# N704SA: 1988 Boeing 747-2B5F, registration cancelled 2013-04-22 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 22, 2013 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Boeing 747-2B5F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-2b5f) (registry code 1384839) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4G2](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-7r4g2) (registry code 51557) - Data sheets: [TCDS E3NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E3NE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 24195 - Year built: 1988 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: June 17, 2006 - Certificate issued: October 19, 2009 - Last registry action: October 19, 2009 - Mode S code: A964FB - Owner when cancelled: [Southern Air Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SOUTHERN%20AIR%20INC) - Location: [Norwalk, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/Norwalk) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 41.1274° N, 73.4453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 06850, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704SA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=704SA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704SA-2013-04-22 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 747-2B5F: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-2b5f.md ## Service difficulty reports (21) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 2011F00162](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2011F00162), Jul 7, 2011: MOUNT. CRACKED. DURING EDDY CURRENT CHECK, PYLON NR 3 REAR ENGINE MOUNT BULKHEAD OTBD UPPER AFT FRAME FOUND WITH CRACK. CRACK LENGTH APPROX 10MM. FINDING DISCOVERED DURING 'C1 - [SDR 2011F00161](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2011F00161), Jul 7, 2011: SKIN. CRACKED. PYLON NR 3 UPPER SKIN EDGE AND FASTENER HOLES FOUND WITH CRACK DURING EDDY CURRENT CHECK. FINDING DISCOVERED DURING 'C1+C2' CHECK FROM 08 JUN 2011 TO 22 JULY 20 - [SDR 2011F00160](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2011F00160), Jul 7, 2011: MOUNT. CRACKED. CRACK DETECTED DURING LOW FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT CHECK ON NR3 PYLON REAR ENGINE MOUNT BULKHEAD UPPER CAP SKIN STRAP ADJACENT TO FRONT SPAR FITTING. FINDING DISC - [SDR 2011F00159](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2011F00159), Jul 7, 2011: MOUNT. CRACKED. CRACKS FOUND ON NR 2 PYLON REAR ENGINE MOUNT UPPER BULKHEAD INBD AND OTBD FRAME HORIZ FLANGE. EACH CRACK APPROX 0.500" IN LENGTH. FINDING DISCOVERED DURING 'C1 - [SDR Q2SA2011F00081](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Q2SA2011F00081), May 11, 2011: VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. WITH NR 4 CROSS FEED VALVE INDICATING "OPEN", NR 4 TANK (QTY) WENT DOWN AS IF CROSSFEED VALVE WAS CLOSED. NR 4 TANK BOOST PUMP LOW PRESSURE LIGHTS DID NOT FLASH - [SDR Q2SA704002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Q2SA704002), Apr 14, 2010: UNKNOWN. MALFUNCTIONED. AT CRUISE, NUMBER 4 ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE; ACCOMPLISHED QRH PROCEDURE: ABNORMAL ENGINE RESPONSE TO THROTTLE SETTING. ACCOMPLISHED PNEUMATIC MANIFOLD INSPE - [SDR 2010F00082](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010F00082), Jan 14, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. (KADY) CRACK AT FLANGE OF INNER CHORD OF BS 2598 BULKHEAD. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY TRIM OUT THE CRACKED CHORD AND INSTALL REPAIR PART INCLUDING SPLICE ANGL - [SDR 2010F00079](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010F00079), Jan 13, 2010: SKIN. CRACKED. (KADY) CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE SKIN OF THE NR 3 ENGINE RT SIDE COWL AT NAC STA 225.95. - [SDR 2010FA0000333](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000333), Jul 17, 2008: COWLING. DELAMINATED. (KADY) DELAMINATION ON THE NR 2 ENG NOSE COWL. MINOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY FABRICATE REPAIR DOUBLER, STRAP AND CURE AFTER BOND. - [SDR 2010FA0000332](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000332), Jul 14, 2008: SEAT TRACK. WORN. (KADY) ENLARGE THE MAIN DECK SEAT TRACK PIN HOLE AT SEC 44 AND 46. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY OVERSIZE REAM AND INSTALL FREEZE PLUG BUSH. - [SDR 2010FA0000331](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000331), Jul 12, 2008: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. (KADY) CORROSION AT SEAT TRACK BS 1500, RBL 98.58. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY BLEND OUT OF CORROSION AND FABRICATE AND INSTALL A REPAIR STRAP. - [SDR 2010FA0000356](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000356), Jul 9, 2008: SEAT TRACK. WORN. (KADY) ENLARGE THE MAIN DECK SEAT TRACK PIN HOLE AT SEC 42. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY OVERSIZE REAM AND INSTALL FREEZE PLUG BUSH. - [SDR 2010F00085](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010F00085), Jul 4, 2008: SKIN. DAMAGED. (KADY) AN ENLARGED HOLE WAS FUND ON THE OTBD SKIN AT NAC STA 286.50. - [SDR 2010FA0000355](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000355), Jul 1, 2008: SKIN. CORRODED. (KADY) CORROSION AT NR 1 PYLON OTBD CAP SKIN. MINOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY BLEND OUT THE CORROSION AND APPLY FINISH TREATMENT. - [SDR 2010F00083](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010F00083), Jul 1, 2008: SKIN. CORRODED. (KADY) CORROSION AT NR 4 PYLON OTBD CAP SKIN. MINOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY BLEND OUT THE CORROSION AND APPLY FINISH TREATMENT. - [SDR 2010F00084](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010F00084), Jun 30, 2008: SKIN. CRACKED. (KADY) CRACK WAS FOUND NR 3 PYLON INBD SKIN. - [SDR 2010FA0000354](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000354), Jun 24, 2008: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. (KADY) CRACK AT FLOORBEAM WEB AT UPPER DECK BS 340, 400, AND 500. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY TRIM OUT THE CRACKED FLOORBEAM AND INSTALL REPAIR FILLER AND REPA - [SDR 2010FA0000351](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000351), Jun 10, 2008: SKIN. WORN. (KADY) WORN AT OUTER SKIN AND FLANGE OF FRAME. MINOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY TRIM OF DAMAGED SKIN AND FRAME AND INSTALL FILER AND REPAIR ANGLE AND REPAIR DOUBLER - [SDR 2010FA0000353](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000353), Jun 9, 2008: SKIN. WORN. (KADY) WORN AT OUTER SKIN AND STIFFENER OF NR 4 LT SIDE COWL. MONOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY TRIM OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN AND STIFFENER AND INSTALL REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR 2010FA0000352](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000352), Jun 9, 2008: SKIN. PUNCTURED. (KADY) PUNCTURE OF NR 4 ENGINE LT SIDE FAN COWL INNER SKIN. MINOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY TRIM OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN AND INSTALL FILLER AND REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR 2010FA0000350](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000350), May 23, 2008: FAIRING. CRACKED. (KADY) NR 1, 3 AND 4 ENG SLOT SEAL FAIRING FASTENER HOLES WORN. MINOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY OVERSIZE, THE AFFECTED HOLES AND INSTALL NEW GROMMET ASSY. --- 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.