# N439AF: 1981 Swearingen SA227-AT, registration cancelled 2004-07-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 14, 2004
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Swearingen SA227-AT](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-at) (registry code 8780610)
- Engine: [AiResearch TPE331 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (registry code 01514)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A5SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A5SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: AT-439B
- Year built: 1981
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: January 21, 1994
- Certificate issued: April 7, 1998
- Last registry action: May 18, 2004
- Mode S code: A54493
- Owner when cancelled: [Ameriflight Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERIFLIGHT%20INC)
- Location: [Burbank, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Burbank)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 34.1758° N, 118.3475° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 91505, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N439AF
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=439AF
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N439AF-2004-07-14

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 Swearingen SA227-AT: https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-at.md

## 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 SEA04FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA023), Nov 29, 2003: Fairchild Swearingen SA227-AT (N439AF), Spokane, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper glidepath alignment during an ILS approach in poor weather resulting in collision with trees and terrain. Contributing factors were the unreliable…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20031129032339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031129032339A), Nov 29, 2003: Swrngn SA227AT (N439AF), Spokane, WA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Cleared for ILS 21R at ksff, after established on localizer, a/c descended below the ILS glideslope and struck trees and then terrain.

## Other aircraft with N439AF

- [Cancelled 2018-07-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N439AF-2018-07-12): Buckeye DREAM MACHINE, S/N 5096, built 2000. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Everman Jeffrey L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/EVERMAN%20JEFFREY%20L), [Celina, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Celina)

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