# N249CA: 1991 Embraer EMB-120RT, registration cancelled 2006-07-31 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: July 31, 2006 - Exported to: South Africa - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - 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: 120.230 - Year built: 1991 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: March 18, 1991 - Certificate issued: August 3, 1998 - Last registry action: January 20, 2009 - Mode S code: A251A1 - Owner when cancelled: [Wachovia Financial Services Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WACHOVIA%20FINANCIAL%20SERVICES%20INC) - Location: [Charlotte, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Charlotte) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 35.2273° N, 80.8442° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 28202, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N249CA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=249CA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N249CA-2006-07-31 From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 (49) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR COMA0010329](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010329), Sep 3, 2000: HMU. MALFUNCTIONED. T6 WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. REPLACED THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE HMU. - [SDR COMA0010328](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010328), Aug 30, 2000: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. SEVERAL EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERABLE IN FORWARD CABIN. REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY. - [SDR COMA0010318](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010318), Aug 18, 2000: CONTROL BOX. MALFUNCTIONED. LEFT HAND MLG INTRANSIT INDICATION DURING FLIGHT. REPLACED THE L/G CONTROL BOX. - [SDR COMA0010303](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010303), Jul 21, 2000: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. RIGHT HAND ENGINE T6 INDICATION 820 DEGRESS DURING T/O. COULD NOT DUPLICATE, COMPLIED WITH POWER ASSURANCE RUNS, ALL PARAMETERS WITHIN LIMITS. - [SDR COMA0010201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010201), Jun 11, 2000: DOOR. LOOSE. DOOR WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. SECURED LOOSE FUEL SERVICE DOOR. - [SDR COMA0010059](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010059), Apr 25, 2000: ENGINE. OUT OF ADJ. DURING TAKEOFF OIL PRESSURE INDICATED 68 PSI. ADJUSTED ENGINE OIL PRESSURE TO M/M SPECIFICATIONS. - [SDR COMA0010049](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010049), Mar 28, 2000: WHEEL. CRACKED. DURING PREFLIGHT WALK-AROUND INSPECTION, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INBOARD WHEEL WAS CRACKED AROUND 50 PERCENT OF THE CIRCUMFEREN - [SDR COMA0010011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010011), Jan 19, 2000: WARNING SYSTEM. ACTIVATED. ICE CONDITION WARNING. COULD NOT DUPLICATE OPERATIONAL CHECK OF ICE DETECTION SYSTEM WAS NORMAL. - [SDR COMA9910195](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910195), Dec 21, 1999: SIGN. BROKEN. EXIT SIGN AT ROW 8 WAS BROKEN. REPLACED EXIT SIGN. - [SDR COMA9910193](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910193), Dec 17, 1999: BRAKE. WORN. ANTI SKID WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. REPLACED THE NR 4 BRAKE ASSY. - [SDR COMA9910179](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910179), Dec 3, 1999: DOOR. OPEN. SERVICE DOOR WARNAING DURING TAKEOFF. FUEL SERVICE DOOR FOUND OPEN. SECURED DOOR, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. - [SDR COMA9910174](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910174), Nov 19, 1999: BULB. FAILED. WHILE PERFORMING A MAINTENANCE SERVICE CHECK, THE MECHANIC NOTED A CABIN LIGHT DIM AT SEAT 9A-UPPER ROW. AFTER GAINING ACCESS TO FIXTURE, MECH FOUND CEILING LIN - [SDR COMA9910167](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910167), Oct 25, 1999: ANNUNCIATOR. FAILED. FLAPS FAILED AT ZERO. REPLACED THE FLAP ANNUNCIATOR. - [SDR COMA9910154](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910154), Sep 21, 1999: ENGINE. FAILED. EN ROUTE AT 15,000 NR 1 ENGINE FAILED. EEC LIGHT/ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ON MAP, ENGINE FAILED TO FEATHER DURING SHUT DOWN. REPLACED LEFT ENGINE. - [SDR COMA9910134](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910134), Aug 14, 1999: STRINGER. CRACKED. DURING AN INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM ONE RIVET THAT WAS JUST FORWARD OF THE FUEL PANEL 622 EB ON THE RIGHT WING. UPON FURTHER INVE - [SDR COMA9910120](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910120), Jul 26, 1999: EXIT LIGHT. INOP. EXIT SIGN AT ROW 5 WAS BROKEN. REPLACED EXIT SIGN. - [SDR COMA9910110](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910110), Jul 11, 1999: BRACKET. CRACKED. ON PREFLIGHT WALK AROUND, CREW NOTICED ONE RIVET HEAD BROKEN OFF ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, JUST BELOW THE F/O'S DV WINDOW, AT FRAME 9. INTERNAL INVESTI - [SDR COMA9910072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910072), May 4, 1999: BRAKE. FAILED. DURING PUSH BACK AIRCRAFT LURCHED. REPLACED THE LEFT HAND INBORAD BRAKE ASSY. - [SDR COMA9910002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910002), Dec 31, 1998: RETRACT MECH. MALFUNCTIONED. FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. - [SDR COMA9810287](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810287), Dec 22, 1998: RETRACT MECH. MALFUNCTIONED. LEFT MLG DID NOT RETRACT. COULD NOT DUPLICATE, C/W GEAR SWINGS AND NO DEFECTS FOUND. - [SDR COMA9810244](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810244), Oct 28, 1998: SIGN. BROKEN. EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AT ROW 5 IS BROKEN. REPLACED EXIT SIGN. - [SDR COMA9810169](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810169), Aug 5, 1998: BULB. FAILED. EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 7 IS INOPERABLE. REPLACED LIGHT BULB. - [SDR COMA9810109](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810109), Apr 21, 1998: CONTROL VALVE. MALFUNCTION. LEFT AND RIGHT OUTBOARD WING DE-ICE CAUTION WARNINGS AFTER TAKEOFF. REPLACED THE DE-ICE EJECTOR CONTROL VALVE. - [SDR COMA9810100](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810100), Apr 9, 1998: VALVE. LEAKING. LEFT HAND BLEED AIR DUCT LEAK WARNING DURING FLIGHT. REPLACED LEAKING DE-ICE PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE. - [SDR COMA9810076](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810076), Mar 25, 1998: O-RINGS. WORN. LEFT HAND BLEED AIR DUCT LEAK WARNING AFTER TAKEOFF. REPLACED O-RING SEALS ON LEFT HAND BLEED AIR TUBING CONNECTIONS. - [SDR COMA9810077](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810077), Mar 24, 1998: O-RINGS. WORN. LEFT HAND BLEED AIR DUCT LEAK WARNING. REPLACED WORN O-RINGS AT LEFT WING BLEED AIR DUCT JOINT. - [SDR COMA9810072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810072), Mar 23, 1998: SENSOR. MALFUNCTIONED. BLEED AIR DUCT LEAK WARNING. REPLACED DEFECTIVE OVER TEMP SENSOR AT WING CENTER SECTION. - [SDR COMA9810046](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810046), Feb 19, 1998: BREATHER. DAMAGED. LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FELL TO 50 PSI DURING FLIGHT. FOUND EXCESSIVE OIL LEAKAGE FROM ENGINE BREATHER SEAL. - [SDR COMA9710486](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710486), Dec 1, 1997: SIGN. DAMAGED. EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AT 5C IS DAMAGED. REPLACED EXIT SIGN. - [SDR COMA9710484](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710484), Nov 28, 1997: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. NUMEROUS EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE INOP. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY. - [SDR COMA9710318](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710318), Jun 15, 1997: PCU. MALFUNCTION. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RT ENGINE NP WENT TO 102.3 PERCENT. REPLACED THE RT PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT. - [SDR COMA9710236](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710236), May 2, 1997: LIGHT. LOOSE. EMERGENCY FLOOR PATH LIGHT ASSY LOOSE. SECURED LIGHT ASSY. - [SDR COMA9710231](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710231), May 1, 1997: PCU. FAILED. DURING CLIMBOUT, THE RIGHT PROPELLER RPM SURGED BETWEEN 99 TO 101 PERCENT, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD. REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER PITCH CONTROL UNI - [SDR COMA9710220](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710220), Apr 20, 1997: SWITCH. WORN. CABIN DOOR WARNING CAME ON DURING FLIGHT. REPLACED DOOR WARNING MICRO SWITCH, SYSTEM TEST SATISFACTORY. - [SDR COMA9710221](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710221), Apr 19, 1997: WARNING. ACTIVATED. CABIN DOOR WARNING CAME ON DURING FLIGHT. COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. INSPECTION OF DOOR WARNING REVEALED NO DEFECTS. - [SDR COMA9710158](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710158), Feb 26, 1997: ANNUNCIATOR. MALFUNCTION. FLAP CONTROL FAULT WARNING WHENEVER FLAPS ARE SELECTED FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES. REPLACED THE FLAP ANNUNCIATOR UNIT. PART TOTAL CYCLES, 12,475. - [SDR COMA9710132](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710132), Feb 12, 1997: DOOR. NOT LATCHED. SERVICE DOOR WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. SECURED SINGLE POINT FUEL SERVICE DOOR. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED SERVICE. - [SDR COMA9710134](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710134), Feb 10, 1997: ROLLER. WORN. FLAP CONTROL FAULT WHEN FLAPS SELECTED TO 25 DEGREES. REPLACED FLAP ROLLERS ON ALL FLAP SECTIONS. - [SDR COMA9610426](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610426), Dec 25, 1996: DOOR. NOT CLOSED. SERVICE DOOR WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. FOUND FUEL SERVICE DOOR OPEN. SECURED FUEL SERVICE DOOR. - [SDR COMA9610425](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610425), Dec 24, 1996: SENSOR. DEFECTIVE. TAKEOFF TRIM CONFIG WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. REPLACED THE ELEVATOR TRIM PROXIMITY SENSORS. - [SDR COMA9610389](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610389), Dec 10, 1996: CONTROL UNIT. MALFUNCTION. FLAP CONTROL FAULT WARNING DURING APPROACH. REPLACED THE FLAP CONTROL UNIT. - [SDR COMA9610277](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610277), Sep 10, 1996: RELAY. FAILED. AUTOFEATHER AURAL WARNING SOUNDED DURING TAKEOFF. REPLACED RELAY K0039. - [SDR COMA9610187](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610187), Jun 21, 1996: PCU. MALFUNCTION. LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER RPM WAS ONLY 98 PERCENT WHEN SET FOR MAX RPM. REPLACED THE LT PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT. - [SDR COMA9610142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610142), May 9, 1996: HYD PUMP. FAILED. LEFT ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILED. REPLACED HYDRAULIC PUMP. - [SDR COMA9610112](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610112), Mar 20, 1996: DE-ICE BOOTS. LEAKING. HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZER DE-ICE SYSTEM FAILED. REPLACED THE VERTICAL AND RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DE-ICE BOOTS. - [SDR COMA9511995](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9511995), Nov 4, 1995: CONTROL BOX. DEFECTIVE. RIGHT ANTI-SKID INOPERATIVE WARNING AFTER LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. REPLACED THE ANTI-SKID CONTROL BOX. - [SDR COMA9511993](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9511993), Oct 28, 1995: RELAY. FAILED. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED UP, THE RIGHT INBOARD ANTI-SKID FAILED. REPLACED RELAY K0021. - [SDR COM11861](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM11861), Apr 16, 1995: ENGINE. VIBRATION. UNUSUAL NOISE AND VIBRATION FROM RT ENGINE DURING TAXI. REPLACED RT ENGINE. - [SDR COM11837](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM11837), Mar 27, 1995: RELAY. DEFECTIVE. ANTI SKID WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHEN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. REPLACED RELAY K0021, SYSTEM TEST NORMAL. ## Other aircraft with N249CA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N249CA): Cessna 525, S/N 525-0291, built 1998 --- 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.