# N390AE: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B, registration cancelled 2009-03-19 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: March 19, 2009 - Exported to: Australia - Status when cancelled: Sale reported - 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-390 - Year built: 0 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: June 6, 1996 - Last registry action: March 19, 2009 - Mode S code: A482CE - Location: [Xxx, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Xxx) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 35.4707° N, 97.5191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 73102, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N390AE - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=390AE - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N390AE-2009-03-19 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 SAAB 340B: https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b.md ## Service difficulty reports (12) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR SIMA200706402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200706402), Mar 2, 2007: GCU. FAILED. LEFT GENERATOR ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. RESET UNSUCCESSFUL, PLACED SWITCH IN OFF POSITION. DECLARED EMERGENCY. REMOVED AND REPLACED GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT IAW S - [SDR SIMA200612104](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200612104), Apr 29, 2006: UNKNOWN. ODOR. CREW NOTICED STRONG RUBBER BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING OF BLEED AIR SYSTEM, PACK SYSTEM ELECTRICAL VENTILATION FANS, AVIONIC F - [SDR SIMA200522009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200522009), Aug 4, 2005: COMPRESSOR. STALLED. DURING TAKEOFF, RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO GO INTO COMPRESSOR STALLS. ENGINE OVERTEMPED BETWEEN 1013 AND 1025. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE IAW W/C 4903. OPERAT - [SDR SIMA200424302](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200424302), Aug 28, 2004: VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING CRUISE WITH ANTI-ICE ON, CREW ENCOUNTERED MULTIPLE COMPRESSOR STALLS ON NR 2 ENGINE ACCOMPANIED BY SLIGHT CHANGES IN TORQUE AND ITT. ALSO, RECEIVED NR 2 - [SDR SIMA200334404](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200334404), Nov 8, 2003: FRAME. CORRODED. DURING AN MBV INSPECTION A PREVIOUS REPAIR ON FRAME 258 UNDER THE GALLEY FLOOR WAS FOUND CORRODED BELOW SRM LIMITS. REMOVED THE EXISTING REPAIR PARTS, CLEANED, - [SDR SIMA200232406](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA200232406), Nov 19, 2002: WINDSHIELD. CRACKED. LRD - FLT 3456 - AFTER CREW PUT CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD ON MEL FOR SMALL CRACK IN OUTER PANE, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR DFW, CLIMBING THROUGH 10,000 FEET THE OUTER PANE - [SDR SIMA20011063](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA20011063), Apr 16, 2001: COMPUTER. FAILED. DFW - FLT 3253 - CAPTAINS EFIS TUBE WENT BLANK, THEN BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO DFW. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DATA PR - [SDR SIMA3548](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA3548), Dec 19, 2000: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FSM - FLT 3339 - EMERGENCY ARMED LIGHT ON FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PANEL IS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BULB. OPS CHECK WAS GOOD AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SER - [SDR SIMA992272](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA992272), Aug 15, 1999: HOSE. FAILED. DFW - FLT 5063 - TOTAL HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE AND FLUID LOSS. EXTENDED LANDING GEAR MANUALLY AND RETURNED TO FIELD. REMOVED AND REPLACED TWO HOSES ON NOSE LA - [SDR 99ZZZX3198](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX3198), Aug 15, 1999: HOSE. FAILED. DFW - FLT 5063 - TOTAL HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE AND FLUID LOSS. EXTENDED LANDING GEAR MANUALLY AND RETURNED TO FIELD. REMOVED AND REPLACED TWO HOSES ON NOSE LA - [SDR SIMA991721](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA991721), Jun 21, 1999: SOCKET. FAILED. TXO - FLT 5247 - SMOKE IN THE CABIN COMING FROM OVERHEAD LIGHT AT SEAT 14. SMOKE WENT INTO CARGO AREA AND CAUSED CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR TO ILLUMINATE. DISCHARGED - [SDR SIMA972792](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA972792), Oct 6, 1997: SMOKE DET. INOPERATIVE. DFW - FLT 3576 - CARGO SMOKE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER LANDING. FIRE BOTTLE WAS BLOWN AND THE LIGHT REMAINED ON. INSPECTED THE CARGO BIN AND COULD NOT FIND ANY SIGN O ## 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 LAX06IA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06IA076), Jan 2, 2006: Saab-Scania SF340B+ (N390AE), Santa Maria, CA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: An in-flight loss of control due to ice accreted in supercooled liquid droplets (SLD) conditions, and the flight crew's failure to maintain the specified minimum airspeed in icing conditions.… ## Other aircraft with N390AE - [Cancelled 2012-09-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N390AE-2012-09-13): American Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-2, S/N 9511, built 2012. Owner: [American Eurocopter Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20EUROCOPTER%20CORP), [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.