N832US1991 Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- USA Jet Airlines INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Belleville, MI
- Certificate issued
- Apr 17, 2021
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Nov 29, 2021
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co
- Model
- MD-88
- Year
- 1991
- Serial number
- 53259
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 142
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- AB619B
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W Jt8d-219
- Type
- Turbo-fan
- Power
- 21,000 lb thrust
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2021 – nowUSA Jet Airlines INCBelleville, MI · current
- 1993 – 2013U S/L T A CorpEugene, OR · different airframe: 1993 Us/Lta 138s S/N 002
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (3)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Fuselage · skin · damagedSep 30, 2026
ON 29AUG2026, THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ENGINE CHANGE INCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE SKIN ON THE RT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT IN ADDITION TO DAMAGE TO THE PYLON-TO-ENGINE APRON. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FERRIED TO KBHM FOR PERMANENT REPAIR. MAINTENANCE IN KLRD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Air conditioning and pressurization · acm · failedNov 15, 2023
THE CREW REPORTED WHEN ENGINE ANTI-ICE WAS TURNED ON, SMOKE FILLED COCKPIT. CREW RAN COM PROCEDURE. SMOKE DISSIPATED WHEN ENGINE ANTI-ICE TURNED OFF. CREW ADVISED OPS & MTX CONTROL, & CONTINUED ON TO ORIG DESTINATION. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX IN KOAK FOUND RECIRCULATION FAN WITH SIGNS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Air conditioning and pressurization · fan · faultedOct 22, 2023
DISCREPANCY: THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE AT FL370 AFTER SWITCHING THE ENGINE ANTI-ICE ON THEY COULD SMELL SMOKE, FOLLOWED BY SIGNIFICANT SMOKE. THE CREW RAN THE SMOKE/FIRE FUMES CHECKLIST. THE CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS AND DECLARED EMERGENCY. THE CREW REPORTS THAT THE SMOKE CLEARED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026