# N87949: Convair 240-17, registration cancelled 2001-08-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 21, 2001
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Convair 240-17](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-17) (registry code 2422631)
- Serial number: 49-1935
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: January 27, 1993
- Last registry action: July 17, 2001
- Mode S code: AC1ACB
- Owner when cancelled: [Bahama Air Ferries Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BAHAMA%20AIR%20FERRIES%20INC)
- Location: [Daytona Beach, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Daytona%20Beach)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 29.2108° N, 81.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Daytona Beach, FL, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87949
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=87949
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87949-2001-08-21

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 240-17: https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-17.md

## Service difficulty reports (3)

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

- [SDR 98ZZZX647](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX647), Nov 11, 1997: CYLINDER. CRACKED. AT CRUISE, LEFT ENGINE BACKFIRED, LOSS OF 30 TPSI, THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. REURNED TO AIRPORT UNEVENTFULLY. FOUND NR 11 CYLINDER CRACKED AROUND EXHAUST VALVE. 
- [SDR 97ZZZM706](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM706), May 26, 1997: ADI REGULATOR. RUPTURED. NR 2 ENGINE BEGAN TO BACKFIRE AND SURGE DURING CRUISE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN, LANDED SJO WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND ADI REGULATOR HAD RUPTURED DIAPHRAM WHICH MADE ENGIN
- [SDR 96ZZZX129](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX129), Oct 30, 1995: OIL COOLER. LEAKING. PSE/SJU - FLT 7026 - EN ROUTE, SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE AND QUANTITY. FOUND THE OIL COOLER LEAKING. REPLACED OIL COOLER.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 19980530011509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980530011509I), May 30, 1998: Cvac 24017 (N87949), Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. Copilot trainee lifted the landing gear handle thinking that it was the flaps causing lt adn nose gear to collapse.

## Other aircraft with N87949

- [Cancelled 1960-05-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87949-1960-05-25): Piper J3L-65, S/N 15567. Exported to Nicaragua. Owner: [Aerial Sprayers Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AERIAL%20SPRAYERS%20INC), [Stamford, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Stamford)

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