N66734 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Boeing 727-224 built in 1974. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 11, 2008. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".
Boeing 727-224 cancelled August 11, 2008
- Serial number
- 20663
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turbojet
- Year built
- 1974
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- June 4, 1999
- Last FAA action
- June 17, 2008
- Last owner
- Continental Airlines INC (Corporation)
Houston, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard
NTSB accident and incident record under N66734
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 727-224 · serial 20663
The catastrophic failure of the 8th stage high pressure compressor disk from cadmium embrittlement as a result of improper adherence to the prescribed plating procedures and requirements by the company that last plated the disk. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the engine repair company to provide adequate surveillance and oversight of the plating company, the engine repair companies use of an unauthorized repair vendor, the plating company, and the engine repair companies failure to inform the aircraft operator that they had used the plating company which was not on the aircraft operators vendor list. Also contributing to the accident was the aircraft operators failure to audit the engine repair company to the level of detail that they would have discovered the engine repair company was using an unauthorized repair vendor.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site