# N61NE: Fairchild SA227-AC, registration cancelled 2012-12-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 19, 2012
- Exported to: Mexico
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Fairchild SA227-AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (registry code 3377509)
- Engine: [AiResearch TPE331 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (registry code 01514)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A8SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A8SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: AC-761B
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: September 14, 1990
- Certificate issued: November 29, 2012
- Last registry action: November 29, 2012
- Mode S code: A7ED96
- Owner when cancelled: [Frontera Flight Holdings Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FRONTERA%20FLIGHT%20HOLDINGS%20INC)
- Location: [Laredo, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Laredo)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 27.8338° N, 99.6814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78045, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61NE
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=61NE
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61NE-2012-12-19

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Fairchild SA227-AC: https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

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

- [SDR LNX2005F00000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/LNX2005F00000), May 13, 2005: COOLING TURBINE. SEIZED. AC HAD DEPARTED THE GATE AND WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY FOR DEPARTURE. SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER ACTIVATION OF THE LT AND RT AIR CONDITIONING SYS. SMOKE WAS NOTED IN THE

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

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 20020521011559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020521011559I), May 21, 2002: Swrngn SA227AC (N61NE), Miami, FL. (-23) Pilot reported that after shutting down of the engines, the first officer exited the aircraft to rotate the engines propeller for heat dissipation (which…
- [Incident 19980501019909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980501019909I), May 1, 1998: Swrngn SA227AC (N61NE), Ft Lauderdale, FL. Exited left off runway during takeoff due to nose gear steering malfunction. Taxied t ogate and evacuated passengers.
- [Incident 19930211006799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930211006799I), Feb 11, 1993: Swrngn SA227AC (N61NE), New York, NY, Minor damage. Struck a parked aircraft while being marshalled into gate. Had no wing walker.

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