# N142XJ: 1989 Saab-Scania SF340A, registration cancelled 2005-05-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 9, 2005
- Exported to: Guatemala
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Saab-Scania SF340A](https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-sf340a) (registry code 7860100)
- Engine: [GE CT7-SER series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (registry code 30031)
- Serial number: 340A-142
- Year built: 1989
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: April 15, 1989
- Certificate issued: May 3, 2005
- Last registry action: May 3, 2005
- Mode S code: A0AC34
- Owner when cancelled: [Kmr Aviation Services Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KMR%20AVIATION%20SERVICES%20INC)
- Location: [Lynchburg, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Lynchburg)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.3552° N, 79.2187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 24502, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N142XJ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=142XJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N142XJ-2005-05-09

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 Saab-Scania SF340A: https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-sf340a.md

## Service difficulty reports (16)

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

- [SDR MALA020627](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA020627), Oct 27, 2002: BOOT. FAILED. DURING TAXI OF FLIGHT NR 3294, LEFT PROP DEICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING TAXI. DEICE BOOT ON ONE OF THE PROP'S WAS BAD. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT PRO
- [SDR MALA020565](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA020565), Sep 17, 2002: FLASHLIGHT. AFTER FLIGHT #3203 PASSENGER REMOVED EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT FROM HOLDER. CABIN EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT INOP. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BATTERY PN P4-01-0021 OPS CHECK GOO
- [SDR MALA020473](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA020473), Aug 19, 2002: WARNING SYSTEM. MALFUNCTIONED. ON TAKEOFF OF FLIGHT 3001, RECEIVED RIGHT TAILPIPE HOT CWP AND MASTER WARNING AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. REDUCED POWER TO 30 PERCENT TORQUE, COMPLETED QRH, LIGHT WE
- [SDR MALA020373](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA020373), Jun 29, 2002: WARNING LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. RT DUCT TEMP LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. AIR TURNBACK TO DTW.R&R PRSOV.
- [SDR MALA020268](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA020268), May 6, 2002: ACTUATOR. OUT OF ADJUST. DURING FLIGHT FLAPS WERE DROOPING 2-3 DEGREES, THEN POPPING BACK UP, CAUSING PITCH OSCILLATIONS. AIR RETURN TO MSP. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED FLAP ACTUATOR, LEFT AND
- [SDR MALA020218](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA020218), Mar 29, 2002: SCREEN. DIRTY. DURING FLIGHT 2944, RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATES. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND CLEANED B-SUMP SCREEN AND LINE FOUND CARBON BUILD. REINSTALLED SCREEN AND LINE, O
- [SDR MALA020188](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA020188), Mar 9, 2002: SUMP. LEAKING. RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED 2 TIMES DURING CLIMBOUT ON FLIGHT 3337, FLUCTUATED THROUGHOUT FLIGHT. AIR RETURN TO MSP. MAINTENANCE ADDED 2.25 QTS 
- [SDR MALA020140](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA020140), Jan 24, 2002: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. During Line Check, noted several Emergency lights Inop. Maintenance removed and replaced battery pack PN/on 61-0478-9, SN/on 9804441 at 22LN. IAW SF340 AMM 33-5
- [SDR MALA010729](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA010729), Oct 1, 2001: SKIN. DENTED. LT FUSELAGE 55 INCHES AFT OF PAX DOOR, 14 INCHES UP FROM TOP WINDOW LINE IN THE R, DENT APPROXIMATELY 6 X 6 INCH DEEPEST .065. REPAIRED DENT IAW EO S53009. THIS
- [SDR MALA010569](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA010569), Jul 1, 2001: CONNECTOR. DEFECTIVE. WHILE COMPLETING EMERGENCY EXTENSION CHECKS FOR THE LANDING GEAR AND SEPARATION BOLT DUAL BRIDGE WIRE CONTINUITY CHECKS FOUND NO VOLTS AVAILABLE TO BOLT. UPON D
- [SDR MALA000743](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA000743), Dec 7, 2000: FRAME. CORRODED. FOUND DURING C-CHECK, CORROSION ON FRAME AT STA 225. MAINTENANCE COMPLETED PERMANENT REPAIR IAW EO#53082.
- [SDR MALA976513](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976513), Jul 4, 1999: SMOKE DETECTOR. FAILED. AVIONICS SMOKE WARNING ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. DIVERTED TO ATW. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED PER MEL 26-13-3B. ON 7/7 MAINTENANCE REPLACED SMOKE DETECTOR, ALL CHECKS GOO
- [SDR MALA976405](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976405), Mar 17, 1999: SKIN. DAMAGED. REPAIR FOR FUSELAGE DAMAGE IN THE REAR FUSELAGE SKIN IAW SAAB SRM 53-80-10. DOUBLER AND TRIPLER PLATE REPAIR FOR DAMAGE TO REAR FUSELAGE STA 622 TO 793.
- [SDR MALA976257](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976257), Dec 4, 1998: PLUG. LOOSE. LEFT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DTW. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ENGINE AND FOUND STAGE 5 COMPRESSOR BOROSCOPE PLUG LOOSE IN EN
- [SDR MALA976170](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976170), Jul 28, 1998: CHIP LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. RIGHT CHIP DETECT LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT, COMPLIED WITH QRH AND RETURNED TO STW. MAINTENANCE REMOVED RIGHT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR AND FOUND ONE SMALL SLIVER, CHI
- [SDR MALA976157](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976157), Jun 29, 1998: BULB. FAILED. DURING INSPECTION, EMERGENCY LIGHT 1D INOP. MAINTENANCE RELAMPED, OPS CHECK GOOD.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Incident 20020819036779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020819036779I), Aug 19, 2002: Saab SF340A (N142XJ), Fort Wayne, IN. (-23) Aircraft returned to fwa shortly after takeoff because of hot tailpipe indication. Mercury air center maintenance personnel inspected a/c and returned…

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