# N852UP: 1969 Douglas DC-8-73F, registration cancelled 2014-09-15

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 15, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Douglas DC-8-73F](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-73f) (registry code 302199F)
- Engine: [CFM International CFM56 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (registry code 13802)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 4A25](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 46052
- Year built: 1969
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: March 27, 1984
- Certificate issued: April 19, 2010
- Last registry action: April 10, 2014
- Mode S code: ABB096
- Owner when cancelled: [Aersale Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AERSALE%20INC)
- Location: [Coral Gables, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Coral%20Gables)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 25.7533° N, 80.2704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33134, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N852UP
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=852UP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N852UP-2014-09-15

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 Douglas DC-8-73F: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-73f.md

## Service difficulty reports (285, newest 50)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR IPXA09856179](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09856179), Jun 1, 2009: DOUBLER. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W3-07 LT WING XFS 270.5 EDGE REPAIR HAS WRINKLING AT THE FWD MOST POINT OF REPAIR AREAS FASTENERS. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER TIM
- [SDR IPXA09856170](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09856170), May 30, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-S4-30418 RT SIDE OF VERTICAL STAB L/E AT STATION XFS 74. 00 EXTERNAL DOUBLER DOES NOT CORRELATE TO SRM. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR PE
- [SDR IPXA09856169](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09856169), May 30, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W3-28 REPAIR DOUBLER HAS FASTENERS WITH LESS THAN AD SPACING AND LESS THAN 1.5D EDGE DISTANCE. LEFT O/B LEADING EDGE UPPER SKI
- [SDR IPXA09855925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855925), May 18, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W3-33 REPAIR AT LT OTBD FLAP LE LOWER SKIN SAT XF333 20' FWD OF FLAP SPAR DOES NOT CORRELATE TO A SRM REPAIR. REPAIR ACCOMPLIS
- [SDR IPXA09855879](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855879), May 15, 2009: STRUCTURE. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-F1-13 FUSE REPAIR AT STA 430 BETWEEN L26L, DOES NOT COR RELATE TO SRM REPAIR. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER TIMCO REO G12817 REV IR 
- [SDR IPXA09855877](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855877), May 15, 2009: STRUCTURE. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-S2-02 L/E REPAIR DOES NOT CORRELATE TO AN SRM. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER TIMCO REO-G12757 REV B AND EO DC8 5520-33391.
- [SDR IPXA09855876](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855876), May 15, 2009: SKIN. DENTED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-SI-05 LT HORIZ STAB L/E DENTED AT REPAIR AT STA XFS 91-2 50. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER DC8-SRM 55-2-1 FIG 4 TR 55-2.
- [SDR IPXA09855858](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855858), May 13, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SVC SURVEY SEQ 852-W3-31 REPAIR DOUBLER AT LT INBD AILERON UPPER EDGE DOES NOT CORRELATE TO SRM REPAIR. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER TIMCO REO-G12538
- [SDR IPXA09855840](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855840), May 12, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-F1-50 EFN 85219991021 DATA DOES NOT CORRELATE SRM 52-2-0, CENTER OF REPAIR WAS ONE FASTENER ROW, TWO REQUIRED IAW 52-02-00 FIG
- [SDR IPXA09855839](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855839), May 12, 2009: SKIN. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W3-06 LT WING L/E SURFACE EDGE DOUBLER XFS 300-341 SEVERAL FASTENERS ARE LESS THAN 1.5 DIAMETERS FROM EDGE OF REPAIR MARKED XF
- [SDR IPXA09855859](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855859), May 11, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W4-11, RT CTR LE LWR SKIN STA XFS 303 PREVIOUS REPAIR DID NOT PASS APPENDIX H. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR, INSTALLED NEW REPAIR I
- [SDR IPXA09855856](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855856), May 11, 2009: SKIN. GOUGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W4-16 RT INBD FLAP INBD END OF LEADING EDGE, PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER GOUGED AND REPAIR FASTENER HAS LESS THAN I.5D EDGE DISTAN
- [SDR IPXA09855855](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855855), May 11, 2009: SKIN. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W3-21, LT OTBD FLAP UPPER SURFACE STA XF 346 PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER GOUGED AND FASTENER HIGH WITH SHORT ED. REMOVED PREVIOUS 
- [SDR IPXA09855853](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855853), May 11, 2009: SKIN. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W3-32, LT OTBD FLAP LWR SKIN STA 220 20 INCH FWD OF FLAP SPAR HAS SHEARED FASTENER AND LESS THAN 4D SPACING. REMOVED EXSITING 
- [SDR IPXA09855804](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855804), May 8, 2009: STRUCTURE. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-F1-46 REPAIR DOES NOT CORRELATE TO A SRM REPAIR. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIG7 SHT 15 TR 53/203.
- [SDR IPXA09855803](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855803), May 8, 2009: STRUCTURE. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ NUMBER 852-F1-44 REPAIR CONFIGURATION DOES NOT CORRELATE TO A SRM REPAIR, FS 133 L10R-L11R. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER DC8 SRM 53-2-1
- [SDR IPXA09855854](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855854), May 7, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-F1-35. D PIT CARGO DOOR EXTERIOR SKIN STA 1034 EXISTING REPAIR DOES NOT CORRELATE TO AN SRM REPAIR. REPAIR FASTER SPACING IS L
- [SDR IPXA09855676](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855676), Apr 24, 2009: STRUCTURE. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-F1-27 REPAIR DOUBLER AT STA 1748.5 L20R AND L21R, DOES NOT CORRELATE TO SRM REPAIR. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIG
- [SDR IPXA09855675](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855675), Apr 24, 2009: STRUCTURE. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-F1-28 REPAIR DOUBLER AT STA 1717 TO 1720 L20R AND L49R DOES NOT CORRELATE TO SRM REPAIR. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER DC8-SRM 53-2-
- [SDR IPXA09855674](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855674), Apr 24, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-F1-04 LT FUSE STA 57-50 L29L-L30L DOUBLER HAS SEVERAL FASTENERS WITH LESS THAN 1.5 DIA EDGE DISTANCE. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER 
- [SDR IPXA09855673](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855673), Apr 24, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-F1-36, FUSE PLUG REPAIR ATTACH FASTENERS SPACING LESS THAN 4D STA 1364 BETWEEN L22R-L23R. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER DC8 SRM 53-2
- [SDR IPXA09855672](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855672), Apr 24, 2009: STRUCTURE. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-S1-04, LT HORIZ STAB L/E, DOES NOT CORRELATE TO SRM, DOUBLER GAGE THICKER THAN SRM CALLOUT. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER DC8 SRM 55
- [SDR IPXA09855610](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855610), Apr 20, 2009: SKIN. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W4-15 REPAIR DOUBLER HAS FASTENERS WITH SHORT EDGE DISTANCE, RT OTBD L/E LOWER SKIN XFS 712. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED PER REO-G1267
- [SDR IPXA09855608](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855608), Apr 20, 2009: ACCESS PANEL. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-WS-35 LT WING L/E LOWER SURFACE ACCESS PANEL XFS 502 RE PAIR DOUBLER IS .071 BASE STRUCTURE IS .100. INSTALLED REPAIR PER DAC 
- [SDR IPXA09855607](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855607), Apr 20, 2009: ACCESS PANEL. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W3-34-LT WING L/E LOWER SURFACE ACCESS PANEL, XFS 476 EX EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLER IS .071 AND BASE MATERIAL IS .100. INSTALLED 
- [SDR IPXA09855654](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855654), Apr 19, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV 852-W4-13 REPAIR DOUBLER CRACKED. RIGHT L/E LOWER SKIN ABOVE NR 4 PYLON XFS 530 35 INCHES FWD OF WING FRONT SPAR. REPAIRED PER DC8 SRM 57-2-0
- [SDR IPXA09855638](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855638), Apr 19, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SSN 852-F1-03 REPAIR CONFIGURATION DOES NOT CORRELATE TO A SRM REPAIR. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 1D SHT 3.
- [SDR IPXA09855637](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855637), Apr 19, 2009: SKIN. CRACKED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SSN 852-W4-13 REPAIR DOUBLER CRACKED RT LEAD EDGE LWR SKIN ABOVE NR 4 PYLON XFS 530 35 INCH FWD OF WING FWD SPAR. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW DC8
- [SDR IPXA09855640](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855640), Apr 18, 2009: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV MAIN CABIN CUSP MEMBRANE CRACKED AT FS 1613 RBL57. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 25 SHT 4 AND TR53-166.
- [SDR IPXA09855635](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855635), Apr 18, 2009: WEB. CRACKED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV EFN 85220011042 C PIT RT TUNNEL SUBFLOOR MEMBRANE IS EXFOLIATED AND CRACKED AT RBL 60 BETWEEN FS 1100 AND FS 1120. REMOVED DAMAGE AND FABRICA
- [SDR IPXA09855634](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855634), Apr 18, 2009: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV EFN 85220011031 RT UPPER CUSP MEMBRANE CRACKED BETWEEN FS 1600 TO FS 1620. REPAIRED CRACK IN CUSP MEMBRANE PER EO DC8-5330-2159 -B. REPAIR AC
- [SDR IPXA09855633](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855633), Apr 18, 2009: WEB. PUNCTURED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV EFN 85219971087 MAIN CABIN .75 IN PUNCTURED IN MEMBRANE FS 132 RBL65. FABBED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AT CUSP MEMBRANE PER DC8 -5332-2159
- [SDR IPXA09855632](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855632), Apr 18, 2009: CUSP WEB. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV EFN 85219971055 LT CUSP FROM FS 120 TO FS 130 DAMAGED. REPAIRED DAMAGED CUSP PER UPS EO DC8-5330-2159-B. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW DC8 SRM 53-2
- [SDR IPXA09855631](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855631), Apr 18, 2009: WEB. CRACKED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV EFN 85219971054 HEAVY CORROSION AND CRACK IN FLOOR WEB LT CUSP AREA EXTENDING UNDER FLOOR SUPPORT FITTING FROM FS 260 TO FS 280. REPAIR ACCOM
- [SDR IPXA09855630](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855630), Apr 18, 2009: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV EFN 852 19971053 CUSP IS CRACKED FROM LT FS 80 TO FS 100 IN FWD PIT. REPAIRED DAMAGE TO CUSP MEMBRANE PER UPS EO DC8-5330-2159 -B. REPAIR ACC
- [SDR IPXA09855645](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855645), Apr 17, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SEQ NR 852-F1-33 DOES NOT CORRELATE TO SRM REPAIR. REPAIRED PER DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHEETS 13 AND 14, TR 53-203.
- [SDR IPXA09855644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855644), Apr 17, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQUENCE 852-F1-25, REPAIR DOUBLER AT STA 1749 BETWEEN L19L AND L20L, DOES NOT CORRELATE TO SRM REPAIR. REPAIRED PER DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FI
- [SDR IPXA09855643](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855643), Apr 17, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQUENCE 852-F1-24, VENT REPAIR DOUBLER, STA 1718.5 BETWEEN L18 L AND L19L DOES NOT CORRELATE TO SRM REPAIR. REPAIRED PER DC8 SRM 53-2
- [SDR IPXA09855655](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855655), Apr 16, 2009: DOUBLER. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV 852-W4-10 REPAIR DOUBLER CHAFED/GOUGED AND HAS FASTENERS WITH SHORT E D RT WING LEADING EDGE LOWER SKIN XFS 257, 47 INCHES FWD OF WING FRONT 
- [SDR IPXA09855653](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855653), Apr 16, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQUENCE 852-W3-20, REPAIR DOUBLER AT LEFT I/B FLAP UPPER SKIN DOES NOT CORRELATE TO SRM. REPAIRED PER DC8 SRM 57-02-01 FIG 002Q SHT 1
- [SDR IPXA09855641](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855641), Apr 16, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SURVEY SEQ 852-W3-20 REPAIR DOUBLER AT LT INBD FLAP UPPER SKIN DOES NOT CORRELATE TO SRM. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW DC8 SRM 57-2-1 FIG 2Q SHT 1
- [SDR IPXA09855639](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855639), Apr 16, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SSN 852-F1-01 REPAIR DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH SRM REFERENCES. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 1D SHT 3.
- [SDR IPXA09855636](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855636), Apr 16, 2009: SKIN. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SSN 852-W4-10 REPAIR DOUBLER CHAFED/GOUGED AND HAS FASTENERS WITH SHORT ED RT WING LEAD, EDGE LWR SKIN XFS 257 47 INCH, FWD OF WING FWD SPAR 
- [SDR IPXA09855642](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855642), Apr 14, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SEQ NR 852-F1-05, FLUSH REPAIR, FASTENERS 2 IN FILLER COUNTERSINKS DEEP. REPAIRED PER DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHT 15 (TR 53-203) ESTABLISH REPET
- [SDR IPXA09855795](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855795), Apr 10, 2009: RIB. CRACKED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV LT WING L/E (XFS 309) SUPPORT RIB CRACKED AND REPAIR DOUBLER IS CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED REPAIR PER DC8 SRM 57-2-0 FIG 2 SHT 2.
- [SDR IPXA09855183](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855183), Mar 28, 2009: SUPPORT ANGLE. DAMAGED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV CUSP SUPPORT ANGLE BETWEEN STA 1600 TO 1620 RBL 60 HAS DRILL DAMAGE ON SUB FLOOR LEG. INSTALL REPAIR PER DAC DWG 9750448.
- [SDR IPXA09855973](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855973), Feb 18, 2009: FRAME. CRACKED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV CRACKED FORMER AT RT WING LE STA XFS 303 BOTTOM AFT. FABRICATED NEW FORMER AND INSTALLED PER DAC DWG 5769530 REV F, AND DC8 SRM 51-1-20D REV 
- [SDR IPXA09855721](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09855721), Feb 18, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SS 852-F1-46, REPAIR DOES NOT CORRELATE TO A SRM, FS 92 - FS 100, L20R - L21R. ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING: ADDED ADDITIONAL FASTENERS REQUIRE
- [SDR IPXA09856125](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09856125), Feb 17, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SS 852-W4-24, RT O/B FLAP LOWER SKIN REPAIR AT XF 215, DOES NOT HAVE .5 MINIMUM CORNER. REPAIRED PER TIMCO REO-G12754 REV B, AND UPS DC8-5750
- [SDR IPXA09856130](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA09856130), Feb 16, 2009: SKIN. MISREPAIRED. INSPECTION TYPE:SV SS 852-F1-39, REPAIR DOES NOT CORRELATE TO A SRM, NO FASTENER CALL OUT FOR DOUBLER THICKNESS FS 351-FS 368, L18R-L21R. REPAIRED PER REO-G1277

All 285: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N852UP-2014-09-15/reports.md

## 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 19990323021339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990323021339I), Mar 23, 1999: Doug DC873F (N852UP), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On March 23, 1999, at 1640 MST, a Douglas DC-8-73F (N852UP) registered to and operated by united parcel service (ipxa), louisville, KY, sustained minor damage…

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