# N731AC: 1978 Swearingen SA226TC, registration cancelled 2013-08-05

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 5, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Swearingen SA226TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (registry code 8780404)
- 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: TC-255
- Year built: 1978
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: December 5, 1979
- Last registry action: May 1, 2001
- Mode S code: A9CEC5
- Location: [Des Plaines, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Des%20Plaines)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 41.9772° N, 87.9086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 60018, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731AC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=731AC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731AC-2013-08-05

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 Swearingen SA226TC: https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI01FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA032), Nov 9, 2000: Swearingen SA226TC (N731AC), Fort Wayne, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The indicated failure of the right hand AC bus during takeoff with low ceiling. The factors were the low ceiling, night, and the execssive workload the pilot experienced on takeoff with an electrical…

## 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.

- [Accident 20001109043119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001109043119A), Nov 9, 2000: Swrngn SA226TC (N731AC), Fort Wayne, IN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) N731AC, an SA-226 operated by superior aviation inc., hauling cancelled checks out of fwa airport, crashed shortly after takeoff on 11/09/00. The pilot,…
- [Incident 19970102002789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970102002789I), Jan 2, 1997: Swrngn SA226TC (N731AC), Pellston, MI, Minor damage. During taxi struck snowbank. Reported nose wheel steering malfunction.

## Other aircraft with N731AC

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731AC): Piper PA-28-181, S/N 2881495, built 2021
- [Cancelled 1985-07-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731AC-1985-07-02): Cessna A188B, S/N 18802736T. Owner: [Roth Aerial Spraying](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROTH%20AERIAL%20SPRAYING), [Milford, NE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NE/Milford)

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