# N240TW: 1966 Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON, registration cancelled 2022-09-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 3, 2022
- Status when cancelled: Third renewal notice
- Airframe: [Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON](https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-sud-fan-jet-falcon) (registry code 2720302)
- Engine: [GE CF700 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf700-series) (registry code 30010)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A7EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A7EU), [TCDS E7EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E7EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 40
- Year built: 1966
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: March 20, 1998
- Certificate issued: July 31, 2019
- Last registry action: August 16, 2019
- Mode S code: A231BD
- Owner when cancelled: [Sierra American Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SIERRA%20AMERICAN%20CORP)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7376° N, 75.6671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19808, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N240TW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=240TW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N240TW-2022-09-03

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON: https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-sud-fan-jet-falcon.md

## Service difficulty reports (12)

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

- [SDR HAEA2014061900228](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA2014061900228), Jun 17, 2014: AMPLIFIER. FAILED. NEARING THE END OF CRUISE FLT EN ROUTE TO RFD CREW REPORTED AN ELEC SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. THE AUTOPILOT AMP HAD FAILED & WAS THE PROBABLE SOURCE OF THE SMELL. R
- [SDR HAEA2013030100226](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA2013030100226), Feb 28, 2013: SWITCH. OUT OF POSITION. ENROUTE, MEM LOW FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY NR 2 ENGINE ROLL BACK. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. ON COMPLETING THE PROPER CHECKLIST AND "O" PROCEDURE,
- [SDR HAEA200600196](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA200600196), Dec 6, 2006: LATCH. FAULTY. FALSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION (IN TRANSIT) IN MIDFLIGHT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED DOOR LATCH. PERFORMED GEAR RETRACTION SEVERAL TIMES, OPS CHECK GOOD. [CLOSED]
- [SDR HAEA200600188](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA200600188), Mar 20, 2006: SEAL. FAILED. APPROX 50 MINS INTO FLT (FL280) HEARD A LOW RUMBLING NOISE. INSTRUMENTS NORMAL EXCEPT NR 1 ENG OIL PRESSURE DROPPED 50 PSI TO 10 PSI. CONTINUED NORMALLY 30 SEC,
- [SDR HAEA200400155](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA200400155), Jul 13, 2004: DOWNLOCK SWITCH. FAILED. ON DEPARTURE FROM ADS, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED ADS FOR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED FAULTY NLG DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR SWITCH AND REP
- [SDR HAEA00148](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA00148), Jun 16, 2004: SQUAT SWITCH. STICKING. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FWA, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. GEAR DOWN 3 GREENS. RETURNED FWA, LANDING UNEVENTFUL.
- [SDR 00119](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00119), Oct 22, 2003: DOWNLOCK SWITCH. OUT OF ADJUST. PILOT REPORTED LT MAIN INDICATOR LIGHT OFF, RAN EMERGENCY PROCEEDURES, LANDING UNEVENTFUL AT LEX, LT GEAR INSPECTED AND FOUND SAVE FOR FERRY FLIGHT FROM LEX TO 
- [SDR 00065](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00065), Nov 27, 2002: INDICATOR. FAILED. PILOT REPORTED LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION DROP TO (0) IN FLIGHT, DIVERTED FOR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR. OP'
- [SDR 00058](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00058), Oct 31, 2002: OXYGEN BOTTLE. DISCHARGED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND CREW DISCOVERED OXYGEN SUPPLY WAS AT ZERO, DIVERTED, HAD OXYGEN BOTTLE SERVICED.
- [SDR HAEA00039](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA00039), Sep 4, 2002: CONTROLLER. FAILED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KOKC FOR KLRD, LEAVING 5,500 FT CABIN CONTINUED TO CLIMB, DIVERTED TO KADS FOR MAINTENANCE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CABIN ALTITUDE CONTROLLER, PE
- [SDR 00036](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00036), Jul 29, 2002: SQUAT SWITCH. OUT OF ADJUST. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KYIP, DURING CLIMB AIRCRAFT NOT PRESSURIZING, RETURN TO KYIP. MAINTENANCE FOUND SQUAT SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. ADJUSTED PER MM, OPS CHECK GOO
- [SDR 00007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00007), Nov 20, 2001: ARM. BROKEN. LEFT LANDING GEAR DOOR DID NOT RETRACT, RED LIGHT WAS ON AFTER GEAR WAS EXTENDED. LEFT INBOARD GEAR DOOR FORWARD ARM BROKE AT ACTUATOR ATTACH POINT. REMOVED AND

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