N837US1991 Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 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
- Jun 11, 2021
- Expires
- Jun 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Apr 9, 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
- 53257
- 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
- AB742E
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 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 (2)
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 · floor skin · corrodedJan 10, 2023
WHILE AT C-CHECK, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON CUSP WEB AT APPROXIMATELY BS 209 BETWEEN LBL 44 AND LBL 54. N REMOVED THE CORROSION AND FOUND AREA TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. THE DAMAGED AREA WAS REMOVED AND AN HFEC INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED OF THE TRIMMED-OUT AREA AND THE EXISTING FASTENER HOLES COMMON TO THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · longeron · corrodedJan 10, 2023
WHILE AT C-CHECK, THE AFT CARGO BILGE AREA BETWEEN BS 1003-1050 AT LONGERON 30 WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND THE AREA TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. THEY TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED AREA AND PERFORMED A HFEC SURFACE TRIM PROBE INSPECTION OF ALL THE TRIMMED AREA AND ACCOMPLISHED A HFEC…
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