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N881GA1988 Douglas DC-9-83

DeregisteredUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 20, 2026

This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled May 27, 2025.

Safety record in brief:1 NTSB incident (Mar 2017)No ADs since 1998 matched74 service difficulty reports

Registration
Deregistered
Last based in
Doral, FL
owner city / state
Engine
JT8D-219 · 21,000 lb thrust
P & W
Owners
1
on record
NTSB events
1
2017
ADs may apply
0
confirm with A&P
Service reports
74
since 1995

Registration

FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026
Last registered owner
Individual owner
City, state
Doral, FL
Canceled
May 27, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport
Airworthiness date
Dec 5, 2006

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 data

Airframe

Manufacturer
Douglas
Model
DC-9-83
Year
1988
Serial number
49708
Aircraft type
Fixed wing multi engine
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
85
Engines
2
Max takeoff weight
20,000 and over lb
Mode S code
AC2223

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
  1. until 2025Individual ownerDoral, FL
  2. until 1974Grumman American Avn CorpSavannah, GA · different airframe: Gulfstream American Corp. G-1159 S/N 140

Individual owners are shown by city and state only.

Safety record

NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026

NTSB events (1)

Incident

Mar 19, 2017 · Dayton, OH

The probable cause of the No. 2 (right) engine fire was an uncontained generator failure. Deformed rotating generator components and/or metal fragments radially released by the generator severed the constant speed drive-to-oil cooler return line located adjacent to the generator and caused oil to spray onto hot generator and engine case surfaces that subsequently ignited.

Injuries
None
Report
ENG17IA017

From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for ENG17IA017)

ADs 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 (74)

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.

  • Air conditioning and pressurization · coalescer bag · odorDec 8, 2017

    DIRTY SOCK SMELL DURING DESCENT/ R&R COALESCER BAGS"

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
  • Fuselage · support fitting · crackedMay 23, 2017

    VERTICAL FLOOR FITTING CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLOOR FITTING IAW SRM 51-30-1 AND 51-30-5.

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
  • Fuselage · skin · corrodedMay 23, 2017

    FUSE SKIN CORRODED AT FWD LAV DOOR CUTOUT. REMOVED AND REPLACED SKIN IAW SRM 53-04 FIG 12C.

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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  • Fuselage · doubler · corrodedMay 23, 2017

    DOUBLER CORRODED AT FWD LAV DOOR CUTOUT. REMOVED AND REPLACED DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-04 FIG 12C.

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
  • Fuselage · skin · crackedMay 23, 2017

    CRACK AT FWD ENTRANCE STAIR SKIN AFT LOWER CORNER. REPAIRED SKIN IAW SRM 53-05 FIG 57A.

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
  • Engine · engine · failedMar 19, 2017

    (EMERGENCY DECLARED) ON APPROACH INTO DAY. AT 14000 FT & 280 KTS, PILOTS RECEIVED A SLAT OVERSPEED WARNING. THE PILOTS RAN A CHECK LIST AND SUDDENLY THE FIRE WARNING CAME UP FOR THE NR 2 ENGINE. THE CAPTAIN DEPLOYED 1ST FIRE BOTTLE AND AFTER 30 SECONDS THE 2ND BUT FIRE DID NOT EXTINGUISH UNTIL…

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
  • Air conditioning and pressurization · connector · looseMar 9, 2016

    NO PAXS IN FLIGHT, FERRY FLIGHT. PACKS SHUT DOWN INFLIGHT, LOST PRESSURIZATION, INITIATED RAPID DECENT. HOWEVER AT 14,000 FT CABIN ALT THE PX O2 MASKS DEPLOYED. LT PACK SHOWS 14 PSI AT CRUISE POWER, EVEN WHEN PACK IS OFF. REF WO 290982 ITEMS 1 & 3 FOR TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE ABOVE DISCREPANCY.…

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
  • Air conditioning and pressurization · a/c pack · failedFeb 1, 2016

    JUST LEVELED OFF AT FL360, A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE PACKS BASICALLY QUIT WORKING. THEY HAD A CABIN ALT MASTER WARNING. THE CABIN WAS AT 10,000 & CLIMBING. THEY ASKED ATC FOR LOWER & WERE GIVEN FL 320. THEY STARTED ON THE QRH PROCEDURE FOR, CABIN ALT & RAPID PRESSURIZATION, ON PAGE 21.2. THEY WERE…

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
  • Air conditioning and pressurization · duct · splitFeb 1, 2016

    JUST LEVELED OFF AT FL360, A FEW MINS LATER, THE PACKS BASICALLY QUIT WORKING. HAD A CABIN ALT MASTER WARNING. THE CABIN WAS AT 10,000 & CLIMBING. STARTED ON THE QRH PROCEDURE FOR, CABIN ALT & RAPID PRESSURIZATION, ON PAGE 21.2. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTROL THE CABIN PRESS & IT CONTINUED TO GO UP…

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
  • Fuselage · floorbeam · corrodedDec 10, 2015

    PASSENGER CABIN FLOORBEAM CORRODED RT AFT LAVATORY FS 1322, RBL 38.6. REPAIRED PAX FLOORBEAM AT FS 1322 RBL 38.6 IAW STS EA 05-2015-054 REV I/R ADTED 12 05 2015.

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.

Showing the 10 most recent of 74 reports.

Related aircraft

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

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