# N8327C: 1948 Convair 240-4, registration cancelled 2018-01-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 26, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Convair 240-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-4) (registry code 2422610)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (registry code 52026)
- Serial number: 79
- Year built: 1948
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: March 2, 1965
- Certificate issued: February 20, 1991
- Last registry action: April 13, 2000
- Mode S code: AB6318
- Owner when cancelled: [Aircraft Sales Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIRCRAFT%20SALES%20INC)
- Location: [Woodcliffe Lake, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/Woodcliffe%20Lake)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 41.0033° N, 74.0017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 07675, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8327C
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8327C
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8327C-2018-01-26

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Convair 240-4: https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-4.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 19780201005179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780201005179I), Feb 1, 1978: Cvac 240/ (N8327C), Lynchburg, VA, Minor damage. Pilot directed into crusty snow pile while taxiing to the ramp nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19780109002289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780109002289I), Jan 9, 1978: Cvac 240/ (N8327C), Winston Salem, NC. Landed with unsafe nose gear indication. Found nose gear downlock pin stuck in mid position.

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