# N3427: 1953 Convair 340-32, registration cancelled 2017-05-15

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 15, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Convair 340-32](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340-32) (registry code 2422706)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (registry code 52026)
- Serial number: 90
- Year built: 1953
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Certificate issued: June 30, 2003
- Last registry action: June 16, 2009
- Mode S code: A3C809
- Owner when cancelled: [Aviones Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AVIONES%20INC)
- 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/N3427
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3427
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3427-2017-05-15

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 Convair 340-32: https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340-32.md

## Service difficulty reports (6)

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

- [SDR LO62004F00001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/LO62004F00001), May 6, 2004: ACTUATOR. INOPERATIVE. RT SIDE, COWL FLAP ACTUATOR BECAME INTERMITTENT. FINALLY COWL FLAPS STOPPED PART WAY OPEN. REPLACED ACTUATOR WITH OVERHAULED UNIT.
- [SDR LO62004F00000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/LO62004F00000), May 6, 2004: GENERATOR. INOPERATIVE. LEFT AC GENERATOR OPERATION INTERMITTENT AND UNSTEADY IAW VOLTMETER. REPLACED GEN WITH OVERHAULED UNIT.
- [SDR 20001222SH009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20001222SH009), Sep 12, 2000: CYLINDER. CRACKED. PILOT NOTED DROP IN BMEP AND ROUGHNESS ON DESCENT. INSPECTION DISCOVERED NR 5 CYLINDER CRACKED 1.50 INCHES FROM SPARK PLUG BOSS OUTWARD TOWARD CENTER OF HEAD. (
- [SDR 20001101SH021](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20001101SH021), Nov 12, 1999: INVERTER. FAILED. AIRCRAFT WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT VFR PART 91. CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN CABIN/COCKPIT. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE INITIATED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOU INCIDENT. OVERHAULED
- [SDR 99ZZZX4490](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX4490), Nov 12, 1999: INVERTER. FAILED. AIRCRAFT WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT VFR PART 91. CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN CABIN/COCKPIT. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES INITIATED. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ANN ARBOR AIRPORT WITHO
- [SDR 98ZZZX4264](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX4264), Oct 13, 1998: SCAVENGE PUMP. SEIZED. AIRCRAFT WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 8,000 FEET EN ROUTE FROM HGR TO PTK. THE NR 2 ENGINE BMCP WENT TO ZERO ALTHOUGH ENGINE CONTINUED TO OPERATE. OIL QUANTITY DEC

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC68A0006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68A0006), Jul 23, 1967: Convair 340 (N3427), Des Moines, IA, substantial damage

## Other aircraft with N3427

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3427-undated): U S Air Mail Service DH 4B LAND PLANE, S/N 387. Owner: [Robertson Aircraft Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROBERTSON%20AIRCRAFT%20CORP)

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