# N459AD: 1999 Embraer EMB-145EP, registration cancelled 2023-03-31

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 31, 2023
- Exported to: Ireland
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Embraer EMB-145EP](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145ep) (registry code 3260221)
- Engine: [Rolls-Royce AE-3007A1P](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-3007a1p) (registry code 54571)
- Data sheets: [TCDS T00011AT](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/T00011AT), [TCDS TE6CH](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/TE6CH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 145185
- Year built: 1999
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: May 24, 2004
- Certificate issued: February 21, 2020
- Last registry action: October 17, 2022
- Mode S code: A5938F
- Owner when cancelled: [Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SOUTHERN%20AIRCRAFT%20CONSULTANCY%20INC%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: Norfolk, United Kingdom
- Owner type: Corporation
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N459AD
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=459AD
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N459AD-2023-03-31

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Embraer EMB-145EP: https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145ep.md

## Service difficulty reports (15)

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

- [SDR BUEA20180319001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20180319001), Mar 18, 2018: UNKNOWN. ODOR. PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF, A BURNING ODOR WAS NOTED DURING TAKEOFF. THE ODOR SEEMED TO START AND STOP WITH THE OPERATION OF THE NR 1PACK. MAINTENANCE P
- [SDR BUEA20180313001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20180313001), Mar 10, 2018: STEERING SYS. OUT OF ADJUST. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, AT APPROXIMATELY 60 KTS, THE CREW NOTICED AN EICAS MESSAGE FOR STEERINIG INOPERATIVE. ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. PERFORM
- [SDR BUEA20180301001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20180301001), Feb 28, 2018: DUCT. FOD. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, PILOT REPORTED A STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING TYPE ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. TAKEOFF ABORTED. ACFT RETURNED TO GATE UNEVENTFULLY. NO CREW OXYGEN WA
- [SDR BUEA20180220001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20180220001), Feb 20, 2018: ACM. FAILED. EN ROUTE, THE CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT DURING DESCENT, HAD SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT COMING FROM THE GASPER VENTS. COCKPIT CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS. DECLARED AN EMERGEN
- [SDR BUEA20170810001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20170810001), Aug 9, 2017: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. DEPARTED KDEN ENROUTE TO KPIR WITH THREE CREW AND 46 PASSENGERS. PILOT REPORTED AS PASSING THROUGH FL320 HE HEARD/FELT A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY THE SMELL OF SMOK
- [SDR BUEA20170508001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20170508001), May 6, 2017: BULB. INOPERATIVE. DURING MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY EVACUATION LIGHTING SYSTEM, TWO LIGHT BULBS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT EXTERIOR OVER WING, FAILED TO
- [SDR BUEA20170312001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20170312001), Mar 10, 2017: UNKNOWN. ODOR. PILOT REPORTED THAT ON WHILE ON APPROACH, NR 2 PACK TRIPPED & HAD TO BE RESET. AFTER LANDING & DURING TAXI TO GATE, A STRONG METAL BURNING ODOR AND SMOKE FROM N
- [SDR BUEA20170301001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20170301001), Mar 1, 2017: A/C PACK. FAILED. AIRCRAFT CAPTAIN REPORTED SMOKE IN THE FLIGHT DECK WHEN THE NR 1 PACK WAS TURNED ON, DISCOVERY WAS MADE DURING ON-THE-GROUND AIRCRAFT COCKPIT PREFLIGHT. THE NR 
- [SDR BUEA20170227001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20170227001), Feb 25, 2017: UNKNOWN. ODOR. PILOT REPORTED DURING FLIGHT, DETECTED SMOKE OR BURNING WIRE. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED FIM 21-20-00-810-801-A AND DISCOVERED NO ISSUES A
- [SDR BUEA20161118001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20161118001), Nov 18, 2016: TERMINAL BLOCK. DAMAGED. PILOT REPORTED SMELLING A BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR WHEN WINDSHIELD HEAT IS ON. THIS FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL AND CREW DID NOT UTILIZE EMERGENCY OXYGEN. FOUND THE PO
- [SDR BUEA20161104001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20161104001), Nov 4, 2016: RELAY. HOT. DETECTED A BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR AT 160000 FT ALL THE WAY TO THE GATE, NO SMOKE OBSERVED IN THE FLIGHT DECK ONLY ODOR IN THE FLIGHT DECK. NO EMERGENCY DESCENT
- [SDR BUEA20160913001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20160913001), Sep 9, 2016: A/C PACK. FAULTY. PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE IN-FLIGHT, NIGHT VMC, FLIGHT CONTINUED TO INTENDED DESIGNATION. NO IFE, FAINT ODOR OF SMOKE, BURNING RUBBER. ODOR QUICKLY WENT AWAY. N
- [SDR BUEA20160304001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20160304001), Mar 2, 2016: COUPLING. BROKEN. NIGHT TIME DEPARTURE WITH 34 PAXS ON BOARD. CAPTAIN REPORTED AT APPROX 1-2 MINS AFTER TAKEOFF, A ENG 2 BLD LEAK APPEARED ON THE EICAS FOLLOWED BY A LEAK IN RED 
- [SDR BUEA20160229001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA20160229001), Feb 26, 2016: WINDSHIELD. CRACKED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH NO PAXS ON BOARD. CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT AT ABOUT 25 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF AT FL280, A ONE INCH CRACK IN THE SHAPE OF A Y WAS OBSERVED ON 
- [SDR BUEA2015052801](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BUEA2015052801), May 25, 2015: WINDSHIELD. FAILED. ACFT WAS IN DESCENT, WHEN AT APPROX FL 20 THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG WITH THE PILOTS WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE CREW STARTED THE QRH. ATC REQUESTED THE ACFT LEVE

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Incident 20160108000079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160108000079I), Jan 8, 2016: Embraer EMB-145 (N459AD), Minneapolis, MN, No damage. 01-08-2016 Aerodynamics flight DYN459 was climbing out from msp through FL230 when the crew received a pitch trim warning followed by eicas messages (warning)…

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