# N272HJ: Piper PA-31, registration cancelled 1999-12-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 29, 1999
- Exported to: Israel
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Piper PA-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (registry code 7103103)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A20SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A20SO) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 31-7712055
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: September 16, 1999
- Last registry action: September 16, 1999
- Mode S code: A2AEA2
- Owner when cancelled: [Lock Haven Aircraft Sales Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LOCK%20HAVEN%20AIRCRAFT%20SALES%20INC)
- Location: [Lock Haven, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Lock%20Haven)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 41.2851° N, 77.4712° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 17745, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N272HJ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=272HJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N272HJ-1999-12-29

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 Piper PA-31: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31.md

## Service difficulty reports (11)

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

- [SDR 97ZZZX5100](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX5100), Nov 25, 1997: HINGE. SEIZED. FOUND THE RUDDER TOP HINGE BOLT SEIZED IN THE HINGE BEARING AND COULD NOT BE FREED. BOTH HINGE ASSEMBLIES (THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER) HAD TO BE REPLACE
- [SDR 97ZZZX5099](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX5099), Nov 25, 1997: HINGE. SEIZED. FOUND THE RUDDER TOP HINGE BOLT SEIZED IN THE HINGE BEARING AND COULD NOT BE FREED. BOTH HINGE ASSEMBLIES (THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER) HAD TO BE REPLACE
- [SDR 98ZZZX635](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX635), Nov 1, 1997: RIB. CORRODED. FOUND THE RUDDER TORQUE TUBE AND WELDED ON ASSEMBLIES VERY CORRODED. THE WELDED ON PLATE IS ABOVE THE BOTTOM RIB ON THE RUDDER AND CAN ONLY BE SEEN THROUGH A SM
- [SDR 98ZZZX634](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX634), Nov 1, 1997: TORQUE TUBE. CORRODED. FOUND THE RUDDER TORQUE TUBE AND WELDED ON ASSEMBLIES VERY CORRODED. THE WELDED ON PLATE IS ABOVE THE BOTTOM RIB ON THE RUDDER AND CAN ONLY BE SEEN THROUGH A SM
- [SDR 98ZZZX633](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX633), Nov 1, 1997: TRUNNION. CORRODED. INSPECTION FOUND THE CYLINDER SIDEWALL (ON THE OUTSIDE) WITH DEEP INTERGRANULAR GALVANIC CORROSION. THIS CORROSION IS HARD TO SPOT DUE TO ITS BEING IN THE GEARW
- [SDR 98ZZZX632](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX632), Nov 1, 1997: ROLLERS. SEIZED. FOUND THE FLAP ROLLERS NOT TURNING DUE TO PAINT BEING ON THE ROLLERS AND TRACKS. ALSO, FOUND FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACE HARDWARE COVERED WITH PAINT (WHERE THE CONTR
- [SDR 98ZZZX631](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX631), Nov 1, 1997: BOOT. MISSING. FOUND ONE ELEVATOR COUNTER BALANCE LEADING EDGE BOOT MISSING AND THE FIBERGLASS SUB-SURFACE WAS ERODED. THE OTHER BOOT WAS TORN WHICH ALLOWS WATER TO GET INISDE
- [SDR 98ZZZX630](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX630), Nov 1, 1997: CONTROL CABLE. DEFECTIVE. FOUND THE ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE SPLICED IN TWO PLACES BOTH OF WHICH PASSED AROUND THE SERVO CAPSTAN. THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE SPLICES BEING DONE IN THE LOG BOOKS
- [SDR 98ZZZX629](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX629), Nov 1, 1997: SPRING. MISSING. BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT HYDRAULIC FILTER HOUSINGS WERE MISSING THEIR SPRINGS. THE SPRINGS HOLD THE FILTER IN PLACE AND WILL COMPRESS SHOULD THE FILTER PLUG UP. 
- [SDR 97ZZZX1109](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX1109), Feb 28, 1997: HOSE. LEAK. PILOT REPORTED FUEL SMELL IN THE CABIN. FOUND AEROQUIP TYPE 601 HOSE INSTALLED IN THE LT WING ROOT DRIPPING FUEL. THESE HOSES ARE AFFECTED BY AEROQUIP BULLETIN 
- [SDR 97ZZZX1108](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX1108), Feb 28, 1997: REDUCER. CRACKED. PILOT REPORTED FUEL SMELL IN THE CABIN. FOUND THE CROSSFEED LINE DRAIN REDUCER FLARE CRACKED AND SEEPING FUEL.

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