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Fairchild SA227-AC
N27442 is a Fairchild SA227-AC, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1989. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Mission Flight, a corporation in El Monte, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 16, 2021 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 4, 1989.
Where is it now Last seen October 18 at 5:18 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Fairchild
- Model
- SA227-AC · all SA227-ACs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Fairchild SA227 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- AC750-B
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Airesearch TPE331 SERIES · 904 hp
- Seats
- 12
- Year built
- 1989
- Transponder code
- A2B857 (octal 50534127)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 16, 2021
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 4, 1989
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00374771
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mission Flight
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4233 Santa Anita Ave Ste 2
El Monte, CA 91731-1670
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N27442 links to the rest of the register
- Fairchild SA227 86 registered
- Fairchild 616 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- AiResearch (Honeywell) TPE331 series 491 aircraft with this engine series · 904 hp
- Mission Flight 7 aircraft in the fleet
- El Monte, CA 36 aircraft registered in this town
- San Gabriel Valley Airport · EMT
- California 27,686 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Fairchild SA227 38 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Fairchild SA227 533 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Fairchild SA227 141 supplemental type certificates
- Report filed on this aircraft: Bracket, cracked · 2012-11-26
- Report filed on this aircraft: Wire, burned · 2012-02-07
- Report filed on this aircraft: Bearing, failed · 2011-05-18
- Where N27442 is now · Last seen October 18 at 5:18 pm.
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The public federal record on N27442, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Mission Flight, a corporation, certificate issued August 16, 2021, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 4, 1989, consistent with the 1989 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AC750-B for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N27442 according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N27442: Incident on May 23, 1990 at Olympia, WA: minor injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Fairchild SA227 · operated under 135
DUE TO AN ICE BUILD-UP DEPARTING THE PROPELLER AND STRIKING THE CABIN WINDOW.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data