# N438LX: 1998 Raytheon 400A, registration cancelled 2024-03-14 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: March 14, 2024 - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Raytheon 400A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-400a) (registry code 7150010) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (registry code 52113) - Data sheets: [TCDS A16SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16SW) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: RK202 - Year built: 1998 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: September 18, 1998 - Certificate issued: May 4, 2016 - Last registry action: August 4, 2023 - Mode S code: A541E6 - Owner when cancelled: [Flight Options LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FLIGHT%20OPTIONS%20LLC) - Location: [Cleveland, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Cleveland) - Owner type: LLC - Owner's area on the map: 41.5532° N, 81.4743° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 44143, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N438LX - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=438LX - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N438LX-2024-03-14 From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Raytheon 400A: https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-400a.md ## Service difficulty reports (17) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DJFA20130912001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20130912001), Sep 12, 2013: TRANSDUCER. UNSECURE. DURING LANDING, CREW REPORTED STIFF BRAKES FOLLOWED BY INTERMITTENT ANTI-SKID OPERATION. MX FOUND THE WHEEL SPEED TRANSDUCER NOT ENGAGED WITH THE WHEEL HUB CAP - [SDR DJFA20130910002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20130910002), Sep 10, 2013: DUCT. CONTAMINATED. PASSENGER REPORTED BURNING ODOR IN THE CABIN DURING FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING, CREW NOTED LOWER FORWARD RT SIDE WALL AND FOLDING TABLE WERE HOT TO THE TOUCH. MX FOU - [SDR DJFA20130908001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20130908001), Sep 8, 2013: TRANSDUCER. FAILED. DURING LANDING, CREW REPORTED ANTI-SKID OPERATION SLUGGISH RESULTING IN DECREASED BREAKING EFFECTIVENESS. MX INSPECTED THE SYS AND FOUND THE RT WHEEL SPEED TRAN - [SDR DJFA20120929001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20120929001), Sep 29, 2012: BRAKE SYS. PRESSURE LOSS. CREW REPORTED LEFT SIDE, RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL INTERMITTENTLY COLLAPSES TO TRAVEL LIMIT WITH LITTLE OR GRABBY BRAKING ACTION. AFTER PUMPING PEDAL NORMAL BRAKE OPS R - [SDR DJFA20120815006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20120815006), Aug 15, 2012: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION FOR CRACKS ON THE RIB FLANGES OF THE HORIZONTAL STAB ASSY, RIB FOUND CRACKED ON THE LOWER FLANGE AT RT HORIZTONAL CANTED STATION 46.06, BETWEE - [SDR DJFA20120815005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20120815005), Aug 15, 2012: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION FOR CRACKS ON THE RIB FLANGES OF THE HORIZONTAL STAB ASSY, RIB FOUND CRACKED ON THE LOWER FLANGE AT RT HORIZTONAL CANTED STA 46.06, BETWEEN TH - [SDR DJFA20120815004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20120815004), Aug 15, 2012: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION FOR CRACKS ON THE RIB FLANGES OF THE HORIZONTAL STAB, RIB FOUND CRACKED ON THE LOWER FLANGE AT RT HORIZONTAL CANTED STATION 29.92, BETWEEN THE - [SDR DJFA20120815003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20120815003), Aug 15, 2012: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION FOR CRACKS ON THE RIB FLANGES OF THE HORIZONTAL STAB, RIB FOUND CRACKED ON THE LOWER FLANGE AT RT HORIZONTAL CANTED STATION 13.78, BETWEEN THE - [SDR DJFA20120815002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20120815002), Aug 15, 2012: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION FOR CRACKS ON THE RIB FLANGES OF THE HORIZONTAL STAB, RIB WAS FOUND CRACKED ON THE LOWER FLANGE AT LT HORIZONTAL CANTED STATION 46.06, BETWEEN - [SDR DJFA20120815001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20120815001), Aug 15, 2012: RIB. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION FOR CRACKS ON THE RIB FLANGES OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, THE RIB DESCRIBED BELOW WAS FOUND CRACKED (ALONG WITH 5 OTHER RIBS; EACH RIB FAILU - [SDR DJFA20120130008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA20120130008), Jan 30, 2012: UNKNOWN. ODOR. ON APPROACH FOR LANDING, CREW REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE PILOT'S SIDE GLARESHIELD. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. NO SMOKE WAS NOTED. MAINTENANCE - [SDR DJFA2011016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA2011016), Apr 20, 2011: TORQUE TUBE. TWISTED. DURING A C-CHECK INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS FOUND THE LT AND RT ELEVATORS WOULD NOT LINE UP IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS - [SDR DJFA201002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA201002), Jan 3, 2010: DUCT. FAILED. DURING FLIGHT, CREW NOTED BLEED AIR DUCT FAILURE WARNING. ACFT PERFORMED AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING. DETERMINED A BLEED AIR DUCT FAILED. ACFT SCHEDULED TO FERRY TO - [SDR DJFA2008028](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA2008028), Mar 18, 2008: INLET. CRACKED. DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, MAINT DISCOVERED THE NR 2 ENGINE HEATED INLET CRACKED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE INLET. - [SDR DJFA2007086](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA2007086), Aug 2, 2007: RIB. CRACKED. DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER IB RIB AND BRACKET ASSEMBLIES, BOTH - [SDR DJFA2006235](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DJFA2006235), Apr 25, 2006: SWITCH. OUT OF ADJUST. TRIP ID NR 1010703, FOLLOWING SELECTION OF FLAPS FROM (0) DEGREES TO (10) DEGREES WHILE ON APPROACH, THE CREW RECEIVED A FLAP ASYMMETRY LIGHT AND FLAPS REMAINED - [SDR E812005F00000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/E812005F00000), Apr 26, 2005: COMPUTER. MALFUNCTIONED. TROUBLESHOT PILOT REPORT OF TAWS SYSTEM AND RADAR INOPERATIVE. FOUND TAWS8000 SYSTEM LOCKED UP. NO RESPONSE WHEN COMPUTER CONNECTED FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. REPLACE --- 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.