# N478DA: Boeing 727-232, registration cancelled 2000-04-18 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 18, 2000 - Status when cancelled: Sale reported - Airframe: [Boeing 727-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (registry code 1384082) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 20755 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Last registry action: November 9, 1999 - Mode S code: A5DF1E - Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 25.8050° N, 80.3151° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33122, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N478DA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=478DA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N478DA-2000-04-18 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 Boeing 727-232: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232.md ## Service difficulty reports (26) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DL72S981696](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S981696), Aug 14, 1998: WIRE. BROKEN. EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR LIGHTS DO NOT WORK FROM ROW 28 BACK. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRES AT END OF TRACK. - [SDR DL72S981673](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S981673), Aug 13, 1998: WEB. CRACKED. RT VERTICAL TORQUE BOX WEB CRACKED .25 INCH PAST ROUTE OUT AT LIGHTNING HOLE STA 1275 RT UPPER HOLE. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-11-0 FIG 819. - [SDR DL72S981672](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S981672), Aug 13, 1998: PANEL. CRACKED. NR 2 LT BALANCE BOARD CLOSE OUT PANEL HAS A 2 INCH CRACK AT O/B END. REPAIRED PER SRM 55-20-3. - [SDR DL72S981671](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S981671), Aug 13, 1998: SUPPORT. CRACKED. NR 8 SLAT ACTUATOR SUPPORT CRACKED I/B SIDE. REPAIRED PER MM 57-20-21. - [SDR DL72S980839](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980839), Apr 18, 1998: OVEN. FAILED. ELECTRICAL ODOR IN F/C REPORTED BY F/A. REPLACED FIRST CLASS OVEN. - [SDR DL72S980332](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980332), Feb 8, 1998: MEGAPHONE. INOPERATIVE. FOUNDED FWD MEGA PHONE INOP. REPLACED SAME, CKS OK. - [SDR DL72S980099](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980099), Jan 13, 1998: TORQUE BOX. CRACKED. THE FS 1263 BEAM AND CHANNEL ON THE RT TORQUE BOX OF THE AFT VENTRAL STAIRWAY WERE FOUND WITH TYPICAL CRACKS PER S/B 53-0129. THE CRACKED PARTS WERE REPLACED PE - [SDR DL72S980097](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980097), Jan 13, 1998: ANGLE. CRACKED. FOUND DURING F-2 LETTER CHECK, NR 7 SLAT COVE SKIN ANGLE CRACKED O/B OF I/B UPSTOP PAD. REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0. - [SDR DL72S980092](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980092), Jan 13, 1998: SKIN. DELAMINATED. FOUND ON F-2 LETTER CHECK, NR 3 SPOILER TOP SKIN DELAMINATED O/B END 23 X 9. MADE FIBERGLASS REPAIR PER SRM 57-50-6 FIG 1. - [SDR DL72S980091](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S980091), Jan 13, 1998: WEB. CRACKED. FOUND DURING F-2 LETTER CHECK, .0625 INCH CRACK AT UPPER EDGE OF TORQUE BOX LIGHTENING HOLE LT SIDE STA 1273. ROUTED OUT PER M/M 53-11-0. - [SDR DL72S971149](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971149), Jun 6, 1997: SKIN. CORROSION. THE FUSELAGE SKIN HAS A 2.3 BY 2.6 CUTOUT FOR A CORROSION REPAIR AT STA 535 BETWEEN STR 26R AND 27R. THE CUTOUT IS NEXT TO STR 27R BELOW THE LAP JOINT. THE REPA - [SDR DL72S971043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971043), May 28, 1997: SPAR. WORN. RT O/B AILERON REAR O/B SPAR WORN. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 51-40-03. - [SDR DL72S971042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971042), May 28, 1997: SKIN. LOOSE RIVETS. RT O/B AILERON SKIN HAD LOOSE RIVETS ON UPPER SKIN. INSTALLED NEW SKIN SECTION REPAIR PER SRM 57-50-5. - [SDR DL72S971013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971013), May 23, 1997: VERTICAL WEB. CRACKED. FOUND VERTICAL WEB CRACKED AT STA 1303 ON LT SIDE OF S-DUCT VIEWED FROM 48 SECTION. REMOVED CROSS SECTION REPAIRED PER SRM 58-10-4, FIG 17. - [SDR DL72S970884](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S970884), May 8, 1997: SLIDE. LOOSE. EMERGENCY ESCAPE SLIDE IN FORWARD GALLEY DOOR, FELL OUT OF ITS CONTAINER IN FLIGHT. SECURED SLIDE OK FOR SERVICE. - [SDR DL72S970326](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S970326), Feb 20, 1997: PANEL. BROKEN. ON WALK AROUND ON GROUND GEG, FOUND PANEL 9216 PARTIALLY MISSING FROM BOTTOM OF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. ONE QUARTER OF PANEL WAS MISSING. REPLACED PANEL MFG P/N - [SDR DL72S962223](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S962223), Oct 4, 1996: LIGHTS. INOPERATIVE. AFT SECTION OF EMERGENCY FLOOR TRACK LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED SPLICE IN AFT SECTION, OPERATION NOW NORMAL. - [SDR DL72S962153](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S962153), Sep 21, 1996: LOCK SWITCH. FAILED. NOSE GEAR RED INTRANSIT LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN GEAR RAISED. LIGHT TESTS GOOD, WORKED WELL WHEN GEAR LOWERED/CA. REPLACED NOSE GEAR LOCK SW, PERFORMED NLG - [SDR DL72S960563](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960563), Mar 12, 1996: BRACKET. CRACKED. FOUND ON E1 LETTER CHECK, NR 1 SLAT ACTUATOR MOUNT BRACKET CRACKED ON O/B SIDE. REPAIRED PER M/M 57-20-21. - [SDR DL72S960562](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960562), Mar 12, 1996: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND ON E1 LETTER CHECK, 2 CRACKS IN OUTBD SURFACE OF NR 4 L/E FLAP, 1.5 INCH AND 2 INCH. REPAIRED AND REPLACED L/E FLAP. - [SDR DL72S960559](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960559), Mar 12, 1996: WEB. CRACKED. FOUND DURING E-1 LETTER CHECK, LIGHTENING HOLE AT RT FWD TORQUE BOX WEB CRACKED .1875 INCH. REPAIRED PER MM 53-11-0. - [SDR DL72S960557](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960557), Mar 12, 1996: BRACKET. CRACKED. FOUND DURING E-1 LETTER CHECK, NR 1 SLAT ACTUATOR SUPPORT BRACKET CRACKED I/B SIDE. REPAIRED PER MM 57-20-21 PG 812. - [SDR DL72S960552](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960552), Feb 20, 1996: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION, NR 4 L/E SLAT INTERNAL SUPPORT RIB NR 5 AND NR 17 WERE FOUND CRACKED. REPAIRED PER MM 57-54-0. - [SDR DL72S960551](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S960551), Feb 20, 1996: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION, NR 4 L/E SLAT UPPER SKIN WAS FOUND CRACKED SEVERAL PLACES UNDER THE WING FENCE. REPAIRED SKIN PER MM 57-54-0. - [SDR DL72S954340](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S954340), Nov 11, 1995: FUEL PUMP. FAILED. ON TAKEOFF ROLL WITH ALT POWER SET, NR 2 ENG ROLLED BACK AND SHUTDOWN ACCOMPANIED BY AUTO PACK TRIP. TAKEOFF ABORTED AND RETURNED TO GATE. INSPECTED NR 2 ENG IN - [SDR DL72S953383](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S953383), Aug 13, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION, FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED BETWEEN 3 RIVET HOLES AT FS 344 BETWEEN STRINGERS 22L AND 23L. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 1. ## FAA accident and incident reports (4) 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. - [Incident 19950612022999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950612022999I), Jun 12, 1995: Boeing 727232 (N478DA), Atlanta, GA. NR2 engine oil bypass light came on. Returned. Engine oil had high carbon content. Source as yet unknown. - [Incident 19891022063939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891022063939I), Oct 22, 1989: Boeing 727232 (N478DA), Sarasota - Brad, FL, Minor damage. Hit tail light of parked twa aircraft while taxiing. Twa was parked outside normal area due to airport renovation. - [Incident 19810630044569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810630044569I), Jun 30, 1981: Boeing 727232 (N478DA), Chicago, IL. Za during climb no 2 engine oil filter bypass light illuminated. Flight returned. Deactived bad bypass switch. - [Incident 19780820049419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780820049419I), Aug 20, 1978: Boeing 727 (N478DA), Rome, GA. Probable bird injestion caused fumes in cockpit. Odor smelled like plastic or engine oil. No defects found ## Other aircraft with N478DA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N478DA): Cirrus Design SR20, S/N 1820, built 2007 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.