# N703CA: Fairchild SA227-AC, registration cancelled 2000-10-04 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: October 4, 2000 - Exported to: Mexico - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Fairchild SA227-AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (registry code 3377509) - Data sheets: [TCDS A8SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A8SW) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: AC-703 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Certificate issued: September 27, 2000 - Last registry action: September 27, 2000 - Mode S code: A95FE6 - Owners when cancelled: [Aircraft Consultants Inc DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIRCRAFT%20CONSULTANTS%20INC%20DBA), [Aviation Services Of America](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AVIATION%20SERVICES%20OF%20AMERICA) - Location: [San Antonio, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/San%20Antonio) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 29.5400° N, 98.4201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78217, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N703CA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=703CA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N703CA-2000-10-04 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 (20) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR COMA9720014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9720014), Feb 7, 1997: CONTROL ROD. CREASED. DURING COMPLIANCE OF A.D. 97-02-02 PER S/B 227-27-041, THE ELEVATOR CONTROL ROD, BETWEEN CONTROL COLUMN AND WALKING BEAM, ROD END BEARING RETAINER/DUST COVER WA - [SDR COMA9720013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9720013), Feb 7, 1997: CONTROL ROD. CREASED. DURING COMPLIANCE OF A.D. 97-02-02 PER S/B 227-27-041, THE ELEVATOR CONTROL ROD, BETWEEN CONTROL COLUMN AND WALKING BEAM, ROD END BEARING RETAINER/DUST COVER WA - [SDR COMA9720012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9720012), Feb 7, 1997: BEARING. WORN. DURING COMPLIANCE OF A.D.97-02-02 PER S/B 227-27-041, THE PILOT'S CONTROL COLUMN ROLLER BEARING FAILED THE TORQUE CHECK. THE BEARING AND THE DOUBLER IT IS ATTAC - [SDR COMA9720011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9720011), Feb 7, 1997: BEARING. WORN. DURING COMPLIANCE OF A.D. 97-02-02 PER S/B 227-27-041, THE COPILOT'S CONTROL COLUMN ROLLER BEARING FAILED THE TORQUE CHECK. THE BEARING AND THE DOUBLER IT IS AT - [SDR COMA9720004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9720004), Jan 28, 1997: TORQUE TUBE. CORRODED. DURING COMPLIANCE OF AD 96-21-05, THE LT ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE WAS FOUND TO HAVE INTERNAL CORROSION BEYOND ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. THE TORQUE TUBE WAS REPLACED WITH A - [SDR COMA9720003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9720003), Jan 28, 1997: TORQUE TUBE. CORRODED. DURING COMPLIANCE OF AD 96-21-05, THE RT ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE WAS FOUND TO HAVE INTERNAL CORROSION BEYOND ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. THE TORQUE TUBE WAS REPLACED WITH A - [SDR COMA9620019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9620019), Dec 7, 1996: PROP DE-ICE. FAILED. RIGHT PROP DE-ICE INDICATES APPROXIMATELY 20 AMPS DURING ONE CYCLE. REPLACED RIGHT PROP, OPS CHECK GOOD. - [SDR COMA9620018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9620018), Dec 2, 1996: TQ INDICATOR. DEFECTIVE. LEFT ENGINE TORQUE INDICATOR FAILED DURING TAKEOFF, CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. REPLACED TORQUE INDICATOR. - [SDR COMA9620014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9620014), Aug 31, 1996: SWITCH. MALFUNCTION. RT MLG INDICATED UNSAFE ON FIRST EXTENSION. LANDING GEAR CYCLED AND INDICATION NORMAL. REPLACED THE RT MLG DOWNLOCK SWITCH. - [SDR COMA9620013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9620013), Jul 28, 1996: COMPRESSOR. FAILED. WHEN FREON A/C SYSTEM SWITCHED OFF FOR ENGINE START, SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE AIR INTAKE ON NOSE COMPARTMENT. FOUND SMOKE TO BE COMING FROM OVERHEATED - [SDR COMA9620010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9620010), Jun 27, 1996: FUEL NOZZLE. MALFUNCTIONED. TAKEOFF ABORTED BECAUSE OF TORQUE ROLL BACK LT ENGINE. REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL NOZZLES. - [SDR COMA9620007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9620007), May 27, 1996: INDICATOR. MALFUNCTION. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCK UNTIL GEAR WAS CYCLED 3 TIMES. REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR. PART TOTAL CYCLES, 5,961. - [SDR COMA9620005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9620005), Mar 13, 1996: TORQUE TUBE. BENT. RUDDER PEDALS ARE OFFSET IN FLIGHT. FOUND RUDDER TORQUE TUBE BENT. REPLACED TORQUE TUBE. - [SDR COMA9520402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9520402), Dec 16, 1995: RETRACT MECH. MALFUNCTIONED. LANDING GEAR HAD TO BE CYCLED 3 TIMES TO GET GREEN DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION ON LT MLG. INSPECTED LANDING GEAR AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. CLEANED AND LUBED LANDING GE - [SDR COMA9520401](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9520401), Dec 6, 1995: PROP HUB. LEAKING. FLUID LEAKING FROM LEFT PROPELLER HUB. REPLACED THE LT PROPELLER ASSY. - [SDR COMA9520397](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9520397), Nov 6, 1995: DOOR LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR OPEN INDICATOR REMAINED ON. DISCREPANCY COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED BY MAINTENANCE. CLEANED GEAR DOOR MICROSWITCHES A - [SDR COMA9520393](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9520393), Oct 23, 1995: SKIN. DENTED. THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE WAS DENTED BY A BIRD STRIKE. THE DENT WAS FIVE INCHES LONG AT BL 73.43. A FLUSH DOUBLER REPAIR WAS FABRICATED AND IN - [SDR COM20385](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM20385), Aug 10, 1995: HOSE ASSY. LEAKING. HYDRAULIC LEAK, NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA. REPLACED DEFECTIVE RETRACT ACTUATOR UP HYDRAULIC LINE. - [SDR COM20373](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM20373), May 23, 1995: DOOR WARNING. MALFUNCTIONED. CARGO DOOR WARNING ACTIVATED AFTER TAKEOFF. INSPECTED CARGO DOOR AND LATCHING SYSTEM, NO DEFECTS NOTED. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVIC - [SDR COM20372](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM20372), May 21, 1995: SELECTOR. NOT STOWED. LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT, INTRANSIT INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. FOUND LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY SELECTOR NOT PROPERLY STOWED. SECURED SELECTOR AND AIRCRAFT RETURNE ## Other aircraft with N703CA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N703CA): Piper PA-28-161, S/N 28-8116225 --- 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.