# N977TW: 1966 Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON, registration cancelled 2021-10-30 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: October 30, 2021 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON](https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-sud-fan-jet-falcon) (registry code 2720302) - Engine: [GE CF700 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf700-series) (registry code 30010) - Data sheets: [TCDS A7EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A7EU), [TCDS E7EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E7EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 13 - Year built: 1966 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: October 30, 1997 - Certificate issued: October 27, 1997 - Last registry action: February 19, 2018 - Mode S code: AD9F64 - Owner when cancelled: [Sierra American Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SIERRA%20AMERICAN%20CORP) - Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.7376° N, 75.6671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19808, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N977TW - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=977TW - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N977TW-2021-10-30 From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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 Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON: https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-sud-fan-jet-falcon.md ## Service difficulty reports (15) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR HAEA200700203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA200700203), Dec 7, 2007: ENGINE. FOD. DEPARTED BIS CLIMBING THROUGH 3000 FT, RT ENGINE LOST POWER. CREW REQUESTED VECTOR TO RETURN TO BLOCKS. ON DECENT RT ENGINE POWER WAS AVAILABLE. AIRCRAFT LANDED - [SDR HAEA152](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA152), Jun 30, 2004: SWITCH. FAULTY. AFTER DEPARTING MSN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MSN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. - [SDR 00144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00144), Jun 1, 2004: LIMITER. FAILED. ON TAKEOFF FROM ADS, CO-PILOTS AIRSPEED INDICATOR FAILED TO INDICATE. CREW RETURNED TO ADS, AIRCRAFT INPUT FOR MAINTENANCE. - [SDR 00126](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00126), Jan 6, 2004: TRANSMITTER. MALFUNCTIONED. PILOT REPORTED AFTER DEPARTURE FROM ADS NR 1 ENGINE OIL TEMP AMD PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, RETURN TO ADS FOR MAINTENANCE. R & R LT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE TRANSMI - [SDR 00125](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00125), Jan 5, 2004: FIRE LOOP. GROUNDED. PILOT REPORTED AFTER DEPARTURE FROM ADS FIRE HORN SOUNDED WITH NO FIRE INDICATION LIGHTS, RETURN TO ADS FOR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE FOUND FIRE LOOP GROUNDING O - [SDR 00124](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00124), Jan 5, 2004: FIRE LOOP. GROUNDED. PILOT REPORTED AFTER DEPARTURE, AN EMERGENCY HORN SOUNDED, ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED OK. PILOT REQUESTED RETURN FOR MAINTENANCE, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. MAINTENANCE FO - [SDR 00112](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00112), Sep 11, 2003: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED LT ENGINE FLAMED OUT DURING CLIMB. NORMAL RESTART PERFORMED. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED NO DAMAGE. WILL UPDATE THIS REPORT WHEN AIRCRAFT GOE - [SDR 00097](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00097), Jun 8, 2003: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED LT ENGINE FLAMED OUT WHILE CLIMBING FROM FL360 TO 370, DECENDED AND RESTART AND CLIMB BACK TO FL330 AND COMPLETED LEG. WILL UPDATE AFTER MAINTENA - [SDR 00084](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00084), Feb 28, 2003: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED NR 1 ENGINE FLAMEOUT AT FL350, ENGINE RELIT AS N1 DROPPED THROUGH 50 PERCENT, ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS NORMAL, REQUESTED FL310 FOR DURATION OF FLIG - [SDR 00070](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00070), Jan 10, 2003: SWITCH. FAILED. PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER DEPARTURE, RETURNED FOR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED MICROSWITCH AND SWUNG GEAR CK GOOD. AIRCRAFT D - [SDR 00069](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00069), Dec 7, 2002: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED THAT ON THE SECOND LEG OF THE DAY THE LEFT ENGINE FLAMED OUT CLIMBING THROUGH 36,500, DECENT AND RELIGHT AT 31,000. PILOT PERFORMED INSPECTION OF - [SDR 00035](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00035), Jun 18, 2002: PITOT TUBE. OBSTRUCTED. AIRCRAFT STARTED TAKEOFF ROLL AT ADS, COPILOTS AIRSPEED INDICATOR DID NOT COME ALIVE. TAKEOFF ROLL ABORTED. BLOCKAGE FOUND IN COPILOTS PITOT TUBE. REPAIRED AND - [SDR 00020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00020), Apr 23, 2002: GYRO. FAILED. HSI AND RMI COPILOT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MOVE, RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 DIRECTIONAL GYRO, OP'S CHECK GOOD ON GROUND. RETURN - [SDR 98ZZZX969](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX969), Feb 17, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. THE FOLLOWING CORROSION WAS DISCOVERED DURING B, C INSPECTIONS: FUSELAGE LEFT AFT SECTION LAVATORY AREA - CORROSION BETWEEN SKIN AND FRAMES/STRINGERS. FRAME 29 - [SDR 98ZZZX968](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX968), Feb 17, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. THE FOLLOWING CORROSION WAS DISCOVERED DURING B, C INSPECTIONS: FUSELAGE FORWARD LOWER SECTION - CORROSION BETWEEN SKIN AND FRAMES/STRINGERS. FRAME 7 TO FRAME 1 --- 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.