# N260AS: 1989 Embraer EMB-120RT, registration cancelled 2012-02-29 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: February 29, 2012 - Status when cancelled: Third renewal notice - 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: 120.132 - Year built: 1989 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: June 1, 1989 - Certificate issued: May 8, 2002 - Last registry action: August 21, 2007 - Mode S code: A27F0E - 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/N260AS - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=260AS - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N260AS-2012-02-29 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 (13) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR ASOA02145](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA02145), Mar 9, 2002: WIRE. MISINSTALLED. FLT 4224 - DURING GROUND INSPECTION IN ATL, THE AFT EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT SIDE - [SDR ASOA02119](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA02119), Mar 1, 2002: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. FLT 4822 - DURING GROUND INSPECTION IN DFW, THE MIDDLE SECTION OF EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE EMER - [SDR ASOA01219](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA01219), Nov 7, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DURING HANGAR INSPECTION IN TXK, THE LEFT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY. OPE - [SDR ASOA01175](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA01175), Sep 18, 2001: STRINGER. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE IN TXK, STRINGER 10 ON THE RIGHT WING WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE NR 1 FUEL PANEL. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED STRINGER - [SDR ASOA01176](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA01176), Sep 18, 2001: BRACKET. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE IN TXK, RIB 8 WAS FOUND WITH CRAKES SKIN SUPPORT BRACKET AFT OF THE NR 1 FUEL PANEL ON THE LEFT WING. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLA - [SDR ASOA01174](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA01174), Sep 17, 2001: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE IN TXK, SEVERAL EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS WERE FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 EMERGENCY LIGHTING BATTERY - [SDR ASOA01127](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA01127), Aug 3, 2001: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. FLT 4935 - DURING GROUND INSPECTION IN DFW, CREW OBSERVED MID SECTION OF EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED MID SECTION E - [SDR 20000810SH018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20000810SH018), Jul 11, 2000: ANGLE. CRACKED. DURING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE C-CHECK, CRACKS WERE FOUND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER CHINE ANGLE BETWEEN STA 16128.0 AND STA 16144.9 AT 3 WORKING - [SDR 20000810SH017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20000810SH017), Jul 11, 2000: FRAME. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE C-CHECK, A CRACK WAS FOUND ON BOTH ENGINE NACELLE FRAMES NR 1. THE CRACK IS LOCATED ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE STIFFENING WEB BETWEEN T - [SDR 99ZZZX203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX203), Dec 10, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. TWO AREAS OF CORROSION WERE FOUND ON THE INNER SIDE WHICH EXCEEDED THE MANUFACTURER'S ALLLOWABLE LIMITS. THE CAUSE OF CORROSION IN THIS AREA IS DUE TO THE PRESE - [SDR 99ZZZX165](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX165), Dec 5, 1998: NUT. LOOSE. DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION OF THE LT AND RT MLG, THE NUT RETAINING THE INBOARD TRUNNION BEARING WAS FOUND TO HAVE PLAY. THE LOCK WASHER WAS ALL THAT WAS HOLDING - [SDR 99ZZZX202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX202), Dec 2, 1998: RIVET. SHEARED. DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, A RIVET HEAD WAS FOUND SEVERED FROM ITS SHAFT. THE RIVET LOCATION IS AT FRAME 47, STA X16128, AT THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE VERTICAL S - [SDR ASOA97033](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASOA97033), Jul 21, 1997: SLEEVE. TORN. OKC/DFW - FLT 7683 - ON TAXI-OUT, CREW RECEIVED TRIPLE CHIME/AURAL WARNING 'DUCT LEAK' ON THE LT SIDE. MECHANIC TIGHTENED HOSE COMING OFF HEAT EXHANGER AND COOL ## 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. - [Incident 19910707033579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910707033579I), Jul 7, 1991: Emb EMB120RT (N260AS), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. Hydraulic low level warning light on after takeoff. Returned. Hydraulic reservoir low on fluid. ## Other aircraft with N260AS - [Cancelled 2022-07-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N260AS-2022-07-08): Boeing 757-256, S/N 26251. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Bank Of Utah Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BANK%20OF%20UTAH%20TRUSTEE), [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City) --- 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.