# N138BF: 2000 Sino Swearingen Acft SJ30-2, registration cancelled 2003-06-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 17, 2003
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Sino Swearingen Acft SJ30-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/sino-swearingen-acft-sj30-2) (registry code 8780113)
- Engine: [Williams FJ-44 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj-44-series) (registry code 66000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A00001AC](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A00001AC), [TCDS E3GL](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E3GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 002
- Year built: 2000
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development
- Airworthiness date: September 24, 2002
- Certificate issued: August 24, 2000
- Last registry action: November 16, 2000
- Mode S code: A09908
- Owner when cancelled: [Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SINO%20SWEARINGEN%20AIRCRAFT%20CORP)
- Location: [San Antonio, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/San%20Antonio)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 29.5387° N, 98.4913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78216, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N138BF
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=138BF
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N138BF-2003-06-17

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 Sino Swearingen Acft SJ30-2: https://openairdocs.org/model/sino-swearingen-acft-sj30-2.md

## NTSB investigations (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 IAD03MA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03MA049), Apr 26, 2003: Sino-Swearingen SJ30-2 (N138BF), Loma Alta, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The manufacturer's incomplete high-Mach design research, which resulted in the airplane becoming unstable and diverging into a lateral upset.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20030426036959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030426036959A), Apr 26, 2003: Sino SJ302 (N138BF), Del Rio, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) N138BF, a SJ30-2 experimental/research and development aircraft was conducting flight test operations involving high speed flutter testing. The aircraft…
- [Incident 20010723019939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010723019939I), Jul 23, 2001: Sino SJ302 (N138BF), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. (-23) This experimental r&d aircraft made a normal landing touchdown after conducting in-flight extreme rudder travel tests. The nosewheel steering…

## Other aircraft with N138BF

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N138BF): Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER, S/N C0622, built 2017

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