# N229AS: 1987 Embraer EMB-120RT, registration cancelled 2004-12-08 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 8, 2004 - Exported to: Canada - Status when cancelled: Non-citizen corporation, flight hours not reported - Airframe: [Embraer EMB-120RT](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt) (registry code 3260202) - 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: 120.042 - Year built: 1987 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: June 24, 1987 - Certificate issued: March 25, 2002 - Last registry action: August 6, 2004 - Mode S code: A20281 - Owner when cancelled: [Bombardier Services Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOMBARDIER%20SERVICES%20CORP) - Location: [Colchester, VT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VT/Colchester) - Owner type: Non-citizen corporation - Owner's area on the map: 44.5541° N, 73.2255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 05446, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N229AS - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=229AS - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N229AS-2004-12-08 From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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-120RT: https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt.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 ASOA01187](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA01187), Sep 25, 2001: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DURING GROUND INSPECTION IN ATL, EMERGENCY LIGHT ON RIGHT OVERWING WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FORWARD RIGHT EMERGENCY LIGHT BULB. OPE - [SDR ASOA01155](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA01155), Sep 23, 2001: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FLT 4252 - DURING GROUND INSPECTION IN ATL, THE RIGHT FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS BURNED OUT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BURNED OUT BULB. OPE - [SDR ASOA01082](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA01082), Jun 17, 2001: WIRE. CHAFED. FLT 4001 - DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF OUT OF ABY, EMERGENCY LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND EMERGENCY LIGHT NOT ARMED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW RESET CIRCUIT BREAKE - [SDR ASOA01080](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA01080), Jun 16, 2001: CIRCUIT BREAKER. TRIPPED. FLT 4204 - DURING GROUND INSPECTION IN ATL, EMERGENCY LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. CREW RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER PER MAINTENANCE CONTROL. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AN - [SDR ASOA00064](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA00064), May 31, 2000: FRAME. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION, FOUND NR 1 NACELLE FRAME CRACKED. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED CRACK IAW EMB 120-54-0027B. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE - [SDR ASOA00063](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA00063), May 31, 2000: STRAP. CORRODED. DURING INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION ON CABIN FLOOR SILLS, CROSS MEMBERS, AND BUTTSTRAPS. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED CORROSION IAW EMB CPM 51-144-01 AND MM 51-21-04. OP - [SDR ASOA00014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA00014), Jan 26, 2000: FUSE. FAILED. DURING INSPECTION, FOUND EMERGENCY FLOOR LEVEL LIGHTS BURNED OUT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BLOWN FUSE. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURN - [SDR ASOA99158](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA99158), Nov 24, 1999: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DURING INSPECTION, FOUND EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT - [SDR ASOA99081](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA99081), Aug 16, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING INSPECTION, EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AI - [SDR ASOA99022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA99022), Jan 11, 1999: ANGLE. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION FOUND LEFT WING, RIB 17, SPAR ANGLE CRACKED. MCN MAINTENANCE REPAIRED WING SPAR IAW ASA EO120-57-0067, REFERENCE DATA EAC FAX SST-0251/99 AND - [SDR 98ZZZX3256](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX3256), Aug 7, 1998: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION TASKS, THE OMEGA FLOOR BEAM WAS FOUND CORRODED THROUGH IN SEVERAL PLACES. HEAVY SURFACE CORROSION FOUND ON THE ADJACENT CROSS BEAMS, P - [SDR ASOA98028](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA98028), Apr 14, 1998: SWITCH. SHORTED. ON DEPARTURE ATL-TLH, CREW OBSERVED ELECTRICAL SMOKE COMING FROM THE GLARESHIELD PANEL IN THE VICINITY OF THE AUTOPILOT TRANSFER BUTTON. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGE - [SDR ASOA97057S](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA97057S), Nov 8, 1997: EXHAUST STACK. BURNED. FLEW UNEVENTFUL FROM DFW-LFT. WHILE PAX'S WERE DEPLANING IN LFT, A PAX TOLD THE F/A TO TELL THE PILOTS THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE LEFT ENGINE ON T/O FROM DFW. THE - [SDR ASOA97057](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA97057), Nov 8, 1997: EXHAUST STACK. BURNED. FLEW UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT FROM DFW-LFT, WHILE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANING IN LFT, A MAN TOLD THE F/A TO TELL THE PILOTS THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE LEFT ENGINE ON T - [SDR ASOA96050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA96050), Nov 15, 1996: HYDRAULIC LINE. RUPTURED. FLT 7070 - IN BOUND CRW-ATL - LOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE OF THE GREEN SYSTEM, THEN LOST HYDRAULIC QUANTITY. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ZERO FLAPS, SAFEL - [SDR ASOA96025](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA96025), Jun 28, 1996: STRINGER. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION, FOUND THE RIGHT WING NR 8 AND NR 10 STRINGERS INBOARD OF NACELLE CRACKED. DETERMINED TO BE A MAJOR IAW SP663 AND FAR 43 APPENDIX A. REPAIRS M ## Other aircraft with N229AS - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N229AS): Brouav U60, S/N 1774FREM101000002429 - [Cancelled 2018-03-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N229AS-2018-03-02): Rans S-12 AIRAILE, S/N 0891114, built 1998. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Snell Harry Jr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SNELL%20HARRY%20JR), [Salt Springs, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Salt%20Springs) --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.