# N969VJ: 1969 Douglas DC-9-31, registration cancelled 2013-04-17 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 17, 2013 - Status when cancelled: Sale reported, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Douglas DC-9-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (registry code 3022065) - 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: 47421 - Year built: 1969 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard - Airworthiness date: November 18, 1983 - Last registry action: September 28, 2000 - Mode S code: AD7F79 - Location: [Okc, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Okc) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N969VJ - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=969VJ - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N969VJ-2013-04-17 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 (15) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR EISA99055](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99055), Mar 16, 1999: BULB. FAILED. OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT IN COCKPIT WILL NOT LIGHT. REPLACED LAMP IAW 33-00-00. (M) - [SDR EISA99022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99022), Feb 1, 1999: MECHANISM. OUT OF ADJUST. AFTER TAKEOFF AND RAISING GEAR AIRCRAFT GROUND SHIFT MECHANISM NEVER WENT TO FLIGHT MODE, FOLLOWED PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO AEX. ADJUSTED GROUND SENSING MECHA - [SDR EISA99013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99013), Jan 18, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATED. DURING ACCOMPLISHED OF ROUTINE C-CHECK WORK CARD, FOUND LEFT INBOARD FORE FLAP DELAMINATED ON LOWER SURFACE. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA AND FABRICATED NEW SKIN PER SR - [SDR EISA99012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99012), Jan 18, 1999: FLOOR. CORRODED. DURING ACCOMPLISHED OR ROUTINE C-CHECK WORK CARD, FOUND CORROSION ON FLOOR WEB AT FS 137 LBL 20 BETWEEN CAPTAINS INBOARD AND OUTBOARD SEAT TRACKS. REMOVED CORRO - [SDR EISA99011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99011), Jan 18, 1999: SKIN. DELAMINATED. DURING ACCOMPLISHED ROUTINE C-CHECK WORK CARD, CORROSION WAS FOUND SKIN DISBOND RIGHT WING INBOARD SPOILER, INBOARD TRAILING EDGE TOP SKIN. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA - [SDR EISA99010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99010), Jan 18, 1999: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. DURING ACCOMPLISHED OF ROUTINE C-CHECK, WORK CARD, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON SEAT TRACK AT FS 200-218 LBL 21. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF SEAT TRACK, FABRICATED NEW - [SDR EISA99009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99009), Jan 18, 1999: ANGLE. CORRODED. DURING ACCOMPLISHED OF ROUTINE C-CHECK WORK CARD, FOUND CORROSION AT FS 200 RBL 60, FORWARD GALLEY DOOR JAMB AFT LOWER CORNER. REMOVED DAMAGED ANGLE, FABRICATED - [SDR EISA99008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99008), Jan 18, 1999: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. DURING ACCOMPLISHED OR ROUTINE C-CHECK WORK CARD, FOUND CORROSION ON LEFT INBOARD SEAT TRACK AT FS 194 TO 200. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION AND INSTALLED NEW SECTION - [SDR EISA99006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EISA99006), Jan 18, 1999: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. PASSENGER FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AFTER AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN. EMERGENCY LIGHTS SWITCH VERIFIED IN OFF POSITION, BEFORE SHUTDOWN. REMOVED AND REPLAFED AF - [SDR USAAD97240](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD97240), Dec 28, 1997: CYLINDER. FAILED. YOW - FLT 1959 - AS GEAR WAS LOWERED FOR LANDING AT YOW, BOTH MAIN GEAR LIGHTS WERE GREEN BUT NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW RECYCLED GEAR TO NO AVAIL - [SDR USAAD96098](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD96098), Jul 5, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FORWARD FLOOR TRACK EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED FORWARD BATTERY PACK. (M) - [SDR USAAD96053](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD96053), May 12, 1996: HARNESS. FAULTY. SYR - FLT 856 - LEFT MAIN GEAR LIGHT (GREEN) DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN GEAR EXTENDED. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO SYR AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPL - [SDR USAAD96052](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAD96052), May 9, 1996: PIN. DISENGAGED. FLT 517 - YYZ-PHL - LEFT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDICATE SAFE WITH GEAR DOWN. LEFT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. FOUND PIN NR 5 AT LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWNLO - [SDR USAA950776](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950776), Jul 27, 1995: EEL BATTERIES. DISCHARGED. PIT - FLT 0519 - THE COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE INSTALLED NEW BATTERIES IN THE POWER PACK. (M) - [SDR USAA950452](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950452), May 6, 1995: STRUT. REQ'D SERVICE. CLT - FLT NR 2461 - DURING CLIMB, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AND THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO CLT. MAINTENANCE SERVICED THE ## 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 19860619054479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860619054479I), Jun 19, 1986: Doug DC931 (N969VJ), Boston, MA. Unable to extend flaps beyond 45 degrees. Trim panel improperly installed. - [Incident 19790114002329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790114002329I), Jan 14, 1979: Doug DC9 (N969VJ), Toronto, CN. During taxi on icy taxiway aircraft weather vaned into the wind. - [Incident 19780122004189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780122004189I), Jan 22, 1978: Doug DC931 (N969VJ), Windsor, CT. No green nose gear light on extension for landing. Replaced defective bulb. --- 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.