# N54354: 1980 Boeing 727-231, registration cancelled 2008-02-25 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: February 25, 2008 - Exported to: Republic of the Congo - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - 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: 21986 - Year built: 1980 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: April 30, 2002 - Certificate issued: August 4, 2006 - Last registry action: August 4, 2006 - Mode S code: A6E635 - Owner when cancelled: [African Holding Co Of America Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AFRICAN%20HOLDING%20CO%20OF%20AMERICA%20INC) - Location: [Fallsington, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Fallsington) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 40.1707° N, 74.8166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19054, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54354 - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=54354 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54354-2008-02-25 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 Boeing 727-231: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231.md ## Service difficulty reports (21) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR C7WA200400016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400016), May 10, 2004: PUMP. EXPLODED. NR 1 SYSTEM A-HYD PUMP LOW PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, QUANTITY DECREASED TO 1.2 GALLONS. PERFORMED ASSOCIATED CHECK LIST. NR 2 ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP HAD A CATA - [SDR C7WA200400015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400015), Apr 28, 2004: CONNECTOR. BURNED. DURING CLIMB-OUT, NR 1 BLEED AIR TRIP LIGHT CAME ON WITH COCKPIT DUCT OVERHEAT LIGHT AND ANTI-ICE DUCT OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON ALL SIMUTANEOUSLY. CABIN PRESSURE - [SDR C7WA200400006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400006), Mar 9, 2004: SKIN. CORRODED. FOUND LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN CORRODED AT STRINGER 30 RT BETWEEN FS 1050 AND 1062. CUT OUT DAMAGE, SKIN REPAIRED IAW 727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 3. (M) - [SDR C7WA200400004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400004), Mar 9, 2004: STRINGER. CORRODED. FOUND LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AND STRINGER CORRODED AT STRINGER 28 RIGHT FS 1030. CUT OUT DAMAGED SKIN AND STRINGER, STRINGER REPAIRED IAW 727 SRM 53-10-3, FIG 1, S - [SDR C7WA200400007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400007), Mar 9, 2004: SKIN. CORRODED. FOUND LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN CORROSION AT STRINGER 28 RIGHT BETWEEN FS 1046 AND 1072, AFT EDGE OF EXISTING REPAIR. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR. CUT OUT DAMAGE, SKIN RE - [SDR C7WA200400005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400005), Mar 9, 2004: STRINGER. CORRODED. FOUND LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AND STRINGER CORRODED STRINGER 28 LEFT BETWEEN FS 1052 AND 1064. CUTOUT DAMAGED SKIN. REPAIRED SKIN IAW 727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 3. STRING - [SDR C7WA200400008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200400008), Mar 9, 2004: FRAME. CORRODED. FOUND LOWER FUSELAGE FRAME AND SKIN CORRODED FS 1140 STRINGER 29 RT. REMOVED CORROSION, SKIN CORROSION REMOVED WITHIN ALLOWABLE DAMAGE LIMITS PER 727 SRM 53-30- - [SDR C7WA200300046](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200300046), Jul 14, 2003: CHECK VALVE. LEAKING. AIR TURNBACK, DURING CLIMB-OUT COCKPIT HAD A HEAVY CHEMICAL ODOR SHORTLY AFTER CABIN BEGAN TO FILL WITH A SMOKEY MIST, SMOKE BEGAN TO CLEAR WHEN ENGINE POWER WA - [SDR C7WA200200028](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C7WA200200028), Sep 13, 2002: ACTUATOR. BROKEN. LOST ALL OF "A" SYSTEM HYDRAULIC WHEN CLIMBING OUT OF 15,000 FEET.RETURNED TO TUS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. 2 GALLONS REMAINING AFTER TAXI-IN.FOUND BROKEN #4 KR - [SDR TWAA9900501](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9900501), Jan 7, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. THE FLOOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTING AT ROWS 16 TO 18 WERE FLASHING. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. CHECK-C 5-21-98 MCI. - [SDR TWAA9818902](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9818902), Nov 22, 1998: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING CRUISE, THE ESCAPE PATH LIGHTS IN THE CENTER OF THE CABIN FLICKER ON-OFF. REPLACED BOTH BATTERY PACKS ABOVE THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE DOORS. - [SDR TWAA9818901](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9818901), Nov 22, 1998: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING CRUISE, EMERGENCY EXIT ROW LIGHTS AND FLOOR LIGHTS FLICKER ON-OFF. RECHARGED EGRESS POWER SUPPLIES. - [SDR TWAA9818804](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9818804), Nov 22, 1998: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING CRUISE, THE ESCAPE PATH LIGHTS IN THE CENTER OF THE CABIN FLICKER ON-OFF. REPLACED BOTH BATTERY PACKS ABOVE THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE DOORS. - [SDR TWAA9818803](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9818803), Nov 22, 1998: POWER SUPPLY. INOP. EMERGENCY EXIT ROW LIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF WHILE IN FLIGHT. RECHARGED EGRESS POWER SUPPLIES. CHECK-C 5-21-98 MCI. - [SDR TWAA9816702](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9816702), Oct 16, 1998: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. EGRESS LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED BY THE OVERWING EXITS WITH THE SWITCH IN THE ARMED POSITION. RESEATED CONNECTOR ON THE POWER SUPPLY ABOVE SEAT ROW 18 ON LEFT SID - [SDR TWAA9816302](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9816302), Oct 9, 1998: SEAL. LEAKING. ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT, OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW AND QUANTITY WAS DROPPING. SHUT DOWN ENGINE. REPLACED NR 6 BEARING SCAVENGE PUMP GARLOCK S - [SDR TWAA9812001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9812001), Jul 24, 1998: RT UNIT. FAILED. SMOKE REPORTED TO BE COMING FROM BEHIND THE FIRST OFFICERS INSTRUMENT PANEL. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO ABQ. FOUND WEATHER RADAR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. REPLACED WEATHE - [SDR TWAA9803819](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9803819), Apr 6, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. MCI - DURING C-CHECK MAINTENANCE CHECK, HEAVY CORROSION WAS FOUND ON STRINGER 29R BETWEEN BS 1090 TO BS 1110. REMOVED AND REPLACED CORRODED ANGLE PER SRM 51-10- - [SDR TWAA9803804](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9803804), Apr 6, 1997: RIB. CRACKED. MCI - DURING C-CHECK MAINTENANCE, A CRACK INDICATION WAS FOUND IN THE RT WING RIB UPPER CHORD AT RBL 70.5 STATION 760, THE UPPER FORWARD HOLE AT 6 O'CLOCK AND 1 - [SDR 96ZZZM767](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZM767), Mar 29, 1996: OVEN. SMOKING. ONT - DURING CRUISE SMOKE WAS OBSERVED INSIDE REAR GALLEY OVEN. OVEN WAS OPENED AND A SMOKING PIECE OF PAPER/NAPKIN WAS REMOVED FROM THE OVEN. MAINTENANCE CLEAN - [SDR 96ZZZX302](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX302), Jan 2, 1996: DUCT SEAL. FAILED. MCI - FLT 469 - DURING CRUISE, NR 3 STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 3 STRUT DUCT SEAL, MFG PN 10-61065-2. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. CH ## 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 19911110055869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911110055869I), Nov 10, 1991: Boeing 727231 (N54354), St Louis, MO. APU torched while boarding. Passengers panicked and removed overwing exits. Slid off wings. Minor injuries. - [Incident 19861018065009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861018065009I), Oct 18, 1986: Boeing 727231 (N54354), Chicago, IL. Pilot reported flight control malfunction and returned aircraft to field. Spoiler control cable found broken. ## Other aircraft with N54354 - [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54354-undated): Fairchild M-62A, S/N T42-3479. Owner: [Goedeke Jr W L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GOEDEKE%20JR%20W%20L) --- 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.