# N945VJ: 1967 Douglas DC-9-31, registration cancelled 2014-11-24 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: November 24, 2014 - 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: 47066 - Year built: 1967 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard - Airworthiness date: September 16, 1974 - Certificate issued: January 21, 2000 - Last registry action: April 21, 2009 - Mode S code: AD219F - Owner when cancelled: [Air Transport Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20TRANSPORT%20INC) - Location: [Fort Lauderdale, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Fort%20Lauderdale) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 26.1442° N, 80.1728° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33311, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N945VJ - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=945VJ - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N945VJ-2014-11-24 From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 (25) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR EISA99206](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99206), Oct 11, 1999: SLIDE. LOOSE. GALLEY DOOR SLIDE PACK FELL OFF OF DOOR. REINSTALLED AND SECURED SLIDE PACK TO RIGHT FORWARD GALLEY DOOR IAW 25-62-00, PATE 201-204. (M) - [SDR EISA99174](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99174), Oct 6, 1999: SLIDE. FAILED. TAILCONE SLIDE DEPLOYMENT BOTTLE LOW PRESSURE. REPLACED SLIDE. (M) - [SDR EISA99167](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99167), Sep 17, 1999: SLIDE. LOW PRESSURE. FORWARD R2 EMERGENCY SLIDE LOW PRESSURE. REMOVED AND REPLACED R2 EMERGENCY SLIDE IAW 25-60-0. (M) - [SDR EISA99134](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99134), Jun 12, 1999: FUEL PUMP. FAILED. RIGHT ENGINE FAILED NEAR V2 SPEED 115 KNOTS FOLLOWING NORMAL TAKEOFF. REMOVED AND REPLACED FUEL PUMP, ENGINE DRIVEN IAW MM 73-10-1 AND 73-20-1. LEAK CHECK AND T - [SDR EISA99126](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99126), Jun 7, 1999: SLIDE. FAILED. FOUND TAILCONE SLIDE WILL NOT HOLD CHARGE. REPLACED TAILCONE SLIDE PER MM 25-62. (M) - [SDR EISA99060](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99060), Mar 27, 1999: SWITCH. SHORTED. ON FINAL, AFTER PUTTING GEAR DOWN DID NOT GET A GREEN NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. FOLLOWED PROCEDURES AND CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED THROUGH PEEPHOLE. R - [SDR EISA99032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99032), Feb 27, 1999: CHECK VALVE. DIRTY. CREW REPORTED LEFT WING FUEL VENTING OUT OF RIGHT WING. LEAK STOPPED WHEN CENTER TANK PUMPS WERE TURNED OFF. TURN BACK TO (ACY). CHECK FUEL SYSTEM PER CROSS FEE - [SDR EISA99019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99019), Jan 29, 1999: SLIDE. LOOSE. RIGHT FORWARD DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE LOOSE FROM DOOR. REINSTALLED FORWARD GALLEY DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE, REINSTALLED LOCK RELEASE CABLE IAW MM 25-62-0. (M) - [SDR EISA98245](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98245), Oct 4, 1998: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. GALLEY DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT ON SLIDE PACK INOP. GENERATED FROM MAINTENANCE REPORT. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK. (M) - [SDR EISA98208](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98208), Aug 16, 1998: SLIDE. FAILED. POST FLIGHT FOUND GALLEY EVAC SLIDE PRESSURE LOW. REMOVED AND REPLACED SLIDE ASSY MM 25-00 CHECKS OK. (M) - [SDR EISA98083](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98083), Apr 9, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING REMOVAL OF PAINT, A CRACK WAS FOUND ON RIGHT SIDE RUDDER AT STATION ZR 25. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS PER SRM 55-03 FIGURE 8. (M) - [SDR EISA98082](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98082), Apr 9, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION FOR CRACKS AT DENT LOCATION, FOUND CRACK JUST BELOW DENT AT LIGHTNING STRIKE AT FS 260 AND LONGERON 19L. CUT OUT, - [SDR EISA98081](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98081), Apr 9, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING AD 97-03-05, CORROSION WAS NOTED ON UPPER FUSELAGE SKIN, UNDER NR 1 AND NR 2 ADF ANTENNAS AT APPROXIMATELY FS 275. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA. FAB - [SDR EISA98080](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98080), Apr 9, 1998: SKIN. PUNCTURED. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING 'B' CHECK ROUTINE WORK CARD, NOTED A PUNCTURE IN WING LEADING EDGE JUST OUTBOARD OF FUSELAGE, LEFT SIDE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PE - [SDR EISA98079](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98079), Apr 9, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING 'B' CHECK ROUTINE WORK CARD, NOTED A 3 INCH CRACK IN SKIN OF LEFT FWD NOSE GEAR TRAILING EDGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR PER - [SDR EISA98078](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98078), Apr 9, 1998: DOOR. CRACKED. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING 'B' CHECK WORK CARD, TWO 2 INCH CRACKS WERE NOTED ON LEFT FWD NOSE GEAR DOOR TRAILING EDGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR PER MM - [SDR EISA98077](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98077), Apr 9, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING 'B' CHECK WORK CARD, A .20 INCH LONG CRACK WAS NOTED AT OUTBOARD END OF NR 1 SLAT. STOP DRILLED CRACK, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER - [SDR EISA98076](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98076), Apr 9, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING 'B' CHECK WORK CARD, A CRACK WAS NOTED ON LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR TRAILING EDGE, RUNNING THROUGH A RIVET. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE GEAR DOOR PE - [SDR EISA98075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA98075), Apr 9, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF 'B' ROUTINE WORK CARD, NOTED LOWER SURFACE OF TAILCONE AREA AFT OF STATION 1087, THERE IS A .5 INCH CRACK IN THE EXTERIOR SKIN AT LONGE - [SDR USAA970343](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA970343), Nov 20, 1997: SKIN. CRACKED. PIT - DURING C-2 CHECK, FOUND 3 INCH CRACK JUST INBOARD OF WING TIP RIGHT ON SKIN. DOUBLER INSTALLED PER EA 48428. (M) - [SDR USAA970342](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA970342), Nov 20, 1997: FRAME. CRACKED. PIT - DURING C-2 CHECK, FOUND .75 INCH IN LENGTH CRACK AT CANTED FRAME STATION 1074 STRINGER 13 RT. STOP DRILLED CRACK, INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-01 FIG 2. ( - [SDR USAA960754](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960754), Nov 20, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. PIT - DURING AGING/C-1 CHECK, FOUND CORROSION ON SKIN AT LONGERON 27L, FS 141 AREA. SPLICED IN NEW SECTION OF SKIN FROM FS 110 TO FS 178, 26L TO 26R PER EA 3404 - [SDR USAAD96137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD96137), Oct 6, 1996: STRUT. REQ'D SERVICE. FLT 783 - CLT-ATL - AFTER TAKEOFF, FLIGHT WAS UNABLE TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR. NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ON. 'AUTO SPOILER DO NOT USE' LIGHT CAME ON. PRESS - [SDR USAAD96127](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD96127), Sep 10, 1996: UPLOCK SWITCH. FAILED. FLT 1203 - PIT-MSP - AFTER DEPARTURE, GOT A LEFT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. RETURNED TO PIT. REPLACED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPLOCK SWITCH. (M) - [SDR USAAD97001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97001), Jan 2, 1996: LAMP. FAILED. FLIGHT 1473 - PHL-DCA - ON APPROACH INTO DCA, LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. DIVERTED TO BWI. RELAMPED LMG INDICATION LIGHT. (M) ## 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 19780308014239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780308014239I), Mar 8, 1978: Doug DC931 (N945VJ), Boston, MA. Left main tires blown out during landing. - [Incident 19780128004339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780128004339I), Jan 28, 1978: Doug DC9 (N945VJ), Boston, MA. Unsafe gear indication. Fly by tower and landed safely. --- 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.