N473AF1981 Swearingen SA227-AC
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Aug 20, 2025.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched4 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Last registered owner
- Uas Transervices INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Boca Raton, FL
- Certificate issued
- May 3, 2007
- Canceled
- Aug 20, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 20, 1981
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Swearingen
- Model
- SA227-AC
- Year
- 1981
- Serial number
- AC-473
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 12
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 12,500 - 19,999 lb
- Mode S code
- A5CC45
Engine
- Make and model
- Airesearch Tpe331 Series
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 904 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2007 – 2025Uas Transervices INCBoca Raton, FL
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
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Service Difficulty Reports (4)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Hydraulic power · hydraulic line · crackedMar 13, 2016
EN-ROUTE THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE HYD PRESS DROPPED TO 0 - 500 PSI FOR EXCESS OF 30 MINUTES. THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LG USING THE EMER PROCEDURES & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND HYD LINE PN 27-81006-721 IN THE WING CTR SECTION CRACKED AT THE BEND RADIUS & LEAKING HYD FLUID. THE LINE WAS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Pneumatic · duct · contaminatedNov 12, 2015
DURING CLIMB OUT, THE PILOT REPORTED THE SMELL OF SMOKE, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE SMELL & RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION REVEALED THREE BOXES IN D BAY WITH MELTED PLASTIC LABELS ON THE BLEED AIR DUCT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE SMELL.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · uplock roller · frozenDec 22, 2014
JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT SELECTED LG IN RETRACT POSITION, GEAR INTRANSIENT LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT TRIED TO CYCLE GEAR TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT. THE PILOT NOTIFIED TOWER OF THE SITUATION & RETURNED. THE TOWER DECLARED AN EMER & THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Landing gear · unknown · malfunctionedApr 12, 2013
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON APPROACH INTO KBUF WHEN HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT PERFORMED A FLY BY OF THE CONTROL TOWER WHICH CONFIRMED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT PERFORMED THE MANUAL…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026