# N726AA: 1973 Boeing 727-227, registration cancelled 2002-02-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 27, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Boeing 727-227](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (registry code 1384078)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 20733
- Year built: 1973
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: August 14, 1973
- Last registry action: February 27, 2002
- Mode S code: A9B9D7
- Owner when cancelled: [Aar Aircraft & Engine Sales & Leasing Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AAR%20AIRCRAFT%20%26%20ENGINE%20SALES%20%26%20LEASING%20INC)
- Location: [Wood Dale, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Wood%20Dale)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 41.9744° N, 87.9865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 60191, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N726AA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=726AA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N726AA-2002-02-27

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 727-227: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227.md

## Service difficulty reports (56, newest 50)

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

- [SDR AALA20011400](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011400), Jul 11, 2001: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. TUL - FOUND FLOOR EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING STRIP WEAK, DIM, FROM FORWARD GALLEY TO AFT GALLEY. INSTALLED NEW PATH LIGHT AND CLEAR LENS. OPS CHECK OK. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011409](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011409), Jul 9, 2001: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON SHEAR TIE BS 720A AT STRINGER 28. REMOVED CORROSION AND REMOVED DAMAGED AREA, AND REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-04. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011402), Jul 6, 2001: SKIN. BULGED. TUL - FOUND SKIN BULGING AT RIVETS, RIVETS DISHED ON SKIN LAP 24R STATION 343 TO 360. REPAIRED AREA PER SRM 53-30-4 FIG 16. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011403](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011403), Jul 6, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND SKIN BULGING IN AREA PREVIOUSLY WORKED, SKATE ANGLE (APPEARS TO BE RE-CORRODING) JUST ABOVE RIGHT NOSE GEAR STRUT DOOR .294.5 TO 335. SKIN BULGING A
- [SDR AALA20011401](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011401), Jul 6, 2001: FRAME. DENTED. TUL - FOUND BELT FRAME DENTED AT STATION 1050 OVER STRINGER 26L. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND INSTALLED BELT FRAME REPAIR PER 53-10-4 PAGE 1. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011404](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011404), Jul 5, 2001: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION IN BOTTOM OF STRINGER 26R. REPAIRED STRINGER PER SRM SB 53-10-3 AND BOTTOM WITH BOLTS, NUTS AND WASHERS THRU STRINGER CLIP AND STRINGER SI
- [SDR AALA20011405](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011405), Jul 5, 2001: BELTFRAME. DENTED. TUL - FOUND BELT FRAME DENTED STATION 1050 AT STRINGER 25R. INSTALLED BELT FRAME REPAIR PER SRM 51-40-3 PAGE 1. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011406](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011406), Jul 4, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT STATION 235 STRINGER 22L. REPAIRED CRACK PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 3 SHEET 4, CLOSE TO EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLER. INCORPORATED ONE 
- [SDR AALA20011407](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011407), Jul 4, 2001: FRAME. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND BELT FRAME CRACKED STATION 312 BETWEEN STRINGER 13, 14 RIGHT SIDE FORWARD LAVATORY. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER RM 53-10-4
- [SDR AALA20011408](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011408), Jul 3, 2001: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON STRINGER 23R STATION 720E. REPLACED STRINGER SECTION 720D PLUS 10 TO 720E PLUS 10 SPLICED EPR SRM 53-10-3 FIG 1. (M)
- [SDR AALA20011399](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20011399), Jun 30, 2001: WEB. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND RIGHT NOSE GEAR PRESSURE DECK HAS VISUAL INDICATION OF CRACK AT RIVET ABOVE PANEL AT STATION 203. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-40-2 USING .063 2024 
- [SDR AALA20010195](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20010195), Feb 3, 2001: CONNECTOR. DAMAGED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FLOOR PROXIMITY EMERGENCY EXIT PATH LIGHT DIM. REPAIRED FLOOR PROXIMITY EMERGENCY EXIT PATH LIGHT CONNECTION AT SEAT 5D. SYS
- [SDR AALA20001909](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001909), Nov 18, 2000: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHT AT FORWARD LAVATORY INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHT STRIP AT FORWARD L
- [SDR AALA20001085](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20001085), Jun 23, 2000: SKIN. DENTED. TUL - FOUND DENT IN FUSELAGE SKIN AFT OF STATION 1342 BULKHEAD APPROX 24 INCHES ABOVE AIRSTAIR CUT OUT. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-30-3, FI
- [SDR AALA991745](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991745), Nov 18, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FORWARD FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED FORWARD FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIG
- [SDR AALA991299](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991299), Aug 28, 1999: CONNECTOR. MISWIRED. MIA - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTING INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED WIRING TO EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTING CONNECTOR THAT WAS FOU
- [SDR AALA991284](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991284), Aug 25, 1999: TORQUE BOX. CRACKED. TUL - RIGHT GALLEY DOOR UPPER HINGE TORQUE BOX AT FUSE CRACKED. INSTALLED REPAIR STRAP TO UPPER HINGE TORQUE BOX PER ESO 11697, DATED 8-24-99. (M)
- [SDR AALA991282](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991282), Aug 25, 1999: CHORD. CORRODED. TUL - RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HAS AREA OF CORROSION ON T/E UPPER CHORD JUST INBOARD OF NR 2 ELEV HINGE AT EXISTING REPAIR, OUTBOARD OF STATION 190. CUT OUT 
- [SDR AALA991283](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991283), Aug 24, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - UPPER L/E SPAR CAP COVER STRIP AND SEALANT BULGED UP AT NR 2 SLAT. CUT OUT SECTION OF L/E SKIN TO GAIN ACCESS TO SPAR CAP. REMOVED SURFACE CORROSION FROM 
- [SDR AALA991281](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA991281), Aug 24, 1999: SKIN. CRACKED. TUL - FOUND CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN BELOW CAPTAINS WINDOW C-D POST (FORWARD OF NR 2 WINDOW). INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLR ON FUSE SKIN BELOW CAPTAINS C-D WINDOW POST 
- [SDR AALA990906](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990906), Jun 19, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FORWARD GALLEY DOOR MOUNTED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED FORWARD GALLEY DOOR MOUNTED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSE
- [SDR AALA990905](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA990905), Jun 19, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. TPA - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ON CEILING AT BOTTOM OF AFT STAIRS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT CEILING LIGHT AT BOTTOM OF AFT 
- [SDR AALA982076](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA982076), Nov 14, 1998: TURBINE. FAILED. MIA - FLT 1301 - AFTER TAKEOFF MIA, NR 2 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN BY CREW DUE TO HIGH ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE AND VIBRATION. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RETU
- [SDR AALA981203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981203), Jun 20, 1998: WIRE. BROKEN. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, LOWER HALF OF AFT AIR STAIR LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED WIRE ON LOWER HALF OF AFT STAIR LIGHTS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED, NORM
- [SDR AALA981180](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA981180), Jun 15, 1998: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. ORD - DURING OVERNIGHT INSPECTION, AFT STAIR WELL EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT IN AFT STAIR WELL. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED, NORM
- [SDR AALA9800877](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA9800877), May 4, 1998: WIRE. FAILED. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTS IN FORWARD CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHT WIRE. SYSTEM GROUND 
- [SDR AALA971882](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971882), Oct 6, 1997: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS BY FORWARD GALLEY FOUND INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT STRIP BY FORWARD GALLEY. SYSTEM GROUND 
- [SDR AALA971643](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971643), Aug 27, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - BULGE IN SKIN STR 17L, STA 720 - STA 720E. CUT OUT CORRODED SKIN, INSTALLED DOUBLER TO FILLER PER SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 3. TST: 67,059. CYCLES, 43,852. (X)
- [SDR AALA971642](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971642), Aug 27, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - SKIN HAS CORROSION AT STA 660 UNDER DOUBLER THAT WAS TAKEN OFF BETWEEN 28L TO 38R. BULGE IN SKIN STA 27L - STA 26L AFT OF STA 660. REPLACED SKIN, STA 680 
- [SDR AALA971641](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971641), Aug 27, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - 2 INCHES FORWARD OF STA 720A, STR 28L CORRODED. INSTALLED NEW FACTORY STR 28L PER B723 SRM 51-10-1. TST: 67,059. CYCLES, 43,852. (X)
- [SDR AALA971640](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971640), Aug 27, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STR 30 CORRODED INSIDE CHANNEL FROM BS 1045 - BS 1090. INSTALLED NEW SECTION OF STRINGER STA 1010 - STA 1140 SPLICED PER 53-10-3, FIGURE 1. TST: 67,059. C
- [SDR AALA971639](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971639), Aug 27, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION IN CHANNEL AREA OF STR 29L FROM STA 1045 - STA 1090. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER SECTION PER 53-10-3. TST: 67,059. CYCLES, 43,852. (X)
- [SDR AALA971638](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971638), Aug 27, 1997: STRINGER. WORN. TUL - OBLONG RIVET HOLE IN STR 256, STA 710. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA, INSTALLED STRINGER SPLICE REPAIR PER SRM 51-10-3, FIGURE 1. TST: 67,059. CYCLES, 43,852. (X)
- [SDR AALA971637](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971637), Aug 27, 1997: FLOOR BEAM. CORRODED. TUL - FLOOR BEAM, STA 1130, HAS LIGHT CORROSION AROUND NUTPLATES, STA 1130, LBL 19 AND LBL 21. BLENDED OUT LIGHT CORROSION, BEYOND BLEND-OUT LIMITS THEN REPAIRE
- [SDR AALA971636](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971636), Aug 27, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - BULGE IN BELLY SKIN, TWO AREAS, STA 500 TO STA 520, STR 26R, AND STA 520 TO STA 540, STR 26R (ONE REPAIR INCORPORATING BOTH AREAS). CUT OUT DAMAGED SKIN A
- [SDR AALA971635](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971635), Aug 27, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STR 27R CORRODED AND CRACKED AT STA 950. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA OF STR 27R. INSTALLED REPAIR SPLICE PER 51-40-4 PAGES 1 THROUGH 9. TST: 67,059. CYCLES, 43,8
- [SDR AALA971634](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971634), Aug 27, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STA 682, STR 27L CORRODED. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER SECTION PER SRM 53-10-3. TST: 67,059. CYCLES, 43,852. (X)
- [SDR AALA971633](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971633), Aug 27, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STA 683 INSIDE STR 27R HAS CORROSION. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER SECTION PER SRM 53-10-3. TST: 67,059. CYCLES, 43,852. (X)
- [SDR AALA971632](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971632), Aug 27, 1997: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. TUL - STA 720F SHEAR TIE CORRODED BETWEEN STR 27 AND STR 26R. FABRICATED DOUBLER, TREATED AND PRIMED, INSTALLED WITH HI-LOCKS. REPAIR PER SRM 53-10-4, PAGE 43, 
- [SDR AALA971631](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971631), Aug 27, 1997: SPAR CHORD. CORRODED. TUL - FRONT SPAR LOWER CHORD ANGLE CORRODED BELOW NR 6 SLAT ACTUATOR 2.50 INCH BY 6 INCH AREA. REMOVED CORRODED SECTION OF SPAR, REPAIRED IAW BSRM 57-10-6, FIGU
- [SDR AALA971630](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971630), Aug 27, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - STA 688 INSIDE STR 26R HAS CORROSION. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER SECTION AND SPLICE PER SRM 53-10-3. TST: 67,059. CYCLES, 43,852. (X)
- [SDR AALA971629](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971629), Aug 27, 1997: FRAME. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON FORWARD SIDE 720 FRAME AT SKIN ATTACH BETWEEN STR 28R AND STR 28L. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND ASSOCIATED PARTS PER 53-10-3. TST: 70,311. CYCLES: 4
- [SDR AALA971628](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971628), Aug 27, 1997: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON SKIN STA 720 TO STA 725 BL ZERO UNDER BONDED DOUBLER. REPLACED WITH NEW FACTORY SKIN PANEL STA 680 - STA 740, STR 26R TO STR 26L PER SRM 51-1
- [SDR AALA971627](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971627), Aug 27, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - BULGES IN SKIN STR 29R, STA 1070, WITH SEVERAL FASTENERS PULLED THROUGH SKIN. REMOVED AND REPLACED SECTION OF STRINGER WITH SRM STRINGER SPLICE PER CH 53-
- [SDR AALA971644](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971644), Aug 1, 1997: FITTING. CORRODED. TUL - STA 740 STRINGER END FITTING CORRODED STR 27R. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER END FITTING, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. TST: 67,059. CYCLES, 43,852. (X)
- [SDR AALA971686](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA971686), Jul 22, 1997: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - CORROSION ON SPLICE STR 21R BETWEEN STA 440 - STA 420. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER SECTION - SPLICE. TST: 67,012. CYCLES, 43,827. (X)
- [SDR AALA961520](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961520), Oct 16, 1996: BEAM. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND CORROSION UPPER HORIZONTAL TE BEAM 2 PLACES BEYOND LIMITS. CUT OUT AND BLENDED AREAS. TREATED AND PRIMED, REPAIRED PER ESO 11697 AND SRM 55-10-6 FIG
- [SDR AALA961519](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961519), Oct 16, 1996: STRINGER. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND STRINGER 22L HEAVILY CORRODED STATION 1166 TO 1183. REPAIRED STRINGER 22L, STATION 1166 TO 1183 PER SRM 53-10-3 AND STATION 1183, STRINGER 22L AND F
- [SDR AALA961517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961517), Oct 16, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND SKIN BULGING AND FASTENER HEAD SHEAR BELOW AFT LAV SERVICE DOOR. REPAIRED AFFECTED AREA PER ESO 11697 DATED 2 OCT 1996. (M)
- [SDR AALA961515](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA961515), Oct 16, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. TUL - FOUND LOWER WING SKIN CORRODED ABOVE AFT HEAT EXCHANGER INBOARD DUCT MOUNT ANGLE. CORROSION ON BOTH SIDES OF ANGLE APPROX 3 INCH DIAMETER. REMOVED CORROSI

All 56: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N726AA-2002-02-27/reports.md

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Incident 19900822051189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900822051189I), Aug 22, 1990: Boeing 727222 (N726AA), Newark, NJ. Proper exit sign not installed at the correct row. Aircraft had been modified and sign not changed.
- [Incident 19900322031719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900322031719I), Mar 22, 1990: Boeing 727 (N726AA), Newark, NJ. Declared minimum fuel and was immediately vectored to land. Landed without incident

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