# N180YV: 1990 Embraer EMB-120, registration cancelled 2006-04-11

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 11, 2006
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Embraer EMB-120](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120) (registry code 3260201)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (registry code 52116)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A31SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A31SO), [TCDS E20NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E20NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 120.180
- Year built: 1990
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: April 30, 1990
- Certificate issued: March 13, 2006
- Last registry action: March 13, 2006
- Mode S code: A142E6
- Owner when cancelled: [Nte Aviation Management LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/NTE%20AVIATION%20MANAGEMENT%20LLC)
- Location: [Lewisville, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Lewisville)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 33.0506° N, 96.9727° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 75057, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180YV
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=180YV
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N180YV-2006-04-11

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 Embraer EMB-120: https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120.md

## Service difficulty reports (12)

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

- [SDR MASA98142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA98142), Jul 7, 1998: BULB. FAILED. DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, FOUND ONE BULB IN THE EMERGENCY FLOOR TRACK LIGHTING AT SEAT 5A WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. REMOVED AND REPLACED BULB. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
- [SDR MASA98133](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA98133), Jun 30, 1998: AIR DISTRIBUTION. SMOKE. FLT 5281 - FLL-MIA - CREW REPORTED THAT WITH RT PACK ON, SMOKE ACCUMULATED IN CABIN DURING FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN MIA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE 
- [SDR MASA98124](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA98124), Jun 8, 1998: LIGHT. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, FOUND LEFT FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY. (X)
- [SDR MASA98100](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA98100), May 8, 1998: BULB. FAILED. FLT 5275 - TPA-GNV - AFTER ARRIVAL IN GNV, THE CREW REPORTED AN OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT ROW 6A WAS INOP. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BULB, OPS
- [SDR MASA97254](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97254), Dec 12, 1997: EFIS TUBE. FAILED. FLT 5570 - FLL-JAX - DURING FLIGHT CREW HEARD A AUDIBLE POP AND NOTICED THE EFIS TUBE ON THE FIRST OFFICERS SIDE HAD GONE BLANK. CREW ALSO NOTICED SMOKE COMING 
- [SDR MASA97243](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97243), Dec 5, 1997: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. DURING PREFLIGHT, CREW REPORTED THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS FROM ROW FIVE AND AFT ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO SECONDS AND THEN WENT DIM DURING TEST. 
- [SDR MASA97168](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97168), Sep 29, 1997: LATCH MECHANISM. LACK OF LUBE. AIRSHUTTLE 5593 - CLT-GNV - AFTER DEPLANING IN GNV, THE CREW FOUND THE CABIN DOOR HARD TO CLOSE. MAINTENANCE LUBED THE LATCH MECHANISM AND REMOVED AND REPLACED 
- [SDR 97ZZZM1085](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM1085), Sep 29, 1997: LATCH MECHANISM. WORN. AIRSHUTTLE 5593 - CLT-GNV - AFTER DEPLANING IN GNV, THE CREW FOUND THE CABIN DOOR HARD TO CLOSE. MAINTENANCE LUBED THE LATCH MECHANISM AND REMOVED AND REPLACED 
- [SDR MASA97161](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97161), Sep 23, 1997: LATCH MECHANISM. LACK OF LUBE. AIRSHUTTLE 5561 - CLT-GNV - WHILE ON THE GROUND IN GNV, THE F/A FOUND THE CABIN DOOR WAS DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE DOOR AND LATCH MECHANIS
- [SDR MASA97128](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97128), Aug 23, 1997: SEAL. TORN. WHILE IN FOR MAINTENANCE IN JAX, CABIN DOOR WAS FOUND HARD TO OPEN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR SEAL AND LUBED THE BEARINGS. OPS CHECK 
- [SDR 97ZZZM1084](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM1084), Aug 23, 1997: BEARINGS. DIRTY. WHILE IN FOR MAINTENANCE IN JAX, CABIN DOOR WAS FOUND HARD TO OPEN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR SEAL AND LUBED THE BEARINGS. OPS CHECK 
- [SDR MASA97041](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97041), Jul 3, 1997: DOOR. DAMAGED. AIRSHUTTLE 5567 - JAX-FLL - AFTER TAKEOFF SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT AND CABIN, THE CREW SUSPECTED A DUAL PACK FAILURE AND RETUREND TO JAC. MAINTENANCE FOUND THA

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