# N680AX: 1987 Fairchild SA227-AC, registration cancelled 2024-10-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 16, 2024
- Exported to: Canada
- 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-680
- Year built: 1987
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: December 12, 1988
- Certificate issued: May 10, 2005
- Last registry action: November 21, 2023
- Mode S code: A9034D
- Owner when cancelled: [Gas/Wilson Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GAS%2FWILSON%20INC)
- Location: [Traverse City, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Traverse%20City)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 44.6996° N, 85.7007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 49685, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N680AX
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=680AX
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N680AX-2024-10-16

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 (4)

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

- [SDR HKGA2020021107002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HKGA2020021107002), Feb 7, 2020: CONTROL PANEL. INTERMITTENT. THE CREW EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT FIRE INDICATION WARNING LIGHT FOR THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE WHILE ON SHORT FINAL. THE CREW LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED THE I
- [SDR HKGA201805253002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HKGA201805253002), May 23, 2018: LINE. LEAKING. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE OFF , PASSENGERS STATED SMELLING AND SEEING SMOKE FROM BEHIND THE PILOT SEAT. FLIGHT IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO BASE. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED
- [SDR HKGA20140423001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HKGA20140423001), Apr 19, 2014: AILERON. CRACKED. A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE RT AILERON OTBD HINGE LOCATION WHEN PERFORMING INSPECTION IAW SA227 SERVICE LETTER 227-SL-060. R & R RT AILERON WITH A SERVICEABLE AILE
- [SDR OWFR2014040400231](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/OWFR2014040400231), Mar 25, 2014: SPAR. CRACKED. CRACK IN AILERON SPAR ADJACENT TO OTBD HINGE FITTING. THIS DISCREPANCY OCCURRED UNDER NORMAL WEAR AND UTILIZATION.

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