N768DL
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
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.
33 reports on file, 1995-11-19 – 2000-09-25.
Part: ACCESSORY UNIT — FAILED (COCKPIT INS/VOR) · airframe 73,469 hrs · 16,457 cycles
AIR TURNBACK, NO PRESENTATION OF INS OR VOR. RE-ALIGNED ALL 3 INS UNITS AND RERACKED NAV ACCESSORY UNIT, OPS NML.
Part: CONTROLLER — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG) · airframe 72,750 hrs · 16,194 cycles
ON GEAR RETRACTION GOT RED INTRANSIT LIGHT-LT GEAR DOOR LITEON S/O PANEL. REPLACED PROX LOGIC BOX REPLACED MATRIX BLOCKS, FOUND AND REPLACED 1 GOUND WIRE. ADJUSTED PROX. SENSORS: SYSTEM OP CKS GOOD.
Part: BATTERY PACK — FAILED (CABIN) · airframe 72,750 hrs · 16,194 cycles
L-2 EXTERIOR EXIT EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK OP CKS GOOD
Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — WILL NOT TEST (LAVATORY) · airframe 72,699 hrs · 16,172 cycles
NR 3 AFT LAV SMOKE DET FAILED MTC TEST. REPLACED SMOKE DETECTOR.
Part: ENGINE — FIRE (NR 1) · airframe 72,556 hrs · 16,114 cycles
NR 1 ENG ROLLED BACK ON ENG START, THEN HAD A TAILPIPE FIRE ON SECOND START, HIGHEST EGT 450. HEAT DAMAGE TO GLOVE FAIRING. REPAIRED SAME.
Part: STATOR — FAILED (BOOST PUMP) · airframe 72,349 hrs · 16,024 cycles
L1011 FUEL BOOST PUMP APPEARS TO HAVE BURNED UP THE STATOR WINDING. NEW STATOR (P/N 770917 NHA 112-508-06), AND (S/N 1741).
Earlier reports · 1995–1999 · 27 reports
1999
Part: O-RING — CUT (NR 2 ENGINE)
ON WALKAROUND, FOUND FUEL LEAKING FROM NR 2 ENG FUEL FILTER BOWL. REPLACED ONE HELI-COIL AND O-RING ON FUEL FILTER ASSY.
Part: LIGHT — FAILED (CABIN)
C-ZONE EMERGENCY LIGHT FAILED L/O TEST. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY.
Part: FRAME — CORRODED (BS 983)
CORROSION FOUND ON THE HORIZONTAL FLANGE OF THE BS 983 FRAME AT BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT BL 16.0. REPAIRED PER ERA 333606-14 REV A.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (BS 1551)
CORROSION WAS FOUND AT STA 1551 AND LONGERON 31. DAMAGE INCLUDES LONGERON 31, BONDED SKIN ASSY AND DOOR SURROUND TRIPLER ALL DAMAGE LOCATIONS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO CORROSION.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (WS 555)
THE LEFT SIDE WING UPPER RIB CAP AT IWS 555 WAS FOUND CRACKED BETWEEN STRS 15 AND 16, DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION OF THE RIB CAPS.
Part: SLIDE RAFT — DETACHED (R-3 DOOR)
R-3 DOOR SLIDE SLIPPED FROM CASE, SAFETY PIN BENT.
Part: FIRE WARNING — MALFUNCTIONED (NR 1 ENGINE)
INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN A/C. RETURNED TO LAX DUE TO A LOOP FIRE WARNING NR 1 ENGINE. B-LOOP ON DEFERRAL. REPLACED LOWER GEARBOX LOOP.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
FOUND ON LAYOVER CHECK, ESCAPE PATH EMERGENCY LIGHTS PARTIALLY INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK.
Part: CHARGER — FAILED (LEFT)
CB J8 EMERG CHARGE LIGHT AFT TRIPS. FOUND CHARGER BAD. REPLACED SAME.
Part: WIRE — BROKEN (ROW 21F)
STRIP OF EVAC LIGHTS INOP FWD RT SECTION OF C-ZONE. FOUND WIRE BROKEN UNDER SEAT 21F. SPLICED WIRE, CHECKS GOOD.
1998
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOP (ROW 34-40)
EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING WILL NOT TEST BETWEEN ROWS 34-40 RT SIDE ONLY. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
FOUND EMERGENCY AISLE EXIT LIGHTING POWER SUPPLY CHARGING CONTINUOSLY. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY PER MM. OPS CHKS GOOD.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
FIRST CLASS RT SIDE INBD OF R1 DOOR EMER EXIT AISLE LIGHT INOP. REPLACED LIGHT ASSY.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
ON L/O AFT RT CORNER EMERGENCY LIGHT SECTION OUT. REPLACED AFT RT POWER SUPPLY CKS OK.
1997
Part: CABLE — BROKEN (PAX DOOR)
EMERGENCY OPERATION INOP, ELECT CKS, OK. FOUND ON INITIAL DURING LTR CK. REMOVED AND INSTALLED EMERGENCY ACTUATION CABLE ASSY, OPERATION CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES AND OP'S CK WAS GOOD.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
L3 EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY.
Part: RETRACT MECH — MALFUNCTIONED (NLG DOOR)
JUST PRIOR TO ROTATION, RED TRANSIT AND DOOR WARNING LIGHT ON NOSE GEAR DOOR LIGHT ON S/O PANEL. FOUND LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR DOWN. RESET DOOR SYSTEM, CHECKS GOOD.
1996
Part: PBE — FAILED (3 R DOOR)
FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED THAT THE PBE AT 3R HAD IT'S RED INDICATOR EXPOSED OUTSIDE OF CASE. THE PBE WAS REPLACED.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (BS 983)
DURING AN INSPECTION PER DAL SI 7-63916-12AD, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE HORIZONTAL STIFFENING FLANGE.
Part: P0WER SPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
EXTERIOR EVACUATION LIGHT AT 1L INOP WITH COCKPIT SWITCH ON. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT 1L, LIGHTS CHECK GOOD.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTS INOP AT 37C AND 39F. RELAMPED, CKS OK.
Part: SPAR CAP — CRACKED (WS 315/329)
CRACKS WERE DISCOVERED EMANATING FROM TWO EXISTING FASTENER HOLES AT IWS 329 AND IWS 315. THE CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE REAR SPAR UPPER CAP AND UPPER WING SKIN. THE SUBJECT HOLES WERE OVERSIZED TO REMOVE THE CRACKS IN THE DAMAGED MEMBERS ONLY. REPAIRS ACCOMPLISHED PER DL ERA 273032AD RB.
Part: SKIN — GOUGED (FS 1677/1685)
THE FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN FS 1677 AND FS 1685 WAS BADLY GOUGED/DENTED BELOW THE C3 DOOR FROM S-27 TO S-33. THE REPAIR HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ON A TIME LIMITED BASIS. THIS REVISION PROVIDES PERMANENT REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIRS PER DL ERA 272973 RB.
Part: SKIN — CORROSION (FS 1438)
AT HMV IN ATL, THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT FS 1438, LBL 14 WAS FOUND CORRODED. THE REPAIR CONSISTED OF TRIMMING THE FUSELAGE SKIN AND INSTALLING A REPAIR DOUBLER AND TRIPLER PER DL ERA 272995 REV A.
1995
Part: RIB — CRACKED (NR 4 LE SLAT)
DURING SHOP INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN A RIB AT 7 INCHES FROM THE O/B END OF THE NR 4 SLAT. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 57-51-00.
Part: TE SKIN — DAMAGED (NR 6 LE FLAP)
DURING SHOP INSPECTION, NR 6 RT L/E SLAT PANEL WAS FOUND WITH DAMAGE TO TRAILING EDGE SKIN. REPAIRED PER SRM 57-51-00 FIG 805.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (NR 6 LE FLAP)
DURING SHOP INSPECTION, RT NR 6 L/E SLAT WAS FOUND WITH CRACKED INTERNAL RIB AT 55 INCHES FROM I/B END. REPAIRED PER SRM 57-51-0.