# N440DS: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: January 24, 2020
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=440DS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N440DS

## Aircraft that carried N440DS

- [Cancelled 2020-01-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N440DS-2020-01-24): Beech 400A, S/N RK-8, built 1991. Exported to Brazil. Owner: [Goal Aircrafts Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GOAL%20AIRCRAFTS%20CORP), [Orlando, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Orlando)

## NTSB investigations on N440DS (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ENG06IA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG06IA020), Jun 14, 2006: Raytheon Corporate Jets Beechjet 400A (N440DS), Norfolk, VA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: High-altitude ice crystals that had accreted on the compressor vanes and were ingested into the engine high pressure compressor when the pilots retarded the power levers causing compressor surges and…

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