# N288SA: 1973 Dehavilland DHC-6-300, registration cancelled 2016-01-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 14, 2016
- Exported to: Indonesia
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Dehavilland DHC-6-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-300) (registry code 2802630)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52032)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A9EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A9EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 389
- Year built: 1973
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: May 7, 1999
- Certificate issued: September 4, 2012
- Last registry action: August 20, 2015
- Mode S code: A2ED44
- Owner when cancelled: [Montecito New York LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MONTECITO%20NEW%20YORK%20LLC)
- Location: [Scottsdale, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Scottsdale)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 33.4945° N, 111.9207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 85251, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288SA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=288SA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N288SA-2016-01-14

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 Dehavilland DHC-6-300: https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-300.md

## Service difficulty reports (8)

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

- [SDR S9BA201308060001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S9BA201308060001), Jul 30, 2013: SKIN. CORRODED. LEFT WING AILERON LOWER SKIN HAS CORROSION. R & R SKIN IAW SRM 57-50-11 AND AC 43.13-1B. AILERON STATICALLY BALANCED IAW MM 57-50-23.
- [SDR S9BA20110007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S9BA20110007), Aug 3, 2011: SENSOR. CONTAMINATED. RIGHT FIRE PULL HANDLE ILLUMINATED AND FIRE BELL SOUNDED IN FLIGHT. OPENED COWLING AND DRAINED WATER. INSPECTED FIRE WARNING SENSORS, GROUND RAN, SATISFACTORY. 
- [SDR S9BA20110001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S9BA20110001), Jan 5, 2011: MOUNT. FAILED. ON TAKEOFF, LT ENGINE SURGED AND WAS ONLY PRODUCING 24 TORQUE, ABORTED. UPON SHUTDOWN, UNABLE TO PULL LT PROP LEVER PAST FEATHER DETENT. AND PROP SPINNER SITTIN
- [SDR S9BA20100005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S9BA20100005), Sep 2, 2010: MOUNT. CRACKED. THERE IS A CRACK IN THE NR1 OTBD ENGINE MOUNT PLATE. R & R NR 1 ENGINE OTBD MOUNT PLATE IAW RD6-54-006. ALSO RETORQUED NR 1 ENGINE OTBD MOUNT BOLT IAW MM 71-20.
- [SDR S9BA20090013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S9BA20090013), Nov 12, 2009: ELEVATOR. SCRATCHED. DURING COMPLIANCE WITH AD 89-24-06 R1 (VISUAL INSP OF THE ELEVATOR QUADRANT), FOUND THE QUADRANT RUBBING THE AIRFRAME ON THE LWR RT SIDE. REMOVED AND REPLACED T
- [SDR S9BA20090012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S9BA20090012), Jul 10, 2009: WIRE. CHAFED. ACFT GROUNDED, LT PROP FEATHERED FOR 5 SECONDS AND RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. DURING TAKEOFF. REPAIRED CHAFED WIRE ON LT PROP BETA SOLENOID. CHECKED LT ENG C
- [SDR S9BA2008031](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S9BA2008031), Nov 5, 2008: CLAMP. LOOSE. ON PREFLIGHT FUEL ODOR NOTICED IN CABIN. FOUND CLAMP AT FWD RT FUEL CELL NIPPLE LOOSE. TIGHTENED CLAMP AND CHECKED FOR LEAKS. NO LEAKS NOTED. REQUEST CHECK FLIG
- [SDR S9BA604Y](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S9BA604Y), Jul 21, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING EMMA INSPECTION NR 13, A CRACK WAS FOUND ON ELEVATOR CENTER HINGE BRACKET UPPER SUPPORT DOUBLER. REPLACED HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, RIGGED CONTROLS, AND TES

## 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 ANC99LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA107), Aug 7, 1999: de Havilland DHC-6-300 (N288SA), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of ground handling personnel to verify a release procedure/directive, and removal of the airplane's tiedown, and subsequent collision with a parked airplane.

## 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.

- [Accident 19990807041892A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990807041892A), Aug 7, 1999: Dhav DHC6300 (N288SA), Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage. Seaborne aviation air taxi (float plane) was parked at the dock when it was struck by N224SA, another seaborne aviation DH6 air taxi (float plane), which was…

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