# N480AU: 1985 Fokker F.28 MK4000, registration cancelled 2002-06-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 14, 2002
- Exported to: Kenya
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Fokker F.28 MK4000](https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk4000) (registry code 4990810)
- Engine: [Rolls-Royce SPEY-555-15](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-spey-555-15) (registry code 54521)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E2EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 11229
- Year built: 1985
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: February 27, 1986
- Certificate issued: December 10, 1999
- Last registry action: May 30, 2002
- Mode S code: A5E8AC
- Owner when cancelled: [Wachovia Bank Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WACHOVIA%20BANK%20NA%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7236° N, 75.5412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19801, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N480AU
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=480AU
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N480AU-2002-06-14

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 Fokker F.28 MK4000: https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk4000.md

## Service difficulty reports (493, newest 50)

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

- [SDR QXEA0200437](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200437), Mar 6, 2002: ANGLE. CRACKED. PDX - CRACK ON VERTICAL STAB TO FUSELAGE LT CONNECTION ANGLE INTERMEDIATE SPAR II. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 55-31-00, PAGE 2 AND SRM 51-31-04.
- [SDR QXEA0200427](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200427), Mar 2, 2002: SEAT TRACK. CHAFED. PDX - LT INBOARD SEAT TRACK AT STATION 443.024 ON FLANGE WHERE TRACKS BUTT UP THERE IS CHAFING. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM 53-40-01, PAGE 206, FIGURE 205 AND SRM 53
- [SDR QXEA0200426](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200426), Mar 2, 2002: SEAT TRACK. GOUGED. PDX - LT INBOARD SEAT TRACK AT STATION 464.328 TOP LUGS HAVE GOUGES. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-02-15, FIGURE 1 AND SRM 51-31-01.
- [SDR QXEA0200425](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200425), Mar 2, 2002: SEAT TRACK. GOUGED. PDX - LT INBOARD SEAT TRACK AT STATION 481.800 THERE IS AN AREA ABOUT 5 INCHES LONG WITH MANY GOUGES ON THE LUGS. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM 53-40-01, PAGE 206, FIG
- [SDR QXEA0200424](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200424), Mar 2, 2002: SEAT TRACK. CHAFED. PDX - LT INBOARD SEAT TRACK AT STATION 488.738 HOLE FOR FLOORBOARD RECEPTACLE HAS CHAFING ON FLANGE. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM 53-40-01, PAGE 206, FIGURE 306 AND S
- [SDR QXEA0200423](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200423), Mar 2, 2002: SEAT TRACK. GOUGED. PDX - LT INBOARD SEAT TRACK AT STATION 488.740 THERE ARE GOUGES ON TOP LUGS AND FLANGE AT FRAME 10966. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM 53-40-01, PAGE 205, FIGURE 204 AND
- [SDR QXEA0200441](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200441), Feb 24, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - FOUR CRACKS IN CUTOUT OF CASTELLATION ON BACKSIDE OF FRAME 41-2 ABOVE STRINGER 29. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-02-13, PAGE 8.
- [SDR QXEA0200452](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200452), Feb 23, 2002: SKIN. DENTED. PDX - RT SIDE EXTERIOR EMPENNAGE SKIN HAS A DENT BELOW V-STAB CONNECTION ANGLE. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-01-01, PAGE 3 AND HORIZON AIR EA 4-53-1572.
- [SDR QXEA0200458](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200458), Feb 22, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. PDX - CRACK IN DOUBLER SKIN BETWEEN RIVETS ABOVE LT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT. REPAIRED IAW HORIZON AIR EA 4-57-578.
- [SDR QXEA0200450](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200450), Feb 22, 2002: STRINGER. CRACKED. PDX - RT CEILING AT FRAME 13815A AND 13815B, STRINGER 42 HAS SMALL CRACK GOING FROM HOLE IN STRINGER FOR INSULATION TO HOLD IN PLACE. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 51
- [SDR QXEA0200448](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200448), Feb 22, 2002: ANGLE. CRACKED. PDX - CRACKED NESTING ANGLE IN FLOOR SUPPORT ON INBOARD SIDE OF OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK, JUST AFT OF FRAME 8770. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-02-18, PAGE 3, FIGURE 1,
- [SDR QXEA0200447](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200447), Feb 22, 2002: ANGLE. CRACKED. PDX - CRACKED NESTING ANGLE IN FLOOR SUPPORT ON OUTBOARD SIDE OF INBOARD SEAT TRACK, JUST AFT OF FRAME 8770. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-15-05, PAGE 60, FIGURE 1
- [SDR QXEA0200445](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200445), Feb 22, 2002: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. PDX - CRACK IN REAR PRESSURE BULKHEAD AT BEAM 6 LOWER FLANGE. REPAIRED IAW HORIZON AIR EA 4-53-1564/A.
- [SDR QXEA0200436](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200436), Feb 22, 2002: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. PDX - CORROSION ON RT INBOARD SEAT TRACK FORWARD OF FRAME 4900 ABOUT 2 X 3 INCHES LONG ON OUTBOARD FLANGE. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM PAGE 206, FIGURE 205 AND SRM 5
- [SDR QXEA0200435](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200435), Feb 22, 2002: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. PDX - CORROSION ON RT OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK AFT OF FRAME 4610 ON INBOARD FLANGE. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM PAGE 206, FIGURE 205.
- [SDR QXEA0200434](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200434), Feb 22, 2002: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. PDX - CORROSION ON RT OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK FORWARD OF FRAME 5305 ABOUT 10 INCHES TO FRAME 4610 OUTBOARD FLANGE. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 51-31-01.
- [SDR QXEA0200430](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200430), Feb 22, 2002: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. PDX - RT INBOARD SEAT TRACK FROM FRAME 9305 FORWARD 9 X 2 INCHES LONG INSIDE CHANNEL HAS PITTING AND CORROSION. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-01-01, PAGE 8, PARAGR
- [SDR QXEA0200449](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200449), Feb 21, 2002: SKIN. CHAFED. PDX - PROFILE AND SKIN CHAFED AT RIGHT WING TO FUSELAGE FAIRING BY PANEL 92N. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 51-00-00.
- [SDR QXEA0200446](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200446), Feb 21, 2002: SEAT TRACK. CHAFED. PDX - LT INBOARD SEAT TRACK, INBOARD FLANGE HAS CHAFE FROM FLOORBOARD JUST FORWARD OF CAMLOCK RECEPTACLE AT FRAME 14755. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM 53-40-01, PAGE 2
- [SDR QXEA0200443](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200443), Feb 21, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - CRACKED CASTELLATION BELOW STRINGER 25 ON AFT SIDE OF FRAME 50-2. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM 53-10-05, PAGE 601.
- [SDR QXEA0200442](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200442), Feb 21, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - CASTELLATION ON AFT SIDE OF FRAME 50-2 CRACKED AT BOTH ENDS IN RADIUS BETWEEN STRINGERS 25 AND 26. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM 53-10-05, PAGE 601 AND SRM 53-02
- [SDR QXEA0200440](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200440), Feb 21, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - CRACK IN FRAME 50-2 ATTACH FLANGE AT CUTOUT FOR STRINGER 26. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM 53-10-05, PAGE 601.
- [SDR QXEA0200417](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200417), Feb 21, 2002: SKIN. CHAFED. PDX - CHAFE ON AFT CARGO DOOR APERTURE, AFT SIDE APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES FROM LOWER CORNER. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-01-01, PAGE 8, PARAGRAPH 3D AND SRM 51-10
- [SDR QXEA0200459](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200459), Feb 20, 2002: FRAME. CORRODED. PDX - CORROSION ON FRAME 6805 ABOVE STRINGER 1 AT THE NUT PLATES. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM 53-00-2, PAGE 601, FIGURE 2, STEPS 1-4 AND MM 53-00-2, PAGES 601-603, F
- [SDR QXEA0200444](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200444), Feb 20, 2002: SKIN. DENTED. PDX - DENT IN AFT FUSELAGE SKIN AFT OF FRAME 41-2 BETWEEN STRINGER 3 AND 5. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02-02, PAGE 2, FIGURE 1 AND SRM 51-31-01.
- [SDR QXEA0200429](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200429), Feb 20, 2002: DOOR FRAME. CHAFED. PDX - CHAFE ON AFT CARGO DOOR APERTURE LOWER AFT CORNER. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-01-01, PAGE 3, PARAGRAPH 3D AND HORIZON AIR EA 4-53-1570.
- [SDR QXEA0200415](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200415), Feb 20, 2002: SKIN. GOUGED. PDX - TWO GOUGES AFT OF RT ACM LOWER MOUNT ON WALL SKIN. REPAIRED IAW HORIZON AIR EA 4-53-157 AND FOKKER SRM 51-30-01.
- [SDR QXEA0200439](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200439), Feb 19, 2002: SKIN. DENTED. PDX - DENT IN AFT FUSELAGE SKIN AFT OF FRAME 41-2 BETWEEN STRINGER 3 AND 5. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-01-01, PAGE 9, PARAGRAPH 6C AND SRM 51-31-01.
- [SDR QXEA0200344](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200344), Feb 19, 2002: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. PDX - CRACK IN REAR PRESSURE BULKHEAD AT BEAM VI LOWER FLANGE RADIUS OUTBOARD OF BL 1050L. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200339](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200339), Feb 19, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - CRACK AT UPPER RIVET OF FRAME 41-2 CASTELLATION ON AFT SIDE ABOVE STRINGER 44. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM.
- [SDR QXEA0200334](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200334), Feb 19, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - CASTELLATION AT STRINGER 1 ON FRAME 50-2 IS CRACKED AT RIVET. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM.
- [SDR QXEA0200333](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200333), Feb 19, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - CASTELLATION ON FRAME 50-2 AT STRINGER 9 HAS CRACK FROM LOWER RIVET. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM.
- [SDR QXEA0200326](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200326), Feb 19, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - CRACK NEXT TO LOWER RIVET OF CASTELLATION ON FRAME 16-2 OUTBOARD OF STRINGER 5. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200325](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200325), Feb 19, 2002: FRAME. DENTED. PDX - TWO DENTS IN CASTELLATION ON FRAME 16-2 OUTBOARD OF STRINGER 70. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200416](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200416), Feb 18, 2002: DOOR. STUCK. PDX - PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN IN EMERGENCY MODE. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 52-10-05, PAGES 413-414, PARAGRAPH 6J, STEPS 1-7 AND SRM 52-10-05, PAGES 414-415.
- [SDR QXEA0200396](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200396), Feb 18, 2002: FRAME. CORRODED. PDX - CORROSION UNDER NUT PLATES ON FRAME 6305 ON FOUR WAY FLOOR SUPPORT ABOVE STRINGER 74. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM 53-00-2, PAGES 601-602 AND SRM 51-31-04.
- [SDR QXEA0200391](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200391), Feb 18, 2002: FRAME. CORRODED. PDX - CORROSION EVIDENT UNDER NUT PLATE ON FRAME 7305 AT FOUR WAY FLOOR SUPPORT ABOVE STRINGER 74. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-01-01 AND SRM 51-10-4.
- [SDR QXEA0200363](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200363), Feb 18, 2002: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. PDX - RT OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK FORWARD OF FRAME 5305 ON INBOARD FLANGE THERE IS PITTING AND CORROSION. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200346](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200346), Feb 18, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. SCRATCHED. PDX - INTERCOSTAL IMMEDIATELY ABOVE CUT OUT FOR PANEL 24A HAS BEEN SCRATCHED. REPAIRED IAW FOKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200342](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200342), Feb 18, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - CRACK IN RADIUS OF CASTELLATION REPAIR CLIP ON SIDE OF FRAME 61-2 AT STRINGER 42. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200327](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200327), Feb 18, 2002: FRAME. DENTED. PDX - CASTELLATION DENTED ON FRAME 16-2 OUTBOARD OF STRINGER 68. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200324](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200324), Feb 18, 2002: FRAME. DENTED. PDX - DENT IN RADIUS OF CASTELLATION ON FRAME 16-2 OUTBOARD OF STRINGER 69. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200384](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200384), Feb 17, 2002: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. PDX - RT INBOARD SEAT TRACK AFT OF FRAME 13815A INSIDE CHANNEL HAS PITTING AND CORROSION. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200383](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200383), Feb 17, 2002: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. PDX - RT INBOARD SEAT TRACK AT FRAME 13815 AFT OUTBOARD FLANGE THERE IS CORROSION. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200381](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200381), Feb 17, 2002: ATTACH ANGLE. CRACKED. PDX - LT WING LOWER WING-TO-FUSELAGE CONNECTION ANGLE FOR WING-TO-FUSELAGE FAIRING CONNECTION ANGLE IS CRACKED. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 51-31-01, PAGE 13 AND SR
- [SDR QXEA0200352](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200352), Feb 17, 2002: RIVET. CRACKED. PDX - LEFT-HAND WING FAIRING -Z- PROFILE HAS FOUR RIVETS WITH SMALL CRACKS RADIATING FROM THE LOWER CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE HEAD BETWEEN FRAMES 10775 AND 10335. RE
- [SDR QXEA0200351](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200351), Feb 17, 2002: RIVET. CRACKED. PDX - TWO RIVETS BETWEEN FRAME 10775 AND 11300 HAVE SMALL CRACKS RADIATING ALONG THE LOWER CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE RIVET HEADS. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 51-31-01 PA
- [SDR QXEA0200338](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200338), Feb 17, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - CRACK PAST SECOND STOP DRILL IN LOWER END OF CASTELLATION ON AFT SIDE OF FRAME 50-2 AT STRINGER 46. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM.
- [SDR QXEA0200337](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200337), Feb 17, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - CRACK IN RADIUS OF CASTELLATION AT STRINGER 22 ON FRAME 50-2. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER MM.
- [SDR QXEA0200335](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA0200335), Feb 17, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. PDX - AT STRINGER 31 ON AFT SIDE OF FRAME 61-2, CASTELLATION IS CRACKED. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM AND MM.

All 493: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N480AU-2002-06-14/reports.md

## 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 19881228065979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881228065979I), Dec 28, 1988: Fokker F28MK4000 (N480AU), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Gear amber light on. Recycled and diverted. Landed safely. Gear door not fully retracted, dragged on runway.

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