# N263CA: 1991 Embraer EMB-120RT, registration cancelled 2006-11-16 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: November 16, 2006 - Exported to: South Africa - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - 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: 120.255 - Year built: 1991 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: December 21, 1991 - Certificate issued: August 3, 1998 - Last registry action: January 25, 2006 - Mode S code: A28A55 - 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/N263CA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=263CA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N263CA-2006-11-16 From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 (55, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR COMA0110004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0110004), May 19, 2000: FRAME. CORRODED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 131-012 AND 132-012 THE FUSELAGE FRAME 20 CHANNEL BETWEEN STRINGERS 20L AND 20R WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. THE DAMAGED PART - [SDR COMA0010108](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010108), May 19, 2000: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 5310-121-01I, THE LT FLOOR PROP AT FRAME 13 WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPAIRED IAW EMB-120 STRUCTURAL - [SDR COMA0010123](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010123), May 19, 2000: SKIN. CHAFED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 5410-442-04I, THE RT NACELLE INBOARD INNER SKIN WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPLACED IAW EMB 120 STRUCTUR - [SDR COMA0010122](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010122), May 19, 2000: SKIN. CHAFED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 5410-442-04I, THE RT NACELLE OUTBOARD INNER SKIN WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPLACED IAW EMB-120 STRUCTU - [SDR COMA0010121](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010121), May 19, 2000: SKIN. CHAFED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 5410-432-04I, THE LT NACELLE OUTBOARD INNER SKIN WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPLACED IAW EMB-120 STRUCTU - [SDR COMA0010120](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010120), May 19, 2000: SKIN. CHAFED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 5410-432-04I, THE LT NACELLE INBOARD INNER SKIN WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPLACED IAW EMB-120 STRUCTUR - [SDR COMA0010119](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010119), May 19, 2000: SHEAR TIE. CRACKED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 231-012, WHILE GAINING ACCESS THE LT FUSELAGE SKIN SUPPORT BETWEEN FRAMES 12 AND 13 WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. THE DAMAGED P - [SDR COMA0010118](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010118), May 19, 2000: SHEAR TIE. CRACKED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 232-012, THE FUSELAGE FRAME 13A SKIN SUPPORT AT STRINGER 14R WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPAIRED IAW EM - [SDR COMA0010117](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010117), May 19, 2000: STRAP. CORRODED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 164-012, THE CARGO COMPARTMENT FLOOR SUPPORT AFT RT BUTT STRAP WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPLACED IAW - [SDR COMA0010116](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010116), May 19, 2000: STRAP. CORRODED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 163-012, THE CARGO COMPARTMENT FLOOR SUPPORT AFT LT BUTT STRAP WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPLACED IAW - [SDR COMA0010115](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010115), May 19, 2000: STRAP. CORRODED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 162-012, THE CARGO COMPARTMENT FLOOR SUPPORT FORWARD RT BUTT STRAP WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPLACED - [SDR COMA0010113](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010113), May 19, 2000: STRINGER. DENTED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 5410-442-04I, THE RT NACELLE OUTBOARD STRINGER NR 1 WAS FOUND TO BE DENTED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPAIRED IAW EMB-120 STRU - [SDR COMA0010112](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010112), May 19, 2000: SKIN. GOUGED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 813-02Z, THE CARGO DOOR SKIN WAS FOUND TO BE GOUGED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPAIRED IAW EMB-120 STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL ST - [SDR COMA0010111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010111), May 19, 2000: SUPPORT BRACKET. CRACKED. RIVET HEAD WAS NOTICED CRACKED ON LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE AT FRAME 9. INTERNAL INVESTIGATION FOUND THE SKIN SUPPORT TO BE CRACKED. THE SKIN SUPPORT WAS REPLACED I - [SDR COMA0010110](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010110), May 19, 2000: STRAP. CORRODED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 131-01Z, THE FUSELAGE FORWARD LT FLOOR SUPPORT BUTT STRAP WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPLACED IAW EMB- - [SDR COMA0010109](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010109), May 19, 2000: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. UPON COMPLIANCE OF 2C INSPECTION TASK 5310-122-01I, THE RT FLOOR PROP AT FRAME 13 WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. THE DAMAGED PART WAS REPAIRED IAW EMB-120 STRUCTURAL - [SDR COMA0010064](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010064), May 10, 2000: CIRCUIT BREAKER. TRIPPED. LEFT HAND, FLIGHT IDLE STOP SOLENOID, CIRCUIT BREAKER IS TRIPPED. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER, TESTED SYSTEM FOUND TO OPERATE NORMAL. - [SDR COMA0010024](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010024), Feb 5, 2000: SIGN. LOOSE. EXIT SIGN AT ROW 5 FELL OFF. REPLACED EXIT SIGN. - [SDR COMA9910177](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910177), Nov 29, 1999: SIGN. BROKEN. EXIT SIGN AT ROW 5 IS BROKEN. REPLACED SIGN. - [SDR COMA9910147](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910147), Sep 15, 1999: RELAY. FAILED. THE EMERGENCY BUS LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING FLIGHT AND WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. REPLACED RELAY KO440. - [SDR COMA0010131](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA0010131), Aug 11, 1999: SIGN. BROKEN. EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AT ROW 5 IS BROKEN. REPLACED SIGN. - [SDR COMA9910111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910111), Jul 14, 1999: SENSOR. FAILED. LEFT HAND MLG DISAGREEMENT LIGHT REMAINS ON AFTER GEAR RETRACTED. REPLACED THE UPLOCK PROXIMITY SENSORS. - [SDR COMA9910104](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910104), Jul 1, 1999: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. FORWARD FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTING WAS WEAK. REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY. - [SDR COMA9910094](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910094), Jun 13, 1999: SENSOR. MALFUNCTION. LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND NORMALLY. OVERRIDE SYSTEM WAS USED. REPLACED THE LEFT HAND MLG DOWNLOCK PROX SENSOR SWITCH. - [SDR COMA9910090](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910090), Jun 4, 1999: HYD SYST. REQD SERVICE. GREEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE WARNING DURING GEAR RETRACTION. SERVICED HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR TO PROPER LEVEL. - [SDR COMA9910061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910061), Apr 15, 1999: ANGLE. CORRODED. WHILE PERFORMING TASK 5320-252-04E ON A 2000 FLIGHT CYCLE INSPECTION, FOUND AFT EXIT PIN RECEPTACLES TO BE CORRODED BETWEEN RECEPTACLES AND FLOOR ANGLE. REMOVED - [SDR COMA9910060](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910060), Apr 15, 1999: ANGLE. CORRODED. WHILE PERFORMING TASK 5320-252-04E ON 2000 FLIGHT CYCLE INSPECTION, FOUND LOWER FLOOR ANGLE OF AFT EXIT TO BE CORRODED BETWEEN ANGLE AND PIN RECEPTACLES. REMOVE - [SDR COMA9910043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9910043), Mar 18, 1999: RHEOSTAT. INOPERATIVE. OVERHEAD PANEL LIGHT IS INOPERABLE. REPLACED RHEOSTAT. - [SDR COMA9810261](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810261), Nov 11, 1998: SIGN. BROKEN. EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AT ROW 8 BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED EXIT SIGN ASSY. - [SDR COMA9810187](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810187), Aug 30, 1998: PIN. INSTALLED. NLG DID NOT RETRACT. REMOVED NLG DOWN LOCK SAFETY PIN. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. - [SDR COMA9810151](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810151), Jun 30, 1998: PCU. MALFUNCTION. RIGHT HAND RPM DROPPED 30 PERCENT DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. REPLACED THE RIGHT HAND PCU. - [SDR COMA9810102](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810102), Apr 15, 1998: LEAK WARNING. ACTIVATED. RIGHT HAND DUCT LEAK WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. - [SDR COMA9810030](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810030), Jan 26, 1998: AURAL WARN UNIT. LOOSE. TAKEOFF TRIM AURAL WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. SECURED LOOSE AURAL WARNING UNIT IN RACK. - [SDR COMA9810024](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810024), Jan 15, 1998: SENSOR. DEFECTIVE. TRIM WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. REPLACED THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB PROXIMITY SENSOR. - [SDR COMA9810023](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9810023), Jan 13, 1998: BEARING. WORN. DURING PROPELLER DYNAMIC BALANCING PROCEDURES, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPELLER COULD NOT BE BALANCED. FURTHER INSPECTION OF PROPELLER FOUND NR 2 BLADE TO B - [SDR COMA9710507](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710507), Dec 26, 1997: CIRCUIT BREAKER. TRIPPED. TRIM WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. AURAL WARNING CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS TRIPPED. RESET BREAKER AND SYSTEM TEST NORMAL. - [SDR COMA9710504](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710504), Dec 19, 1997: LAMP. FAILED. LEFT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT IS INOP. REPLACED LAMP. - [SDR COMA9710482](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710482), Nov 19, 1997: SEAL. LEAKING. LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DECREASED TO 40 PSI DURING FLIGHT (IFSD). REPLACED THE START/GENERATOR DRIVE OIL SEAL. - [SDR COMA9710214](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710214), Apr 3, 1997: LATCH. BROKEN. THE RIGHT MLG OPENED DURING FLIGHT. REPLACED BROKEN RIGHT MLG OUTBD DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY. - [SDR COMA9710073](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710073), Jan 23, 1997: PITCHLOCK SCREW. DAMAGED. ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY REMOVED ORIGINALLY FOR MAJOR INSPECTION. UPON INITIAL RECEIVING INSPECTION, THE FEATHER STOP TAB (S/N S0328) WAS FOUND TO BE BENT APPROXIMATEL - [SDR COMA9710042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710042), Jan 16, 1997: PCU. INOPERATIVE. RIGHT PROPELLER WENT TO 103.7 PERCENT RPM ON TAKEOFF. REPLACED RIGHT PROPELLER PCU. - [SDR COMA9610408](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610408), Dec 19, 1996: HYDRAULIC HOSE. LOOSE. LT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM QUANTITY INDICATED ZERO DURING FLIGHT. EMERGENCY FREE FALL SYSTEM WAS USED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. TIGHTENED LOOSE HYDRAULIC PUMP HOSE FITTI - [SDR COMA9610390](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610390), Dec 11, 1996: ENGINE. FAILED. LEFT ENGINE FAILED AT 23,000 FT, SMOKE IN COCKPIT. CAGED ENGINE AND RETURNED TO FIELD. REPLACED LEFT ENGINE. - [SDR COMA9610330](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610330), Nov 13, 1996: DEICE LEAD. BROKEN. RIGHT PROPELLER DEICE FAILED. REPLACED ELECTRICAL DEICE LEAD ON RT PROPELLER. - [SDR COMA9610311](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610311), Oct 23, 1996: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. AFT EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE INOP. REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY. - [SDR COMA9710433](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710433), Oct 20, 1996: LAMP. FAILED. THE AFT LAMP OF THE CABIN FLOOR PATH EMERGENCY LIGHTING IS INOP. REPLACED LAMP. - [SDR COMA9610296](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610296), Oct 7, 1996: SWITCH. FAILED. PILOTS PEDAL STEER DISCONNECT SWITCH IS INOP. REPLACED SWITCH. - [SDR COMA9610232](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610232), Jul 25, 1996: HINGE. BROKEN. RIGHT M.L.G. DID NOT RETRACT WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED UP. REPLACED BROKEN LANDING GEAR DOOR AFT HINGE, WHICH DID NOT ALLOW ACTUATION OF THE SEQUENCE VALVE - [SDR COMA9610092](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610092), Mar 2, 1996: AUTOFEATHER SW. FAILED. AUTOFEATHER SYSTEM DID NOT ARM DURING TAKEOFF. REPLACED THE AUTOFEATHER ARM MICRO SWITCH IN THE POWER LEVER QUADRANT. - [SDR COMA9610093](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610093), Feb 29, 1996: ACTUATOR. DEFECTIVE. LT MLG INDICATED UNSAFE. LANDING GEAR CYCLED TWICE WITH SAME RESULTS. USED EMERGENCY SYSTEM TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR AND ALL GEAR INDICATED SAFE. REPLACED THE LT All 55: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N263CA-2006-11-16/reports.md ## Other aircraft with N263CA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N263CA): Eclipse Aerospace EA500, S/N 000266, built 2012 --- 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.