# N972AX: 1974 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-41, registration cancelled 2018-01-17 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: January 17, 2018 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-41](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-41) (registry code 302207P) - 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: 47631 - Year built: 1974 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: February 15, 2001 - Certificate issued: December 1, 2009 - Last registry action: December 1, 2009 - Mode S code: AD8B29 - 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/N972AX - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=972AX - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N972AX-2018-01-17 From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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-9-41: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-41.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 ABXA070429](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA070429), Dec 4, 2007: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME CRACKED AT FASTENER FS 1150 CANTED AT LONGERON 4 LEFT. REMOVED FRAME, REPAIRED AND REINSTALLED IAW DC9 SRM 53-03, FIGURE 30, 51-30-02, AND 51-30-05. - [SDR ABXA070428](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA070428), Dec 4, 2007: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT AFT UPPER DOOR STOP AT PASSENGER ENTRANCE. CRACK WAS LESS THAN .5 INCH LONG. REPAIRED AREA IAW EA 53100126-001 AND DC9 SRM 53-05, FIGUR - [SDR ABXA070342](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA070342), Oct 12, 2007: WIRE. DISCONNECTED. DURING DESCENT INTO ILN, APU FIRE INDICATION. APU WAS NOT OPERATING AT THE TIME. COMPLETED APU FIRE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST INCLUDING DISCHARGE OF FIRE BOTTLES. LIG - [SDR ABXA050362](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA050362), Dec 13, 2005: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. INTERCOSTAL AT STA 180, LEFT BUTT LINE 18, WAS CRACKED OUT AT LIGHTENING HOLE. REPAIRED INTERCOSTAL IAW DC9 SRM 53-01. - [SDR ABXA050360](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA050360), Dec 9, 2005: RIB. CRACKED. AFT UPPER SPAR STRAP ANGLE CRACKED JUST INBOARD OF AFT MOUNT. REMOVED AND REPLACED ANGLE WITH NEW ANGLE IAW DC9 SRM 51-30-05. - [SDR ABXA050361](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA050361), Dec 9, 2005: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT RIVET, STA 1041, LONGERON 17 RIGHT, BELOW LAP SEAM. REPAIRED AREA IAW DC9 SRM 53-04. - [SDR ABXA050359](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA050359), Dec 8, 2005: PAN. CRACKED. INBOARD DOOR PAN CRACKED AT FORWARD INBOARD CORNER. REPAIRED DOOR IAW DC9 SRM. - [SDR ABXA040232](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA040232), Jun 25, 2004: LINE. FAILED. LEFT HYDRAULIC FLUID QUANTITY DECREASE BELOW RED ARC AFTER TAKEOFF ASSOCIATED WITH A DETECTABLE ODOR IN COCKPIT. REPLACED HYDRAULIC LINE TO THE LEFT BRAKE PRESS - [SDR ABXA040136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA040136), Mar 31, 2004: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. TWO CRACKS EMANATED FROM FASTENER ON FORWARD LOWER CARGO DOOR JAMB UPPER FORWARD CORNER, 6 INCHES ABOVE UPPER FORWARD DOOR STOP AT FS 372, BETWEEN LONGERONS 20 - [SDR ABXA030364](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030364), Sep 19, 2003: ODOR. DETECTED. INTERMITTENT BURNING ODOR UNDER FIRST OFFICER'S GLARESHIELD. ANTI-FOG C/B'S WERE PULLED FOR ENTIRE FLIGHT. INSPECTED WIRING UNDER GLARESHIELD, BEHIND FIRST OFFI - [SDR ABXA030363](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030363), Sep 18, 2003: WIRE. BROKEN. INTERMITTENT ODOR OF BURNING INSULATION UNDER THE GLARESHIELD ON FIRST OFFICER'S SIDE. FOUND BROKEN WIRE ON FIRST OFFICERS CLEARVIEW WINDOW ANTI-FOG WIRING. SUS - [SDR ABXA030189](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA030189), Jun 4, 2003: HANDLE. BINDING. MAIN CABIN LEFT FORWARD ENTRY DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. FOUND DOUBLER ON EXTERIOR DOOR BINDING EXTERIOR HANDLE, CHAMFERRED DOUBLE ON MAIN CABIN LEFT FORWARD ENTRY DO - [SDR ABXA020216](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA020216), Sep 24, 2002: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHTS BATTERY PACK. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW DC9 AMM 33-53-00. - [SDR ABXA020203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA020203), Aug 29, 2002: CLIP. CRACKED. #1 PYLON ATTACH ANGLE INSIDE PANEL 8111 AT UPPER AFT ENGINE MOUNT STRAP HAD CRACK NEXT TO BOLT. REPLACED ANGLE IAW DC-9 DWG 9915500 AND DC-9 SRM 51-30-5. - [SDR ABXA020202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA020202), Aug 28, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. CRACKED INTERCOSTAL AT STA 794, RBL 22. REPAIRED INTERCOSTAL IAW DC-9 SSRM K05159. - [SDR ABXA020201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA020201), Aug 28, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. CRACKED INTERCOSTAL AT STA. 794, LEFT BUTT LINE 22. REPAIRED INTERCOSTAL IAW DC-9 SSRM K05159. - [SDR ABXA010072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010072), Feb 28, 2001: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME (P/N 9911505-7) HAD ONE INCH CRACKS AT STATION 83.5. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE CRACKED AREA IAW DC-9 SRM 53-03 FIG 4. - [SDR ABXA010070](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010070), Feb 28, 2001: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. A WEB WAS CRACKED AT FUSELAGE STATION 1114 LONGERON 12R. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE WEB IAW DC-9 SRM. - [SDR ABXA010069](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010069), Feb 28, 2001: TEE FITTING. CRACKED. THE NR 5 T-CAP ABOVE LONGERON 18L WAS CRACKED AS INDICATED BY LOW FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE NR 5 T-CAP IAW ABX E - [SDR ABXA010067](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010067), Feb 28, 2001: SPAR. CRACKED. THE FORWARD WING SPAR HAD A THREE INCH CRACK AT BL 0 DIRECTLY ABOVE THE PRESSURE WEB. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE CRACK IAW ABX REA D953-38815-MR. - [SDR ABXA010068](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010068), Feb 28, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 851 BELOW LONGERON 20L WAS CORRODED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE CORRODED SKIN IAW DC-9 SRM. - [SDR ABXA010073](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010073), Feb 28, 2001: ANGLE. CRACKED. ANGLE (P/N 9957860-8) AT FUSELAGE STATION 83.5 WAS CRACKED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE ANGLE IAW DC-9 SRM 51-03 FIG 34. - [SDR ABXA010074](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010074), Feb 28, 2001: FRAME. CRACKED. FUSELAGE FRAME (P/N 9911505-6) AT FUSELAGE STATION 83.5 WAS CRACKED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED FRAME IAW DC-9 SRM 53-03 FIG 34. - [SDR ABXA010075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010075), Feb 28, 2001: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME (P/N 9911505-5) FUSELAGE STATION 83.5 WAS CRACKED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE FRAME IAW DC-9 SRM 53-03 FIG 34. - [SDR ABXA010076](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA010076), Feb 28, 2001: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. UPPER CORNER OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD DOOR JAMB WAS CRACKED ON LEFT SIDE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE CRACKED AREA IAW DC-9 SRM 53-05 FIG 30. --- 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.