# N287UE: Embraer EMB-120RT, registration cancelled 1999-01-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 28, 1999
- Exported to: Brazil
- 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: 120.183
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: May 17, 1990
- Last registry action: November 20, 1996
- Mode S code: A2E9C3
- Owner when cancelled: [C I T Leasing Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/C%20I%20T%20LEASING%20CORP)
- Location: [New York, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/New%20York)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 40.7598° N, 73.9907° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 10036, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N287UE
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=287UE
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N287UE-1999-01-28

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 Embraer EMB-120RT: https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt.md

## Service difficulty reports (17)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR MASA98078](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA98078), Apr 11, 1998: WIRE. CHAFED. DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, AFT LEFT AND RIGHT LIGHTED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS FAILED ILLUMINATE. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM, FOUND FUSE TO BE BAD AND CHAFFED WIRE THAT S
- [SDR MASA98043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA98043), Feb 27, 1998: FUSE. FAILED. CLT/GNV - FLT 5593 - PILOT REPORTED BOTH AFT EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FUSE. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO
- [SDR MASA98022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA98022), Feb 8, 1998: LENS ASSY. MISSING. FLT 5595 - JAX-FLL - CREW REPORTED THE COVER MISSING ON THE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN OVER THE JUMP SEAT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LENS ASSEMBLY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO
- [SDR MASA98008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA98008), Jan 14, 1998: FUSE. BLOWN. FLT 5273 - TLH-MIA - PILOT REPORTED, A PORTION OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON EXITS AND FLOOR INOP. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BLOWN FUSE. REMOVED AND REPLACED FUSE, OPS C
- [SDR MASA97245](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97245), Dec 7, 1997: LIGHTS. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING PREFLIGHT CHECKS, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE FORWARD EMERGENCY LIGHTS ONLY ILLUMINATED FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS. MAINTENANCE ACTION WAS DEFERRED PER MEL 3
- [SDR MASA97202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97202), Oct 31, 1997: WIRE. SHORTED. FLT 5563 - FLL-JAX - CREW NOTICED THE LEFT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. JAX MAINTENANCE REPAIRED A SHORTED WIRE. OPS CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- [SDR MASA97152](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97152), Sep 13, 1997: CONTROL CABLE. WORN. DURING NIGHT MAINTENANCE, THE LEFT UPPER AILERON CABLE WAS FOUND WITH APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH AREA THAT WAS WORN. THE AREA OF DEFECT WAS LOCATED WHERE THE CABLE 
- [SDR MASA97137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97137), Aug 29, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FLT 5324 - TPA-EYW - WHILE ON PREFLIGHT WALK AROUND, PILOT NOTICED 4 FLOOR TRACK LIGHTS AND 5 EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS THAT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE ACTIO
- [SDR MASA97107](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97107), Aug 11, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. AIRSHUTTLE 5498, TLH-MIA - DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE LIGHTIN
- [SDR MASA97105](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97105), Aug 8, 1997: CONNECTOR. SHORTED. AIRSHUTTLE 5310 - TLH-MIA - DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROW 5 BOTH UPPER AND LOWER WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTE
- [SDR 97ZZZM950](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZM950), Aug 8, 1997: CONNECTOR. SHORTED. AIRSHUTTLE 5310 - TLH-MIA - DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROW 5 BOTH UPPER AND LOWER WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTE
- [SDR MASA97052](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97052), Jul 27, 1997: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. AIRSHUTTLE 5559 - GNV - CLT - IN GNV, DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGNS AT ROW 5 WERE INOP. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE
- [SDR MASA97049](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97049), Jul 24, 1997: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. WHILE ON THE GROUND IN PNS, THE CREW FOUND THAT BOTH THE EMERGENCY EXITS AT ROW 5 HAD ONE LIGH TON THE SIDEWALL AREA THAT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE AND ONE LIGHT ON 
- [SDR MASA97071](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97071), Jul 18, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. AIRSHUTTLE 5498 - TLH-MIA - WHILE ON THE GROUND IN TLH, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE UPPER EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROW 5 WERE INOP. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE D
- [SDR MASA97073](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97073), Jul 9, 1997: FUSE. FAILED. AIRSHUTTLE 5593 - GNV-CLT - WHILE ON THE GROUND IN GNV, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE UPPER MID-SECTION EMERGENCY LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED 
- [SDR MASA97072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MASA97072), Jul 9, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. AIRSHUTTLE 5275 - TPA-GNV - WHILE ON THE GROUND IN TPA, THE CREW NOTICED THE MID-SECTION EMERGENCY LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE LIGHTS
- [SDR WTAA950142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/WTAA950142), Mar 29, 1995: NACELLE. BIRD STRIKE. SFO - BIRD STRIKE REPORTED AT RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION. FOUND SMALL DENT IN INBOARD RT ENGINE INLET COWL ACCESS PAN

## 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.

- [Incident 19940308011299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940308011299I), Mar 8, 1994: Emb EMB120RT (N287UE), Washington, DC, Minor damage. Left wing struck a baggage rack while turning from gate toward the taxiway.
- [Incident 19920318013619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920318013619I), Mar 18, 1992: Emb EMB120RT (N287UE), Albany, NY. As power was applied for takeoff the condition warning sounded. Aborted. Flap lever not in proper detent.

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