# N14451: Aerospatiale ATR42-500, registration cancelled 2000-09-05 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: September 5, 2000 - Exported to: Botswana - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Aerospatiale ATR42-500](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr42-500) (registry code 8680948) - Data sheets: [TCDS A53EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A53EU) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 512 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Certificate issued: September 19, 1996 - Last registry action: September 14, 1999 - Mode S code: A0B4AD - Owner when cancelled: [Continental Express Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CONTINENTAL%20EXPRESS%20INC) - Location: [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 29.9933° N, 95.3551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77032, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14451 - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=14451 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14451-2000-09-05 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 ATR42-500: https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr42-500.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 C2XA00IA142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA00IA142), May 23, 2000: BULB. FAILED. IAH - DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE AFT EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AFFECTED LIGHT BULB IAW ATR42-5 - [SDR C2XA00IA138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA00IA138), May 23, 2000: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. IAH - DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS LEFT FORWARD SEAT TRACK WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AFFECTED SECTION O - [SDR C2XA00IA137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA00IA137), May 23, 2000: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. IAH - DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RIGHT FORWARD SEAT TRACK WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AFFECTED SECTION - [SDR C2XA00IA014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA00IA014), Jan 18, 2000: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. IAH - DURING MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, THE FORWARD EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FORWARD EMERGENCY LIGHT BAT - [SDR C2XA99IA641](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA99IA641), Dec 30, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. IAH - DURING MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, THE NR 2 EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK WAS FOUND TO BE LOW. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AFFECTED BATTERY PACK IAW A - [SDR C2XA99IA452](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA99IA452), Aug 29, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. IAH - DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, SEVERAL AISLE PATH LIGHTS WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 3 EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY. T - [SDR C2XA99IA423](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA99IA423), Aug 6, 1999: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERABLE. EFD - DURING MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, THE NR 3 EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AFFECTED POWER SUPPLY, AN - [SDR C2XA99IA386](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA99IA386), Jul 27, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. IAH - DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW REPORTED NUMEROUS INTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AFFECTED EMERGE - [SDR C2XA99IA242](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA99IA242), Apr 28, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. IAH - DURING MAINTENANCE VISIT INSPECTION, THE PASSENGER DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AFFECTED LIGHT A - [SDR C2XA99IA062](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA99IA062), Jan 14, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. IAH - DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BATTERY FOR THE AFFECTED L - [SDR C2XA98IA142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA142), Apr 30, 1998: BULB. FAILED. EFD - DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE EXTERIOR EMERGENCY FLOOD LIGHT ON THE LEFT SIDE WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED - [SDR C2XA98IA018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA018), Apr 27, 1998: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. IAH - FLT 3440 - PILOT REPORTED THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY WAS BAD. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY BATTERY AT 43WL - [SDR C2XA97IA051](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA97IA051), Feb 6, 1997: ACTUATOR. FAILED. IAH - FLT 3854 - AFTER TAKEOFF RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IAH AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED - [SDR C2XA97IA050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA97IA050), Feb 4, 1997: BULB. FAILED. IAH - DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM, ONE FLOOR LEVEL EXIT PROXIMITY LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. REMOVED AND REPLACED LIGHT BULB A - [SDR C2XA97IA047](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA97IA047), Jan 25, 1997: PROX SWITCH. FAILED. IAH - FLT 3724 - PILOT REPORTED, THAT AFTER THE GEAR WAS SELECTED TO RETRACT THE RIGHT GEAR EMITTED A LOUD NOISE, AND THE RIGHT GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUM - [SDR C2XA96IA294](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA96IA294), Dec 3, 1996: SWITCH. FAILED. IAH - FLT 3861 - PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR WAS UP. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT. MA ## 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 FTW99FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA201), Jul 28, 1999: Aerospatiale ATR-42-500 (N14451), Little Rock, AR, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The station manager's inadvertent encounter with the rotating propeller due to his diverted attention. ## 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. - [Accident 19990728010019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990728010019A), Jul 28, 1999: Aerosp ATR42500 (N14451), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Continental express airlines acft was parked on the ramp, chocked, and its engines were shutting down when a station manager walked into one of the propellers… ## Other aircraft with N14451 - [Cancelled 1975-11-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14451-1975-11-19): Britten-Norman BN-2 ISLANDER, S/N 10. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Myrick Gerald E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MYRICK%20GERALD%20E), [Okla City, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Okla%20City) - [Cancelled 1941-04-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14451-1941-04-26): Aircraft Mechanics D2-FLYABOUTD2, S/N 3018, built 1935. 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