# N265CA: Embraer EMB-120RT, registration cancelled 2001-08-20 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: August 20, 2001 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Embraer EMB-120RT](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt) (registry code 3260202) - Data sheets: [TCDS A31SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A31SO) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 120.257 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Certificate issued: February 6, 1992 - Last registry action: May 9, 2001 - Mode S code: A291C3 - Owner when cancelled: [Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20FARGO%20BANK%20NORTHWEST%20NA%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 40.7558° N, 111.8843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 84111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N265CA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=265CA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N265CA-2001-08-20 From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 (14) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR COMA9710015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9710015), Jan 1, 1997: REGULATOR. MALFUNCTION. OUTBD WING ANTI-ICE SYSTEM FAIL WARNING ON BOTH TIMERS AND 2. REPLACED THE WING DE-ICE PRESSURE REGULATOR. - [SDR COMA9610409](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610409), Dec 23, 1996: PITCHLOCK SCREW. FAILED. PROPELLER ASSEMBLY WAS ORIGINALLY REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT FOR ENGINE RELATED MAINTENANCE. ONCE REMOVED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ACTUATOR FEATHER STOP TAB HAD B - [SDR COMA9610320](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610320), Nov 1, 1996: INDICATOR. MALFUNCTION. CABIN PRESSURIZATION FLUCTUATED 1,500 FT IN AUTO MODE BUT WAS STABLE IN MANUAL. REPLACED THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION TRIPLE INDICATOR SYSTEM, CHECK NORMAL. - [SDR COMA9610170](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610170), Jun 8, 1996: COMPRESSOR. DAMAGED. LEFT ENGINE HAS FOD DAMAGE ON COMPRESSOR BLADES. REPLACED ENGINE. - [SDR COMA9610167](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610167), Jun 5, 1996: AIR SPEED IND. FAILED. COPILOT'S AIR SPEED INDICATOR FAILED DURING TAKEOFF. REPLACED THE AIR SPEED INDICATOR. PART TOTAL CYCLES, 7,765. - [SDR COMA9610126](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610126), Apr 11, 1996: RELIEF VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. LEFT PROPELLER HAS UNUSUAL VIBRATION AND IS SLOW TO ACCELERATE WHEN COMING OUT OF FEATHER. REPLACED THE PROPELLER HUB RELIEF VALVE. - [SDR COMA9610115](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610115), Mar 27, 1996: PROX SENSOR. DEFECTIVE. NOSE WHEEL STEERING FAILED DURING LANDING. REPLACED THE RT MLG WEIGHT ON WHEELS PROXIMITY SENSOR. - [SDR COMA9610114](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610114), Mar 25, 1996: RELAY. FAILED. NOSE WHEEL STEERING FAILED DURING LANDING. REPLACED RELAY KO 123. - [SDR COMA9610098](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9610098), Mar 8, 1996: CIRCUIT BREAKER. TRIPPED. TRIM AURAL WARNING SOUNDED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. FOUND AURAL WARNING CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. RESET BREAKER AND SYSTEM TEST NORMAL. - [SDR COMA9512041](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9512041), Dec 22, 1995: DOOR WARNING. MALFUNCTIONED. CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON DURING CLIMB. FOUND TO BE FALSE WARNING. PLACED DOOR WARNING SYSTEM ON DEFERRED MAINT LIST AND ACFT CONTINUED SERVICE. - [SDR COM11854](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM11854), Apr 7, 1995: ACTUATOR. LEAKING. HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKING FROM NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL. FOUND NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR LEAKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED ACTUATOR WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. - [SDR COM11839](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM11839), Mar 27, 1995: SUPPORTS. CRACKED. THE FOLLOWING P/N WING SKIN SUPPORTS WERE FOUND CRACKED DURING INSPECTION ASK NR 5720-551/651-01I AT WING RIBS NR 15 AND 16. THE SKIN SUPPORTS WERE REPAIRED IAW - [SDR COM11825](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM11825), Mar 17, 1995: ACTUATOR. LEAKING. LEFT ENGINE LEAKING OIL FROM THE PROPELLER AREA. REPLACED THE PROPELLER ACTUATOR ASSY. - [SDR COM11806](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM11806), Mar 3, 1995: ANGLE. CRACKED. LEFT MLG DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT. REPLACED CRACKED AFT HINGE BRACKET ON MLG DOOR. ## NTSB investigations (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB DCA97MA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97MA017), Jan 9, 1997: Embraer EMB-120RT (N265CA), Monroe, MI, destroyed, 29 fatal. Probable cause: The Federal Aviation Adminstration's (FAA) failure to establish adequate aircraft certification standards for flight in icing conditions, the FAA's failure to ensure that at Centro Tecnico… ## FAA accident and incident reports (2) 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. - [Accident 19970109000259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970109000259A), Jan 9, 1997: Emb EMB120RT (N265CA), Detroit, MI, Destroyed, 29 fatal. On approach when crashed, weather may have been a factor. (.4)the flight was being vectored for the approach to runway 3R at Detroit metropolitan Wayne county… - [Incident 19930926039869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930926039869I), Sep 26, 1993: Emb EMB120RT (N265CA), Covington/Cinci, KY. Gear vibration on climb out. Returned. Found left nose door disconnected from actuator rod. Re engaged door rod. ## Other aircraft with N265CA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N265CA): American Champion 8KCAB, S/N 965-2004, built 2004 --- 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.