N537DA
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
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.
36 reports on file, 1995-04-11 – 2001-07-10.
Part: FLAP TRACK — CORRODED (T/E FLAP) · airframe 61,902 hrs · 46,163 cycles
INBOARD FLAP, NR 4 INBOARD TRACK WAS FOUND WITH CORROSION AND WEAR AT THE MLG AND SPOILER BEAM ATTACH PADS AND MLG DOOR HINGE FITTING HOLES. REPAIR PER ER/A 402062-14AD
Part: DUCT — BLOWN (RT PACK) · airframe 61,882 hrs · 46,152 cycles
AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE IN CLIMBOUT. FOUND DUCT BLOWN ON RT PACK. REPLACED DUCT AND CONTROLLER PRECAUTIONARY. PRESSURIZED A/C, CHECKS OK. NO LEAKS FOUND. A/C OK FOR SERVICE.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 61,489 hrs · 45,888 cycles
DURING STBY ELEC CK NOTICED SEVERAL EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOP. REPLACED AFT CRT AISLE EXIT LIGHT BATTERY PACK. REPLACED MID CABIN CTR AISLE EXIT LIGHT ASSY.
Part: VALVE — ODOR (LT PACK) · airframe 60,625 hrs · 45,286 cycles
LEFT PACK OVERHEATED WHEN TURNED OFF, SMOKE SMELL IN CABIN. REPLACED LEFT PACK SHUTOFF VALVE, CKS GOOD.
Earlier reports · 1995–2000 · 32 reports
2000
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 58,989 hrs · 44,212 cycles
THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND CORRODED AT FS 1009 FROM STRINGER 29L TO 29R. THE CORROSION WAS REMOVED WITH A 18 X 7.5 INCH CUTOUT IN THE SKIN. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER INSTALLED PER ER/A 377746-14.
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (NR 4 SLAT) · airframe 58,985 hrs · 44,210 cycles
IB SPAR STIFFENER CRACKED NR 7 SLAT OB TRACK. REPAIR PER M/M 57-20-21
Part: SWITCH — MALFUNCTIONED (LT MLG DOOR) · airframe 58,787 hrs · 44,076 cycles
LEFT GEAR DOOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION AND SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION. FOLLOWED CHECKLIST AND STOPPED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON RUNWAY TO HAVE GEAR PINNED BY MTC. REPLACED LT MAIN GEAR DOOR SW PER M/M, OPS CKS GOOD.
1999
Part: STRINGER — CRACKED (BS 950)
A CRACK WAS FOUND IN S18A RT SIDE AT APPROX BS 950. A NEW SECTION WAS SPLICED IN PER ERA 333330-14, REV A.
Part: STRINGER — CORRODED (BS 990-1010)
STRINGER 29L WAS FOUND WITH CORROSION IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS FROM APPROXIMATELY STATION 990 TO 1010. NEW SECTION SPLICED IN PER ERA 333339-14, REV A.
Part: SKIN — GOUGED (BS 990)
GOUGE WAS FOUND IN THE SKIN AT THE AFT EDGE OF THE C2 DOOR CUOUT AT BS 990, LOCATED AT S24R. THE DAMAGE WAS IN THE SKIN, DOUBLER, TRIPLER AND BEAR STRAP. REWORKED PER ERA 333326-14, REV A.
Part: SKIN — DAMAGED (LT LE SLAT)
LOWER SKIN REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0 FIG 801.
Part: BY PASS LIGHT — ILLUMINATED (NR 2 ENGINE)
NR 2 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLT. POM FOLLOWED, ENGINE SHUT DOWN. CHECKED OIL FILTER, ALL OK. RAN ENG, ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL. FWD OIL PRESS BY-PASS LIGHT TO MCO/PLA.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (NR 2 LE SLAT)
ONE INCH CRACK NR 2 SLAT L/E NOSE RIB I/B SIDE OF ACTUATOR. REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-0 PG 805.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (BS 480-680)
LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 26L SKIN LAP SPLICE INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED CRACKS IN 4 DIFFERENT FRAME BAYS. THE ENTIRE SKIN LAP WAS CUT OUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER PER ER/A 367068-14AD, REV B.
1998
Part: RIB — CRACKED (NR 6 LE SLAT)
FOUND DURING D-1 LETTER CHECK, NR 6 L/E SLAT ACTUATOR ATTACH RIB CRACKED AT PREVIOUS REPAIR. REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0 AND ERA 364139-14.
1997
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
CENTER AISLE EMER EXIT LIGHT INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPS NML.
Part: LIGHT — FAILED (CABIN)
EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING INOP AT SEAT 29C TO 36C. REPLACED DOOR EXIT BULBS AND LT AFT SERV DOOR EXIT LIGHT ASSY, OPERATION NOW NORMAL.
Part: BULB — FAILED (CABIN)
EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTS INOP ROW 29C. REPLACED BULB.
Part: LINE — CRACKED (B HYD SYST)
DURING DESCENT, COMPLETE LOSS OF 'B' HYD SYSTEM OCCURRED. FOUND PRESSURE LINE TO THE HYD MODULE CRACKED, REPLACED SAME. REPLACED CASE DRAIN FILTERS, NO CONTAMINATION FOUND. OPERATION OF ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS NORMAL.
1996
Part: BULB — BURNT OUT (CABIN)
TWO BULBS OUT ON EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING. REPLACED BULBS, OPS CHECK GOOD.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
ON L/O, FOUND RT AFT EMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHT FLASHING. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, CK'S GOOD.
Part: ANGLE — CRACKED (BS 1263)
FOUND A CRACK IN ANGLE OF THE FWD TRANSVERSE BEAM AND AFT CHANNEL OF THE RT TORQUE BOX AT FS 1263. REPAIRED PER DELTA ER/A 303623-14AD.
Part: SKIN — CORROSION (BS 1044)
THE SKIN AT STA 1044 AND ST 28L WAS FOUND CORRODED. REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 3.
Part: TRANSVERSE BEAM — CRACKED (FS 1263)
CRACK IN ANGLE OF THE FWD TRANSVERSE BEAM AND AFT CHANNEL OF THE RT TORQUE BOX AT FS 1263. THIS AREA IS SUBJECT OF AD 94-07-08 WHICH REQUIRES INSPECTION PER S/B 53-0129. THIS ERA WILL REPLACE THE DAMAGED PART IN ACCORDACE WITH THE S/B.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (BS 1044)
SKIN CORROSION AT STRINGER 28L, STA 1044 TO 1047, CUTOUT IS 3 BY 1.75 INCH. REPAIRED PER DAL ER/A 303626-14.
Part: STRINGER — CRACKED (VERT STAB)
FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, STRINGER CRACKED 2ND BAY FROM TOP LT SIDE. REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-0 FIG 803.
Part: STRINGER — CRACKED (VERT STAB)
FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, STRINGER CRACKED 1ST BAY FROM TOP OF VERT STAB LT SIDE. REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-0 FIG 803.
Part: WEB — CRACKED (VERT STAB)
FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, WEB ANGLE CRACKED LT SIDE 2ND BAY UP FROM ACCESS PANEL 9504. REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-0 FIG 802.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (LWR RUDDER)
FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, 1 INCH CRACK LWR RUDDER SKIN LT SIDE. REPAIRED PER SRM 55-20-3 FIG 1.
Part: STRINGER — CRACKED (VERT STAB)
FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, STRINGER CRACKED RT SIDE 2ND BAY UP FROM ACCESS PNL 9504. REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-0 FIG 803.
Part: STRINGER — CRACKED (VERT STAB)
FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, TWO STRINGERS CRACKED 3RD BAY FROM TOP RT SIDE VERT STAB. REPAIRED PER M/M 55-30-0 PG 803.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (BS 1243)
FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, LIGHTENING HOLE CRACKED RT LOWER TORQUE BOX STA 1243. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-11-0 PG 828.
Part: DOOR FRAME — CRACKED (L 2 DOOR)
FOUND DURING B-2 LETTER CHECK, L-2 DOOR FRAME CRACKED AT UPPER HINGE CUTOUT. REPAIRED PER SRM 52-40-4.
1995
Part: WEB — CRACKED (BS 1303)
A 1 INCH CRACK IN RT LWR TORGUE BOX WEB AT LIGHTENING HOLE STA 1303. FOUND AT B-1 LTR CK. REPAIRED PER MM 53-11-0.
Part: ANGLE — CRACKED (NR 6 LE SLAT)
NR 6 L/E SLAT HAD A CRACK IN THE LOWER SKIN ATTACH ANGLE. CRACK WAS REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0 FIG 809A. FOUND AT SHOP INSPECTION.
Part: SLAT — CRACKED (RT WING)
FOUND DURING A-2 LETTER CHECK, .5 INCH CRACK AT I/B STOP PAD NR 6 SLAT. REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-0.