# N43SA: 1979 Cessna 550, registration cancelled 2018-06-04

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 4, 2018
- Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
- Airframe: [Cessna 550](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (registry code 2076604)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (registry code 52112)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A22CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A22CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 550-0086
- Year built: 1979
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development, showing compliance, crew training
- Airworthiness date: March 16, 1989
- Certificate issued: September 14, 2015
- Last registry action: September 14, 2015
- Mode S code: A52256
- Owner when cancelled: [Jet Air Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JET%20AIR%20INC)
- Location: [Iowa City, IA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IA/Iowa%20City)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 41.6484° N, 91.5968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 52246, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43SA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=43SA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43SA-2018-06-04

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 Cessna 550: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550.md

## Service difficulty reports (7)

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

- [SDR 2011FA0000467](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2011FA0000467), Jul 15, 2011: SERVO DRIVE. STICKING. DURING LEVEL FLIGHT AT 17,500 FT, WITH THE AUTOPILOT ENGAGED THE ACFT STARTED AN UNCOMMANDED RT BANK TURN WHICH CONTINUED UNTIL THE PILOT OVERRODE THE AUTOPILOT
- [SDR 2008FA0000747](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2008FA0000747), Nov 6, 2008: OXYGEN MASK. TORN. THREE OF THE DROP DOWN PASSENGER OXYGEN MASKS P/N C351-2000-205 OR CESSNA P/N 17504-61 WERE FOUND WITH TEARS IN THE FACE CUSHION NEXT TO THE INNER MASK HOUSING 
- [SDR FAA031008001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FAA031008001), Mar 10, 2008: WIRE. ARCED. PILOT REPORTED CB LABELED LT CB PANEL OPENED IN FLIGHT, PILOT BLEW THE GEAR DOWN AND INITIATED A FLYBY OF THE TOWER TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN. AC LANDED WITHO
- [SDR 2006FA0000537](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2006FA0000537), May 20, 2006: CHANNEL. DAMAGED. THE STRIKER PLATE HAD COME LOSE AT THE TOP LATCH POINT FOR THE ESCAPE HATCH ALLOWING THE LOCK PIN TO ELONGATE OUT THE HOLE. THIS REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF 551
- [SDR 2006FA0000526](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2006FA0000526), May 20, 2006: AILERON. CRACKED. DURING A PHASE 1,2,3,4 INSPECTION THE RT AILERON WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AT THE LEADING EDGE IN THE AREA OF ATTACHMENT POINTS FOR THE WEIGHTS. THE SKIN WAS REMO
- [SDR 2001FA0000532](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001FA0000532), Nov 8, 2001: DIPSTICK. BROKEN. FAILURE OF OIL DIPSTICK AT ATTACHMENT LOCK NUT CAUSING LOSS OF OIL AND LOWER THAN NORMAL OIL PRESSURE.
- [SDR R3R2001201C](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/R3R2001201C), Dec 4, 2000: SCREW. INCORRECT. THE OB ATTACH SCREW IN THE HEATED LEADING EDGE IS TOO LONG AND CAN DAMAGE THE WING SKINBELOW IT. THE IPC CALLS OUT A MS24693-C48 SCREW BUT IT IS TOO LONG.

## Other aircraft with N43SA

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43SA-undated): Cessna 404, S/N 4040042. N-number assigned, not yet registered

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