# N261GA: Short Bros SD3-60, registration cancelled 1998-04-14 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 14, 1998 - Exported to: Jamaica - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Short Bros SD3-60](https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-sd3-60) (registry code 8100606) - Serial number: SH3745 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Certificate issued: March 18, 1997 - Last registry action: March 19, 1997 - Mode S code: A2834B - Owner when cancelled: [State Street Bank And Trust Company Owner Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STATE%20STREET%20BANK%20AND%20TRUST%20COMPANY%20OWNER%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Boston, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Boston) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 42.3582° N, 71.0519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 02110, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N261GA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=261GA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N261GA-1998-04-14 From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Short Bros SD3-60: https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-sd3-60.md ## Service difficulty reports (14) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 98ZZZX1944](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX1944), Jul 22, 1997: TIRE. FAILED. MIA/MCO - FLT 7417 - PILOT REPORT: UPON LANDING, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE BLEW OUT. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON RUNWAY AND PASSENGERS WERE UNLOADED WITHOUT I - [SDR 97ZZZM682](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM682), May 12, 1997: CABLE ASSEMBLY. FRAYED. AT SCHEDULED FLEET CAMPAIGN INSPECTION OF ELEVATOR TRIM CABLES, DETERMINED THAT THE AFT DOWN CABLE OF THE FORWARD SEGMENT TO BE FRAYED. FRAYING WAS UP TO 39 INC - [SDR 97ZZZM681](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM681), May 12, 1997: CABLE ASSY. FRAYED. AT SCHEDULED FLEET CAMPAIGN INSPECTION OF ELEVATOR TRIM CABLES, DETERMINED THAT THE AFT UP CABLE OF THE FWD SEGMENT WAS FRAYED. FRAYING WAS 14 INCHES AFT OF THE - [SDR 97ZZZM331](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM331), Feb 26, 1997: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. PREFLIGHT NR 428 - EMERGENCY EXIT ROW LIGHTS INOP, FORWARD LHS AND FWD CENTER. REINSTALLED E-PATH LIGHTING PLUG. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M) - [SDR 97ZZZM330](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM330), Feb 26, 1997: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. FLT 485 - FRONT LEFT EMERGENCY LIGHT ON FLOOR, FIRST FOOT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE. RECONNECTED PLUG ON LIGHTING STRIP. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M) - [SDR 97ZZZM242](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM242), Jan 26, 1997: HYD SYSTEM. REQ'D SERVICE. FLT 408 - NAS-MIA - LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. RESERVICED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. OPERATIONALLY CHECKED ON JACKS SATISFACTORY. (M) - [SDR 97ZZZM219](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM219), Jan 23, 1997: SPRING. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT 384 - TPA-TLH - AFTER TAKEOFF GEAR WOULD NOT MANUALLY SELECT UP. RESET SPRING, RETURN 3 WAY SELECTOR ASSEMBLY. (M) - [SDR 97ZZZM221](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM221), Jan 15, 1997: INDICATION. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT 484 - MCO-MIA - MAIN GEAR INDICATOR INOP IN FLIGHT. SLOWLY ILLUMINATES TO BRIGHT ON GROUND. COMPLIED WITH RETRACTION ON RT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR. OPS CHECK GOO - [SDR 97ZZZM220](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM220), Jan 12, 1997: CONTACTS. DIRTY. FLT 403 - EYW-MIA - RIGHT MAIN GEAR INDICATOR WEAK AND ERRATIC IN FLIGHT. CLEANED INDICATING LIGHT CONTACT. - [SDR 97ZZZM190](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM190), Jan 9, 1997: DOWNLOCK SWITCH. OUT OF ADJUST. FLT 475 - NAS-MIA - RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE IN FLIGHT. ADJUSTED DOWNLOCK MICROSWITCH, OPS CHECK GOOD. (M) - [SDR 97ZZZX40](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX40), Nov 17, 1996: WARNING HORN. OUT OF ADJUST. MCO/MIA - FLT 396 - PILOT REPORT: GEAR WARNING HORN GOES OFF 13-1400 TQ. CORRECTIVE: ADJUSTED GEAR WARNING HORN. OPS CHK GOOD ON GROUND AND ON TEST FLIGHT. - [SDR 97ZZZX6228](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX6228), Nov 11, 1996: SWITCH. OUT OF ADJUST. NAS/MIA - FLT 3430 - PILOT REPORT: LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND AT FLIGHT IDLE WITH GEAR UP. CORRECTIVE: ADJUSTED WARNING HORN MICROSWITCH AT THROTTL - [SDR 97ZZZX6227](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX6227), Nov 8, 1996: SWITCHES. LACK OF LUBE. TPA/MIA - FLT 408 - PILOT REPORT: GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDS ON GROUND IN RESPONSE TO THROTTLE POSITION AND FLAP HANDLE. CORRECTIVE: CLEARED AND LUBRICATED THROTT - [SDR 96ZZZX5989](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX5989), Oct 29, 1996: ANN LAMPS. FAILED. MIA/MIA - FLT 104 - PILOT REPORT: ON TRAINING FLIGHT, RIGHT MAIN GEAR GREEN DOWN INDICATION INOPERABLE WHEN GEAR IS SELECTED DOWN. REPLACED ANNUNCIATOR LAMPS. ## Other aircraft with N261GA - [Cancelled 2003-01-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N261GA-2003-01-16): Israel Aircraft Industries ASTRA SPX, S/N 143, built 2001. Exported to India. Owner: [Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20FARGO%20BANK%20NORTHWEST%20NA%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. 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