# N937AX: 1968 Douglas DC-9-31, registration cancelled 2013-05-17 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: May 17, 2013 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Douglas DC-9-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (registry code 3022065) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044) - Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 47074 - Year built: 1968 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: September 11, 1968 - Certificate issued: October 15, 2008 - Last registry action: October 15, 2008 - Mode S code: ACFFC0 - Owner when cancelled: [Dhl Network Operations (USA) Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DHL%20NETWORK%20OPERATIONS%20(USA)%20INC) - Location: [Plantation, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Plantation) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 26.1125° N, 80.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33324, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N937AX - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=937AX - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N937AX-2013-05-17 From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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-9-31: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31.md ## Service difficulty reports (33) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR ABXA060310](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA060310), Dec 4, 2006: ANTI-ICE VALVE. DEFECTIVE. DURING FLIGHT, ENGINE ANTI-ICE WAS SELECTED ON. LEFT ENGINE VALVE ANNUNCIATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH ENGINE ANTI-ICE ON. REPLACED LEFT ENGINE NOSE COWL ANTI- - [SDR ABXA060108](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA060108), Mar 1, 2006: TRACK. CORRODED. UPPER CARGO CENTER TRACK WAS CORRODED AT APPROXIMATELY STA 260. - [SDR ABXA060107](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA060107), Feb 23, 2006: LONGERON. CRACKED. CANTED FRAME 1074 AT LONGERON 13 LEFT WAS CRACKED AT UPPER FRAME TO LONGERON ATTACHMENT. REPAIRED FRAME IAW DC9 SRM 53-05, 51-30-5, 51-20-0, 51-30-2 AND 51-10-3 - [SDR ABXA060106](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA060106), Feb 21, 2006: FRAME. CRACKED. RIGHT FORWARD MAIN FRAME FS 699, FORWARD FLANGE CRACKED AT POINTS G & J. REPAIRED AREA IAW EA 53400120-001-1. - [SDR ABXA060105](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA060105), Feb 21, 2006: FRAME. CRACKED. RIGHT AFT MAIN FRAME, FS 737, CRACKED FORWARD FLANGE, POINTS F TO H AND AFT FLANGE P & G. EXCEEDED LIMITS OF 5935650 REPAIR. REPAIRED AREA IAW JOB CARD EA 53400 - [SDR ABXA050291](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA050291), Nov 29, 2005: BATTERY. WEAK. EMERGENCY COCKPIT LIGHTING WAS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY COCKPIT LIGHTING BATTERIES IAW AMM 33.53.00.8. OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA050030](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA050030), Feb 17, 2005: TUBE. BROKEN. NR 1 ENGINE FLAME-OUT DURING CLIMB AT 7,000 FT. OIL PRESSURE STAYED ABOVE 10 PSI FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES DURING WINDMILLING AFTER FLAME-OUT. AIR TURNBACK T - [SDR ABXA040253](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA040253), Jul 5, 2004: DRIVE LINK. CRACKED. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING NEA7800001-001, THE LOWER RIGHT THRUST REVERSER LINK WAS FOUND CRACKED AROUND CENTER PIVOT FLANGE AND BOSS. LINK REPLACED ON J/C NEA78300001 - [SDR ABXA040255](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA040255), Jul 5, 2004: BRACKET. CRACKED. ATTACH ANGLE CRACKED FORWARD SIDE FLOORBEAM STA 639, RBL 54. REPLACED ANGLE IAW DC-9 SRM 51-30-2. - [SDR ABXA040254](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA040254), Jul 5, 2004: CAP. CRACKED. TRAILING EDGE FITTING CRACKED AT INBOARD SPOILER INBOARD END STOP PAD. REPLACED FITTING IAW DC-9 MM. - [SDR ABXA040252](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA040252), Jul 2, 2004: SHEAR TIE. CRACKED. SHEAR TIE CRACKED FS 1019 JUST ABOVE LONGERON 17 LEFT. REPAIRED IAW DC-9 SSRM K05159. - [SDR ABXA040256](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA040256), Jul 2, 2004: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME CRACKED AT LOWER END, STA 639 RIGHT. REPAIRED FRAME IAW DC-9 SRM 53-03. - [SDR ABXA030416](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030416), Nov 6, 2003: SWITCH. DEFECTIVE. FUMES IN COCKPIT, UNABLE TO DETERMINE EXACT SOURCE. INSPECTED BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT AMC'S AND LEFT AND RIGHT DUCTING. INSPECTED E&E COMPARTMENT FOR GENERAL CONDIT - [SDR ABXA030012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030012), Dec 19, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. LEFT MAIN FRAME, STA 699, HAD CRACK IN FORWARD FLANGE FROM POINT J TO POINT G. REPAIRED LEFT MAIN FRAME IAW EA 53400100-001-1. - [SDR ABXA030011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030011), Dec 18, 2002: SKIN. DELAMINATED. LEFT CONTROL TAB DELAMINATED UPPER SURFACE IN NUMEROUS PLACES. REPLACED LEFT ELEVATOR CONTROL TAB IAW DC-9 MM 27-30-03-2-0001. - [SDR ABXA030010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030010), Dec 18, 2002: SKIN. DELAMINATED. RIGHT GEAR TAB DELAMINATED IN NUMEROUS PLACES UPPER SURFACE. REPLACED RIGHT GEARED TAB IAW DC-9 MM 27-30-04-2-0001. - [SDR ABXA030009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030009), Dec 18, 2002: SKIN. DELAMINATED. RIGHT CONTROL TAB DELAMINATED IN NUMEROUS PLACES UPPER SKIN. REPLACED RIGHT ELEVATOR CONTROL TAB IAW DC-9 MM 27-30-03-2-0000. - [SDR ABXA030008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030008), Dec 16, 2002: PAN. CRACKED. SERVICE DOOR PAN CRACKED AT UPPER HINGE CUTOUT, INSIDE. REPAIRED AREA IAW SRM. REMOVED AND REINSTALLED SEAL RETAINER AND STOPS IAW SRM. - [SDR ABXA010903](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010903), Jun 1, 2002: RHEOSTAT. FAILED. CAPTAIN'S OVERHEAD MAP LIGHT WAS SPARKING AND SMOKING. REPLACED THE CAPTAIN'S OVERHEAD MAP LIGHT RHEOSTAT. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW DC-9 MM. - [SDR ABXA010874](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010874), May 11, 2002: RHEOSTAT. DEFECTIVE. CAPTAIN'S MAP LIGHT SPARKED WHEN MOVED LENS BALL. REPLACED RHEOSTAT ON CAPTAIN'S MAP LIGHT IAW DC-9 MM 33-10-00. - [SDR ABXA010588](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010588), Nov 18, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY BATTERIES IAW DC-9 AMM 33-53-02-4-0001. - [SDR ABXA000186](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA000186), Apr 7, 2000: POWER SUPPLY. DEFECTIVE. COCKPIT OVERHEAD EMERGENCY PANEL REMAINED ON WHEN POWER WAS SHUT OFF. REPLACEDEMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY. - [SDR ABXA9900725](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900725), Sep 22, 1999: COALESCER BAG. DIRTY. SMELL OF FUEL IN CABIN. REMOVED FLOOR PANELS OVER CENTER WING TO CHECK FOR FUEL SMELL, NONE DETECTED. RAN ENGINES AND PRESSURIZED TO 6 PSI, USED GAS DETECTOR IN - [SDR ABXA9900724](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900724), Sep 20, 1999: FUEL LINE. LOOSE. ON DESCENT, FUEL/EXHAUST FUMES SMELL COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. CREW USED OXYGEN FROM 1300 FEET. RETORQUED FUEL LINE IN APU COMPARTMENT. - [SDR ABXA9900722](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900722), Sep 10, 1999: BLKHD RADIAL. CRACKED. DURING C-CHECK, FOUND AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD VERTICAL LEG OF RADIAL NR 14 RIGHT CRACKED. REPAIRED IAW ABX REA D953-33245 AND ABX DWG K05159. - [SDR ABXA9900721](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900721), Sep 10, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING C-CHECK, FOUND RIVETS SHEARED DUE TO CORROSION AT BL 13 RIGHT AND STATION 80. REPAIRED IAW ABX REA D953-33205 MR AND DC9 SRM 51-30-2. - [SDR ABXA9900714](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900714), Sep 9, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING C-CHECK, FOUND SERVICE DOOR EXTERIOR SKIN CRACKED. REPAIRED SERVICE DOOR IAW DC9 SRM 52-01. - [SDR ABXA9900713](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900713), Sep 9, 1999: FITTING. CRACKED. DURING C-CHECK, FOUND FRAME ATTACH FITTING CRACKED AT KEEL WEB. REPLACED FRAME FITTING IAW DC9 SRM 51-30-5. - [SDR ABXA9900712](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9900712), Sep 9, 1999: SHEAR TIE. CRACKED. DURING C-CHECK, FOUND SHEAR TIE CRACKED AT STATION 1038 AND LONGERON 18 RIGHT. REPLACED SHEAR TIE IAW DC9 SRM 53-03. - [SDR ABXA9701287](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9701287), Jul 20, 1997: PWR SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY WAS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY IAW DC9 MM 24-20-00. - [SDR ABXA9600589](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600589), Jul 5, 1996: OIL LINE. DEFECTIVE. AT 100 FEET AGL ON APPROACH, RIGHT OIL PRESSURE LOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND RIGHT OIL PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATED 23 PSI. OIL QUANTITY DROPPED TO ZERO AND ENGINE WAS - [SDR ABXA9600509](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9600509), Jun 15, 1996: BULB. FAILED. DURING SERVICE CHECK FOUND BULB OUT IN OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN COCKPIT. REPLACED BULB, OPS CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR ABXA9500608](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA9500608), Apr 17, 1995: BEAM. CRACKED. DURING OFF-WING INSPECTION OF FORWARD SERVICE DOOR, DURING COMPLIANCE OF A.D. 81-10-10; S.B. 52-127, FOUND LOWER HORIZONTAL BEAM CRACKED AT AFT FITTING. INSTALL --- 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.