# N856FT: 1970 Boeing 747-132, registration cancelled 2001-10-16 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: October 16, 2001 - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Boeing 747-132](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-132) (registry code 1384882) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (registry code 52050) - Data sheets: [TCDS A20WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A20WE), [TCDS E20EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E20EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 19897 - Year built: 1970 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: July 2, 1996 - Certificate issued: February 2, 2001 - Last registry action: February 2, 2001 - Mode S code: ABBE31 - Owner when cancelled: [Polar Air Cargo Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/POLAR%20AIR%20CARGO%20INC) - Location: [Long Beach, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Long%20Beach) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 33.7501° N, 118.2033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 90802, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N856FT - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=856FT - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N856FT-2001-10-16 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 747-132: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-132.md ## Service difficulty reports (375, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR P5CA9900668](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900668), Jul 13, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATED. RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE FIXED PANEL DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-09. - [SDR P5CA9900667](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900667), Jul 13, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATED. LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SURFACE OF TRAILING EDGE NEAR OUTBOARD ELEVATOR FOUND DELAMINATION. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-09. - [SDR P5CA9900666](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900666), Jul 13, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATED. LEFT INBOARD ELEVATOR TRAILING EDGE DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-09. - [SDR P5CA9900665](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900665), Jul 13, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATED. OUTBOARD FWD FLAP TRAILING EDGE DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-09. - [SDR P5CA9900664](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900664), Jul 13, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATION. OUTBOARD AFT FLAP LOWER SURFACE FOUND DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-09. - [SDR P5CA9900663](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900663), Jul 13, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATED. RIGHT INBOARD MID FLAP LEADING EDGE HAS DELAMINATION. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-09. - [SDR P5CA9900662](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900662), Jul 13, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATED. RIGHT INBOARD FORE FLAP UPPER SURFACE DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-09. - [SDR P5CA9900660](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900660), Jul 13, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATED. RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER NR 5 ACCESS PANEL HAS SEVERE AREAS OF DELAMINATION. REBONDED SKIN TO THE HONEYCOMB PER SRM 51-40-06. - [SDR P5CA9900659](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900659), Jul 13, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATED. LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER NR 3 ACCESS PANEL 334JB DELAMINATED ON INNER SKIN. REBONDED SKIN TO HONEYCOMB PER SRM 51-10-06. - [SDR P5CA9900658](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900658), Jul 13, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. LEVEL 1 CORROSION ON PANEL SKIN BEHIND REAR SPAR WBL 235 LEFT WING. REMOVED RIVETS AND REPAIRED CORROSION PER SRM 57-10-01. - [SDR P5CA9900657](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900657), Jul 11, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. LEVEL 1 CORROSION ON SKIN BETWEEN STA 250-260 STR 27 AND 28 LEFT. REMOVED CORROSION PER SRM 51-10-02 AND 53-30-01. - [SDR P5CA9900656](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900656), Jul 11, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. LEVEL 1 CORROSION FOUND ON SKIN BETWEEN STA 180-200 STR 44 RIGHT SIDE. CORROSION REMOVED PER SRM 51-10-02 AND 53-30-01. - [SDR P5CA9900655](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900655), Jul 11, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. LEVEL 1 CORROSION FOUND ON SKIN AT STR 14 BETWEEN STA 2780 AND 2200 AND STA 2240 AND 2280 ON RIGHT SIDE. REMOVED CORROSION PER SRM 51-00-02 AND 53-30-01. - [SDR P5CA9900653](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900653), Jul 11, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. LEVEL 1 CORROSION FOUND ON SKIN BETWEEN STA 740 AND 760 RIGHT SIDE. CLEANED AND REPAIRED PER SRM 51-10-02 AND 53-30-07. - [SDR P5CA9900654](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900654), Jul 2, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. LEVEL 1 CORROSION ON LAP JOINT STR 23 STA 1820-1780 RIGHT SIDE. CORROSION REMOVED AND REPAIRED PER SRM 51-10-02 AND 53-30-01. - [SDR P5CA9900571](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9900571), May 22, 1999: FUEL CONTROL. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING DESCENT LEAVING FL350 APPROACHING FL330 FUEL HEAT WAS ON NR 3 ENGINE, WOULD NOT RESPOND BEYOND 65 PERCENT TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT. NO LOUD NOISES, NO EGT IN - [SDR P5CA9801597](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801597), Nov 15, 1998: LIGHT. INOP. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP AT DOOR SLIDE AREA. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT MODULE AT UPPER DOOR OVERHEAD LOCATION. OPS CHECK NORMAL PER MM 35-51-00. - [SDR P5CA9801596](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801596), Nov 15, 1998: LIGHT. INOP. EMERGENCY LIGHT IN UPPER DECK DOME INOP. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT ASSY AND CKECKED OK PER MM 35-51-00. - [SDR P5CA9801579](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801579), Sep 23, 1998: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. EMERGENCY LIGHTING DOES NOT WORK. CLEANED AND RESEATED CANNON PLUG ON EMERGENCY PANEL SYSTEM. OPS NORMAL PER MM 33-51-00. - [SDR P5CA9801206](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801206), Jul 23, 1998: BULKHEAD. DAMAGED. NR 4 PYLON INTERNAL AT BULKHEAD LINE PASS THROUGH ELONGATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 54-10-03 AND MM 20-11-05. - [SDR P5CA9801205](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801205), Jul 23, 1998: SKIN. DELAMINATED. NR 3 AIR CONDITIONING BAY DOOR DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-24-11 AND 51-40-15. - [SDR P5CA9801204](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801204), Jul 23, 1998: FAIRING. DELAMINATED. NR 3 PYLON V FAIRING DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-30-07. - [SDR P5CA9801203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801203), Jul 23, 1998: PANEL. DELAMINATED. RIGHT WING UPPER SURFACE TRAILING EDGE PANEL DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-15 AND 51-24-11. - [SDR P5CA9801202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801202), Jul 23, 1998: ANGLE. CRACKED. NR 1 ENGINE INBOARD CORE COWL MOST AFT RIB ASSY HAS CRACKED ANGLE. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-10-01 AND 51-30-01. - [SDR P5CA9801201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801201), Jul 23, 1998: FAIRING. DELAMINATED. NR 4 PYLON V FAIRING DELAMINATED. REMOVED AND REPLACED FAIRING SRM 51-10-01 AND 51-30-02. - [SDR P5CA9801200](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801200), Jul 23, 1998: FAIRING. DELAMINATED. NR 3 PACK EXIT DOOR FAIRING PANEL DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-15. - [SDR P5CA9801199](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801199), Jul 23, 1998: STINGER. LOOSE. NR 1 ENGINE STINGER ASSY LOOSE AND MISSING FASTENERS. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-30-02. - [SDR P5CA9801198](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801198), Jul 23, 1998: FASTENER. MISSING. PANEL 191NL MISSING FASTENERS. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-30-02. - [SDR P5CA9801197](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801197), Jul 23, 1998: EXHAUST SLEEVE. LOOSE. NR 3 ENGINE EXHAUST SLEEVE A 1 O'CLOCK POSITION LOOSE FASTENERS. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-30-02. - [SDR P5CA9801196](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801196), Jul 23, 1998: FAIRING. DAMAGED. NR 4 ENGINE DOG HOUSE FAIRING TORN/DAMAGED. REPAIRED TO SRM 51-40-02. - [SDR P5CA9801195](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801195), Jul 23, 1998: COWL. DAMAGE. NR 2 ENGINE INBOARD POWER COWL LOWER CORNER SKIN DAMAGED. REPAIRED PER SRM 54-30-03 AND 51-10-02. - [SDR P5CA9801194](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801194), Jul 23, 1998: RIB. CRACKED. NR 2 ENGINE INBOARD POWER COWL RIB CRACKED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-30-02 AND 51-10-01. - [SDR P5CA9801193](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801193), Jul 23, 1998: PANEL. DELAMINATED. LEFT WING UPPER SURFACE PANEL DELAMINATED INBD 2ND FROM ROOT AREA. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-15. - [SDR P5CA9801192](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801192), Jul 23, 1998: COWL. LOOSE. NR 2 ENGINE CORE COWL 3RD LATCH AREA HAS LOOSE FASTENERS. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-30-02. - [SDR P5CA9801191](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801191), Jul 23, 1998: COWL. LOOSE. NR 1 ENGINE OUTBOARD CORE COWL TOP AFT CORNER LOOSE FASTENERS. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-30-02. - [SDR P5CA9801190](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801190), Jul 23, 1998: HINGE. CORROSION. RIGHT CENTER GEAR DOOR HINGE LIGHT SURFACE CORROSION. REPAIRED BY SRM 51-10-02 AND 51-10-06. - [SDR P5CA9801189](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801189), Jul 23, 1998: SKIN. DELAMINATED. NR 4 SPOILER UPPER SURFACE DELAMINATED. REMOVED AND REPLACED SPOILER PANEL PER MM 27-61-02. - [SDR P5CA9801188](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801188), Jul 23, 1998: COWL. CRACKED. NR 1 ENGINE OUTBD CORE COWL MOST AFT LATCH HOUSING CRACKED AND DAMAGED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-30-02. - [SDR P5CA9801187](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801187), Jul 23, 1998: COWL. CHAFED. NR 2 ENGINE INBD CORE COWL PREVIOUS REPAIR CHAFFED THROUGH. REPAIRED PER SRM 54-30-03. - [SDR P5CA9801186](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801186), Jul 23, 1998: PANEL. DELAMINATED. RIGHT WING UPPER SURFACE FIXED TRAILING EDGE PANEL DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-15. - [SDR P5CA9801185](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801185), Jul 23, 1998: SKIN. DELAMINATED. LEFT WING GEAR DOOR CORNER DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-09. - [SDR P5CA9801184](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801184), Jul 23, 1998: SKIN. DELAMINATED. RIGHT WING GEAR DOOR 5 INCH DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-09. - [SDR P5CA9801183](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801183), Jul 23, 1998: SKIN. DELAMINATED. LEFT OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE AFT FLAP LOWER SURFACE 4 FOOT DELAMINATION. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-07. - [SDR P5CA9801182](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801182), Jul 22, 1998: PANEL. DELAMINATION. LEFT WING UPPER SURFACE FWD INBOARD TRAILING EDGE PANEL DELAMINATED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-09. - [SDR P5CA9801173](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801173), Jul 13, 1998: PRESS XMTR. INOPERATIVE. NR 4 HYD PRESS PEGGED AT 4,000 PSI, FOLLOWED BY A LOW QTY ANNUNCIATOR AND DECREASING HYD QTY. HYD TEMP REMAINED NORMAL PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING ABNORMAL PROCEDURE - [SDR P5CA9801172](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9801172), Jul 13, 1998: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. UPPER DECK EMERGENCY LIGHTS WILL NOT GO OUT WITH POWER OFF POSTION. REMOVED AND REPLACED UPPER DECK EMERGENCY LIGHTING BATTERY PACK PER MM 33-51-00. - [SDR P5CA9800230](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9800230), Feb 13, 1998: HINGE. CRACKED. LT WING GEAR DOOR HINGE FWD POSITION FAILURE, FOUND AFTER BLOCK-IN. FOUND NO OTHER DAMAGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED FWD HINGE PER MM 32-12-01. - [SDR P5CA9800212](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9800212), Jan 21, 1998: SEAT TRACK. CORROSION. LEVEL 1 CORROSION, FOUND ON MAIN DECK SEAT TRACK AT BS 1900 BL 11. BLENDED AND TREATED PER BOEING SRM 53-10-01. - [SDR P5CA9800211](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9800211), Jan 21, 1998: SEAT TRACK. CORROSION. LEVEL 2 CORROSION, ON MAIN DECK SEAT TRACK FLANGE BS 1920-2040. REPLACED TRACK PER SRM 53-10-01. - [SDR P5CA9800210](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P5CA9800210), Jan 21, 1998: TRUNNION. CORROSION. LEVEL 1 CORROSION, FOUND LT I/B BODY GEAR TRUNNION AND TRUNNION CAP. TRUNNION BORE MACHINED NDT OK BUSHING CUT TRUNNION CAP. REPLACED PER BOEING SRM 53-10-08 IT All 375: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N856FT-2001-10-16/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 19970508013339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970508013339I), May 8, 1997: Boeing 747* (N856FT), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: at night: aircraft taxiing from ramp to taxiway, aircraft's #4 engine cowl contacted fuel truck-fuel truck was parked without lights on. Fuel truck… --- 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.