# N865AA: 1977 Boeing 727-223, registration cancelled 2003-03-13 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: March 13, 2003 - Exported to: Afghanistan - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Boeing 727-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (registry code 1384074) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (registry code 52048) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 21370 - Year built: 1977 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: July 11, 1977 - Certificate issued: March 26, 2002 - Last registry action: December 2, 2002 - Mode S code: ABE16B - Owner when cancelled: [Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20FARGO%20BANK%20NORTHWEST%20NA%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 40.7558° N, 111.8843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 84111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N865AA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=865AA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N865AA-2003-03-13 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 (47) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR AALA20010176](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010176), Jan 30, 2001: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION IN STRINGER 28R STATION 965-973. INSTALED NEW STRINGER SECTION AND REPAIR SPLICE PER ESO 11697 DATED 1-25-01. (M) - [SDR AALA20010174](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010174), Jan 30, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CRACK INDICATED IN OUTERSKIN BETWEEN RIVET AND DOOR RADIUS LOWER AFT CORNER, 420. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AT FORWARD GALLEY DOOR CUTOUT LOWER AFT C - [SDR AALA20010175](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010175), Jan 27, 2001: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION IN CENTER OF STRINGER 27R STATION 738-739. CUT OUT DAMAGED AND INSTALLED STRINGER SPLICE PER SRM 53-10-3. (M) - [SDR AALA20010177](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010177), Jan 26, 2001: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION IN CENTER OF STRINGER 27R STATION 704-705. REMOVED STRINGER AND SPLICE. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER AND SPLICE PER SRM 53-10-03. (M) - [SDR AALA20002146](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20002146), Dec 26, 2000: SMOKE. DETECTED. DFW - FLT 1184 - APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AIRBORNE AND LEVEL AT FL190, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN. DECLARED EMERGENCY, RETURNED DFW AND LANDED WIT - [SDR AALA20001440](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001440), Aug 31, 2000: LIGHT. BROKEN. DFW DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE EMERGENCY EXIT ESCAPE PATH LIGHT AT A SEAT 14D INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED LIGHT STRIP AT SEAT 14D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERAT - [SDR AALA20001318](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001318), Aug 8, 2000: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. DFW DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE AFT AIR STAIR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. RECONNECTED CONNECTOR ON AFT AIRSTAIR EMERGENCY LIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OP - [SDR AALA991926](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991926), Dec 14, 1999: CASTING. CRACKED. TUL - RIGHT STABILIZER HINGE CASTING CRACKED. ABOUT 1.50 INCHES LONG. REMOVED CRACKED AREA PER SRM 55-10-4. INSTALLED DOUBLER PLATE PER SRM 55-10-4. TST: 62,106 - [SDR AALA991923](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991923), Dec 14, 1999: SKIN. GOUGED. TUL - APPROXIMATE STA 320 CROWN SKIN GOUGED AT STR 4L. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA AND REPAIRED PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 14. (DOUBLER AND FILLER). AUTHORIZED BY ESO 11697 D - [SDR AALA991922](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991922), Dec 13, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - CRACK IN VERTICAL STABILIZER SKIN LEFT AT BOTTOM APPROXIMATE STA 1343. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SB 727-55-82 AND ESO 11697 DATED 12-10 - [SDR AALA991924](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991924), Dec 10, 1999: SPAR. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION AT LEFT REAR SPAR CAP 2 PLACES BETWEEN NR 4 AND NR 5 HINGES. INSTALLED REPAIR IAW ESO 11697 DATED 12-8-99. TST: 62,106 HOURS. CYCLES: 37,884. (X - [SDR AALA991925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991925), Dec 9, 1999: STRINGER. CRACKED. TUL - STRINGER 18A CRACKED OUTBOARD SIDE OF LEFT MLG WHEELWELL. CUT STR 18A 36 INCHES FORWARD OF STA 950 AND REPAIRED PER SB 727-53-0172 IAW SRM 53-30-3 SB REPA - [SDR AALA991331](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991331), Sep 7, 1999: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. TPA - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, AFT AIRSTAIRS OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED AFT AIRSTAIRS OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND - [SDR AALA991226](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991226), Aug 18, 1999: ACTUATOR. BROKEN. ORD - FLT 515 - ON APPROACH TO ORD FROM EWR, AIRCRAFT ROLLS RIGHT WITH FLAPS AT 25 DEGREES. AIRCRAFT LANDED ORD WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED NR 8 GROUND SPOILER A - [SDR AALA990059](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990059), Jan 9, 1999: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - SHEAR TIE CORRODED STATION 1130 BETWEEN STRINGER 29 LEFT AND STRINGER 30 AFT CARGO REF E58-0132199. REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW SHEAR TIE SUPPORT ANGLE - [SDR AALA990057](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990057), Jan 9, 1999: SPLICE. CORRODED. TUL - SPLICE STRAP CORRODED BETWEEN STRINGER 29L AND STRINGER 30. CUTOUT CORRODED SPLICE STRAP AND REPAIRED PER ESO 11697 DATED 1/8/99. - [SDR 99ZZZM136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZM136), Jan 9, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - SKIN CORRODED BETWEEN STRINGER 29L AND STRINGER 30 BOTH SIDES. CUT OUT CORRODED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER SRM 53-30-3. (M) - [SDR 99ZZZM135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZM135), Jan 9, 1999: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - SHEAR TIE CORRODED BETWEEN STRINGER 29L AND STRINGER 30. CUT OUT CORRODED LEG SHEAR TIE. FABRICATED AND INSTALL REPAIR ANGLE SRM 53-10-4. (M) - [SDR AALA990058](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990058), Jan 6, 1999: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND STRINGER 30 CORRODED FROM STATION 1151 TO STATION 1156. INSTALLED .090 J-DOUBLER OF 7075-T6 STRINGER 30 STATION 1148-1158 WITH 5 FASTENERS EACH SIDE - [SDR AALA980208](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA980208), Jan 19, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - SKIN CRACKED AT FOWARD ENTRY DOOR LOWER HINGE CUT OUT. CUT OUT CRACK, INSTALLED FILLERS AND DOUBLER IAW SB 727-53-0198. TST: 57,178 HOURS. CYCLES: 35,293. - [SDR AALA970976](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970976), May 28, 1997: LENS. MISSING. RDU - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, FORWARD GALLEY SERVICE DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN LENS COVER WITH ARROW MISSING. REPLACED FORWARD GALLEY SERVICE DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT - [SDR AALA970201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970201), Jan 24, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION INSIDE STR 27R. REMOVED CORROSION PER SRM 51-10-6 AND INSTALLED STRINGER REPAIR EPR SRM 53-10-3 PAGES 3 THROUGH 4B. TST: 54,635 HOURS. CYCLES, 3 - [SDR AALA970195](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970195), Jan 24, 1997: STRINGER. CRACKED. TUL - STRINGER 15R CRACKED FORWARD RIGHT. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-10-3. (M) - [SDR AALA970190](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970190), Jan 24, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON INNER FUSELAGE SKIN, STATION 480-485, STRINGER 27L-28L. CUT OUT CORRODED AREA AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-13 PAGE 14D. (M) - [SDR AALA970185](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970185), Jan 24, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON SKIN IN FORWARD CARGO. CUT OUT CORROSION AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER 53-30-3. TST: 54,657 HOURS. CYCLES, 33,951. (X) - [SDR AALA970184](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970184), Jan 24, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON SKIN IN FORWARD CARGO. CUT OUT CORROSION AND INSTALLED .100 INCH DOUBLER PER 53-30-3. TST: 54,657 HOURS. CYCLES, 33,951. (X) - [SDR AALA970182](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970182), Jan 24, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STR 10 FOUND WITH CORROSION AT BS 686. STOP DRILLED CRACK IN WS 10 AND INSTALLED REPAIR PER SB 727-57A159, FIG 18. TST: 54,657 HOURS. CYCLES, 33,951. (X) - [SDR AALA970180](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970180), Jan 24, 1997: BELL FRAME. CRACKED. TUL - BELL FRAME CRACKED STA 930, S14R. INSTALLED BELL FRAME REPAIR PER ESO 11697 DATED 12/30/96. TST: 54,635 HOURS. CYCLES, 33,952. (X) - [SDR AALA970188](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970188), Jan 22, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION AT ANGLES, BRACKETS FASTENERS AND SKIN ON AFT OF NLG SHELF, STATION 351-360, LWR EXT RECESS ANGLES CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED CORROS - [SDR AALA970179](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970179), Jan 18, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION INSIDE STR 26R, FS 680 TO FS 690. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION OF STRINGER REPAIR AT STR 26R STA 680 - STA 690 PER SRM 53-10-3. TST: 54,657 HOURS. CY - [SDR AALA970200](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970200), Jan 13, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ABOVE STR 26R, STA 710 AT SKIN LAP. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3. TST: 54,657 HOURS. CYCLES, 33,951. (X) - [SDR AALA970181](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970181), Jan 9, 1997: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON SHEAR TIE STA 720 BETWEEN STR 25 - STR 26R. REMOVED CORRODED SHEAR TIE AND REPLACED. TST: 54,657 HOURS. CYCLES, 33,951. (X) - [SDR AALA970197](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970197), Jan 6, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION IN AND ON STRINGER 27R FROM STATION 620 TO STATION 630. REMOVED CORROSION, REPAIRED FUSE STRINGER PER SRM 53-10-3 FIG 1. (M) - [SDR AALA970183](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970183), Jan 6, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STR 28L BETWEEN STA 580 - STA 600 HAS CORROSION ON OUTBOARD LEG. REMOVED CORROSION. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-3, FIGURE 2. TST: 54,657 HOURS. CYCLES, 33,951. - [SDR AALA970196](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970196), Jan 2, 1997: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - FORWARD GALLEY DOOR FRAME CORRODED. REMOVED AND REPLACED INSTALLED REPAIR PER SRM 51-40-3. (M) - [SDR AALA970194](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970194), Dec 30, 1996: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON TOP OF FLOORBEAM. REMOVED CORROSION AND REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-8. (M) - [SDR AALA970193](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970193), Dec 30, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. TUL - STRINGER CRACKED ON FLANGE. REPAIRED STRINGER PER SRM 53-10-31. (M) - [SDR AALA970192](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970192), Dec 30, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. TUL - STRINGER CRACKED AT FLANGE AREA. REPAIRED STRINGER PER 53-10-31. (M) - [SDR AALA970187](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970187), Dec 23, 1996: HAT CHANNEL. CORRODED. TUL - HAT CHANNEL FLANGES CORRODED THROUGHOUT LENGTH OF CHANNEL, 4 INCH BY 39 INCH PIECE CHANNEL. REPLACED HAT CHANNEL. (M) - [SDR AALA970186](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970186), Dec 23, 1996: HAT CHANNEL. CORRODED. TUL - HAT CHANNEL FLANGES CORRODED THROUGHOUT LENGTH OF CHANNEL 4 INCH BY 39 INCH PIECE CHANNEL. REPLACED HAT CHANNEL. (M) - [SDR AALA970191](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970191), Dec 20, 1996: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION TOP OF MAIN FLOORBEAM, STATION 380 RBL 40 AND RBL 65. REMOVED CORROSION, REPAIRED AFFECTED AREAS WITH DOUBLERS PER SRM 53-10-07-2. (M) - [SDR AALA970189](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA970189), Dec 20, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - SKIN BELOW STRINGER 26L BETWEEN STA 720E-720F CORRODED, LEVEL 2 DEGREE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3. (M) - [SDR AALA961381](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961381), Sep 22, 1996: CONNECTOR. BROKEN. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS IN FORWARD PART OF MAIN CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BROKEN EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT STRIP CONNECTORS AT FORWAR - [SDR AALA952056](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA952056), Dec 5, 1995: DUCT. RUPTURED. DFW - FLT 0471 - DURING MAXIMUM POWER TAKEOFF FROM ATL, AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDIC - [SDR AALA951979](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA951979), Nov 19, 1995: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. MIA - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS BY PAX SEAT ROW 17D INOPERATIVE. RESECURED LOOSE EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT CONNECTOR BY PAX SEAT ROW 17D. SYSTE - [SDR AALA951786](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA951786), Oct 13, 1995: EEL. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, FOUND OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT ROW 25 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT ROW 25. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED - [SDR AALA951374](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA951374), Aug 5, 1995: EEL STRIP. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT STRIP AT AFT CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT STRIP AT AFT CABIN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NOR ## 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 19820523028869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820523028869I), May 23, 1982: Boeing 727223 (N865AA), Chicago, IL. 2 Unscheduled landings due to pressurization problems. Inoperative cooling door and cooling valve muffler baffle. ## Other aircraft with N865AA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N865AA): Anduril Industries BARRACUDA 100, S/N PTV-05 - [Cancelled 2018-04-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N865AA-2018-04-02): Gulfstream Aerospace G1159B, S/N 048, built 1969. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Sky Opt LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SKY%20OPT%20LLC), [Chula Vista, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Chula%20Vista) --- 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.