# N946VJ: 1967 Douglas DC-9-32, registration cancelled 2003-07-17 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: July 17, 2003 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Douglas DC-9-32](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (registry code 3022066) - 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: 47026 - Year built: 1967 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: October 29, 1976 - Certificate issued: April 7, 1983 - Last registry action: May 20, 2003 - Mode S code: AD2556 - Owner when cancelled: [US Airways Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/US%20AIRWAYS%20INC) - Location: [Arlington, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Arlington) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 38.8783° N, 77.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington, VA, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N946VJ - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=946VJ - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N946VJ-2003-07-17 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 Douglas DC-9-32: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32.md ## Service difficulty reports (21) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR USAAD99007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD99007), Jan 8, 1999: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. PHL - THE COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK FOR THE COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHT. (M) - [SDR USAAD98191](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD98191), Oct 28, 1998: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. DTW - THE GALLEY AREA EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE GALLEY AREA EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY. (M) - [SDR USAAD98046](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD98046), Mar 20, 1998: CONTROL PANEL. FAILED. CMH - FLT 920 - ON TAKEOFF THE AC CROSSTIE LOCKOUT AND RIGHT GENERATOR OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MA - [SDR USAAD97140](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97140), Aug 18, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. IND - FOUND GALLEY DOOR EMERGENCY DOOR LIGHT WEAK. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK. (M) - [SDR USAA960370](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960370), Apr 9, 1996: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. PIT - DURING C-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND A 1.25 INCH AND 3 INCH CRACK IN REAR PRESSURE BULKHEAD Z-63 LEFT SIDE OF DOOR FRAME AT STATION 996. CUT OUT CRACKED ARE - [SDR USAA970010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA970010), Jan 9, 1996: BULKHEAD DOUBLER. CRACKED. PIT - DURING AGING VISIT 89K, FOUND 1.125 INCH CRACK IN 591013-13 BULKHEAD DOUBLER, 1.25 INCH CRACK IN 5910130-22 DOUBLER, .25 INCH CRACK IN 5910130-13 DOUBLER, - [SDR USAA950310](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950310), Mar 15, 1995: SKIN. CORRODED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL I CORROSION UNDER FWD BELLY AT MARKER BEACON ANTENNA. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER USAIR EA 29959. (W) - [SDR USAA950311](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950311), Mar 7, 1995: SKIN. CORRODED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL I CORROSION STATION 912-996 SKIN PANEL 5919707 LONGERON 26R TO 26L SKIN PANEL 5911424 LONGERON 18R-26R. SPLICED I - [SDR USAA950312](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950312), Mar 6, 1995: SKIN. CORRODED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL I CORROSION LONGERON NR 1 AND SKIN LAP JOINT STATION 263-275 NR ADF LOOP AND STATION 300-308 NR 2 ADF LOOP ANTENN - [SDR USAA950314](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950314), Feb 28, 1995: SKIN. DAMAGED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND CLASS II REPAIR INSTALLED STATION 313-332 LONGERON 22-24 RIGHT. INSTALLED CLASS I REPAIR PER SRM 53-04 FIG 12B. (W) - [SDR USAA950318](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950318), Feb 24, 1995: ANGLE. CRACKED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND ONE .5 INCH CRACK IN STATION 980 TOP PYLON TO FUSELAGE ATTACH ANGLE RT. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 54-04 FIG 10. - [SDR USAA950319](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950319), Feb 23, 1995: LONGERON. CRACKED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND .25 INCH CRACK STATION 200 LONGERON 3 LEFT. SPLICED IN SECTION OF LONGERON PER SRM 53-02 FIG 2. (W) - [SDR USAA950317](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950317), Feb 23, 1995: LONGERON. CRACKED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND .25 INCH CRACK IN LONGERON 14 LEFT STATION 1038. SPLICED IN NEW SECTION OF LONGERON PER USAIR TYPICAL REPAIR 53-10-17. - [SDR USAA950315](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950315), Feb 21, 1995: TRACK. CORRODED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL I CORROSION RT INBOARD SEAT TRACK STATION 897 AND 965. SPLICED IN NEW SECTION OF SEAT TRACK PER SRM 53-05 FIG 4E. - [SDR USAA950323](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950323), Feb 16, 1995: ANGLE. CRACKED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND 2 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE EXT PYLON ATTACH ANGLE TOP RT PYLON STATION 1019. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 54-04 FIG 1 - [SDR USAA950321](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950321), Feb 15, 1995: WEB. CORRODED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL I CORROSION RT LAV STATION 996 WEB. CLEANED CORROSION AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-05 FIG 72. (W) - [SDR USAA950320](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950320), Feb 14, 1995: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL I CORROSION STATION 896-965 LEFT OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK. SPLICED IN NEW SECTION OF SEAT TRACK PER SRM 53-05 FIG 4. ( - [SDR USAA950324](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950324), Feb 13, 1995: CORNER STOP. CRACKED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND .25 INCH CRACK LEFT FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT UPPER FORWARD CORNER DOOR STOP. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER USAIR - [SDR USAA950322](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950322), Feb 10, 1995: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEVEL I CORROSION FORWARD END OF LEFT OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK STATION 200. SPLICED IN SECTION OF SEAT TRACK PER SRM 53-05 F - [SDR USAA950316](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950316), Feb 8, 1995: LONGERON. CRACKED. PIT - DURING Q-4 CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND .25 INCH CRACK IN LONGERON 30 AT SPLICE BETWEEN BELTFRAMES AT STATION 465 AND 484. SPLICED IN NEW SECTION OF LONGERON P - [SDR USAA950037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950037), Jan 22, 1995: WINDSHIELD. CRACKED. DCA - FLT 545 - DURING CLIMB-OUT, THE FIRST OFFICER'S WINDSHIELD HAD AN ELECTRICAL ARCING WHICH IMMEDIATELY CAUSED APPROXIMATELY TWENTY CRACKS IN THE OUTSIDE WI ## FAA accident and incident reports (3) 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 19801105079029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801105079029I), Nov 5, 1980: Doug DC931 (N946VJ), Pittsburgh, PA. Bomb threat by passenger at security checkpoint. - [Incident 19800413049479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800413049479I), Apr 13, 1980: Doug DC931 (N946VJ), Pittsburgh, PA. Nose gear would not retract. Damaged nose wheel spray deflector jammed gear door. - [Incident 19790222006949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790222006949I), Feb 22, 1979: Doug DC931 (N946VJ), Syracuse, NY. 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