# N720TW: 1999 Boeing 757-231, registration cancelled 2006-02-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 9, 2006
- Exported to: Ethiopia
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Boeing 757-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-231) (registry code 1384908)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney PW2037](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (registry code 52117)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A2NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A2NM), [TCDS E17NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E17NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 30319
- Year built: 1999
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: August 14, 1999
- Certificate issued: January 24, 2006
- Last registry action: January 24, 2006
- Mode S code: A9A54A
- Owner when cancelled: [Pafco 30319 Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PAFCO%2030319%20INC)
- Location: [San Francisco, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Francisco)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.7984° N, 122.3992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 94111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N720TW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=720TW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N720TW-2006-02-09

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 757-231: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-231.md

## Service difficulty reports (14)

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

- [SDR P9RA20050081](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P9RA20050081), May 16, 2005: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. AIRCRAFT IN MAINTENANCE, DURING LINE CHECK FOUND DOOR 4R SLIDE LIGHT INOPERATIVE. RELAMPED DOOR 4R SLIDE LIGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE M/M. CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR P9RA20040056A](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P9RA20040056A), Dec 22, 2004: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. A/C IN CCS, AFT CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. T/S AFT CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS FOUND CANNON PLUG NR D80 LOOSE, TIGHTEND CANNON PLUG NR 80 IAW WD 33-51-15 TEST LIGH
- [SDR P9RA20040057](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P9RA20040057), Dec 20, 2004: SLIDE. UNLATCHED. CCS GATE, L4 DOOR INADVERTANTLY OPENED IN THE ARMED POSITION. SLIDE DID NOT INFLATE AS CREW MEMBER REACTED AND HELD DOOR TOWARDS THE CLOSED POSITION. THE SLIDE 
- [SDR P9RA20040053](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P9RA20040053), Dec 12, 2004: CHARGER. INOPERATIVE. MIAMI MAINTENANCE, DURING EMERGENCY LIGHT TEST, FOUND LEFT AFT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BOTH BATTERY PACK AND CHARGER UNIT IAW MM. BATTERY OFF PN 20131A SERI
- [SDR P9RA20040051](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P9RA20040051), Nov 27, 2004: CHARGER. INOPERATIVE. LEFT AFT AISLE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY CHARGER IAW MM.
- [SDR P9RA20040050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P9RA20040050), Nov 23, 2004: SLIDE. DEPLOYED. AFTER PUSH BACK IN CCS. GROUND CREW REPORTED DEBRIS UNDER R1 DOOR AND REQUESTED CREW TO OPEN THE DOOR. CREW MEMBER FAILED TO DISARM THE DOOR CAUSING THE SLIDE T
- [SDR P9RA20040036](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/P9RA20040036), Sep 2, 2004: BULB. INOPERATIVE. DOOR 4L SLIDE ARMED LIGHT INOPERATIVE. RELAMPED 4L SLIDE ARMED LIGHT SOCKET.
- [SDR ZW0A0210501](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ZW0A0210501), Oct 13, 2002: LIGHT. CONTAMINATED. THE EGRESS LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE FROM CABIN ROWS 26 TO 33. REMOVED MOISTURE FROM EGRESS LIGHT STRIP.
- [SDR ZW0A0210402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ZW0A0210402), Oct 8, 2002: RESERVOIR. THE RIGHT SIDE NUMBER 2 CABIN DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE PRESSURE WAS AT ZERO. REPLACED THE DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE. CHECK-C 1-26-01 LAX. --CLOSED--
- [SDR ZW0A0209101](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ZW0A0209101), Sep 1, 2002: LAMP. THE AFT CABIN EGRESS AND EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED SHORTED BULB IN EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AFT OF THE L4 CABIN DOOR. CHECK-C 1-26-01
- [SDR ZW0A0201202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ZW0A0201202), Jan 26, 2002: APU. MALFUNCTIONED. HEAVY OILY SMELL REPORTED FROM THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ON TAKEOFF AND DESCENT BELOW 5000 FEET. ACCOMPLISHED CHECKS AND RESULTS NEGATIVE. RECIRCULATION 
- [SDR ZW0A0201201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ZW0A0201201), Jan 26, 2002: ODOR. DETECTED. IN CRUISE MID AND AFT LAVATORYS SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDED FOLLOWED BY A HOT APPLIANCE SMELL, SOME SMOKE. CREW TURNED OFF VIDEO AND OPENED MID GALLEY CB'S AND ODOR 
- [SDR ZW0A0200907](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ZW0A0200907), Jan 15, 2002: CARBON SEAL. FAILED. INTO STL CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. FOUND THE RT ENGINE NUMBER 2 AND 3 BEARING COMPARTMENT CARBON SEAL ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED. REPLACED THE ENGINE.
- [SDR TWAA0000101](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TWAA0000101), Dec 30, 1999: LAMP. FAILED. THE EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE AT THE LEFT SIDE NUMBER 3 DOOR AND THE RIGHT SIDE NUMBER 1 DOOR. REPLACED THE LAMP AT BOTH LOCATIONS. NO CHECK-C.

## Other aircraft with N720TW

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N720TW): Embraer Executive EMB-500, S/N 50000290, built 2013

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