# N989UA: 1979 Boeing 737-291, registration cancelled 2003-02-25

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 25, 2003
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Boeing 737-291](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (registry code 138448W)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A16WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 21751
- Year built: 1979
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: May 24, 1979
- Certificate issued: November 21, 1995
- Last registry action: December 18, 2001
- Mode S code: ADCE56
- Owner when cancelled: [United Air Lines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNITED%20AIR%20LINES%20INC)
- Location: [Elk Grove Township, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Elk%20Grove%20Township)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 42.0240° N, 87.9995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 60007, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N989UA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=989UA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N989UA-2003-02-25

From the FAA registry file of November 12, 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 Boeing 737-291: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291.md

## Service difficulty reports (7)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 2001UALA01720](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA01720), Aug 15, 2001: TRANSMISSION. FAILED. LANDED UNDER AMBER ALERT DUE TO STUCK TE FLAPS. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE REPLACED THE #4 TRAILING EDGE FLAP TRANSMISSION.
- [SDR 2001UALA01025](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA01025), Jun 13, 2001: ACTUATOR. FAILED. NR 6 SLAT WILL NOT RETRACT. *S/D* REPLACED NR 6 SLAT ACTUATOR.
- [SDR 2001UALA00395](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00395), Apr 2, 2001: SKIN. DAMAGED. LT FUSELAGE HAS EXISTING INTERIM REPAIR FROM BS 178 TO BS 191 AND FROM WL 190 TO WL 199. ACCOMPLISHED FINAL REPAIR. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED.
- [SDR 2001UALA00394](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00394), Apr 2, 2001: SKIN. DAMAGED. RT FUSELAGE HAS EXISTING INTERIM REPAIR FROM BS 178 TO BS 191 AND FROM WL 190 TO WL 199. ACCOMPLISHED FINAL REPAIR. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED.
- [SDR 99UAL900028](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900028), Jan 11, 1999: VALVE. FAILED. RIGHT MIX VALVE STUCK IN FULL COLD POSITION IN MANUAL AND AUTO SELECTIONS. *S/D* RIGHT HAND MIX VALVE FAILED IN THE FULL COLD POSITION. REPLACED THE RIGHT HAND 
- [SDR 97UAL900069](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900069), Jan 23, 1997: WINDSHIELD. BIRD STRIKE. AT 100 KIAS, HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SAW DUST OR SMOKE ABOVE GLARESHIELD. *S/D* SUSPECTED BIRD STRIKE. NOSE AND COCKPIT WERE INSPECTED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRC
- [SDR 95UAL737069](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL737069), May 18, 1995: EEL. INOP. EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING INOP AT FORWARD ENTRY DOOR. REPLACED LIGHT, CHECKS OK.

## Other aircraft with N989UA

- [Cancelled 2020-06-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N989UA-2020-06-25): Boeing 737-54K, S/N 29795. Assigned (import), pending cancellation

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