N836US1991 Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched14 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- USA Jet Airlines INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Belleville, MI
- Certificate issued
- Jun 4, 2021
- Expires
- Jun 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Feb 14, 1991
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
- 53214
- 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
- AB7077
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W Jt8d Series
- Type
- Turbo-fan
- Power
- 7,700 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
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 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 (14)
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 · longeron · corrodedOct 25, 2022
DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL JET FOUND LONGERON 22L CORRODED BETWEEN STATIONS 1271 AND 1338 IN THE AFT LOWER CARGO COMPARTMENT CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN INSPECTED THE AREA AND FOUND THE CORRODED AREAS OUT OF LIMITS IAW DC9/MD80 SRM 51-30-5. THEY REMOVED 3…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · frame · corrodedOct 25, 2022
DISCREPANCY: WHILE AT C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL JET FOUND A FRAME CORRODED AT F.S. 1322 AND LONGERON 30 CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN FOUND THE FRAME AT F.S. TO BE CORRODED OUT OF LIMITS. THEY CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION OF THE FRAME AT F.S. 1322BETWEEN LONGERONS 27L AND 27R IAW DC9/MD80…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · longeron · corrodedOct 25, 2022
DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL JET FOUND LONGERON 25L CORRODED AT STATION 1287 IN THE AFT LOWER CARGO COMPARTMENT CORRECTIVE ACTION: CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN INSPECTED THE AREA AND FOUND THE CORRODED AREA OUT OF LIMITS IAW DC9/MD80 SRM 51-30-5. THEY REMOVED THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Fuselage · longeron · corrodedOct 25, 2022
DISCREPANCY: DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL JET FOUND LONGERON 24L CORRODED BETWEEN STATIONS 1287 AND 1309 IN THE AFT LOWER CARGO COMPARTMENT CORRECTIVE ACTION: CORRECTIVE ACTION: CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN INSPECTED THE AREA AND FOUND THE CORRODED AREA OUT OF…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · floorbeam · corrodedOct 25, 2022
DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL JET FOUND A MAIN CABIN FLOOR BEAM CORRODED ON THE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACE AT F.S. 1322, LBL54 TO RBL54 CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN INSPECTED THE FLOOR BEAM AND FOUND THE CORROSION TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. THEY TRIMMED OUT SECTION OF FLOOR…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · none · corrodedOct 25, 2022
DISCREPANCY: DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL JET FOUND A MAIN CABIN FLOOR BEAM CORRODED ON THE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACE AT F.S. 1338, LBL54 TO RBL54 CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN INSPECTED THE FLOOR BEAM AND FOUND THE CORROSION TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. THEY TRIMMED OUT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · frame · crackedOct 25, 2022
DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL JET FOUND THE FUSELAGE FRAME AT F.S. 110 LH CRACKED BELOW FLIGHT DECK WINDOW CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN VERIFIED CRACKED FRAME. THEY CUTOUT CRACKED SECTION OF FRAME SECTION IAW DC9/MD80 SRM 51-70-5. THEY FORMED FRAME REPAIR SECTION…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · longeron · corrodedOct 25, 2022
DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL JET FOUND HOLE DAMAGE ON L8L UPPER INBOARD FLANGE BETWEEN FRAMES 1401 AND 1418 CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN, INSPECTED DAMAGE AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. THEY CUTOUT DAMAGE SECTION OF L8L BETWEEN F.S. 1392 AND 1428. THEY FABRICATED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · seat track · corrodedOct 25, 2022
DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL FOUND AREAS OF CORROSION ON THE SEAT TRACK IN THE MAIN CABIN BETWEEN F.S. 218 AND 788 LBL 54.00 CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN INSPECTED THE AREAS AND FOUND THEM TO OUT OF LIMITS. THEY REMOVED DAMAGED SEAT TRACK FROM F.S. 218 TO 370 AND…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · seat track · corrodedOct 25, 2022
DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL JET FOUND NUMEROUS AREAS OF CORROSION ON THE MAIN CABIN SEAT TRACK BETWEEN STATIONS 275 AND 797 RBL 54.5 CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN INSPECTED THE AREA AND FOUND THE AREA FROM F.S. 537-788 TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. THEY REMOVED CORROSION…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026