# N8860: Douglas DC9-15, registration cancelled 2025-12-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 9, 2025
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Douglas DC9-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc9-15) (registry code 3022036)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 45797
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: August 11, 1972
- Certificate issued: October 23, 2020
- Last registry action: March 24, 2023
- Mode S code: AC3677
- Owner when cancelled: [Frontera Flight Holdings Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FRONTERA%20FLIGHT%20HOLDINGS%20INC)
- Location: [Dover, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Dover)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.1815° N, 75.4736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19901, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8860
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8860
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8860-2025-12-09

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 DC9-15: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc9-15.md

## 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 19840319012749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840319012749I), Mar 19, 1984: Doug DC915 (N8860), Westmifflin, PA, Minor damage. A deer ran in front of the landing aircraft and was cut in half by the left main gear. The gear was damaged.
- [Incident 19811208089209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811208089209I), Dec 8, 1981: Doug DC915 (N8860), Newark, NJ. Leaving parking area, wing tip struck a parked aircraft.

## Other aircraft with N8860

- [Cancelled 1948-04-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8860-1948-04-20): Travel Air 2000T, S/N 912. Owner: [Green Robert  Green Richard & Walton Eugene](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GREEN%20ROBERT%20%20GREEN%20RICHARD%20%26%20WALTON%20EUGENE), [Baltimore, MD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MD/Baltimore)

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