N8945E1968 Douglas DC-9-31
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Sep 23, 2010.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched49 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Last registered owner
- Delta Air Lines INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Atlanta, GA
- Certificate issued
- Dec 31, 2009
- Canceled
- Sep 23, 2010
- Airworthiness
- Standard
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
- Douglas
- Model
- DC-9-31
- Year
- 1968
- Serial number
- 47181
- 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
- AC573C
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W Jt8d-1
- Type
- Turbo-jet
- Power
- 14,000 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- 2009 – 2010Delta Air Lines INCAtlanta, GA
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.
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 (49)
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.
- Lights · power supply · inoperativeJun 6, 2010
DURING LINE CHECK, FOUND CAT WALK AND AFT TAIL CONE RELEASE HANDLE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. MX REPLACED POWER SUPPLY PACK IAW WD 33-51-01. OPS CHECK OF LIGHTS NOW CHECK GOOD.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · battery pack · dischargedMay 21, 2010
ON FLIGHT CHECK MX FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN THE AFT 4 ROWS IN COACH INOP. MX R & R BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT. OPS CHECK OF LIGHTS NOW CHECK GOOD.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · fuse · blownJul 5, 2008
DURING THE LINE CHECK, THE RT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AND THE EMERGENCY PATHWAY LIGHTING FOR SEVERAL SEAT ROWS WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE ASSOCIATED FUSE BLOWN AND REPLACED IT. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD. (A)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Engine · compressor · stalledMar 28, 2008
DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT 110 KNOTS, ENGINE NR 2 EXPERIENCED 2 COMPRESSOR STALLS. FLIGHT CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. FLIGHT CREW REPORTED SNOW CONTAMINATED RUNWAYS. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED POST STALL INSPECTIONS AND GROUND RUN ON ENGINE NR 2.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · skin · damagedOct 13, 2007
DURING GROUND OPERATIONS, FUSELAGE SKIN WAS DAMAGED BY VEHICLE IMPACT AT BS 185 TO BS 210 S26R-S30R AND BS 194 TO BS 229 S24R-S26R. REPAIRED PER EA 99-210976.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · frame · crackedSep 13, 2007
DURING "H" CHECK, FOUND CRACKS AND WEAR IN FRAME ANGLE AT BS 1004 BS 0. REPAIRED PER EA 99-210176.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · shear tie · damagedMar 2, 2007
DURING GROUND OPERATIONS, BELT LOADER IMPACTED FUSELAGE CAUSING DAMAGE TO SHEAR TIE AT S23L-25L BS 332. REPAIRED PER EA 99-206447.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · skin · damagedFeb 21, 2007
DURING GROUND OPERATIONS, BELT LOADER IMPACTED FUSELAGE CAUSING DAMAGE TO LOWER BELLY SKIN L26R-L26L AT BS 288-375 AND UPPER LT FUSELAGE SKIN L26L-L23L AT BS 305-361. REPAIRED PER EA 99-206446.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · longeron · damagedFeb 21, 2007
DURING GROUND OPERATIONS, BELT LOADER IMPACTED FUSELAGE DAMAGING L29L AND L30L AT BS 285. REPAIRED PER EA 99-206445.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Air conditioning and pressurization · duct · looseOct 11, 2006
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED EXCESSIVE SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND ALSO THAT VERY HOT AIR COMING FROM DUCTS. THE CREW DECLARED A YELLOW EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING BACK AT DEPARTURE. NO MENTION OF COM PROCEDURE COMPLIANCE OR OF PACK CONFIGURATION. MAINTENANCE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Showing the 10 most recent of 49 reports.
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