# N401SM: 1999 Pilatus PC-12/45, registration cancelled 2024-07-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 3, 2024
- Exported to: Germany
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Pilatus PC-12/45](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (registry code 7090551)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67b) (registry code 52158)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A78EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A78EU), [TCDS E26NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E26NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 255
- Year built: 1999
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: June 9, 2021
- Certificate issued: March 29, 2024
- Last registry action: March 29, 2024
- Mode S code: A4B1F4
- Owner when cancelled: [Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SKY%20WEST%20AVIATION%20INC%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [Albuquerque, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Albuquerque)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0071° N, 106.6098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 87106, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N401SM
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=401SM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401SM-2024-07-03

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 Pilatus PC-12/45: https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45.md

## Service difficulty reports (3)

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

- [SDR ESMR2016031131116](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ESMR2016031131116), Mar 10, 2016: TRANSDUCER. ERRATIC. ACFT LINED UP FOR TAKEOFF. AFTER SETTING POWER AT 43 PSI TORQUE, A STANDARD TAKEOFF OCCURRED. AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FT AGL, THE MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED AND SA
- [SDR ESMR688D3716](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ESMR688D3716), Mar 3, 2016: WINDSHIELD. CRACKED. APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT WITH 2 PASSENGERS, AT 16,000 FT THE COPILOT SIDE WINDOW OUTER LAYER CRACKED. WE WERE IN IMC CONDITIONS FOR THE ENTIRE FLIGH
- [SDR ESMR2012090401](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ESMR2012090401), Aug 24, 2012: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. POWER APPEARED TO BE NORMAL ON TAKEOFF AND THE INITIAL CLIMBOUT. CLIMBING THROUGH ABOUT 16,500 FT, OBSERVED THAT POWER CONTROL LEVER WAS UP AGAINST FORWARD STOP

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