# N916F: 1967 Douglas DC-9-15F, registration cancelled 2015-12-30 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 30, 2015 - Exported to: Mexico - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Douglas DC-9-15F](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-15f) (registry code 3022037) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053) - Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 47044 - Year built: 1967 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: November 2, 1988 - Certificate issued: December 17, 2013 - Last registry action: December 17, 2013 - Mode S code: ACAD72 - 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/N916F - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=916F - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N916F-2015-12-30 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 Douglas DC-9-15F: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-15f.md ## Service difficulty reports (20) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR EIA2004042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIA2004042), Jun 11, 2004: BATTERY. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN COCKPIT EXTREMELY DIM WHEN TURNED ON. REPLACED COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PER DC9 MM 33-53-0, OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR EIA2003057](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIA2003057), Apr 11, 2003: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN AT LWR AFT CORNER OF MAIN DOOR JAMB CRACKED. REPAIRED PER DC9 SRM 53-05 FIG 103 PAGE 407-418 & 420. REPAIR IS CAT-B N5343 ASSIGNED INSP WITHIN 28, - [SDR EIA2003055](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIA2003055), Apr 8, 2003: CROSSBEAM. CRACKED. L1 DOOR CROSSBEAM 2ND FROM TOP .5 INCH CRACK AT FWD END IN RADIUS. REPAIRED L1 DOOR CROSSBEAM, BLENDED EDGE AO PART REF DC9 SRM 53-01 FIG 1, STOPPED DRILLED CRA - [SDR ERKR200100154](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ERKR200100154), Aug 27, 2001: FRAME. DAMAGED. FRAME HAS ELONGATED FASTENER HOLE, FS 303, L15 LEFT. - [SDR ERKR200100153](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ERKR200100153), Aug 27, 2001: LONGERON. CORRODED. LONGERON 30 CORROSION - FS 285. - [SDR ERKR200100151](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ERKR200100151), Aug 27, 2001: DOUBLER. CRACKED. L1 DOOR UPPER FWD CORNER INNER DOUBLER CRACK. - [SDR ERKR200100150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ERKR200100150), Aug 27, 2001: PAN. CRACKED. CRACKED INNER DOOR PAN ON AFT CARGO PIT DOOR (P/N: 5910157-5). - [SDR ERKR200100149](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ERKR200100149), Aug 24, 2001: SKIN. DAMAGED. UPPER CARGO DOOR OUTER SKIN DAMAGED. - [SDR EIA2001238](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIA2001238), Aug 1, 2001: DOUBLER. CRACKED. FOUND LEFT FORWARD ENTRANCE DOOR FORWARD UPPER CORNER INNER DOUBLER HAS TWO CRACKS FROM EDGE GOING FORWARD. REMOVED DAMAGE AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS AND FIL - [SDR EIA2001234](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIA2001234), Jul 30, 2001: FRAME. CRACKED. MZJ - FOUND STATION 897 LEFT L17 FRAME CRACKED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-30-05, 53-03, FIGURE 32, SHT 5, AND 51-10-2, 51-10-3. (M) - [SDR EIA2001237](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIA2001237), Jul 20, 2001: LONGERON. CORRODED. MZJ - FOUND CORROSION ON LONGERON 30 NEAR STATION 290. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR STRAP ON LONGERON 30 AT STATION 290 PER ECRA 916-53-033-2. (M) - [SDR EIA2001015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIA2001015), Mar 14, 2001: ENGINE. FAILED. KFAR - RIGHT ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT. (M) - [SDR EIA2000038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIA2000038), Aug 12, 2000: BRAKE ASSY. MALFUNCTIONED. STL - FLT 460 - WHEN CHECKING LEFT BRAKE SYSTEM DURING TAXI INTO STL, LEFT BRAKE PRESS GOES TO ZERO WHEN PEDALS DEFLECTED, AND REQUIRES PUMPING UP WITH PEDALS T - [SDR EIAA990181](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIAA990181), Jul 22, 1999: SEAT. MISINSTALLED. MMV - DURING EVALUATION, FOUND THAT COURIER SEAT INSTALLED PER STC SA2398S0 DID NOT C/W THE 9G FORWARD REQUIREMENT OF FAR 25.561. COURIER SEAT IS DEACTIVATED PE - [SDR EIA980378](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIA980378), Dec 28, 1998: CONNECTOR. DIRTY. ABQ - ON APPROACH TO KDEN, NO SAFE GEAR DOWN INDICATION, LOW APPROACH FLOWN AND TOWER REPORTED GEAR HANGING. RETURNED TO ABQ, EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST - [SDR EIAA970198](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIAA970198), Oct 10, 1997: LIGHT. MALFUNCTIONED. STA - ABQ - LOG PAGE: F32459 - EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED IN-FLIGHT. COULD NOT DUPLICATE, CHECKED EMERGENCY BATTERY AND LIGHTS. (X) - [SDR EIAA96103](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIAA96103), Dec 8, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, DISCOVERED EXFOLIATION CORROSION ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 642, LONGERON 30, BL 0.0. AFFECTED AREA WAS TRIMMED TO REMOVE CORRO - [SDR 97ZZZM180](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM180), Dec 8, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. DURNG C-CHECK INSPECTION DISCOVERED EXFOLIATION CORROSION ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN AT BS 642, LONGERON 30, BL 0. THE CORRODED AREA MEASURED 5.25 INCH - [SDR 97ZZZM179](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM179), Dec 8, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION DISCOVERED EXFOLIATION CORROSION ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN AT BS 642, LONGERON 30, BL 0. THE CORRODED AREA MEASURED 5.25 INC - [SDR EIAA9680](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EIAA9680), Nov 1, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. MZJ - EXFOLIATION CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIIN AT BS 642, LONGERON 30, AND BL 0.000. CORRODED AREA MEASURES 5.25 INCH LONG AND 4.90 ## 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 19981227043619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981227043619I), Dec 27, 1998: Doug DC915F (N916F), Albuquerque, NM. (-5)Flight 506 abq/den on approach to den extended landing gear, no green gear down and locked lights, retracted gear, no unsafe/transit lights, flight elected… ## Other aircraft with N916F - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N916F): Flight Design Gen Avn F2-M160, S/N T-26-02-02, built 2026 --- 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.