# N650PA: Fairchild SA227-AC, registration cancelled 2008-12-17 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 17, 2008 - Exported to: Canada - Status when cancelled: Sale reported - 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-775B - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Airworthiness: Standard, normal - Airworthiness date: April 11, 1991 - Last registry action: December 3, 2008 - Mode S code: A88E00 - Location: Kelowna, British Virgin Islands - Owner type: Individual - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N650PA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=650PA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N650PA-2008-12-17 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 (18) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR PNS2008F00005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNS2008F00005), Apr 4, 2008: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. AC TO BE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED FROM AN APPARENT HARD LANDING. FLIGHT CREW STATED THEY WERE UNAWARE WHERE OR HOW THE DAMAGE WAS MADE. THE DAMAGE WAS NOTICED WHEN M - [SDR PNSA061001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA061001), Oct 3, 2006: WARNING LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. ON TAKEOFF FROM DUT USING 95 PERCENT TORQUE SETTING WITH BLEED AIR OFF, JUST PRIOR TO V1 RIGHT ENGINE BYPASSED FUEL WITH AN ASSOCIATED BLUE BYPASS FUEL LIGHT. C - [SDR PNSA060101](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA060101), Jan 2, 2006: WHEEL. BROKEN. AFTER TAKEOFF, WHEN GEAR SELECTED UP THE LT MAIN LANDING GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WHERE MAINTENANCE FOUND LT WHE - [SDR PNSA041203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA041203), Dec 15, 2004: POWER LEVER. SEPARATED. DURING INTIAL TAKEOFF ROLL LEFT POWER LEVER REVERSE TRIGGER CAME LOOSE AND FELL IN QUANDRANT. FLIGHT CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. - [SDR PNSA011202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA011202), Dec 18, 2001: LANDING GEAR. LACK OF LUBE. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN UP POSITION ON DEPARTURE FROM UNK. MAINTENANCE CONTACTED BY RADIO AND AUTHORIZED FLIGHT TO CONTINUE TO ANC WITH GEAR DOWN. MAINTENAN - [SDR PNSA011005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA011005), Oct 27, 2001: SEAL. CONTAMINATED. DURING CLIMB CABIN ALT LIGHT CAME ON. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MAINTENANCE BASE WHERE CABIN DOOR SEAL WAS FOUND WITH MOISTURE PREVENTING CABIN FROM PRESSURIZING. - [SDR PNSA010905](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA010905), Sep 24, 2001: SEAL. LEAKING. ON PREFLIGHT NOTICED OIL LEAK FROM RT ENGINE OVERBOARD DRAIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND COMPRESSOR SEAL LEAKING. - [SDR PNSA010706](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA010706), Jul 25, 2001: FUEL FILTER. OBSTRUCTED. ON PRE-START CHECK LIST FOUND NO FUEL PRESSURE INDICATION WITH RT MAIN OR AUX FUEL BOOST PUMP ON. MAINTENANCE REMOVED DEBRIS FROM FUEL FILTER ORIFICE TO FUEL PR - [SDR PNSA010605](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA010605), Jun 19, 2001: TRANSDUCER. FAULTY. JUST AFTER TAKEOFF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE INDICATION WAS ERRATIC. RETURNED TO BASE. REPLACED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TRANSDUCER. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. - [SDR PNSA010604](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA010604), Jun 18, 2001: INDICATOR. ERRATIC. AFTER TAKEOFF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE INDICATION WAS ERRATIC. RETURNED TO BASE. NO FAULT FOUND. - [SDR PNSA010303](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA010303), Mar 3, 2001: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. RT ENGINE WOULD NOT START. NO IGNITION. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM. NO FAULT FOUND. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. - [SDR PNSA010102](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA010102), Jan 17, 2001: SWITCH. FAULTY. DURING CLIMB, CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE. REPLACED FAULTY DOOR WARNING SWITCH. - [SDR PNSA990304](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA990304), Mar 27, 1999: SEAL. OUT OF ADJUST. ON CLIMBOUT FROM BET, AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE. RETURNED TO BET FOR MAINTENANCE. PRESSURIZATION DEFERRED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ANC. ADJUSTED CARGO DOOR SEA - [SDR PNSA980102](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA980102), Jan 20, 1998: TIRE. FLAT. AFTER SHUTDOWN IN KSM, IT WAS NOTED THAT NR 3 MAIN TIRE WAS FLAT. REPLACED WHEEL/TIRE ASSY. - [SDR PNSA980104](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA980104), Jan 2, 1998: EXCITER BOX. INOPERATIVE. LT ENGINE WOULD NOT START, REPLACED IGNITION EXCITER BOX. OPS CHECK OK. - [SDR PNSA971214](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA971214), Dec 16, 1997: EGT INDICATOR. FAILED. LT EGT INDICATOR FAILED DURING START. REPLACED INDICATOR. - [SDR PNSA970901](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PNSA970901), Sep 25, 1997: POWER SUPPLY. FAILED. ON DESCENT, SLIGHT SMOKE SMELL WAS DETECTED. REPLACED CAPT FLT INSTRUMENTS POWER SUPPLY, OPS CHECK OK. - [SDR 95ZZZM705](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZM705), Oct 25, 1995: SEAL. WATER CONTAM. CABIN DOOR WOULD NOT SEAL. WATER IN TUBE AT DOOR SEAL, PURGED WATER. ## NTSB investigations (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ANC08CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA057), Apr 4, 2008: Fairchild Swearingen SA 227-AC (N650PA), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flightcrew's misjudged flare while landing. ## 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. - [Accident 20080424837079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080424837079A), Apr 24, 2008: Swrngn SA227AC (N650PA), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Reported to anc ATCT on 080424 2310 hrs lt that on 080404 2200 a/c "landed hard" at anc ted Stevens Anchorage intl airport causing substantial damage to… ## Other aircraft with N650PA - [Cancelled 2017-03-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N650PA-2017-03-06): Gulfstream Aerospace GVI (G650ER), S/N 6138, built 2015. Exported to Australia. Owner: [Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20FARGO%20BANK%20NORTHWEST%20NA%20TRUSTEE), [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City) --- 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.