# N17448: Aerospatiale ATR42-500, registration cancelled 2000-10-24 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: October 24, 2000 - Exported to: Colombia - 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: 506 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Certificate issued: December 12, 1996 - Last registry action: December 14, 1999 - Mode S code: A12B0E - 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/N17448 - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=17448 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17448-2000-10-24 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 (17) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR C2XA00IA025](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA00IA025), Jan 28, 2000: WIRE. BROKEN. IAH - FLT 4155 - THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE LEFT MLG CYCLED FOUR TIMES BEFORE RETRACTING. THE ARICRAFT RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTEN - [SDR C2XA00IA020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA00IA020), Jan 26, 2000: SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. IAH - FLT 3712, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE LEFT MLG HAD TROUBLE UPLOCKING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT IAH WITHOUT INCIDENT WHERE MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED TH - [SDR C2XA00IA011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA00IA011), Jan 16, 2000: SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. GPT - DURING FLIGHT 3537 FROM GPT TO IAH, THE CREW REPORTED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GPT WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT I - [SDR C2XA99IA515](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA99IA515), Sep 29, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EFD - DURING MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, THE AFT CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AFFECTED EMERGENCY LIGHT - [SDR C2XA99IA453](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA99IA453), Sep 2, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. IAH - DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, SEVERAL AISLE PATH LIGHTS WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 AND NR 3 EMERGENCY LIGHT B - [SDR C2XA99IA243](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA99IA243), Apr 27, 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 C2XA99IA165](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA99IA165), Feb 26, 1999: GCU. FAILED. SHV - FLT 3639 - PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NR 2 ACW FAULT INDICATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SHV WITHOUT INCIDENT, WHERE MAINTEN - [SDR C2XA98IA464](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA464), Nov 10, 1998: STRINGER. CORRODED. IAH - DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND STRINGER 16 RIGHT CORRODED FROM FRAME 27 TO 29. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE STRINGER IAW ATR-42 SRM 51-21-42 AND - [SDR C2XA98IA463](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA463), Nov 10, 1998: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. IAH - DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEFT SIDE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SEAT TRACK CORRODED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE EXISTING CORROSION AND INSTALLED A REPAIR DOUBLE - [SDR C2XA98IA462](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA462), Nov 10, 1998: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. IAH - DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND FLOORBEAM AT FRAME 38 CORRODED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE EXISTING CORROSION AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS WHERE REQUIRED I - [SDR C2XA98IA461](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA461), Nov 10, 1998: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. IAH - DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND FLOORBEAM AT FRAME 36 CORRODED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE EXISTING CORROSION AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS WHERE REQUIRED I - [SDR C2XA98IA460](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA460), Nov 10, 1998: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. IAH - DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND RIGHT SIDE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SEAT TRACK CORRODED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE SEAT TRACK IAW ATR-42 SRM 51-25-02 - [SDR C2XA98IA401](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA401), Oct 7, 1998: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. IAH - DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE FORWARD EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE POWER SUPPLY FOR THE AFFECTED L - [SDR C2XA98IA073](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA073), Mar 10, 1998: SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. IAH - FLT 3876 - DURING FLIGHT IN BPT, THE CREW REPORTED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM NR 2 UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN-FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO - [SDR C2XA98IA072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA072), Mar 9, 1998: WIRE. CHAFED. IAH - FLT 3857 - DURING FLIGHT, CREW REPORTED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR NR 1 SYSTEM UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN-FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED A CHAFED WIRE ON T - [SDR C2XA98IA071](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA071), Mar 9, 1998: CONNECTOR. DIRTY. IAH - FLT 3853 - DURING FLIGHT, CREW REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR CYCLED BEFORE IT WOULD RETRACT. MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPLOCK BOX CANNON - [SDR C2XA98IA015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA98IA015), Feb 8, 1998: GCU. SMOKING. IAH - FLT 3969 - PILOT REPORTED THAT SMOKE WAS NOTED FROM THE 90VU RACK FOLLOWED BY THE LOSS OF THE NR 1 ACW GENERATOR. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IAH WITHOUT INC ## Other aircraft with N17448 - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17448): Boeing 737-9, S/N 67674, built 2026 - [Cancelled 1940-04-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17448-1940-04-15): Aeronca C-3, S/N A-753. Owner: [Robbins James A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROBBINS%20JAMES%20A), [Shaker Heights, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Shaker%20Heights) --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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