# N64346: 1979 Boeing 727-231, registration cancelled 2018-01-25 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: January 25, 2018 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Boeing 727-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (registry code 1384079) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (registry code 52048) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 21633 - Year built: 1979 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: April 5, 1979 - Certificate issued: November 19, 2002 - Last registry action: November 18, 2008 - Mode S code: A87363 - Owner when cancelled: [Art 21633 LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ART%2021633%20LLC) - Location: [San Francisco, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Francisco) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 37.7984° N, 122.3992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 94111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64346 - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=64346 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64346-2018-01-25 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 Boeing 727-231: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231.md ## Service difficulty reports (27) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR FX7A200500007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FX7A200500007), Jul 4, 2005: CONNECTOR. DIRTY. NR 3 LEADING EDGE FLAPS INDICATES INTRANSIT ON FLIGHT ENGINEER PANEL. FORWARD PANEL HAS LEADING EDGE AMBER LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RECYCLED TWICE WITH SAME RESULTS. - [SDR FX72004F00001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FX72004F00001), May 23, 2004: WARNING LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS ON FRONT AND F/E PANELS STAYED ON RETURNED WITHOUT INCIDENT. JACKED A/C AND PERFORMED GEAR SWING IAW MM. NLG SWING PERFORMES NORMALLY. A - [SDR 2004F00302](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2004F00302), Mar 5, 2004: WIRE. BROKEN. AFTER TAKEOFF DURING CLIMB TO FLT LEVEL 230, DIRECTIONAL GYROS DRIFTED 15 TO 20 DEGREES AND WOULD NOT SLAVE, AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT ENGAGE AS WELL. DECIDED TO RETU - [SDR 2003F00604](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2003F00604), Aug 10, 2003: SKID. MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER TAKEOFF WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED THE TAIL SKID REMAINED EXTENDED, RETURNED TO MIAMI DUMPED 15000 LBS OF FUEL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CHECKED T - [SDR FX72003F00000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FX72003F00000), Dec 2, 2002: BRAKE. SEIZED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED FROM BLAST FENCE FOR A DMI ON NR 3 EPR AND NR2 EGT INBOUND ITEM WHEN APPARENTLY THE NR 1 BRAKE SEIZED AND THE GEAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. - [SDR 2002F00924](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2002F00924), Sep 22, 2002: VALVE. INTERMITTENT. OUT OF SVMC, DURING CLIMB AT 26,000 FEET, THE CABIN STARTED TO CLIMB AT MAXIMUM RATE THE CABIN WAS UNCONTROLLABLE, FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST AND RETURNED TO SVMC W - [SDR TWAA0012102](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0012102), Jul 30, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. THE EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE AFT OF THE AFT STAIRWAY, AND ON THE FUSELAGE EXTERIOR ON RT SIDE BELOW THE OVERWING EXIT. TIGHTENED LOOSE BATTERY CLIPS FOR - [SDR TWAA0012002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0012002), Jul 28, 2000: POWER SUPPLY. WORN. THE AFT AIRSTAIR AND RT WING FWD EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE POWER SUPPLY. CHECK-C 9-29-99 MCI. - [SDR TWAA0011501](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0011501), Jul 23, 2000: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. THE RT FWD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK. CHECK-C 9-29-99 MCI. - [SDR TWAA0009001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0009001), Jun 9, 2000: LIGHT. WORN. THE RT FWD OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT AND THE LIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRSTAIRS WERE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE BULB FOR THE OVERWING LIGHT, AND TIGHTENED SCREW - [SDR TWAA0008407](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0008407), May 28, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHT ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE VENTRAL STAIRS INOP. REPLACED THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. CC01 9-29-99 MCI. - [SDR TWAA0008406](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0008406), May 26, 2000: SWITCH. FAILED. DURING CRUISE NUMBER TWO ENGINE FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ENGINE SHUT DOWN IAW FHB. MAIN OIL FILTER FOUND CLEAN. REPLACED FILTER AND FILTER BYPASS SWITCH - [SDR TWAA0008002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0008002), May 19, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. THE RT SIDE NUMBER 1, NUMBER 2 AND NUMBER 3 OVERWING EXTERIOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS, THE LT NUMBER 1 EMERGENCY EXIT UPPER LIGHT, AND THE AFT AIRSTAIR EMERGENCY - [SDR TWAA0005403](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0005403), Apr 9, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. THE AFT STAIR EMERGENCY LIGHT, THE LT SIDE NUMBER 2 CABIN DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT, AND THE RT WING MIDDLE EMERGENCY LIGHT WERE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE LIGHT ASSY - [SDR TWAA0005202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0005202), Apr 4, 2000: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. THE INTERIOR OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT THE RT SIDE CABIN DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE. REPLACE THE BATTERY PACK. CHECK-C 9-29-99 MCI. - [SDR TWAA0005201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0005201), Apr 4, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. THE OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS BELOW THE WINDOWS WERE INOPERATIVE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS; LT SIDE FWD AND MIDDLE AND RT SIDE FWD AND CENTER. FOR THE LT - [SDR TWAA0000302](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0000302), Jan 5, 2000: DUCT. FAILED. NUMBER 3 ENGINE FIRE WARNING SOUNDED DURING FLIGHT. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND FIRE WARNING STOPPED. REPLACED 13TH STAGE AIR DUCT AND THE SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGED EIG - [SDR TWAA9916801](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9916801), Dec 12, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. THE LAST SECTION OF CABIN EGRESS LIGHTS AT ROW 30 WERE INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED THE TRACK FEEDER CABLE. CHECK-C 9-8-99 MCI. - [SDR TWAA9909704](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9909704), Jul 10, 1999: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. THE EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT THE LT AND RT AFT CABIN DOORS, AND THE AFT CABIN EGRESS LIGHTS, WERE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE POWER SUPPLY. CHECK-C 9-11-98 MCI - [SDR TWAA9905001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9905001), Mar 31, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. THE RT MIDDLE OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK. CHECK-C 9-11-98 MCI. - [SDR TWAA9819202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9819202), Dec 3, 1998: BATTERY PACK. LOOSE. FOUND BOTH AFT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. RESEATED BOTH BATTERY PACKS. CHECK-C 9-11-98 MCI. - [SDR TWAA9781004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9781004), Jul 21, 1997: BUSHING. FAILED. STL - FLT 299 - DURING CRUISE, NR 1 ENGINE, SN 3903, WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO DROP IN OIL QUANTITY. REMOVED AND REPLACED BUSHING, MFG PN 313594, MANUFACTURED BY PRA - [SDR TWAA9716003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9716003), Jan 1, 1997: HYD PUMP. FAILED. FLL - DURING CLIMB-OUT, AIRCRAFT LOST 'A' SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMPS, MFG P/N 1-86170-1, AND MAIN LANDIN - [SDR 97ZZZM267](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM267), Jan 1, 1997: ACTUATOR. FAILED. FLL - DURING CLIMB-OUT, AIRCRAFT LOST 'A' SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMPS, MFG P/N 1-86170-1, AND MAIN LANDIN - [SDR 96ZZZM1338](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZM1338), Aug 9, 1996: INDICATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. ATL - FLT 518 - DURING CRUISE, CREW NOTED AN 'A' SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY INDICATION DROP. PRESSURIZED 'A' SYSTEM HYDRAULICS AND OPERATED ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS, - [SDR 96ZZZM631](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZM631), Mar 9, 1996: SWITCH. FAILED. STL - DURING CRUISE LEADING EDGE AMBER LIGHTS ON FORWARD PANEL ILLUMINATED. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 5 LEADING EDGE SLAT ACTUATOR SWITCH, MFG P/N 1U11032. OPERAT - [SDR TWAA9571](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA9571), Sep 19, 1995: RETRACT MECH. MALFUNCTIONED. STL - DURING APPROACH WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. CYCLED LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMAL. JACKED AIRCRA ## 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. - [Incident 19890819049999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890819049999I), Aug 19, 1989: Boeing 72731 (N64346), St Louis, MO. Lost a hydraulic system during gear retraction. Returned. Found ruptured hydraulic line on left gear door actuator. --- 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.