# N120VT: Thomme Charles Van MINI 500, registration cancelled 1999-10-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 28, 1999
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Thomme Charles Van MINI 500](https://openairdocs.org/model/thomme-charles-van-mini-500) (registry code 05603VQ)
- Serial number: 0222
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: September 10, 1996
- Last registry action: September 14, 1999
- Mode S code: A0559F
- Owner when cancelled: [Van Thomme Charles](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VAN%20THOMME%20CHARLES)
- Location: [Lexington, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Lexington)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 43.2523° N, 82.5409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 48450, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N120VT
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=120VT
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120VT-1999-10-28

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Thomme Charles Van MINI 500: https://openairdocs.org/model/thomme-charles-van-mini-500.md

## Service difficulty reports (4)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 98ZZZX1084](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX1084), Feb 25, 1998: BATTERY BOX. NOT GROUNDED. HELICOPTER HAS BATTERY BOX BOLTED TO COMPOSITE FIREWALL. BATTERY BOX IS NOT GROUNDED TO BATTERY. A REGULATOR RECTIFIER AND STARTER RELAY ARE GROUNDED TO BATTERY
- [SDR 98ZZZX502](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX502), Jan 22, 1998: FRAME. CRACKED. MOST ALL MINI-500 AIRFRAMES HAVE CRACKED NEAR THE MAIN ROTOR GEARBOX MOUNT BOLT HOLES. ALL ARE LOW TIME ANYWHERE FROM 6 HOURS AND UP. AIR FRAME TUBE STRUCTURE M
- [SDR 98ZZZX501](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX501), Jan 22, 1998: SHAFT. MISMANUFACTURED. BECAUSE OF MANY PROBLEMS WITH VIBRATIONS CRACKING FRAME, FOUND THE MAIN ROTOR SHAFT HAS AN INTERNAL FLAW. IT WAS MANUFACTURED NOT BEING TRUE INSIDE. THE INSIDE 
- [SDR 98ZZZX486](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX486), Jan 16, 1998: ENGINE. SEIZED. ENGINE SEIZED IN-FLIGHT. SERVICE CENTER THAT REPAIRED ENGINE SAID COUNTERWEIGHT CAME OFF REAR OF CRANKSHAFT. SERVICE CENTER ALSO SAID THEY BELIEVE THAT COUNTEWE

## Other aircraft with N120VT

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N120VT): Eurocopter EC120B, S/N 1424

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