N811CK is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63F built in 1971. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 6, 2002 when the aircraft was exported to Ghana. The last status on file was "valid registration".
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63F cancelled May 6, 2002
- Serial number
- 46147
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turbojet
- Year built
- 1971
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Ghana
- Certificate issued
- January 16, 2002
- Last FAA action
- January 16, 2002
- Last owner
- Mk Airlines INC Trustee (Corporation)
Wilmington, DE - Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
NTSB accident and incident record under N811CK
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63F · serial 46147
Inadequate inspection of the number 1 and 2 engine cowls by company maintenance personnel and inadequate preflight inspection by the flight engineer, resulting in unsecured cowls separating from the aircraft during takeoff. A factor was unsecured number 1 and 2 engine cowls.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site