Douglas DC-8-72CF
N782SP is a Douglas DC-8-72CF, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbojet engines, built in 1968. It has 152 seats. It is registered to Liberty University INC, a corporation in Lynchburg, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 4, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated May 4, 2006.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Douglas
- Model
- DC-8-72CF · all DC-8-72CFs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Douglas DC-8 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 46013
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbojetFAA type of engine code 4 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 4 motors · Cfm Intl. CFM56 SERIES · 2200 hp
- Seats
- 152
- Year built
- 1968
- Transponder code
- AA9992 (octal 52514622)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 4, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 4, 2026
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 4, 2006
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00187229
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Liberty University INC (university or college with a flight programme: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1971 University Blvd
Lynchburg, VA 24515-0002
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N782SP links to the rest of the register
- Douglas DC-8 6 registered
- Douglas 305 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- CFM International CFM56 series 708 aircraft with this engine series · 2200 hp
- Type certificate 4A25 · held by The Boeing Company
- Liberty University INC 15 aircraft in the fleet
- Lynchburg, VA 92 aircraft registered in this town
- Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field · LYH
- Falwell Airport · W24
- Virginia 5,973 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Douglas DC-8 162 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Douglas DC-8 17,000 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Douglas DC-8 458 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the CFM International CFM56 series 56 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the CFM International CFM56 series 2,449 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Skin, corroded · 2021-12-14
- Report filed on this aircraft: Duct, cracked · 2021-11-22
- Report filed on this aircraft: Cap, cracked · 2021-11-20
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The public federal record on N782SP, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Liberty University INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 4, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 4, 2006, 38 years after the 1968 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 46013 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N782SP was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172S (serial 172S8710, cancelled August 12, 2005). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N782SP: Accident on December 26, 2002 at Akron, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091
The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data