# N68SW: Poplawski VARIEZE

- Status: Registration pending, canceled
- Airframe: Poplawski VARIEZE (registry code 05609B3)
- Serial number: 409
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: August 26, 1982
- Mode S code: A90283
- Registered owner: Registration Pending
- Location: Auburn, NH
- Owner's area on the map: 42.9935° N, 71.3640° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 03032, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68SW

ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs matched by airframe (Poplawski VARIEZE) (OpenAirDocs)

None matched.

## Earlier aircraft with N68SW

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N68SW before.

- [Cancelled 2006-03-03](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68SW-2006-03-03): Boeing 737-2H4, S/N 22357, built 1980. Owner: Southwest Airlines Co, Dallas, TX

## Service difficulty reports (15)

- [SDR SWAA992056](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA992056), Dec 13, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DURING SCHEDULED SERVICE CHECK, FOUND EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOP ON BOTH AFT CABIN DOORS.  REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK AND CHARGER PER MM.
- [SDR SWAA991977](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA991977), Nov 29, 1999: INDICATOR. AFT ENTRY DOOR EVACUATION SLIDE PRESSURE INDICATOR OUT OF VIEW.  REPOSITIONED SLIDE ASSY PER MM.
- [SDR SWAA980123](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA980123), Feb 16, 1998: COOLING FAN. AFTER TAKEOFF, CREW REPORTED A ELECTRICAL SMELL OF HOT PLASTIC AT FL280 TURNED LEFT PACK COLDER AND GASPER FAN ON.  SMOKE APPARENT IN FRONT HALF OF CABIN.  REMO
- [SDR SWAA970523](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA970523), Jun 1, 1997: LINE. AFTER TAKEOFF, NR 2 ENGINE FLAMED OUT.  CREW PERFORMED INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST.  RETURNED TO MDW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  FOUND P AND D VALVE MANIFOLD 
- [SDR SWAA970931](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA970931), Mar 15, 1997: BATTERY. DURING SCHEDULED SERVCE CHECK, FOUND AFT EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOP AT BOTH DOORS.  REPLACED BOTH BATTERY PACKS PER BOEING M/M.
- [SDR SWAA970145](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA970145), Jan 28, 1997: SKIN. DURING SCHEDULED C1 CHECK, FOUND AFT SERVICE DOOR SKIN CRACKED AT UPPER HINGE CUT-OUT. REPAIRED PER SWA RA 1-252-0267.
- [SDR SWAA961196](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA961196), Oct 29, 1996: COFFEEMAKER. AT GATE, NOTED A BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR AT AFT GALLEY AREA.  INSPECTED GALLEY AREAS, REPLACED COFFEEMAKERS AND RESET BREAKERS PER M/M, ALL NORMAL.
- [SDR SWAA961180](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA961180), Oct 25, 1996: AIR DISTR. ON LANDING, F/A NOTED AN ELECTRICAL TYPE ODOR IN AFT GALLEY.  AFT GALLEY C/B'S PULLED.  INSPECTED AREA AND COFFEEMAKERS, RESET C/B'S AND NO PROBLEMS NOTED.
- [SDR SWAA96680](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA96680), Jul 16, 1996: CHARGER. AT GATE, HAD BURNT SMELL IN COCKPIT.  BATTERY CHARGER C/B TRIPS AND WOULD NOT RESET.  REPLACED CHARGER PER BOEING M/M.
- [SDR SWAA960518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA960518), Jun 11, 1996: GUSSET. DURING SCHEDULED 1/4 D-CHECK, FOUND CRACK IN RADIUS OF NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR AFT SUPPORT FITTING REINFORCING GUSSET AT BS 259 NLG W/W CEILING.  REPAIRED PER BOEING

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