Registered owner
Cbg LLC
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
AC-550
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Turbo-prop
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
December 20, 1982
Certificate issued
April 25, 2005
Expires
February 28, 2030
Mode S code
AAAAB9

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 51

Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

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Information bulletins that may apply · 14

Advisory, not mandatory.

Historical bulletins · 1

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N787CMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Swearingen SA227-AC aircraft

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.

Service difficulty reports · 15

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

SDR KY7A2026011600038Cooling Turbine · fumesAIRCRAFT SMOKY WHEN IN FULL HOT. DRAINED 0IL OUT OF COOLING TURBINE REF SA227 MM CH 21-50-00Nov 24, 2025 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Air Conditioning SystemSDR KY7A20210601002Brake · burnedCREW MEMBER NOTICED THE LEFT BRAKE HAD LOST PRESSURE ON TAXI AND WAS WORSENING. AFTER NOTICING THE BRAKE WAS LOSING PRESSURE ANOTHER AIRCRAFT NOTIFIED THE PILOT ON TOWER FREQUENCY THAT THE WHEEL WAS SMOKING. TOWER CONFIRMED THE CONDITION AND PILOT LET THE TOJun 1, 2021 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Landing Gear Brake SystemSDR KY7A20210223004Line · crackedPILOT REPORTED LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. MX FOUND FAILED FLAP UPLINE ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED.Feb 23, 2021 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Hydraulic System, MainSDR KY7A2019101170302Potentiometer · failedPILOT REPORTED SMOKE POURING OUT FROM AROUND LEFT AUDIO PANEL. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED PILOTS INSTRUMENT PANEL POTENTIOMETER WITH NEW. OPS CHECK GOOD.Jul 30, 2019 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Instrument PanelSDR KY7A20170731001Line · crackedFLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT PERFORMED CHECKLIST PROCEDURES AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE SMOKE. AFTER LANDING, THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE WAS INVESTIGATED AND FOUND TO HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A FINE MIST Jul 31, 2017 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Hydraulic System, MainSDR KY7A20171018003Flap System · malfunctionedFLIGHT CREW REPORTED UNCOMMANDED FLAP MOVEMENT ON SHORT FINAL. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX FOUND FAULTY FLAP COMMAND ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED.Feb 2, 2017 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Trailing Edge Flap Control SystemSDR KY7A20160531001Actuator · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED THAT THE STABILIZER TRIM FAILED TO FUNCTION 10-15 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ACTUATOR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY ON THE GROUND AFTER LANDING. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATMay 31, 2016 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Stabilizer ActuatorSDR KY7A20160223001Downlock Switch · out of adjustCREW REPORTED LT MLG, SLOW TO LOCK DOWN, RECYCLED LG, LOCKED DOWN AFTER RECYCLE. MX FOUND INBD DOWNLOCK SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. CLEANED, LUBED & ADJUSTED. GND TESTED GOOD.Feb 23, 2016 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Landing Gear Position and WarningSDR KY7A20130701001Brake · fireRAMP PERSONNEL OBSERVED THAT THE NR 3 AND 4 BRAKES WERE SMOKING/ON FIRE AS ACFT TAXIED INTO RAMP. GROUND PERSONNEL EXTINGUISHED FIRE IAW ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES. MX BELIEVES BRAKES OVERHEATED DUE TO PILOT "RIDING" BRAKES DURING TAXI.Jun 28, 2013 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Landing Gear Brake SystemSDR 2002FA0000493Rib · crackedLOCATED AND MARKED END OF CRACKS AT WS 81.174 ON RIGHT AND LEFT WINGS IN THE LOWER RADIOUS OF THE WING RIBS. BOTH CRACKS WERE APPROX. 6 INCHES LONG AND FOLLOWED THE RADIUS FORWARD AND AFT.Apr 1, 2002 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Wing, Rib/BulkheadSDR I7W2001F00000Warning System · false indicationPILOT OBSERVED OIL AND EGT FLUCTUATIONS AND A LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. DID A PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MECHANIC FOUND NO CAUSE, DID SOME TROUBLESHOOTING AND AN INSPECTION. FOUND SMALL OIL LEAK FROM PROP SEAL BUT LEAK WAS WITHIN Jun 19, 2001 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Engine Oil PressureSDR 99ZZZM172Switch · inoperativeDURING TAKEOFF AT SJU, THE AMBER NOSE WHEEL STEERING FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING PRESSURE SWITCH WITH A NEW UNIT. THE OPERATIONS CHECK WAS GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNFeb 16, 1999 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Landing Gear Steering SystemSDR 99ZZZM4Cooling Turbine · failedDURING APPROACH TO SJU, SMOKE WAS NOTICED IN THE COCKPIT ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER THE HEATER WAS TURNED ON. THERE WAS ALSO A GREATER DEAL OF SMOKE COLLECTION IN THE AFT CABIN. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AN A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE LEFT WING OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMDec 1, 1998 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Cabin Cooling SystemSDR MEJA1203Fire Detector · defectiveSVMI-TJSF - FLT 9800 - ABOUT ONE HOUR OUT IN CRUISE THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON. PERFORMED SHUTDOWN AND DISCHARGED FIRE BOTTLE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SVMI AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIDec 9, 1995 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Fire DetectionSDR 95ZZZX2251Skin · corrodedNOTED CORROSION AT AIRCRAFT WINDOW OPENING AREAS AND SKIN SEAMS. SUSPECT AREAS, AND ALL X-RAY(S) SHOT TO ENSURE CORROSION DID NOT PENETRATE STRINGER AND SKIN MATING SURFACES. DETERMINED TO BE ONLY SURFACE CORROSION AND TREATED AREAS. WILL MONITOR THIS CONDIApr 1, 1995 · N787C · Swrngn SA227AC · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin

STCs that may be installed · 110

Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

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Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1

This aircraft carried N787C before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.