# N8891Z: 1979 Boeing 727-225, registration cancelled 2010-07-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 20, 2010
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Boeing 727-225](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (registry code 1384077)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 21860
- Year built: 1979
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: November 27, 1979
- Certificate issued: June 29, 2004
- Last registry action: June 15, 2010
- Mode S code: AC41D7
- Owner when cancelled: [Dodson International Parts Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DODSON%20INTERNATIONAL%20PARTS%20INC)
- Location: [Rantoul, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Rantoul)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 38.5420° N, 95.1245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 66079, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8891Z
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8891Z
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8891Z-2010-07-20

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 727-225: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225.md

## Service difficulty reports (48)

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

- [SDR DL72S030022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S030022), Jan 3, 2003: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. MID OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REPLACED OVERHEAD LIGHT ASSY.
- [SDR DL72S021476](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S021476), Dec 26, 2002: HEATER. INOPERATIVE. F/O STATIC PORT HEATER INOP, ATB RETURN TO CVG. REPLACED STATIC PORT HEATER.
- [SDR DL72S021344](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S021344), Nov 19, 2002: STIFFENER. CRACKED. NBR #3 SLATI/B ACT CASTING CRACKED AT FASTNER HOLE REMOVE AND REPLACE STIFFENER
- [SDR DL72S021343](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S021343), Nov 19, 2002: ANGLE. CRACKED. 1/4IN CRACK AT NO.4 L/E SLAT LWR COVE SKIN ANGLE AT O/B STOP PAD REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-000-8
- [SDR DL72S021342](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S021342), Nov 19, 2002: WEB. CRACKED. FOUND ON C-1 LETTER CK, CRACK ON LT VERTICAL WEB STA 1233 AND 1218. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-2.
- [SDR DL72S020546](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020546), May 13, 2002: CHARGER. INOPERATIVE. AISLE CEILING EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN IN FIRST CLASS FLICKERS ON AND OFF WITH SWITCH IN ARMED OR OFF POSITION. REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK CHARGER. NOW LIGHT ASSY CHE
- [SDR DL72S020195](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020195), Feb 16, 2002: POWER SUPPLY. DISCHARGED. ON L/O FOUND FC EMERGENCY LIGHTS WOULD NOT TEST. REPLACED PWR SUPPLY.
- [SDR DL72S011841](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011841), Nov 21, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. R2 EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED R2 RACK AND BATTERY, OP CHECKS OK.
- [SDR DL72S011788](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011788), Nov 11, 2001: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LEFT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AND BATTERY RACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS. ALL EMERGENCY LIGHTS OP NORMAL.
- [SDR DL72S011291](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011291), Aug 6, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT BOTTOM OF AFT AIRSTAIRS INOP. REPLACED BATTERIES AND BATTERY HOLDER OPS CKD NML.
- [SDR DL72S011144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S011144), Jul 11, 2001: ACTUATOR. LEAKING. HYD A SYST QUANTITY AND PRESSURE LOSS WELL AFTER GEAR AND FLAP RETRACTION. COMPLETED POM. FOUND NR 6 KRUEGER FLAP ACTUATOR LEAKING, REPLACED SAME. REMOVED AND R
- [SDR DL72S010424](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010424), Mar 14, 2001: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. RT WING EMERG EXIT EXTERIOR LITE INOP REPLACED BATTERY PACK RT WING EMERG EXIT-OPS CKS GOOD
- [SDR DL72S020170](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S020170), Feb 11, 2001: ACTUATOR. FAILED. NR 4 SLAT LEFT WING REMAINED EXTENDED. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NR 4 SLAT ACTUATOR PER JIC OPN 7056.
- [SDR DL72S010240](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010240), Feb 11, 2001: GYRO. INOPERATIVE. RADAR STABILIZATION INOP, PANTS GROUND EITHER ONE SIDE OR OTHER. REPLACED NR 2 VERTICAL GYRO.
- [SDR DL72S010055](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S010055), Jan 10, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. MID CABIN OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND R2 EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED BATTERIES AND BATTERY PACK.
- [SDR DL72S002199](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S002199), Nov 8, 2000: BATTERY. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHT BETWEEN OVERWING EMERGENCY ESCAPE DOORS INOP. REPLACED BATTERY FOR LIGHT.
- [SDR DL72S002103](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S002103), Oct 24, 2000: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FOUND ON LAYOVER RIGHT WING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK.
- [SDR DL72S001786](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S001786), Sep 15, 2000: ANGLE. CRACKED. FOUND ON A1 LETTER CK, LOWER ATTACH ANGLE CRACKED FWD SIDE OF NR 8 SPOILER ACT MOUNT CASTING. REPAIRED PER MM 57-20-22.
- [SDR DL72S001769](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S001769), Sep 13, 2000: BULB. FAILED. RIGHT FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP IN ARMED MODE. RELAMPED, OPN CKS NORMAL.
- [SDR DL72S000996](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S000996), May 21, 2000: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING CLIMBOUT, NR 2 EPR BEGAN TO ROLL BACK FOLOWED BY N2. RESTORED ENG TO IDLE. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. TRIED TO ADVANCE POWER, ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. S
- [SDR DL72S000677](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S000677), Apr 8, 2000: ENGINE. SMOKE. SOMEONE ON GROUND REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM NR 1 ENG. ALL ENG IND NORMAL. A/C FOLLOWING REPORTED SMOKE STOPPED ONCE AIRBORNE. RETURNED TO DFW, NO ADDITIONAL PR
- [SDR DL72S991666](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991666), Jul 24, 1999: TR UNIT. INOP. WEATHER RADAR INOP. REPLACED TRANSCVR.
- [SDR DL72S991482](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S991482), Jun 29, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND CORRODED AT AN EXISTING SKIN REPAIR AT FS 705 AND STRINGER 28R. THE SKIN REPAIR WAS REMOVED, THE CORROSION CUTOUT, AND A NEW ALUMINU
- [SDR DL72S990706](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990706), Mar 30, 1999: CONTROLLER. MALFUNCTIONED. ON DESCENT INTO SEA, LOST PRESSURIZATION AT ABOUT 17,000 FEET. AUTO FAIL LT ILLUMINATED, TRIED STANDBY, NO JOY. CABIN CLIMBED, MASKS DEPLOYED. FINALLY GOT CONTR
- [SDR DL72S990014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990014), Jan 4, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHTED SIGNS LT OVERWING INOP ON TEST. REPLACED RACK AND BATTERY PACK, OPN CKS OK.
- [SDR DL72S982129](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S982129), Oct 12, 1998: BRACKET. CRACKED. THE O/B ACTUATOR SUPPORT BRACKETS ON THE NR 2 AND NR 7 SLATS WERE FOUND WITH TYPICAL CRACKS IN THE WEB AND DOUBLER ASSY. THE I/B AND O/B ACTUATOR SUPPORT BRACKE
- [SDR DL72S981863](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S981863), Sep 8, 1998: LIGHTS. INOP. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOP. TIGHTENED BULB CONNECTORS AND RELAMPED.
- [SDR DL72S981234](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S981234), Jun 9, 1998: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP RT SIDE EXTERIOR AFT OF THE AFT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT HATCH. RELAMPED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK REF M/M, CHECKS OK.
- [SDR DL72S980903](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980903), Apr 27, 1998: BRACKET. CRACKED. 1 INCH CRACK NR 8 SLAT INBD MOUNT BRKT. REPAIRED PER M/M 57-20-21 P. 812.
- [SDR DL72S971208](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971208), Jun 21, 1997: ACTUATOR. FAILED. RT A/C PACK TRIPPED PRIOR TO T/O, WHICH CAUSED CABIN TO FILL WITH SMOKE. FOUND RT GRD COOLING FAN INLET DOOR STICKING IN CLOSED POSITION. REPLACED RT GRD COOLIN
- [SDR DL72S971188](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971188), Jun 18, 1997: MULTIPLIER. FAILED. DURING TAXI OUT, FLT ATT REPORTED REAR OF AIRPLANE FILLING RAPIDLY WITH SMOKE. A/C EVACUATED VIA DOOR SLIDES, OVERWING EXIT DOORS AND REAR STAIRS. POSSIBLE RT P
- [SDR DL72S971179](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971179), Jun 18, 1997: OVEN. FOOD FIRE. NR 1 GALLEY OVEN IGNITED PAPER THAT WAS ON BACK OF FOOD CONTAINER. HALON BOTTLE USED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE. REPLACED HALON FIRE EXT, CLEANED AND INSPECTED OVENS.
- [SDR DL72P970689](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P970689), Apr 15, 1997: FRAME. CRACKED. THE TRANSVERSE BEAM FRAME LOCATED AT FS 1263 IN THE FUSELAGE RIGHT TORQUE BOX WAS FOUND WITH A 3.0 LONG CRACK. THE SUBJECT BEAM FRAME WILL BE REPLACED PER BAC S
- [SDR DL72P970459](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P970459), Mar 11, 1997: BULB. FAILED. RIGHT AFT EXIT EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERABLE. REPLACED BOTH BULBS, OPS OK.
- [SDR DL72P962503](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P962503), Nov 8, 1996: SKIN. DAMAGED. INBOARD END OF NR 1 MID-FLAP L/E SKIN DAMAGED, REPAIRED PER MM 57-52-0 FIG 803 REPAIR NR 3.
- [SDR DL72P962329](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P962329), Oct 9, 1996: BEARNG. CORROSION. FOUND DURING HMV, PITTING ON FWD AND AFT FACE OF NLG PIVOT BEARING CAP. REPAIRED AND REMOVED CORROSION PER SRM 53-40-1.
- [SDR DL72P962328](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P962328), Oct 9, 1996: BEARNG. CORROSION. FOUND DURING HMV, PITTING ON FWD AND AFT FACE AND TOP SURFACE OF NLG PIVOT BEARING CAP. REPAIRED AND REMOVED CORROSION PER SRM 53-40-1.
- [SDR DL72P962327](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P962327), Oct 9, 1996: BEARNG. CORROSION. FOUND DURING HMV, PITTING ON I/B FACE OF NLG PIVOT BEARING CAP. REPAIRED AND REMOVED CORRISION PER SRM 53-40-1.
- [SDR DL72P962326](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P962326), Oct 9, 1996: BEARNG. CORRODED. FOUND DURING HMV, PITTING ON I/B FACE AND LOWER SURFACE OF CAP OF NLG PIVOT BEARING. REMOVED CORROSION PER SRM 53-40-1.
- [SDR DL72P962325](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P962325), Oct 9, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. FOUND DURING HMV, STRINGER 6L FIN STA 157.2 IS CRACKED. INSTALLED NEW ANGLE PER M/M 55-30-0.
- [SDR DL72P962324](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P962324), Oct 9, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. FOUND DURING HMV, STRINGER 10L FIN ST 133.80 IS CRACKED. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE PER M/M 53-30-0 FIG 803.
- [SDR DL72P962323](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P962323), Oct 9, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. FOUND DURING HMV, STRINGER 6L FIN ST IS CRACKED. INSTALLED NEW ANGLE PER M/M 55-30-0.
- [SDR DL72P961144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P961144), Apr 16, 1996: BULKHEAD WEB. CRACKED. THE BS 1183 BULKHEAD WEB WAS FOUND CRACKED AT RBL 26. THERE IS A .25 INCH CRACK AT WL 170. THE WEB IS A BONDED ASSEMBLY OF 2024-T3 CLAD WITH A LOCAL THICKNESS O
- [SDR DL72P960867](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P960867), Apr 15, 1996: ANGLE. CRACKED. FOUND ON C-CHECK, NR 7 SLAT COVE SKIN LWR ATTACH ANGLE IS CRACKED. REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0.
- [SDR DL72P960866](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P960866), Apr 15, 1996: ANGLE. CRACKED. FOUND ON C-CHECK, NR 2 SLAT COVE SKIN LWR ATTACH ANGLE IS CRACKED AT TIA DUCT. REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0.
- [SDR DL72P960865](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P960865), Apr 15, 1996: COVE SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND ON C-CHECK, NR 3 SLAT LWR COVE SKIN ATTACH ANGLE IS CRACKED AT I/B STOP PAD. REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0.
- [SDR DL72P960537](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P960537), Mar 10, 1996: ACTUATOR. FAILED. POSITION NR 4 LE FLAP WENT UNLOCK FL 270 IN CLIMB. RECYCLED, UNABLE TO GET RETRACT INDICATION. CORRECTIVE ACTION....REPLACED LE ACTUATOR POS NR 4 PER MM 27-81-2
- [SDR DL72P953937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72P953937), Sep 26, 1995: SKIN. CORROSION. DURING INSPECTION OF THE LOWER WING SKIN PER EO 4-37113-3, CORROSION WAS DISCOVERED ON THE AFT SKIN BETWEEN S-5C AND S-3C AT APPROXIMATELY LBL 30 AND RBL 30. MT

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

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 20000226001739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000226001739I), Feb 26, 2000: Boeing 727225 (N8891Z), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On Saturday, February 26, 2000, a Boeing 727, N8891Z, flight 780, operated by delta airlines, immediately after takeoff from Syracuse, new york…
- [Incident 19970618019399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970618019399I), Jun 18, 1997: Boeing 727225 (N8891Z), Las Vegas, NV. Narrative: on Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at approximately 0700 local time, flight 1678 departed the gate destination cincinnati, Ohio, as the aircraft taxied to…
- [Incident 19851211068249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851211068249I), Dec 11, 1985: Boeing 727225 (N8891Z), Kansas City, MO, Minor damage. Left main gear slid off taxiway during turn from runway. Hard packed snow and extremely slippery.

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