# N8887Z: 1979 Boeing 727-225, registration cancelled 2007-09-11

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 11, 2007
- Exported to: Malaysia
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Boeing 727-225](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (registry code 1384077)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (registry code 52051)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 21856
- Year built: 1979
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: May 31, 1998
- Certificate issued: January 11, 2006
- Last registry action: January 11, 2006
- Mode S code: AC3EF2
- Owner when cancelled: [Custom Air Transport Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CUSTOM%20AIR%20TRANSPORT%20INC)
- Location: [Fort Lauderdale, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Fort%20Lauderdale)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 26.0873° N, 80.1829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33312, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8887Z
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8887Z
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8887Z-2007-09-11

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 727-225: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225.md

## Service difficulty reports (18)

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

- [SDR C7WA200400051](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400051), Sep 22, 2004: STRINGER. CORRODED. STR 27 RT CORRODED STA 620. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-10-6 AND INSTALLED STRINGER REPAIR IAW SRM 53-10-4 FIG 1, DETAIL 2.
- [SDR C7WA200400046](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400046), Sep 22, 2004: SUPPORT ANGLE. CORRODED. SUPPORT ANGLE CORRODED AT STA 1030 TO 1050 BETWEEN STR 29 AND 30 RT. REPAIR ANGLE FABRICATED IAW SAMPLE IAW SRM 51-20-1 AND 51-40-3. MATERIAL USED 7075-T6 X .05
- [SDR C7WA200400043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400043), Sep 22, 2004: SKIN. CORRODED. FUSELAGE LOWER SKIN AT STA 990 STR 28 RT. CORRODED AND TWO RIVETS MISSING. INSTALLED EXTERNAL SKIN REPAIR IAW SRM. 53-30-3 FIG 3. DOUBLER MATERIAL USED, 2024-T3
- [SDR C7WA200400042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400042), Sep 22, 2004: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. ELECTRONIC COMPARTMENT DOOR CUTOUT AFT FRAME CORRODED STA 450 BETWEEN STRINGER 27 RT AND 27 LT. REMOVED AND REPLACED FRAME SECTION. FABRICATED NEW FRAME SECTION
- [SDR C7WA200400044](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400044), Sep 22, 2004: STRINGER. CORRODED. STRINGER 28 RT CORRODED AT STA 990. REPLACED DAMAGED KEELBEAM SECTION IAW EO NR 1M-727-53-0236 AND DRAWING 65-56441-8.
- [SDR C7WA200400045](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400045), Sep 22, 2004: SKIN. CORRODED. FUSELAGE LOWER SKIN AT STA 720B, STR 28 RT CORRODED. INSTALLED EXTERNAL SKIN REPAIR IAW SRM 53-30-3, FIG 1 DOUBLER MATERIAL USED, 2024-T3 X.160 INCH X 27 INCHES
- [SDR C7WA200400050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400050), Sep 22, 2004: STRINGER. CORRODED. STRINGER 29 RT CORRODED AT STA 950A. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-10-6 AND INSTALLED REPAIR ON RT FLANGE IAW SB 727-0170.
- [SDR C7WA20040922](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA20040922), Sep 22, 2004: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. SHEAR TIE CORRODED AT STA 950A BETWEEN STR 28 AND STR 29 RT. REPAIRED SHEAR TIE IAW SRM 53-10-4 FIG 11 MATERIAL USED 7075-T6 X .050 INCH X 6 INCHES X 11 INCHES.
- [SDR C7WA200400048](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400048), Sep 22, 2004: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. SHEAR TIE CORRODED AT STA 970 BETWEEN STR 28 AND 29 LT. REPAIRED SHEAR TIE IAW SRM 53-10-4 FIG 11, MATERIAL USED 7075-T6 X .050 INCH X 6 INCHES X 11 INCHES.
- [SDR C7WA200400047](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400047), Sep 22, 2004: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. SHEAR TIE CORRODED AT STA 970 BETWEEN STR 28 AND 29 RT. REPAIRED SHEAR TIE IAW SRM 53-10-4 FIG 11. MATERIAL USED 7075-T6 X .050 INCH X 6 INCHES X 11 INCHES.
- [SDR C7WA200400038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400038), Sep 14, 2004: TRANSDUCER. INOPERATIVE. AIR RETURN: DURING CLIMBOUT UPPER RUDDER DEFLECTED TO FULL RT YAW DAMPER POSITION THEN BEGAN OSCILLATING LT TO RT CONTINUOUSLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED UPPER YAW D
- [SDR C7WA200200040](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200200040), Mar 4, 2003: PAN. CRACKED. L1 DOOR VERY HARD TO CLOSE. DURING INSPECTION OF DOOR FOUND CRACKS IN DOOR PAN AROND UPPER AND LOWER TORQUE TUBES. REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD ENTRANCE DOOR. (
- [SDR C7WA200200039](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200200039), Oct 31, 2002: DUCT. LOOSE. NR 3 ENGINE STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON TAKEOFF WHILE CLIMBING 200 FEET. EPRS 2.08/2.11. THROTTLES BACKED OFF TO 1.7 EPR LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. TROUBLESHOO
- [SDR C7WA200200038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200200038), Oct 31, 2002: BRACKET. MISINSTALLED. UPON GEAR RETRACTION, RED RIGHT GEAR LIGHT AND RED DOORS LIGHT REMAIN ILLUMINATED, AS WELL AS SECOND OFFICERS AMBER RIGHT GEAR DOOR LIGHT, CYCLED GEAR. UPON TRO
- [SDR C7WA200200037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200200037), Oct 30, 2002: CLAMP. LOOSE. NR 3 ENGINE STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON TAKEOFF, EPRS 2.01/2.03 WHEN THROTTLES BACKED OFF TO 1.7 EPR LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. TIGHTENED LOOSE CLAMP IN STRUT 
- [SDR C7WA200200036](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200200036), Oct 30, 2002: DOOR. OUT OF RIG. UPON GEAR RETRACTION RED RIGHT GEAR LIGHT AND RED DOORS LIGHT REMAIN ILLUMINATED. CYCLED GEAR 3 TIMES, NO HELP. AIR TURNBACK. RE-RIGGED RIGHT GEAR DOOR PER MM 3
- [SDR COOSDR00032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COOSDR00032), Feb 15, 2001: FITTING. CORRODED. INSPECTION REPORTED A CORRODED FORWARD SUPPORT TRUNNION BEARING FITTING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.
- [SDR COOSDR000033](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COOSDR000033), Feb 15, 2001: TORQUE BOX. FATIGUED. COOPESA REPORTED THE NOSE WHEEL WELL TORQUE BOX LOWER CHORD LBL 19, WL 148 CHORD WITH CORROSION. REPLACED THE SUBJECT CHORD. PROBABLE CAUSE OF CORROSION WAS FAT

## 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 20020212002619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020212002619I), Feb 12, 2002: Boeing 727225 (N8887Z), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Tuesday, February 12, 2002, delta flight #873, a B-727-225, N8887Z, departed the Buffalo niagara international airport and experienced a forward cargo…
- [Incident 19880724055669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880724055669I), Jul 24, 1988: Boeing 727225 (N8887Z), Atlantic Ocean, FL. Encountered turbulence near thunderstorms. Seat belt sign on. 8 passengers and 3 attendants received minor injuries

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