# N931TW: 1987 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83), registration cancelled 2017-05-22

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 22, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired
- Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (registry code 3022083)
- 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: 49527
- Year built: 1987
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: June 29, 1987
- Certificate issued: April 23, 2014
- Last registry action: April 23, 2014
- Mode S code: ACEB1E
- Owner when cancelled: [Delta Air Lines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DELTA%20AIR%20LINES%20INC)
- Location: [Atlanta, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Atlanta)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 33.6604° N, 84.3865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 30354, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N931TW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=931TW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N931TW-2017-05-22

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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-9-83(MD-83): https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83.md

## Service difficulty reports (88, newest 50)

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

- [SDR AALA20131115002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20131115002), Nov 15, 2013: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. SECTION OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS STAY ON WHEN MAIN SHIPS BATTERY SWITCH PLACED TO OFF. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20130930001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130930001), Sep 30, 2013: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. CABIN EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20130714010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130714010), Jul 14, 2013: PRESSURE SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. RT ENGINE OIL FILTER CLOG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACCOMPLISHED QRH PROCEDURE & LIGHT STAYED ON FOR FIVE MINUTES AT IDLE THRUST THEN EXTINGUISHED. REPLACED DIFFERENTI
- [SDR AALA20130109018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130109018), Jan 9, 2013: ACTUATOR. INOPERATIVE. AUS - CREW REPORTED HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS JAMMED AND NOT RESPONDING TO ANY INPUT FROM THE FLIGHT CREW. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT LANDED AUS LANDED WITHOUT I
- [SDR AALA20121202003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20121202003), Dec 1, 2012: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT 18 AND 19 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK IN OVERHEAD BIN AT 20DEF. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20120906030](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906030), Sep 6, 2012: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. LEFT CUSP SHEET CRACKED AT STATION 1022 BELOW NUMBER 2 SEAT TRACK. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20120906029](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906029), Sep 6, 2012: CUSP WEB. DAMAGED. LEFT CUSP AT STATION 1194 HAS SMALL TEAR UNDER SEAT TRACK NUMBER 1 OUTBOARD FLANGE LEFT BUTTLINE 55. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20120906028](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906028), Sep 6, 2012: CUSP WEB. CRACKED. CRACK IN LEFT CUSP AT STATION 223 THAT HAS A TEMPORARY REPAIR STOP DRILL. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20120906027](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906027), Sep 6, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT CUSP FROM STATIONS 1165 TO 1174. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16 AND BOEING DRAWING SG09530019.
- [SDR AALA20120906026](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906026), Sep 6, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON BOTTOM OF RIGHT CUSP AT STATION 1254. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20120906025](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906025), Sep 6, 2012: FRAME. DAMAGED. STATION 750, LONGERON 6 RIGHT, GOUGE IN FRAME LOWER LIP. INSTALLED J-ANGLE REPAIR PER AARD 53-10-00-17.
- [SDR AALA20120906024](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906024), Sep 6, 2012: PAN. CRACKED. CABIN WINDOW PAN CRACKED AT UPPER FORWARD CORNER BETWEEN STATIONS 886 TO 905 RIGHT SIDE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20120906023](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906023), Sep 6, 2012: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACKS IN FUSELAGE SKIN FROM STATIONS 1182 TO 1193 LONGERON 5 RIGHT. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 53-04-03 FIGURE 4.
- [SDR AALA20120906022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906022), Sep 6, 2012: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 394 LONGERON 6 RIGHT. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 53-04-03.
- [SDR AALA20120906021](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906021), Sep 6, 2012: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 295 LONGERON 6 RIGHT CRACKED. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 53-04-03.
- [SDR AALA20120906020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906020), Sep 6, 2012: SKIN. CRACKED. TOP OF FUSELAGE STATION 750 RIGHT CRACK IN SKIN ABOVE LONGERON 4 RIGHT. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04-03.
- [SDR AALA20120906019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120906019), Sep 6, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. LEFT CUSP FROM STATIONS 1174 TO 1176 CORRODED. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20120905006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120905006), Sep 5, 2012: WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON TOP OF WEB AT STATION 1215 BETWEEN LONGERONS 29 AND 28 RIGHT. INSTALLED WEB SPLICE PER AARD 53-10-00-24.
- [SDR AALA20120831017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120831017), Aug 31, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. LEFT CUSP CORRODED, TOP AND BOTTOM, FROM STATIONS 469 TO 482. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
- [SDR AALA20120830006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120830006), Aug 30, 2012: SUPPORT ANGLE. CRACKED. STATION 845 AND BELOW NUMBER 4 SEAT TRACK HAS VERTICAL ANGLE CRACKED. INSTALLED NEW SUPPORT ANGLE FOR SEAT TRACK NUMBER 4 AT STATION 845 PER AARD 51-00-05-01.
- [SDR AALA20120828016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120828016), Aug 28, 2012: PAN. CRACKED. CABIN WINDOW PAN CRACKED UPPER FORWARD CORNER BETWEEN STATIONS 886 TO 905 RIGHT SIDE. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20120828012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120828012), Aug 28, 2012: PAN. CRACKED. CABIN LEFT WINDOW PAN CRACKED LOWER FORWARD CORNER STATION 1193. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
- [SDR AALA20120828002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120828002), Aug 28, 2012: RIB. CRACKED. NUMBER 5 SLAT, RIB HAS CRACK INDICATION 2ND RIB FROM OUTBOARD END, NUMBER 14 TRACK. REPLACED NUMBER 14 RIB PER ESO 80117.
- [SDR AALA20120826006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120826006), Aug 26, 2012: SUPPORT FITTING. CRACKED. STATION 927, BELOW SEAT TRACK NUMBER 5, SUPPORT FITTING CRACKED. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE FITTING AS PER AARD 51-00-05-1.
- [SDR AALA20111202DFW04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20111202DFW04), Dec 1, 2011: CONNECTOR. DEFECTIVE. SEAT 26D EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPINNED SEAT 26D EMERGENCY LIGHT QUICK DISCONNECT. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20111202DFW03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20111202DFW03), Dec 1, 2011: LENS. MISSING. ROW 13 OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT MISSING LENS. REPLACED LENS FOR ROW 13 OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20111202DFW01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20111202DFW01), Dec 1, 2011: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. SEAT 16D EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 16D. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20110801TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110801TUL02), Aug 1, 2011: GENERATOR. FAILED. DTW - INFLIGHT ORD-EWR. CREW REPORTED AUXILIARY POWER UNIT FAILED WITH RIGHT ENGINE GENERATOR ON PLACARD. FLIGHT DIVERTED DTW LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT 
- [SDR AALA20110617TUL07](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110617TUL07), Jun 17, 2011: SKIN. DENTED. RIGHT WING FLAP WEDGE NUMBER 2 HAS HAIL DENT BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH FRAME. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 57-03-00 CLASS B FIGURE 8.
- [SDR AALA20110617TUL06](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110617TUL06), Jun 17, 2011: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT WING, OUTBOARD FLAP, DENT IN NUMBER 1 WEDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 57-03-00 CLASS B FIGURE 8.
- [SDR AALA20110617TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110617TUL05), Jun 17, 2011: SKIN. DENTED. LEFT WING, OUTBOARD FLAP, DENT IN NUMBER 1 WEDGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 57-03-00 CLASS B FIGURE 8.
- [SDR AALA20110617TUL04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110617TUL04), Jun 17, 2011: SKIN. DENTED. RIGHT WING FLAP WEDGE NUMBER 2 HAS HAIL DENT BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH FRAME .025 INCHES DEEP 5.5 INCHES AFT OF FLAP FRONT SPAR. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 57-0
- [SDR AALA20110617TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20110617TUL02), Jun 17, 2011: SKIN. DENTED. RIGHT WING FLAP WEDGE NUMBER 1 HAS HAIL DENT BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH FRAME .035 INCHES AFT OF FLAP FRONT SPAR. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 57-03-00 CLASS B FIG
- [SDR AALA20101201TUL22](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20101201TUL22), Dec 1, 2010: TERMINAL. LOOSE. OMA - CREW REPORTED RIGHT GENERATOR FAILED AND ELECTRICAL ODOR IN CABIN. FIRST OFFICERS INSTRUMENTS WENT BLANK AND THE FLIGHT WAS IN INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS. EMER
- [SDR AALA20101126TUL07](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20101126TUL07), Nov 26, 2010: RELAY. FAULTY. SMF - CREW REPORTED RIGHT ENGINE GENERATOR FAILED ON TAKEOFF. FLIGHT RETURNED SMF LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED RELAY ASSEMBL
- [SDR AALA20100818DFW04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100818DFW04), Aug 18, 2010: RESERVOIR. LEAKING. DFW - CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD LOST THE ENTIRE RIGHT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO WITH A SPIKE IN HYDRAULIC QUANTITY. EMERGENCY DECL
- [SDR AALA20100203LGA01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100203LGA01), Jan 31, 2010: BATTERY PACK. MALFUNCTIONED. EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE AT CEILING PANELS ROW 28DEF, 30DEF, AND 33DEF. RESET BATTERY PACK AT ROW 28DEF. OPS CHECKS NORMAL.
- [SDR AALA20100115TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100115TUL03), Jan 15, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACK IN FRAME 1497 LEFT SIDE BETWEEN INTERCOSTALS FORWARD OF LEFT LOWER TAIL CONE LATCH. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-15.
- [SDR AALA20100114TUL12](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100114TUL12), Jan 14, 2010: SHEAR TIE. DAMAGED. SHEAR TIE FLANGE AT OUTBOARD STATION 1380, LONGERON 13 TO 14 RIGHT IS DAMAGED. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-20.
- [SDR AALA20100114TUL11](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100114TUL11), Jan 14, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACK IN FRAME 1418 AT LONGERON 2 RIGHT. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-15.
- [SDR AALA20100114TUL10](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100114TUL10), Jan 14, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACK IN FRAME AT STATION 1418 AT LONGERON 2 LEFT. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-15.
- [SDR AALA20100114TUL09](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100114TUL09), Jan 14, 2010: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN ABOVE LONGERON 14 RIGHT AT STATION 1380. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-01-00 AND AARD 53-30-00-02.
- [SDR AALA20100113TUL19](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100113TUL19), Jan 13, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACK ON FRAME 1463 AND LONGERON 18 RIGHT. INSTALLED TRIPLER UNDER SRM 53-03-00.
- [SDR AALA2009033000002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2009033000002), Mar 30, 2009: CONTROL VALVE. INOPERATIVE. OMA - CABIN LOST PRESSURE AND MASKS WERE DEPLOYED. EMERGENCY DECLARED, LANDED OMA WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED RIGHT CABIN TEMPERAT
- [SDR AALA200803114](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200803114), Dec 15, 2008: PRESSURE SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. ORD INFLIGHT - CREW REPORTED PRIMARY PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER FAILED TO KEEP CABIN ALTITUDE. SWITCHED TO STANDBY CONTROLLER AND TRANSFER LOCKOUT AND STANDBY ON
- [SDR AALA200802719](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200802719), Oct 11, 2008: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LGA EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT OVERHEAD SEAT ROWS 18 TO 21 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT OVERHEAD BIN SEAT ROW 20 FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT OVERHEAD SEAT ROWS 18
- [SDR AALA200802718](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA200802718), Oct 11, 2008: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LGA EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN LIGHT AT AFT OVERWING INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT SEAT ROW 20 OVERHEAD BIN FOR EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN LIGHT AT AFT OVERWING. SYST
- [SDR AALA20072082](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20072082), Oct 30, 2007: TERMINAL. DIRTY. SFO - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT LEFT AND RIGHT OVERWING DOOR SEAT ROW 20 INOPERATIVE. CLEANED TERMINALS ON BATTERY FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 16D. SYSTEM GROUND CHEC
- [SDR AALA20072081](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20072081), Oct 30, 2007: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. SFO - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 16D INOPERATIVE. RESET CONNECTOR FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 16D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
- [SDR AALA20071342](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20071342), Jul 24, 2007: ENGINE. OIL CONSUMPTION. ORD INFLIGHT T1817/24JUL - OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ACCOMPANIED BY INDICATION OF QUANTITY DECREASE TO ZERO. CREW SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND RETURNED TO ORD AND 

All 88: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N931TW-2017-05-22/reports.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97IA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97IA365), Sep 25, 1997: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (N931TW), New Orleans, LA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: Runway overrun for undetermined reasons.

## 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 20090330003649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090330003649I), Mar 30, 2009: Doug DC983 (N931TW), Omaha, NE, No damage. (-23) N931TW - DC-9-83, was operated by American airlines as flight 1708, enroute from las to ord. The crew declared an emergency and diverted to oma due to a…
- [Incident 19971015042609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971015042609I), Oct 15, 1997: Doug DC983 (N931TW), Albuquerque, NM. Narrative: on take off (abq) aircraft's no. 1 engine (l) lost power. Emergency equipment called out. Returned to abq. Contract maintenance called. Found pieces…

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