# N359CA: Saab-Scania SF340A, registration cancelled 2003-04-17 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 17, 2003 - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Saab-Scania SF340A](https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-sf340a) (registry code 7860100) - Engine: [GE CT7-SER series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (registry code 30031) - Serial number: 340A-053 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Airworthiness: Special flight permit - Airworthiness date: June 18, 1986 - Certificate issued: August 29, 2000 - Last registry action: November 6, 2002 - Mode S code: A4066F - 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/N359CA - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=359CA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N359CA-2003-04-17 From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 Saab-Scania SF340A: https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-sf340a.md ## Service difficulty reports (34) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR COMA9730014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9730014), Feb 19, 1997: RELAY. FAILED. LEFT HAND ENGINE INTAKE HEAT FAILED. REPLACED RELAY 39HE. - [SDR COMA9730013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9730013), Feb 13, 1997: WEU. MALFUNCTIONED. LEFT ENGINE INLET HEAT FAIL WARNING. REPLACED THE WARNING ELECTRONIC UNIT. - [SDR COMA9730009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9730009), Jan 30, 1997: TUBE ASSY. LEAKING. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNING ACTIVATED. AFTER TAKEOFF ABORTED AND DURING GROUND RUN, THE RT OIL PRESSURE WAS NORMAL, BUT THE LT OIL P - [SDR COMA9630166](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630166), Dec 26, 1996: BLADE. CRACKED. PROPELLER ASSEMBLY ORIGINALLY REMOVED FOR EXCESSIVE GREASE LEAK. UPON DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION A CRACK WAS OBSERVED IN THE BLADE ROOT OUTER SLEEVE. CRACK IS A - [SDR COMA9630163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630163), Dec 18, 1996: SHUTOFF VALVE. MALFUNCTION. WITH ENGINE ANIT-ICE OPERATING, THE LT AIR VALVE WARNING ILLUMINATED ON CWP. REPLACED THE BLEED AIR SHUT OFF VALVE. - [SDR COMA9630162](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630162), Dec 12, 1996: LOAD MONITOR. MALFUNCTION. LEFT ENGINE INTAKE ANTI-ICE INOP WARNING. REPLACED THE LOAD MONITOR. - [SDR COMA9630155](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630155), Nov 1, 1996: COMPUTER. MALFUNCTION. AUTO COARSEN WARNING ON CWP DURING TAKEOFF. REPLACED THE AUTO COARSEN COMPUTER. - [SDR COMA9630146](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630146), Sep 20, 1996: CONNECTOR. DIRTY. AUTO COARSEN FAULT WARNING DURING TAKEOFF. CLEANED WIRING CONNECTORS AT AUTO COARSEN P3 SENSORS, SYSTEM TEST NORMAL. - [SDR COMA9630145](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630145), Sep 12, 1996: FLAP INDICATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN FLAPS SELECTED TO 20 DEGREES, THEY INDICATE 18 DEGREES. REPLACED THE FLAP INDICATOR. - [SDR COMA9630141](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630141), Aug 9, 1996: COMPUTER. MALFUNCTION. AUTO COARSEN WARNING ILLUMINATED DURING TAKEOFF. REPLACED THE AUTO COARSEN COMPUTER. - [SDR COMA9630117](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630117), Jun 1, 1996: HEAT EXCHANGER. DIRTY. SMOKE SEEN COMING FROM LEFT ENGINE WHEN HIGH PRESSURE BLEED AIR IN USE. SMOKE CAUSED BY A DIRTY HEAT EXCHANGER. CLEANED THE HP BLEED HEAT EXCHANGER AND ACFT RET - [SDR COMA9630111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630111), May 20, 1996: FAIRING. LOOSE. RUDDER VIBRATION DURING FLIGHT ABOVE 180 KTS. REPAIRED LOOSE FASTENERS SECURING THE RUDDER TRIM TAB CONTROL ROD FAIRING. - [SDR COMA9630099](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630099), Apr 8, 1996: INNER RACE. SPUN. MECHANIC REMOVED WHEEL ASSY FROM A/C DUE TO TIRE WORN TO LIMITS. DURING VISUAL INSPECTION FOUND INNER RACE HAD SPUN INSIDE OF BUSHING. - [SDR COMA960097](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA960097), Apr 4, 1996: DE-ICE VALVE. MALFUNCTION. OUTBD WING DE-ICE SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE LT DE-ICE DISTRIBUTOR VALVE. - [SDR COMA9630074](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630074), Mar 18, 1996: WARNING LIGHT. FLASHES. FLAP DISAGREEMENT LIGHT FLASHES BRIEFLY WHEN FLAP SELECTOR IS MOVED. INFORMATION FROM ACFT AND FLAP SYSTEM MANUFACTURER (DOC. NR72LAWF-0LW) INDICATED THIS TO BE - [SDR COMA9630035](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630035), Feb 9, 1996: ENGINE. FAILED. LEFT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR WARNING ACTIVATED. REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE. - [SDR COMA9630032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630032), Feb 7, 1996: ENGINE. LOW POWER. LEFT ENGINE WILL NOT ACHIEVE TAKEOFF TORQUE. REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE. - [SDR COMA9630029](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630029), Feb 4, 1996: VSI. FAILED. COPILOTS VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR WENT BLANK. REPLACED COPILOTS IVA-81A. - [SDR COMA9630022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630022), Jan 24, 1996: CONTROLLER. FAILED. RIGHT ENGINE INLET HEAT FAILED. REPLACED THE INLET HEAT CONTROLLER AND LOAD MONITOR. PART TOTAL CYCLES, 4566. - [SDR COMA9630012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9630012), Jan 11, 1996: ACTUATOR. DEFECTIVE. THE LT ELEVATOR TRIM INDICATION IS INOP. REPLACED THE LT ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATOR. - [SDR COMA9531194](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9531194), Nov 18, 1995: AHRS COMPUTER. DEFECTIVE. LEFT H.S.I. HEADING IS SLEWING OUT OF TOLERANCE. REPLACED THE NR 1 AHRS COMPUTER. - [SDR COMA951170](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA951170), Oct 4, 1995: OVERSPEED SYST. NO TEST. LT PROPELLER OVERSPEED SYSTEM DOES NOT TEST. COULD NOT DUPLICATE, SYSTEM TEST NORMAL AND ACFT CONTINUED SERVICE. - [SDR COMA9531164](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9531164), Sep 23, 1995: PROPELLER. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING FINAL APPROACH, THE LT PROPELLER RPM WAS 100 RPM LOW. REPLACED THE LT PROPELLER ASSY. - [SDR COMA9531150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA9531150), Sep 7, 1995: AIR DATA COMP. INOPERATIVE. CAPTAINS AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS SPINNING ON TAKEOFF ROLL. REMOVED AND REPLACED AIR DATA COMPUTER WITH SERVICEABLE. - [SDR COMA31138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA31138), Sep 5, 1995: CONRTOL VLV. LEAKING. HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKING IN NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA. REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE. - [SDR COMA1137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COMA1137), Sep 3, 1995: EEL BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. AFT LT FUSELAGE AND AFT MOST RT CABIN OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK NUMBER 24LN. - [SDR COM31146](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM31146), Aug 28, 1995: WEU. DEFECTIVE. CABIN PRESSURE WARNING ON CWP, DURING TAKEOFF. REPLACED THE WARNING ELECTRONIC UNIT. - [SDR COM31135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM31135), Aug 13, 1995: SPRING. BROKEN. LANDING GEAR EXTENSION ASSIST SPRING ON LT MLG IS BROKEN. REPLACED ASSISTOR SPRING. - [SDR COM31097](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM31097), Jun 9, 1995: INNER RACE. SPUN. MECHANIC REMOVED WHEEL ASSY FROM A/C DUE TO TIRE WORN TO LIMITS. DURING CLEANING AND VISUAL INSPECTION FOUND INNER RACE HAD SPUN. SUBASSY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM - [SDR COM31085](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM31085), May 22, 1995: LEVER. BINDING. AILERON CONTROL IS SLOPPY WITH FLAPS EXTENDED. REPLACED THE LT AND RT AILERON CENTERING CAMS AND ROLLERS. - [SDR COM31057](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM31057), Apr 9, 1995: WIRE. SHORTED. RIGHT A/C GENERATOR AND RIGHT INTAKE HEAT FAIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. FOUND WIRE SHORTED IN RIGHT WING FLAP COVE, REPAIRED WIRE. - [SDR COM31042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM31042), Mar 9, 1995: GOVERNOR. DEFECTIVE. THE LT PROPELLER RPM WOULD NOT EXCEED 1100 RPM. REPLACED DEFECTIVE PROPELLER OVERSPEED GOVERNOR. - [SDR COM31012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM31012), Jan 16, 1995: POWER LEVER. DEFECTIVE. THE POWER LEVERS CAN BE RETARDED BELOW THE FLIGHT IDLE GATE WITHOUT USING THE RELEASE TRIGGERS. REPLACED THE POWER LEVER QUADRANT ASSY. - [SDR COM31000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COM31000), Jan 9, 1995: ACTUATOR. DEFECTIVE. MAIN PITCH TRIM OPERATES WITH ONLY ONE-HALF OF SWITCH DEPRESSED. REPLACED LT PITCH TRIM ACTUATOR. ## 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. - [Incident 19920908049719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920908049719I), Sep 8, 1992: Saab SF340A (N359CA), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. One fourth of NR2 engine cowling broke away in flight. Landed safely at destination. ## Other aircraft with N359CA - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N359CA): American Champion 8KCAB, S/N 997-2005, built 2005 --- 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.