N325DL
Operators of this aircraft
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No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
29 reports on file, 1995-01-30 – 2002-12-14.
Part: BULKHEAD — CORRODED (FS 1016, BL0) · airframe 53,858 hrs · 39,940 cycles
FUSELAGE / AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD / FS 1016 / BL 0 : CORROSION REPAIR THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD WEB AND STIFFENER AT BL 0 WERE FOUND CORRODED. THE CORROSION IS TYPICAL OF BAC S/B 737-53A1075 AND AD 2002-10-11. THE CORROSION WAS REMOVED AND REPAIRED PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE S/B AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 384295-14AD.
Part: CONNECTOR — DISCONNECTED (CABIN) · airframe 52,477 hrs · 39,363 cycles
ON LAYOVER FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 19 INOP. FOUND CONNECTOR DISCONNECTED, RECONNECTED OPS NORMAL.
Earlier reports · 1995–2001 · 27 reports
2001
Part: DUCT — DAMAGED (A/C BAY) · airframe 51,094 hrs · 38,784 cycles
F/A SMELLED SMOKE, CARGO BAY DISCHARGE, LIGHT ON FLOOR WAS HOT BETWEEN ROWS 6 - 7, FIRE BELLS AND WHISTLES FIRED BOTTLES. SHUT OFF LEFT PACK, INDICATIONS WENT AWAY. FOUND LT PACK MIX CHAMBER BLOWN BROKEN DUMPING HOT AIR ON FIRE BOTTLE. SUSPECT BOTTLE OVER TEMP AND DISCHARGED, DISCHARGE SET OFF FIRE INDICATION. FWD CARGO FIRE SYST TO MCO/PLAC 26-00-19A AND FWD LT PACK TO MCO/PLAC 21-00-01A. REPOSITION A/C TO MCO.
Part: ACM — SEIZED (A/C BAY) · airframe 51,092 hrs · 38,782 cycles
BLEEDS OFF TAKEOFF OUT OF ISP. TURNED RIGHT PACK ON, NO TROUBLE. TURNED LEFT PACK ON, SMOKE IN CABIN ACCOMPANIED WITH RUSHING AIR SOUND. FOUND LEFT ACM SEIZED FWD LEFT PACK TO MCO PER MEL 21-00-01A.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (CABIN) · airframe 50,249 hrs · 38,419 cycles
CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE FS 663.75 FRAME AT STR. 3R, 2R, 2L,AND 3L. THE FRAME WAS REPAIRED PER B737 SRM 53-10-4, FIG 14IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE FRAME REPAIR THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS CUT AT EACH STRINGER LOCATION. AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER AND TRIPLER WAS INSTALLED PER ERA 397877-14. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND DURING HMV.
Part: FRAME — CORRODED (FRAME) · airframe 50,248 hrs · 38,419 cycles
CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE FS 947.5 FRAME AT STR 17R. THE CORROSION WAS CUT OUT AND A REPAIR ANGLE INSTALLED. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT HMV.
Part: FITTING — CORRODED (VERTICAL STAB) · airframe 50,248 hrs · 38,419 cycles
CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACH LUGS AND CLEVIS. THE LUG FACES WERE BLENDED AND THE BORES OVERSIZED TO REMOVE CORROSION. OVERSIZED BUSHINGS WERE THEN INSTALLED. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT HMV.
Part: WEB — CORRODED (DOOR SILL) · airframe 50,248 hrs · 38,419 cycles
THE R1 DOOR SILL WEB WAS FOUND CRACKED AT FS 297. THE DAMAGED SECTION OF WEB WAS CUT OUT AND A NEW SECTION SPLICEDIN. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND DURING HMV.
Part: FLOORBEAM — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 50,248 hrs · 38,419 cycles
THE FS 520 FLOORBEAM WAS FOUND CRACKED AT RBL & LBL 24. THE CRACKS ARE TYPICAL S/B 737-53-1120. THE CRACKS WERE STOP DRILLED AND REPAIRED PER THE S/B. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT HMV.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (CABIN) · airframe 50,248 hrs · 38,419 cycles
FS 767, 827, 847 AND 907 FRAMES WERE FOUND WITH THE TYPICAL CRACKS NOTED IN S/B SIIA 737-358. THE CRACKS WERE REMOVED AND REPAIRED PER SRM 51-40-3, FIGURE 1. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND DURING HMV.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — FAILED (A/C PACK) · airframe 48,475 hrs · 37,672 cycles
AUTO PRESS MOD FAILED ABOUT 7500 FT. STANDBY ALLOWED, CABIN PRESSURE TO REACH 10,000 FT. A/C AT 25,000 FT SWITCH TO MANUAL A/C. BUT VALVE WERE ALREADY FULL CLOSED. DESCENDED TO 10,000 FT CABIN PRESSURE HELD AT 9,200 FT. EVEN TRIED USING APU BLEED AT 10,000 FT, COULD NOT REDUCE CABIN PRESSURE. FOUND LEFT WATER SEPARATOR FROZEN. REPLACED 35 DEGREE VALVE CONTROLLER AND MIX VALVE.
2000
Part: CONNECTOR — SHORTED (AFT GALLEY) · airframe 47,777 hrs · 37,380 cycles
AT DEPARTURE ELECTRICAL SMELL IN GALLEY. FOUND NR 2 COFFEEMAKER CANNON PLUG ARCING. TIED BACK BOTH C/P AND COLLARED C/B. CANNON PLUGS LATER REPLACED. NO FURTHER TROUBLE.
Part: VALVE — STUCK (NR 1 ENGINE) · airframe 47,360 hrs · 37,198 cycles
NR 1 ENG ANTI-ICE COWL VALVE FAILED TO OPEN IN FLIGHT. REPLACED NR 1 ENG ANTI-ICE VALVE. GROUND OPS NML. LK CHECK GOOD.
Part: SKIN — GOUGED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 47,253 hrs · 37,147 cycles
THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A GOUGE AT THE STRINGER 25R SKIN LAP SPLICE AT FS 847. THE GOUGE WAS IN THE UPPER SKIN OF THE LAP ONLY AND WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT IN THE SKIN. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER, INSTALLED PER ER/A 378486-14, REV A.
Part: FRAME — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 47,239 hrs · 37,141 cycles
LEVEL TWO CORROSION FOUND ON FUSELAGE FRAME 787 SKIN ATTACH ANGLE O/B OF STRINGER 27 LEFT. REPAIRED PER MAINTENANCE MANUAL 53-11-0, FIG 801.
1999
Part: BLEED LINE — LEAKING (APU)
SOLID WING BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT PASSING 1,500 FT, AFTER TAKEOFF. AFTER COMPLETING PROCEDURES, LIGHT REMAINED ON. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND LANDED. A/C GROSS WEIGHT UPON LANDING 112,000 LBS. FOUND BLEED LEAK FWD OF APU BLEED VALVE. REPLACED GASKETS, CLEANED SENSE LOOP.
Part: BULKHEAD WEB — CRACKED (BS 178)
THE FS 178 BULKHEAD WEB WAS FOUND WITH TWO SMALL CRACKS AT WL 210, BL 5.7 LT & RT AND TWO SMALL CRACKS AT WL 233.5, BL 5.7 (LT & RT). THE WL 233.5 CRACKS WERE REPAIRED WITH DOUBLERS PER SRM 53-10-11. THE CRACKS AT WL 210 WERE JUST ABOVE A LARGE EXISTING WEB REPAIR DOUBLER. THE EXISTING DOUBLER WAS REMOVED, THE NEW CRACKS CUTOUT, AND A NEW DOUBLER INSTALLED PER ER/A 361208-14, REV D.
1998
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (BS 332)
FUSELAGE/SKIN ASSY/R1 DOOR CUTOUT/LOWER AFT CORNER: REPAIR FOR SKIN CRACK. A .5 TYPICAL CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE SKIN AND BONDED DOUBLER AT THE LOWER AFT CORNER OF THE R1 (FWD GALLEY) DOOR CUTOUT. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN ALUMINUM DOUBLER AND TRIPLER PER ER/A 365772-14, REV B.
Part: LIGHT — FAILED (R-1 SLIDE)
R-1 SLIDE LIGHT INOP ON TEST, REPLACE LIGHT.
1997
Part: LINE — FAILED (LT MLG)
IN FLARE A-SYSTEM HYD QTY FELL TO ZERO. REPLACED LT MLG EXTEND AND RETRACT HYD LINES. LEAK CK GOOD, SERVICED HYD SYS.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
FOUND ON L/O CK, EMRG LIGHTS DIM FWD GALLEY WALL AND SEAT ROW 1DEF THRU 10DEF DIM. REPLACED FWD PWR SUPPLY AND BATTERY FOR EMG LIGHTS ALL CK GOOD.
Part: GASPER FAN — FAILED (BAGGAGE COMPT)
SMELLED SULPHUR BURNING AT 18,000 FT ON DESCENT INTO MCO, ODOR GOT STRONGER ON FIELD AND DISIPATED ON LANDING, ODOR SEEMED TO COME ON WITH GASPER FAN. REPLACED GASPER FAN, OP CKS NML, NO SMELL.
Part: SKIN — DAMAGED (BS 947)
THE FUSELAGE SKIN JUST FORWARD OF STA 947 WAS DAMAGED BETWEEN STR 20R AND 21R. DAMAGE REMOVAL RESULTED IN A CUTOUT MEASURING 3.5 BY 1.5. THIS DAMAGED WAS REPAIRED WITH A DOUBLER AND APPROVED BY FAA/DER FORM 8110-3, DER DESIGNATION SO-889, DATED 8-14-97. REPAIRED PER ERA 303799-14.
1996
Part: GPWS — INOPERATIVE (FWD ELECT COMPT)
UPON GEAR EXTENSION GOT ALL THREE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHTS. AT 200 AGL THE GPWS 'GEAR UNSAFE MODE' SOUNDED AND THREE RED UNSAFE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. MISSED APPROACH AND VISUALLY CHECKED GEAR DOWN. NO GPWS SOUNDED ON THE RUNWAY. REPLACED LANDING GEAR ACCESS UNIT AND GPWS COMPUTER. CHECKED PER M/M 32-09-00, LANDING GEAR WARNING CHECKS OK.
1995
Part: SKIN — DAMAGED (BS 940)
A BAGGAGE CART STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE SKIN, S-23L AND S-24L AT APPROXIMATELY STA 940. THE SKIN CUTOUT EXTENDS FWD AND AFT FROM STA 925 TO STA 947 AND IS LOCATED BETWEEN S-22L AND S-24L. THE SKIN AND STRINGER WILL BE REPAIRED PER B737-200 SRM AND DL ERA 302583-14.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (BS 379)
DURING HMV IN ATL, THE SKIN LOCATED AT THE COOLING DUCT CUTOUT AT BS 379 BL 0, WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THE AFT EDGE OF THE CUTOUT. THE CRACK WILL BE REPAIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH S/B 737-53-1117 REV 1.
Part: FLOORBEAM — CRACKED (BS 663)
DURING HMV IN ATL, THE CABIN FLOORBEAM WAS FOUND CRACKED INTHE OP FLANGE AT STA 663, BL 0. THE UPPER CAP OF THE FLOORBEAM IS CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE HORIZONTAL FLANGE. ANOTHER CRACK EXISTED IN THE WEB JUST FWD OF THE DAMAGED CAP. THESE CRACKS WILL BE REPAIRED PER S/B 737-57-1210.
Part: SKIN — PUNCTURED (RT ELEVATOR)
DURING LETTER CHECK M-1, FOUND RT ELEVATOR HAS A HOLE IN LOWER SURFACE. REPAIRED AS PER SRM 51-40-13.
Part: AFT CLEVIS — CRACKED (L1 DOOR)
DURING LETTER CHECK M-1, FOUND L1 DOOR UPPER GATE AFT CLEVIS CRACKED. MANUFACTURED AND INSTALLED NEW ANGLE PER ERA 274058-14, REF SRM 52-10-2.