N744BASaab-Scania SF340A
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Feb 21, 2025.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched17 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Last registered owner
- Tropical Transport Services Ltd
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- San Juan, PR
- Certificate issued
- Oct 2, 2006
- Canceled
- Feb 21, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Jan 28, 1988
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
- Saab-Scania
- Model
- SF340A
- Serial number
- 340A-105
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 37
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- AA0180
Engine
- Make and model
- Ge Ct7-Ser
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 1600 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2006 – 2025Tropical Transport Services LtdSan Juan, PR
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.
ADs 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.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (17)
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.
- Ice and rain protection · controller · faultyOct 5, 2000
BOS - FLT 4659 - DURING FLIGHT, THE RIGHT INTAKE HEAT FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DUE TO WEATHER THE FLIGHT DIVERTED BACK TO BOS. THE SYSTEM WAS MEL'D AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED TO BGR WHERE MAINTENANCE REPLACED A FAULTY THERMAL CONTROLLER. AFTER PERFORMING ALL REQUIRED CHECKS THE AIRCRAFT WAS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Air conditioning and pressurization · acm · failedSep 28, 1999
BOS-PHL - FLT 4773 - DURING CLIMB-OUT, CREW NOTED A BURNING SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. THEY SHUTDOWN THE RIGHT BLEED SYSTEM AND THE SMELL WENT AWAY. A/C DIVERTED BACK TO BOS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RT ACM AND PERFORMED ALL REQUIRED CHECKS SATISFACTORILY.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Navigation · efis tube · failedJul 25, 1999
ALB - FLT 6685 - ALB/BOX - FLT 6685 - RETURNED TO ALB DUE TO ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN THE FLIGHT DECK. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CAPTAIN'S UPPER EFIS TUBE TO BE AT FAULT. THE EFIS TUBE WAS REPLACED. REQUIRED OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Engine air · wire · brokenMar 1, 1999
BOS - FLT 6394 - AFTER DEPARTURE FROM BOS, THE CREW GOT A RIGHT AIR VALVE LIGHT. CREW DIVERTED BACK TO BOS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED SYSTEM AND FOUND A BROKEN WIRE AT THE AIRFRAME CANNON PLUG. REPAIRED THE WIRE AND THE SYSTEM OPS CHECKED GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine oil · transducer · fluctuatesNov 16, 1998
BOS - FLT 4323 - ON CLIMB-OUT, THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE STARTED TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 75 AND 125 PSI. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BOS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLAFED THE LEFT OIL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER. SYSTEM TESTED GOOD. (M)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine · engine · malfunctionedNov 12, 1998
BOS - FLT 4408 - AFTER ENGINE START AND TAXI AWAY FROM GATE, THE CREW REPORTED HEARING A DISTINCTIVE MUFFLED METALLIC 'THUD' FROM THE LEFT ENGINE AREA WITH NO ABNORMAL COCKPIT DISPLAY. THE CREW THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT THE LEFT ENGINE EXHAUST AREA. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND LEFT FIRE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Ice and rain protection · relay · failedFeb 4, 1998
BOS - FLT 4289 - SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, THE RIGHT ENGINE INTAKE HEAT FAILED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BOS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT HEAT DRIVER RELAY. SYSTEM TESTED GOOD. (M)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Propellers · circuit breaker · trippedOct 3, 1997
BOS - FLT 4276 - ON TAKEOFF, THE AUTOCOARSEN ARM LIGH REMAINED ILLUMINATED. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE AUTOCOARSEN CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN. BREAKER WAS RESET AND SYSTEM TESTED NORMAL. (M)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fire protection · weu · failedJun 1, 1997
BOS - FLT 4380 - AFTER TAKEOFF CREW RECEIVED A FIRE WARNIGN ON RIGHT ENGINE. THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ON CWP, MASTER WARNING AND 'T' HANDLE ALL ILLUMINATED BUT THERE WAS NO ORAL CHIME. CREW CLEARED MASTER WARNING AND ALL LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BOS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fire protection · control box · failedMay 31, 1997
BOS - FLT 4330 - AFTER TAKEOFF CREW RECEIVED A RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE EXTINGUISHER DISCHARGED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BOS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED RIGHT ENGINE AREA AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. THE FIRE DETECTION CONTROL BOX WAS REPLACED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Showing the 10 most recent of 17 reports.
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