# N918VJ: 1981 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31, registration cancelled 2003-06-25 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: June 25, 2003 - Exported to: Netherlands - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-31) (registry code 302206A) - Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 48138 - Year built: 1981 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development - Airworthiness date: August 22, 2001 - Certificate issued: July 11, 2002 - Last registry action: January 10, 2003 - Mode S code: ACB647 - Owner when cancelled: [Alameda Corp Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ALAMEDA%20CORP%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [San Antonio, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/San%20Antonio) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 29.5387° N, 98.4913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78216, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N918VJ - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=918VJ - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N918VJ-2003-06-25 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 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-31.md ## Service difficulty reports (24) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR USAA010160](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA010160), Jan 8, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. PIT - FOUND SKIN CRACKED .75 INCH, STATION 101.50 RIGHT AFT NOSE GEAR DOOR HINGE CUTOUT. REPLACED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-05, FIG 62. (M) - [SDR USAADD00160](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAADD00160), Oct 6, 2000: COALESCER BAG. CONTAMINATED. MEM-CLT - FLT 1222 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CABIN BEGAN TO FILL UP WITH SMOKE. THE AIR CONDITIONING PACKS WERE TURNED OFF AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND L - [SDR USAAD00156](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD00156), Sep 30, 2000: SOCKET. FAILED. IND - ONE FLOOR TRACK EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED ONE LAMP HOLDER. (M) - [SDR USAAD99173](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD99173), Dec 7, 1999: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. IAD - FOUND THE PIN PULLED ON THE MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR EMERGENCY CHUTE LIGHT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BATTERY. LIGHT CHECKS GOOD. (M) - [SDR USAAD99169](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD99169), Dec 1, 1999: LIGHT. FAILED. LGA - THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR EMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR EMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. (X) - [SDR USAA991299](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA991299), Nov 12, 1999: DOOR PAN. CRACKED. PIT - DURING C-1 CHECK, FOUND APPROX 9 INCH CRACK ON PANEL ASSEMBLY UPPER FORWARD DOOR OF MED DOOR PAN. DEFECTIVE PART REPLACED WITH IDENTICAL PART NR 95269. (M - [SDR USAA991298](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA991298), Nov 12, 1999: DOOR PAN. CRACKED. PIT - DURING C-1 CHECK, FOUND SMALL CRACK APPROX .25 INCH LONG AT FORWARD DOOR PAN AREA JUST ABOVE HINGE CLEARANCE CUT OUT. DEFECTIVE PART REPLACED WITH IDENTIC - [SDR USAAD99133](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD99133), Sep 16, 1999: SWITCH. DIRTY. BUF-DCA - FLT 1263 - DURING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, ALL THREE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH NO GREEN LIGHTS. AFTER GEAR WAS RECYCLED, INDICATION - [SDR USAAD99102](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD99102), Jul 26, 1999: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. IND - ONE SECTION OF THE LOW LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LOW LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY. (M) - [SDR USAAD99098](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD99098), Jul 18, 1999: POWER SUPPLY. FAILED. IND - THE CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROWS 9 THROUGH 13 WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY. (X) - [SDR USAAD99008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD99008), Jan 12, 1999: COALESCER BAG. CONTAMINATED. CLT/CLE - FLT 1174 - DURING APPROACH, THE LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS ACTIVATED. AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE BLEEDS, THE SMOKE DETECTORS RETURNED TO NORMAL. MAINT - [SDR USAAD98217](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD98217), Dec 21, 1998: SENSOR. OUT OF ADJUST. PIT-AVP - FLT 1182 - UPON LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE NO - [SDR USAAD98176](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD98176), Oct 7, 1998: CONTROL BOX. FAILED. PIT - FLT 7900 - DURING MAINTENANCE TEST HOP THE NOSE LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATED DURING FLIGHT WITH ANY GEAR EXTENSION METHOD, NORMAL OR NON - [SDR USAA980526](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980526), Oct 7, 1998: BEAM. CORRODED. PIT - DURING Q-1 CHECK, FOUND CORROSION ON LAV FLOORBEAM, 6 AREAS, .375 INCH WIDE .035 INCH DEEP AT STATION 980 RT LAV AT HOLD DOWN HOLES. (M) - [SDR USAA980486](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980486), Oct 7, 1998: FLANGE. CRACKED. PIT - DURING Q-1 CHECK, FOUND .375 INCH CRACK AT LEFT DRAG ANGLE AT FOURTH RIVET FROM AFT END ON HORIZONTAL FLANGE. FABRICATED SPLICE AND REPAIRED PER SRM 53-05 - [SDR USAA980485](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA980485), Oct 7, 1998: PAN. CRACKED. PIT - DURING Q-1 CHECK, FOUND .25 INCH LONG CRACK AT FORWARD CARGO DOOR PAN RADIUS ADJACENT TO NR 5 DOOR STOP AT BLIND NUT HOLE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER EA 50572. - [SDR USAAD98074](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD98074), Apr 25, 1998: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. IND - THE CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS BETWEEN ROWS 4 AND 8 WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES. (M) - [SDR USAAD98015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD98015), Jan 21, 1998: SLIDE. SLOW TO OPERATE. BOS - AFT ESCAPE SLIDE REQUIRED 15 SECONDS TO DEPLOY DURING TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SLIDE ASSY. (M) - [SDR USAAD978010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD978010), Jan 17, 1998: POWER SUPPLY. FAILED. CMH - LEFT EXIT WINDOW EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY. (M) - [SDR USAAD97181](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97181), Oct 9, 1997: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DTW - GALLEY DOOR EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE LIGHT DIM. REPLACED BATTERY ON GALLEY DOOR SLIDE LIGHT. (M) - [SDR USAAD97030](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97030), Jan 31, 1997: WIRE. CHAFED. LGA - FLOOR LEVEL LIGHTS INOPERATIVE AT ROWS 7-13. REPLACED CHAFED WIRE UNDER SEAT AT FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT ROW ON RIGHT SIDE. (M) - [SDR USAAD97010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97010), Jan 12, 1997: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. SDF - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT FORWARD OVERWING EXIT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY AND BATTERY PACK. (M) - [SDR USAAD96136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD96136), Sep 29, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FLOOR PATH EMERGENCY LIGHTS DIM AT SECTIONS 2, 3, 4, AND 5. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT AFT FLOOR PATH POWER SUPPLY. (M) - [SDR USAAD96061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD96061), May 17, 1996: RETRACT MECH. OUT OF ADJUST. JFK/PIT - FLT 721 - AFTER TAKEOFF, RETRACTING GEAR, NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT STAYED ON, AND THERE WAS A LOUD VIBRATION. RECYCLED GEAR, DID SAME THING. ON WALK-ARO ## 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 19950309006549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950309006549I), Mar 9, 1995: Doug DC931 (N918VJ), Ithaca, NY. Narrative: on March 9, 1995 at approximately 0758 EST a us air DC-9, N918VJ, while taxiing to the terminal after landing got stuck in a snow drift when the… - [Incident 19920914056029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920914056029I), Sep 14, 1992: Doug DC931 (N918VJ), Worcester, MA, Minor damage. Deer crossing runway. Aborted takeoff roll. Blew main tires. Smoke from tires. Evacuated aircraft. --- 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.