Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD 83
N802WA is a Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD 83, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1990. It has 155 seats. It is registered to Caribbean Sun Airlines INC DBA, a corporation in Miami, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 30, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated July 14, 2010.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co
- Model
- MD 83 · all MD 83s and related versions
- Serial number
- 53052
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Turbofan, 2 motors · P & W JT8D-219 · 21,000 lb thrust
- Seats
- 155
- Year built
- 1990
- Transponder code
- AAEB40 (octal 52565500)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 30, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport · July 14, 2010
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00415101
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Caribbean Sun Airlines INC DBA
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 5000 NW 36Th St Ste 307
Miami, FL 33166-2763 - Co-owners
- World Atlantic Airlines
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N802WA, 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 Caribbean Sun Airlines INC DBA, a corporation, certificate issued March 30, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 14, 2010, 20 years after the 1990 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 53052 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N802WA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF (serial 46146, cancelled May 6, 1975). 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]
3 NTSB records under N802WA: Incident on March 31, 2025 at Havana, OF: no injuries. Incident on June 2, 2024 at Santa Clara, OF: minor damage. Incident on July 11, 2018 at Chichen Itza: no injuries. 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft CO MD 83 · operated under 121
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DCA25WA176 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft CO MD 83 · operated under 121
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DCA24WA282 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Douglas DC9 · operated under 121
The Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Douglas DC9 airplane that occurred on July 11, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Mexico's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All investigative information will be released by the government of Mexico.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DCA18WA247 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data