# N912TS: 1970 Boeing 727-254, registration cancelled 2013-04-09 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 9, 2013 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Boeing 727-254](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-254) (registry code 138408L) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (registry code 52048) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 20438 - Year built: 1970 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: March 28, 1974 - Certificate issued: April 13, 1992 - Last registry action: July 6, 2007 - Mode S code: AC9FD3 - Owner when cancelled: [Shuttle Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHUTTLE%20INC) - Location: [Jackson Heights, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Jackson%20Heights) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 40.7654° N, 73.8942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 11370, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N912TS - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=912TS - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N912TS-2013-04-09 From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 727-254: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-254.md ## Service difficulty reports (30) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR USAA119907](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA119907), Nov 15, 1999: SOCKET. MISSING. FLT 6359 - LGA-DCA - FOUND ON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, ON WHITE EPL LIGHT MISSING AT ROW 5 DEF. REPLACED EPL LIGHT SOCKET ASSEMBLY AND LENS ASSEMBLY. (M) - [SDR 99ZZZM801](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZM801), Nov 15, 1999: LENS. MISSING. FLT 6359 - LGA-DCA - FOUND ON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, ON WHITE EPL LIGHT MISSING AT ROW 5 DEF. REPLACED EPL LIGHT SOCKET ASSEMBLY AND LENS ASSEMBLY. (M) - [SDR USAA119905](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA119905), Nov 12, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FLT 6364 - DCA-LGA - ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING AT SEAT 10D INOPERATIVE. INSTALLED EPL LIGHT ASSEMBLY, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (M) - [SDR USAA119902](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA119902), Nov 12, 1999: LENS. MISSING. FLT 6376 - DCA-LGA - EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTING HAS ONE LIGHT OUT ADJACENT TO ROW 10. REPLACED MISSING LENS. (M) - [SDR USAA069943](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA069943), Jun 13, 1999: ACCUMULATOR. RUPTURED. SYSTEM 'B FAILURE EN ROUTE TO LGA. AS PER ABNORMAL, SAFETY WIRE BROKEN ON GPWS AND PNEUMATIC BRAKE. FOUND BRAKE ACCUMULATOR RUPTURED. REPLACED SAME PER MM 29-32 - [SDR USAA029905](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA029905), Feb 8, 1999: DRIVE MOTOR. FAILED. 'A' SYSTEM HYDRAULICS WENT OT ZERO DURING CLIMB-OUT. PERFORMED ABNORMAL CHECK LIST, GEAR AND FLAPS WERE LOWERED USING ALTERNATE METHOD. REPLACED HYDRAULIC FLAP - [SDR TAOA109806](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA109806), Oct 17, 1998: INDICATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT 6500 - DCA-LGA - ON APPROACH, UPON FLAP EXTENSION, INBOARD FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND BEYOND 25 DEGREES. REPLACED INBOARD FLAP POSITION INDICATOR. (M) - [SDR 98ZZZX3577](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX3577), Sep 11, 1998: FASTENERS. LOOSE. LOOSE FASTENERS AT RT WING FRONT SPAR UPPER CHORD. WS 330.5. - [SDR TAOA129704](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA129704), Dec 16, 1997: WIRE. FAILED. FLT 6780 - MIA-LGA - EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTING INOPERATIVE AT ROW 4. REPAIRED WIRING AT ROW 4D AND REPLACED TRACK LIGHTING, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL, PER MM 33--5 - [SDR TAOA099709](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA099709), Sep 29, 1997: LIGHT. FAILED. FLT 6541 - LGA-DCA - FOUND ON L/S CHECK, L-2 DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY. OPERATIONAL CHECKS NORMAL. (M) - [SDR TAOA059716](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA059716), May 29, 1997: DRIVE MOTOR. SEAL FAILED. FLT 6041 - BOS-LGA - AIRCRAFT HAD AN 'A' SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FAILURE ON THE INSPECTION OF THE OUTBOARD FLAP DRIVE MOTOR, THE DRIVE SHAFT SEAL RETAINING PLATE WAS F - [SDR TAOA039715](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA039715), Mar 25, 1997: LIGHT. BROKEN. FLT 6530 - DCA-LGA , AISLE PATH LIGHT BROKEN AT SEAT 24 DEF. REPLACED LIGHT SOCKET, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL IAW MM 33-50. (M) - [SDR TAOA039710](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA039710), Mar 20, 1997: LENS. MISSING. FLT 6141 - BOS-LGA - TWO WHITE EPL LENS COVERS MISSING. REINSTALLED LENS COVERS. (M) - [SDR TAOA029715](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA029715), Feb 27, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. ON OVERNIGHT INSPECTION AT DCA OFF FLIGHT 6492, THE AFT AIRSTAIR OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LGHT ASSEMBLY, OPERATION CHECKED - [SDR TAOA029713](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA029713), Feb 27, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DIRTY. ON OVERNIGHT INSPECTIN IN DCA OFF FLIGHT 6492, THE FORWARD RIGHT INTERIOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT P/N 1000677 WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. CLEANED AND RESET THE BATTERY - [SDR TAOA 029714](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA%20029714), Feb 27, 1997: BATTERIES. DISCHARGED. ON OVERNIGHT INSPECTINO AT DCA OFF FLIGHT 6492, THE LEFT CENTER AFT EXTERIOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERIES IN THE LIGHT ASSEMBL - [SDR TAOA099602](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA099602), Sep 5, 1996: LAMP. MISSING. EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTING, AT ROW 18, MISSING BULB AND LENS. REPLACED BULB AND LENS. (M) - [SDR TAOA089607](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA089607), Aug 23, 1996: FLAP MOTOR. LEAKING. SYSTEM 'A' HYDRAULIC FAILURE (LOW QUANTITY) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. FOUND OUTBOARD FLAP MOTOR LEAKING, REPLACED MOTOR AND CHECKED OK PER MM CHAPTER 27-51-62. (M) - [SDR TAOA089604](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA089604), Aug 14, 1996: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND NR 4 LEADING EDGE SLAT, P/N 651622171, HAS 2.5 INCH TO 3 INCH CRACK ON LOWER TRAILING EDGE AT OUTBOARD EDGE OF SKIN. (M) - [SDR TAOA069613](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA069613), Jun 24, 1996: WIRE. BROKEN. EMERGENCY FLOOR PATH LIGHTING ROW 25 DEF LIGHT INOP. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE ON LIGHT BASE. OPS CHECK OK. (M) - [SDR TAOA059606](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA059606), May 17, 1996: LENS LAMP. MISSING. FLT NR 6121 - BOS-LGA - E-PATH LIGHTING LENS AND LAMP MISSING ROW 26. INSTALLED LENS AND LAMP P/N, 0L3071BPEGPL07912. (M) - [SDR TAOA049614](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA049614), Apr 29, 1996: BRAKE. DRAGGING. FLT NR 6480 - DCA-LGA - LOUD NOISE DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, SUSPECT RIGHT BRAKE MAY HAVE BEEN DRAGGING. FOUND RIGHT NOSE BRAKE DRAGGING. REPLACED SAME AND LEFT AND - [SDR TAOA129509](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA129509), Dec 21, 1995: LENS. MISSING. RED ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING LENS MISSING NEXT TO FWD COAT CLOSET. REPLACED MISSING RED LENS COVER. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. (M) - [SDR TAOA129508](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA129508), Dec 12, 1995: STRINGER. CRACKED. DURING C-CHECK, INSPECTION REVEALED 1 INCH CRACK ON LEFT WING LOWER STRINGER NR 9 AT WS 629. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS PER B727 SERVICE B - [SDR TAOA019506](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA019506), Jan 25, 1995: EEL. INOPERATIVE. THE FWD GALLEY EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. (W) - [SDR TAOA019505](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA019505), Jan 23, 1995: EEL LAMP. FAILED. LEFT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REPLACED LAMP, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. (W) - [SDR TAOA029501](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA029501), Jan 12, 1995: STRAP. CORRODED. WHILE PERFORMING LAP JOINT MODIFICATION PER AD 91-06-06, 2 INCH BY 6 INCH CORROSION WAS FOUND ON PRODUCTION STRAP AT BS 440 BETWEEN S-19R AND S-20R. REPAIRED DO - [SDR 95ZZZW113](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZW113), Jan 12, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. WHILE PERFORMING LAP JOINT MODIFICATION PER AD 91-06-06, 2 INCH BY 6 INCH CORROSION WAS FOUND ON PRODUCTION STRAP AT BS 440 BETWEEN S-19R AND S-20R. REPAIRED DO - [SDR 95ZZZW112](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZW112), Jan 12, 1995: STRINGER. CRACKED. WHILE PERFORMING LAP JOINT MODIFICATION PER AD 91-06-06, 2 INCH BY 6 INCH CORROSION WAS FOUND ON PRODUCTION STRAP AT BS 440 BETWEEN S-19R AND S-20R. REPAIRED DO - [SDR 95ZZZW111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZW111), Jan 12, 1995: STRINGER. CORRODED. WHILE PERFORMING LAP JOINT MODIFICATION PER AD 91-06-06, 2 INCH BY 6 INCH CORROSION WAS FOUND ON PRODUCTION STRAP AT BS 440 BETWEEN S-19R AND S-20R. 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