# N927TS: 1973 Boeing 727-227, registration cancelled 2015-05-13 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: May 13, 2015 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Boeing 727-227](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (registry code 1384078) - 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: 20837 - Year built: 1973 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: February 26, 1974 - Certificate issued: September 13, 1996 - Last registry action: February 17, 2009 - Mode S code: ACD9E5 - Owners when cancelled: [Shuttle Inc DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHUTTLE%20INC%20DBA), [Usair Shuttle](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/USAIR%20SHUTTLE) - Location: [Flushing, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Flushing) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 40.7744° N, 73.8733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 11371, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N927TS - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=927TS - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N927TS-2015-05-13 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 (32) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR USAA119910](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA119910), Nov 27, 1999: UNKNOWN. SMOKE. FOUND ON L/S CHECK, FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDS FOR NO REASONS. REPLACED FORWARD LAV SMOKE DETECTOR. (M) - [SDR USAA109908](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA109908), Oct 29, 1999: SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. FLT 6431 - LGA-DCA - DURING FLAP RETRACTION TO 0 DEGREES, LEADING EDGE FLAP AMBER DISAGREEMENT LIGHT STAYS ON. NR 8 SLAT INDICATED EXTENDED AT 0 DEGREES AND 2 D - [SDR USAA089905](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA089905), Aug 19, 1999: COMPRESSOR. STALLED. NR 2 ENGINE TOOK 12 SECONDS TO REACH 1.4 EPR AT WHICH TIME HAD TWO COMPRESSOR STALLS. WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE. TROUBLESHOOTING IN PROGRESS. (M) - [SDR USAA049903](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA049903), Apr 12, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FLT 6141 - BOS-LGA - FOUND ON L/S CHECK, CABIN CENTER AISLE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE AT ROW 18. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. (M) - [SDR USAA039920](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA039920), Mar 27, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FLT 6471 - LGA-DCA - RIGHT FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED RIGHT FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT BASE AND BATTERY. (M) - [SDR USAA039919](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA039919), Mar 27, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FLT 6471 - LGA-DCA - RIGHT AFT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED RIGHT AFT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT BASE AND BATTERY. (M) - [SDR USAA039912](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA039912), Mar 17, 1999: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. FLT 6460 - DCA-LGA - EMERGENCY LIGHT OVER AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT JUMPSEAT NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY AND BATTERY PACK. (M) - [SDR USAA029912](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA029912), Feb 25, 1999: BATTERY CHARGER. FAILED. FLT 6522 - FOUND ON L/S, AFT CABIN EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE AT AFT ENTRY DOOR. REPLACED BATTERY CHARGER BASE, OPS CHECKS OK. (M) - [SDR USAA119803](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA119803), Nov 11, 1998: PUMP. FAILED. FLT 6480 - DCA-LGA - ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT ABOUT 15 KIAS NR 3 ENGINE FAILED AT APPROX 85 PERCENT. NO COMPRESSOR STALL OR OTHER STRANGE NOISE REPORTED. TAKEOFF ABOR - [SDR TAOA109810](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA109810), Oct 27, 1998: BULB. FAILED. FLT 6521 - LGA-DCA - ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING AT 26A INOP. RELAMPED. OPS CHECK OK. (M) - [SDR TAOA109809](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA109809), Oct 27, 1998: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. FLT 6521 - LGA-DCA - RIGHT FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. (M) - [SDR TAOA089802](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA089802), Aug 9, 1998: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FLT 6070 - BOS-LGA - FOUND ON LS, LEFT FORWARD EXTERIOR OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (M) - [SDR TAOA079808](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA079808), Jul 13, 1998: BEARING. MISSING. FLT 6480 DCA-LGA - INBOARD FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF FROM DCA, DIVERTED TO BALTIMORE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. REPLACED RIGHT INBOARD FLAP J - [SDR TAOA069804](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA069804), Jun 17, 1998: NUT. LOOSE. DCA/LGA - FLT 6420 - DURING CLIMB-OUT, NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DECREASED BELOW 35 PSI, OIL TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO ABOVE 120 DEGREES. FOLLOWED ACM PROCEDURES SH - [SDR TAOA059805](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA059805), May 8, 1998: ANTENNA. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT 6411 - LGA-BOS - AT ALL ALTITUDES AND TILT SETTINGS RADAR UNRELIABLE. REPLACED RADAR ANTENNA OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL IAW MM CHAPTER 34-41-0 SWAPPED NR 1 VE - [SDR TAOA019801](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA019801), Jan 3, 1998: GENERATOR. FAILED. FLT 6041 - BOS-LGA - WHILE ON APPROACH FOR LANDING AT LAGUARDIA AIRCRAFT HAD AN UNDER VOLTAGE ON NR 1 GENERATOR. EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND RAN CHECKLIST FOR ELEC - [SDR TAOA129709](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA129709), Dec 31, 1997: LAMP. FAILED. NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE UPON GEAR EXTENSION, DOES NOT TEST OF PRESS TO TEST. REPLACED LIGHT BULBS AND FOLLOWED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES. FOUND CIR - [SDR TAOA129702](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA129702), Dec 14, 1997: LIGHT. SHORTED. FLT 6541 - DCA - AFTER AIRSTAIRS EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LIGHT BASE ASSEMBLY AND BATTERY. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (M) - [SDR TAOA109708](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA109708), Oct 18, 1997: BRAKE. SMOKING. LGA/BOS - FLT 6010 - NR 1 BRAKE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SMOKE AFTER LANDING. INSPECTED BRAKE, NO LEAKS FOUND. OK TO CONTINUE SERVICE. (NOTE: FIRST FLIGHT AFTER BRA - [SDR TAOA099706](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA099706), Sep 15, 1997: BATTERY CHARGER. DISCHARGED. OVERWING AISLE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AND CHARGER UNIT, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (OFF-FLIGHT 6540 FOUND ON OVERNIGHT). - [SDR TAOA089709](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA089709), Aug 22, 1997: DRIVE MOTOR. LEAKING. LGA/DCA - FLT 6491 - IN CRUISE FLIGHT, LOST ALL SYSTEM A-HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PRESSSURE. DIVERTED TO BWI. FOUND FLAP MOTOR DRIVE LEAKING, REPLACED SAME, MM 27-51 - [SDR TAOA079701](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA079701), Jul 2, 1997: RADAR INDICATOR. FAILED. EN ROUTE RADAR BECAME INOPERATIVE. BURNING SMELL DETECTED IN COCKPIT. REPLACED RADAR INDICATOR, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL IAW MM CHAPTER 34-41-0. (M) - [SDR TAOA069702](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA069702), Jun 9, 1997: LENS. MISSING. DCA-LGA - ON OVERNIGHT INSPECTION OFF FLT 6530 AT LGA, A LOWER EMERGENCY LENS COVER WAS FOUND MISSING AT SEAT ROW 17ABC. REPLACED LENS COVER OPERATION CHECKED O - [SDR TAOA059702](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA059702), May 2, 1997: FLUSH MOTOR. SMOKING. FLT 6401 - LGA-DCA - FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED WHILE AIRCRAFT ON GROUND, DUE TO SMOKE FROM MALFUNCTIONING FLUSH MOTOR. REPLACED LAVATORY WASTE P - [SDR TAOA039711](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA039711), Mar 20, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FLT 6500 - DCA-LGA - FOUND ON OVERNIGHT L/S, EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AT R2 DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AND CHARGER. (M) - [SDR 97ZZZM496](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM496), Mar 20, 1997: BATTERY CHARGER. FAILED. FLT 6500 - DCA-LGA - FOUND ON OVERNIGHT L/S, EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AT R2 DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AND CHARGER. REFERENCE TAOA039711. - [SDR TAOA039707](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA039707), Mar 14, 1997: LIGHT. BROKEN. FLT 6541 - LGA-DCA - EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE ROW 10 AT CEILING. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL IAW 33-50. (M) - [SDR TAOA039702](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA039702), Mar 9, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FLT 6540 - DCA-LGA - FOUND ON L/S CHECK, R-2 DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL, IAW 33-50. (M) - [SDR TAOA029710](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA029710), Feb 23, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT R-2 DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL IAW MM CHAPTER 33-50. (M) - [SDR TAOA029704](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA029704), Feb 4, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DCA - FLT 6470 - ON OVERNIGHT INSPECTION, THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT CEILING ROW 10 WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT BATTERY PACK. OPERATIO - [SDR TAOA019707](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA019707), Jan 9, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DCA - FLT 6531 - ON OVERNIGHT INSPECTION, THE R2 DOOR INTERIOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT BASE AND BATTERY PACK, - [SDR 97ZZZX809](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX809), Jan 9, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DCA - FLT 6531 - ON OVERNIGHT INSPECTION, THE R2 DOOR INTERIOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT BASE AND BATTERY PACK, ## Other aircraft with N927TS - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N927TS): Textron 172S, S/N 172S13067, built 2023 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.