# N12MQ: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300, registration cancelled 1998-12-22

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 22, 1998
- Exported to: France
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-300) (registry code 8680920)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A53EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A53EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 012
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: May 11, 1998
- Last registry action: May 11, 1998
- Mode S code: A0527B
- Owner when cancelled: [American Eagle Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20EAGLE%20AIRLINES%20INC)
- Location: [Fort Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Fort%20Worth)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.8240° N, 97.0491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 76155, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12MQ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=12MQ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12MQ-1998-12-22

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 Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300: https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-300.md

## Service difficulty reports (13)

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

- [SDR SIMA981386](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA981386), May 18, 1998: LIGHT. FAILED. ORD - EXTERNAL EMERGENCY PROX/EXIT LIGHT SOCKET BURNED OUT. REMOVED AND REPLACED EXTERIOR EMERGENCY PROX/EXIT LIGHT ASSY. OPS CHECK GOOD. A/C RETURNED TO SERVIC
- [SDR SIMA973652](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA973652), Dec 31, 1997: ACTUATOR. FAILED. ORD - FLT 4065 - AT GEAR UP CREW NOTED RT MAIN GEAR IND REMAINED IN AN UNLOCK IND ON BOTH PANELS. GEAR WAS RECYCLED BUT IND PERSISTED. CREW RETURNED TO ORD. NO 
- [SDR SIMA973121](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA973121), Nov 8, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. ORD - FLOOR PROX LIGHTS OUT. RAI'D BATTERY PACK 11WL. OPS CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
- [SDR SIMA9701892](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA9701892), Jul 8, 1997: FUSE. FAILED. SAW - DURING MBV-2/CPCPI INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT JUST FORWARD OF SERVICE DOOR WAS INOPERABLE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED PO
- [SDR SIMA9701891](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA9701891), Jul 8, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. SAW - DURING MBV-2/CPCPI INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED SEVERAL EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY P
- [SDR SIMA9701781](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA9701781), Jun 27, 1997: SIDE PANEL. CRACKED. SAW - DURING MBV 2 INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE PAX ENTRANCE STEP FORWARD SIDE PANEL WAS CRACKED IN LOWER RADIUS. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE
- [SDR SIMA963111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA963111), Nov 6, 1996: POWER PACK. FAILED. ORD - FLT 4005 - FORWARD STRIP OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY 29WL. OPS CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)
- [SDR SIMA962851](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA962851), Oct 11, 1996: T-FITTING. FAILED. ORD - FLT 4211 - GREEN SYSTEM HYD LOW LEVEL WARNING CAME ON AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ORD AND DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE FOUND 
- [SDR SIMA962701](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA962701), Sep 26, 1996: POWER PACK. FAILED. WHEN AIRCRAFT POWER IS SELECTED OFF AND EMERGENCY LIGHTS SELECTED TO FLOOR LIGHTS, 31WL WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. RAI'D EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY 29WL PER JIC33-51-21.
- [SDR SIMA962351](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA962351), Aug 22, 1996: HYD FITTING. CRACKED. ORD - FLT 4020 - CREW REPORTED, GREEN SYSTEM LOW LEVEL LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE FOUND A CRACKED HYDRAULIC FITTING AT THE GREEN SYSTEM ACCUMULATOR AN
- [SDR SIMA962111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA962111), Jul 29, 1996: TEE FITTING. FAILED. SGF - FLT 4076 - APPROACH TO SGF AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN, GREEN LOW LEVEL CAUTION ILLUMINATED. FOUND TEE TO GREEN ACCUMULATOR SHEARED AND RESULT WAS LOSS OF F
- [SDR SIMA960921](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA960921), Apr 1, 1996: POWER SUPPLY. FAILED. GRR - EMERGENCY LIGHT ABOVE FRONT RIGHT EXIT WINDOW FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE ON MAINTENANCE CHECK. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY 10 WL. OPERATIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY. A
- [SDR SIMA960081](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA960081), Jan 7, 1996: UPLOCK BOX. FAILED. CVG - FLT 4020 - RIGHT MAIN GEAR WILL NOT LOCK UP TO THE RETRACT POSITION DURING CLIMB. CONTINUED FLIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER MECHANICAL INCIDENT - DIVERTED TO RFD P

## Other aircraft with N12MQ

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12MQ): Leonardo S P A AB139, S/N 31041

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