# N440DS: 1991 Beech 400A, registration cancelled 2020-01-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 24, 2020
- Exported to: Brazil
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Beech 400A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-400a) (registry code 1155402)
- 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: RK-8
- Year built: 1991
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: March 25, 1991
- Certificate issued: July 23, 2019
- Last registry action: July 23, 2019
- Mode S code: A54AF9
- Owner when cancelled: [Goal Aircrafts Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GOAL%20AIRCRAFTS%20CORP)
- Location: [Orlando, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Orlando)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 28.4881° N, 81.4072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 32839, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N440DS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=440DS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N440DS-2020-01-24

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 Beech 400A: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-400a.md

## Service difficulty reports (6)

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

- [SDR 2004FA0000004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2004FA0000004), Oct 9, 2003: SWITCH. FAILED. MULTIPLE FAILURES OF TAIL DEICE SYSTEM. ALWAYS GROUND TESTED GOOD. FINALLY FLEW AIRCRAFT BACK TO MANUFACTURER FOR REPAIR.
- [SDR 2001FA0000233](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001FA0000233), Jul 17, 2001: BOLT. BROKEN. 1 MAIN WHEEL TIE BOLT BROKE AND DEPARTED AIRCRAFT, RESULTING IN UNSEATING OF WHEEL HALF SEALING O-RING AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE. BOLT WAS MAGNAFLUXED
- [SDR 20000911SH043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20000911SH043), Aug 15, 2000: FLUX DETECTOR. LEAKING. UNIT LEAKED OIL OUT, GIVING HEADING ERRORS. (X)
- [SDR 96ZZZX606](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX606), Jan 8, 1996: MFD. FAILED. FOUND MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY (MFD) FOR A 3-TUBE COLLINS SYSTEM, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MFD, THE AIR INLET FOR COOLING IS 75 PERCENT OR MORE COVERED WITH LINT, 
- [SDR 95ZZZX5547](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX5547), Sep 13, 1995: STANG. DEPARTED. LEFT OUTBOARD STANG DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT IN-FLIGHT. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND, FLIGHT CREW FELT NOTHING IN-FLIGHT. ROHR SB BS 400 78-4 ADDRESSES THIS
- [SDR 95ZZZX1027](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX1027), Jan 26, 1995: WINDOW. CHIPPED. DURING CLEANING OF THE COPILOT'S SIDE WINDOW, A DEFECT WAS FOUND IN THE UPPER FORWARD CORNER. INVESTIGATION FOUND IT WAS A CHIP CAUSED BY THE WINDOW FRAME COMIN

## 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 ENG06IA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG06IA020), Jun 14, 2006: Raytheon Corporate Jets Beechjet 400A (N440DS), Norfolk, VA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: High-altitude ice crystals that had accreted on the compressor vanes and were ingested into the engine high pressure compressor when the pilots retarded the power levers causing compressor surges and…

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