# N54327: Boeing 727-231, registration cancelled 1999-02-09 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: February 9, 1999 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Boeing 727-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (registry code 1384079) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 20234 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Certificate issued: March 7, 1985 - Last registry action: June 17, 1998 - Mode S code: A6E5CF - Owner when cancelled: [Trans World Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TRANS%20WORLD%20AIRLINES%20INC) - Location: [Kansas City, MO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MO/Kansas%20City) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54327 - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=54327 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54327-1999-02-09 From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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 727-231: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231.md ## Service difficulty reports (14) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR TWAA9809201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9809201), Jun 9, 1998: WIRE. LOOSE. DSM - FLT 290 - DURING GROUND CHECK OF EGRESS LIGHTS FOUND ONE ESCAPE PATH LIGHT STRIP INOP IN MID CABIN. PLACARDED LIGHT PER MEL. ON LAYOVER PLUGGED IN THE LIG - [SDR TWAA9804108](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9804108), Sep 22, 1997: SCREWS. BROKEN. MCI - DURING C-CHECK MAINTENANCE, FOUND RT WING LOWER TRAPEZOIDAL PANEL OUTBOARD OF MAIN GEAR TRI-WING SCREWS BROKEN LOOSE AT FORWARD OUTBOARD END. INSTALLED DO - [SDR TWAA9804401](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9804401), Sep 12, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. MCI - DURING C-CHECK MAINTENANCE, A CORRODED STRINGER WAS FOUND AT FS 350 TO 360, STRINGER 27R. REMOVED CORROSION PER 51-10-6 AND REPLACED STRINGER PER 51-10-1. - [SDR TWAA9804003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9804003), Sep 12, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. MCI - DURING C-CHECK MAINTENANCE, STRINGER 28R WAS CORRODED FS 350 TO FS 360. REMOVED CORROSION PER SRM 51-10-6 AND REPLACED STRINGER PER 51-10-1. (M) - [SDR 96ZZZM661](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZM661), Mar 16, 1996: ACCESSORY BOX. MALFUNCTIONED. STL - DURING APPROACH WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, NOSE LANDING GEAR RED UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. CYCLED LANDING GEAR. FOUND INTERNAL MALUNCTION IN - [SDR 96ZZZM630](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZM630), Mar 8, 1996: SEQ VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. MCI - AFTER TAKEOFF THE ELFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR SEQUENCE VALVE, MFG P/N 1U1084. ACCOMPLISHED GEAR SWING, OPER - [SDR 95ZZZM677](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZM677), Oct 21, 1995: OIL BYPASS SW. MALFUNCTIONED. STL - DURING CLIMB, SHUT DOWN NR 3 ENGINE, S/N 3901, DUE TO OIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATION. FOUND FILTER BYPASS PRESSURE SWITCH, MFG P/N A00803-2, MALFUNC - [SDR 95ZZZM631](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZM631), Oct 15, 1995: BYPASS SW. FAILED. STL - DURING CLIMB NR 3 ENGINE, S/N 3901, OIL BYPASS LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED FROM FLIGHT. REPLACED NR 3 ENGINE BYPASS SWITCH, M - [SDR 95ZZZM688](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZM688), Oct 6, 1995: STRINGER. CRACKED. MCI - DURING C-CHECK, FOUND CRACK IN STRINGER FORWARD SIDE OF STRINGER TO RIB, INSIDE FUEL TANK, LEFT WING STATION 656.56. REPAIRED PER SRM 57-10-4, FIGURE 8 AN - [SDR 95ZZZM685](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZM685), Oct 6, 1995: FRAME. CRACKED. MCI - DURING C-CHECK, FOUND A 1.5 INCH CRACK IN LEFT SIDE FRAME WEB, FS 783.85. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND REPAIRED PER SRM 51-10-1, PAGE 6A. - [SDR 95ZZZM683](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZM683), Oct 6, 1995: WEB. CRACKED. MCI - DURING C-CHECK, FOUND A TWO INCH CRACK BETWEEN BEADED EXTRUSION IN HORIZONTAL PRESSURE DECK WEB OF LEFT MLG WHEEL WELL, AFT OUTBOARD CORNER OF WHEEL WELL - [SDR 95ZZZX3420](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX3420), Jul 10, 1995: TRANSFER CYL. FAILED. ONT - FLT 221 - DURING APPROACH WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. CYCLED LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED. FOUND NOSE LANDING - [SDR 95ZZZM306](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZM306), Jul 10, 1995: TRANS CYLINDER. MALFUNCTIONED. ONT - DURING APPROACH WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. CYCLED LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED. FOUND NOSE LANDING GEAR TRAN - [SDR 95ZZZW123](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZW123), Jan 30, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. MCI - DURING SPECIAL CHECK, FOUND CRACK IN LT LOWER LAP FUSELAGE SKIN, STA 490, LT STRINGER LAP 26L. CUT OUT CRACK AND CORROSION PER SRM 53-30-03 AND REPAIRED P ## FAA accident and incident reports (2) 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 19890809060719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890809060719I), Aug 9, 1989: Boeing 727231 (N54327), West Palm Beach, FL. Passenger interfering with flight crew inflight. Precautionary landing. Passenger arrested by police. - [Incident 19800130020349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800130020349I), Jan 30, 1980: Boeing 727231 (N54327), Indianapolis, IN. One of the leading edge flaps could not be retracted. Aircraft returned. Flap retract switch was changed. --- 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.