000019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA000019), Jan 20, 2000: SWITCH. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING CLIMB-OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FT, NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. OIL PRESSURE READ 53 PSI. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. SHUT - [SDR ABXA9900628](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900628), Aug 3, 1999: ENGINE. DEFECTIVE. DURING CLIMB, NR 4 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 35-50 PSI. OIL QUANTITY DROPPED TO .4 GALLONS. OIL TEMPERATURE WAS 125 DEGREES C. SHUT NR 4 ENGINE DOW - [SDR ABXA9900574](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900574), Jul 9, 1999: JAMB. CRACKED. LOWER AFT CORNER OF ENTRY DOOR JAMB CRACKED. REPAIRED IAW ABX REA D853-28136MR. - [SDR ABXA9900566](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900566), Jul 6, 1999: LONGERON. CRACKED. LONGERONS 24 LEFT AND 24 RIGHT CRACKED AT STATIONS 870 AND 879. REPAIRED IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-2. - [SDR ABXA9900565](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900565), Jul 1, 1999: BULKHEAD BEAM. CRACKED. THE J-BEAM ON AFT SIDE OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD AT STATION 1766 WAS CRACKED. REPAIRED IAW ABX REA D853-28119MR. - [SDR ABXA9900380](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900380), May 20, 1999: VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. NR 4 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO OIL QUANTITY GOING TO 0 AND OIL PRESS FLUCTUATING. AT SHUTDOWN OIL PRESS WAS 15 PSI, THEN WENT TO 0. CLEANED AND INSPECTED NR 4 - [SDR ABXA9900332](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900332), Apr 28, 1999: SYMBOL GEN. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING SHORT FINAL, AT 500 FT, LOST ALL NAVIGATIONAL GUIDANCE ON FIRST OFFICER'S SIDE. ALL FLAGS APPEARED. OPENED AND CLOSED NAV CONCENTRATOR AND SYMBOL GENERAT - [SDR ABXA9701902](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9701902), Nov 26, 1997: SPOILER. DELAMINATED. SPOILER UPPER, INBOARD LEADING EDGE AND LOWER MID-AREA, IS 25 PERCENT DELAMINATED. REPLACED ALL HONEYCOMB CORE, DOUBLERS AND SKIN. - [SDR ABXA9700929](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9700929), Apr 18, 1997: CHAFE STRIP. LOOSE. FIRST OFFICER'S SLIDING WINDOW OPERATION WAS INTERMITTENT, HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO OPEN. WINDOW WOULD JAM AFTER THE FIRST INCH OF MOVEMENT. FOUND CHAFE - [SDR ABXA9700054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9700054), Mar 12, 1997: BULB. DEFECTIVE. DURING POST FLIGHT, FOUND THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS DISARM CHECK LIGHT INOPERATIVE. RELAMPED, OPS CHECKED NORMALLY. - [SDR ABAX9700010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABAX9700010), Jan 20, 1997: VALVE. DEFECTIVE. GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION ON CLIMBOUT WITHOUT A NOT LATCHED LIGHT AT FLIGHT ENGINEER'S PANEL. AFTER RECYCING THE GEAR, GEAR U - [SDR ABXA9700031](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9700031), Oct 8, 1996: LINK. CRACKED. BOTH THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD OVERCENTER LINKS CRACKED ON THE RIGHT WING NR 4 SPOILER. REPLACED NR 4 SPOILER OVERCENTER LINKS AND OPS CHECKED SPOILER IAW DC-8 M - [SDR ABXA9600625](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600625), Sep 10, 1996: CIRCUIT BREAKER. MALFUNCTIONED. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF UNTIL RESETTING THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER. FOUND EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT CONTROL CIR - [SDR ABXA9600594](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600594), Jul 12, 1996: FCU. DEFECTIVE. NR 4 ENGINE FLAMED OUT DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. REPLACED FUEL TEMPERATURE PROBE, FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND FUEL PUMP FILTERS. CHECKED FUEL CONTROL UNIT LINKAGE AND RIGG - [SDR ABXA9600593](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600593), Jul 11, 1996: SEAT. DEFECTIVE. CAPTAIN'S AND FLIGHT ENGINEER'S SEATS SLIPPED OUT OF THE LOCKED POSITIONS DURING TAKEOFF. CLEANED FLIGHT ENGINEER'S SEAT TRACKS AND LUBED SEAT LOCKING PINS. REP --- 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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