# N388AE: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B, registration cancelled 2008-04-09 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 9, 2008 - Exported to: Australia - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Saab-Scania SAAB 340B](https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (registry code 7860101) - Engine: [GE CT7-SER series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (registry code 30031) - Data sheets: [TCDS A52EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A52EU) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 340B-388 - Year built: 0 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: June 6, 1996 - Certificate issued: October 28, 1996 - Last registry action: November 15, 2005 - Mode S code: A47907 - 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/N388AE - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=388AE - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N388AE-2008-04-09 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 Saab-Scania SAAB 340B: https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b.md ## Service difficulty reports (19) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR SIMA200427203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200427203), Sep 27, 2004: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN ABOVE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SEAT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE. RESECURED GALLEY CONNECTOR OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AC RETURNED TO SERVICE. (SW21200500061) - [SDR SIMA200415412](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200415412), May 26, 2004: SKIN. DENTED. DURING AN MBV INSPECTION FRAME 677 WAS FOUND TO BE DENTED JUST ABOVE THE FLOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. RECONTOURED THE DAMAGED AREA. PERFORMED EDDY C - [SDR SIMA200415413](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200415413), May 26, 2004: SKIN. DENTED. ABI - AIRCRAFT ARRIVED FOR REPAIR OF HAIL DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VERTICAL STAB AND MBV INSPECTION. CUTOUT TWO DISBOND DENTS. THIRTEEN ABOVE VOR ANTENNA - [SDR SIMA200415407](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200415407), May 22, 2004: FRAME. CORRODED. DURING AN MBV INSPECTION, FRAME 258 WAS FOUND TO HAVE CORROSION BENEATH A PREVIOUS DOUBLER REPAIR. REMOVED THE PREVIOUS DOUBLER, SHIMS, AND FILLER. DOUBLER AND - [SDR SIMA200415410](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200415410), May 22, 2004: SPAR. ELONGATED. DURING A MBV INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, FOUR RIGHT HORIZONTAL STAB FORWARD UPPE SPAR CAP FASTENERS HOLES AT THE INBOARD END WERE FOUND TO BE ELONGATED. REAMED ALL - [SDR SIMA200415408](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200415408), May 20, 2004: FRAME. CORRODED. DURING AN MBV INSPECTION, THE UPPER FLANGE OF FRAME 272 WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED BEYOND SRM LIMITS. REMOVED THE EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK MOUNTING BRACKET TO ACCES - [SDR SIMA200415409](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200415409), May 19, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED HAIL DAMATE THAT NECESSITATED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LEFT HORIZ, STAB UPPER SKIN. REMOVED DAMAGED UPPER SKIN. TRIMMED AND INSTALLED NEW SKIN. - [SDR SIMA200415406](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200415406), May 19, 2004: FRAME. CORRODED. ABI - DURING AN MBV INSPECTION, THE UPPER FLANGE OF FRAME 225 WAS FOUND TO CORRODED BEYOND SRM LIMITS. COMPLETELY REMOVED THE CORROSION BY CREATING A 3.0 CUTOUT - [SDR SIMA200415411](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200415411), May 19, 2004: SKIN. DAMAGED. ABI - AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED HAL DAMAGE THAT NECESSITATED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT HORIZ STAB UPPER SKIN. REMOVED DAMAGED UPPER SKIN. TRIMMED NEW SKIN AND INSTA - [SDR SIMA200415414](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200415414), May 19, 2004: SKIN. CHAFED. DURING A MBV INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT WING TO NACELLE FILLET AREA THE INBOARD SIDE WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFED. BLENDED CHAFED AREA. PERFORMED AND EDDY CURRENT INSPEC - [SDR SIMA3881161](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA3881161), Apr 26, 2002: INDICATOR. FAILED. LOST RIGHT TORQUE INDICATION ON TAKEOFF/ ABORTED TAKEOFF NOTIFICATION WAS VIA TELLISIS FROM FLT CREW- C/A RIA RT TORQUE INDICATOR WITH SERVICEABLE TORQUE INDICA - [SDR SIMA20130601](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA20130601), Nov 2, 2001: LIGHT. MISINSTALLED. CREW REPORTED THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ABOVE FLIGHT ATTENDANT JUMPSEAT IS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY TO BE INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. LIGHT A - [SDR SIMA0554](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA0554), Feb 24, 2001: FIRE LOOP. CHAFED. TUL - FLT 3735 - CREW REPORTED THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE DETECT FAIL FOLLOWED BY RIGHT ENGINE FIRE INDICATION. CREW SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND SHOT ENGINE FIRE BOTTLES. M - [SDR SIMA1682](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA1682), Jun 16, 2000: TRANSDUCER. INOPERATIVE. DFW - FLT 3263 - IN FLIGHT AT 135 KNOTS IN CLIMB, RUDDER LIMITER LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED AOM PROCEDURES, LIGHT CONTINUES TO ILLUMINATE. REMOVED AND REPLACED - [SDR SIMA980501](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA980501), Feb 19, 1998: WHEEL. BROKEN. DFW - FLT 3804 - NR 1 MAIN WHEEL, ONE-THIRD OF RIN BROKEN OFF, CAUSING THE TIRE TO LOOSE PRESSURE. RAI'D TIRE SHEEL ASSY, RAI'D NR 2 TIRE WHEEL ASSY AS PRECAUTI - [SDR SIMA9701602](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA9701602), Jun 9, 1997: BALLAST. FAILED. DFW - FLT 3846 - ELECTRICAL SMOKE SMELL IN CABIN, OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT AREAS. INSPECTED AND FOUND BALLAST, AT SEATS 9B/C AND 10B/C BURNED. RAI'D BALLAST IAW - [SDR SIMA9700581](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA9700581), Feb 27, 1997: LIGHT. FAILED. FLT 3935 - SGF - ON APPROACH TO SGF, THE CREW REPORTED THE LAV LIGHT EMITTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE. THE SMOKE DETECTOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE, AND TWO SMALL SCORC - [SDR SIMA961412](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA961412), May 20, 1996: HMU. FAILED. IAH - FLT 3671 - DURING DESCENT FROM 12,000 FEET, A LOUD POP WAS HEARD FROM NR 1 ENGINE FOLLOWED BY A DECREASE IN TEMPERATURE, TORQUE, AND ENGINE SPEED. IGNITIO - [SDR SIMA961361](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA961361), May 15, 1996: ENGINE. FAILED. FYV - FLT 3687 - DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT, CAPTAIN REPORTED GETTING LEFT OVERTEMP, CHIP DETECTOR, AND OIL PRESSURE WARNINGS. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. REMOVED AND REPLAC ## Other aircraft with N388AE - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N388AE): Boeing 777-36NER, S/N 38285 - [Cancelled 2014-03-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N388AE-2014-03-25): American Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-2, S/N 9638. Owner: [Airbus Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIRBUS%20HELICOPTERS%20INC), [Grand Prairie, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Grand%20Prairie) --- 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.