# N697AX: 1987 Fairchild SA227-AC, registration cancelled 2025-01-22

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 22, 2025
- 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-697
- Year built: 1987
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: November 18, 1987
- Certificate issued: May 10, 2005
- Last registry action: November 13, 2023
- Mode S code: A944CD
- 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/N697AX
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=697AX
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N697AX-2025-01-22

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 (3)

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

- [SDR HKGA20171031006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HKGA20171031006), Oct 31, 2017: PANEL. DAMAGED. DURING FUEL LEAK REPAIRS A GOUGE WAS FOUND ON FUEL PANEL 622 MOUNTING FLANGE THAT WAS OUT OF ALLOWABLE SRM LIMITS. REPAIRED IAW LAR 17-BRY-077.
- [SDR HKGA2016F00044](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HKGA2016F00044), Dec 3, 2015: SKIN. CORRODED. AN AREA OF CORROSION ON THE RT LOWER WING SKIN JUST INBD OF THE ENGINE NACELLE WAS IDENTIFIED. IT IS LOCATED ON THE AFT SKIN EDGE WERE IT IS SECURED TO THE SPAR
- [SDR 2013F00131](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2013F00131), Jun 12, 2013: STRUCTURE. CRACKED. WHILE PERFORMING INSPECTION CALLED OUT IN AD 2012-18-01, FOUND TWO CRACKS. LT MAIN SPAR AFT FITTING CRACKED IN THE UPPER RADIUS. CRACK LENGTH 1 INCH. RT MAIN SP

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