# N538PA: 1987 British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101, registration cancelled 2012-11-02

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 2, 2012
- Exported to: Mexico
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101](https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3101) (registry code 1500216)
- Engine: [AiResearch TPE331 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (registry code 01514)
- Serial number: 751
- Year built: 1987
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: August 3, 1987
- Certificate issued: September 27, 2012
- Last registry action: October 18, 2012
- Mode S code: A6CF6B
- Owner when cancelled: [Vale Air USA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VALE%20AIR%20USA)
- Location: [Pharr, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Pharr)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 26.1634° N, 98.1939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78577, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N538PA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=538PA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N538PA-2012-11-02

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 British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101: https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3101.md

## Service difficulty reports (11)

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

- [SDR BMAC060002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BMAC060002), Jan 20, 2006: BATTERY PACK. ACTIVATED. FWD EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE DURING TEST. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPS CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR BMAC05001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BMAC05001), Jan 10, 2005: WINDSCREEN. CRACKED. PILOT REPORTED: DURING CLIMB OUT, (W/S) CAPTION APPEARED FOR THE RT WINDSCREEN. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION NOTICED CRACKS IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE WINDSCREEN. C
- [SDR 2004F00224](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2004F00224), Jan 16, 2004: SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. PILOT REPORTED, EMERGENCY LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED WITH LIGHT SWITCH IN ARM AND OFF POSITION, BATTERY MASTER ON. ISOLATED FAULT USING J-31 WIRING MANUAL PG 
- [SDR 2004F00024](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2004F00024), Dec 5, 2003: MASTER CYLINDER. LOW. FLT 3849 - PSM - CAPTAINS LT BRAKE PEDAL HAS NO PRESSURE WHEN DEPRESSED, ALL INDICATIONS APPEAR NORMAL FOR BRAKE PRESSURE AND EMERGENCY PRESSURE. FIRST OFFICERS
- [SDR 2004F00028](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2004F00028), Sep 15, 2003: POWER SUPPLY. DISCHARGED. FLT 3803 - PSM - AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN, EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT VESTIBULE AND ROWS VERY DIM. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH AFT EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES IAW J-31 AMM 33
- [SDR 2003F00549](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2003F00549), Aug 13, 2003: TORQUE RING. FAILED. FLT 3525 - BGR - PILOT REPORTED AFTER TAKEOFF, NR 1 ENGINE TORQUE GAUGE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE FROM 120 PERCENT OT 0 PERCENT. ENGINE BEGAN TO TTL DUE TO TORQUE READ
- [SDR BMAC030006S](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BMAC030006S), Feb 15, 2003: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. BWI - FLT 3103 - PILOT REPORTED LEFT ENGINE PRODUCES FULL POWER WHEN POWER LEVER IS AT STOP. RIGHT POWER LEVER AT STOP PRODUCES 92 PERCENT TORQUE, 530 DEGREES E
- [SDR BMAC03005S](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BMAC03005S), Feb 15, 2003: SIGNAL COND UNIT. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT 3157 - BWI - PILOT REPORTED AT 12,000 FT WITH POWER LEVERS AGAINST STOPS COULD ONLY GET 80 PERCENT TORQUE AND 630 EGT POWER LEVER AGAINST STOPS, SRL AND TTL
- [SDR BMAC020019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BMAC020019), Sep 28, 2002: CONNECTOR. INOPERATIVE. NR 2 ENGINE WOULD ONLY PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY 85 PERCENT TORQUE ON TAKEOFF. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. NR 2 EGT WAS ERRATIC WHILE TAXING BACK. REMOVED, INSPECTED AND C
- [SDR BMAC020013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BMAC020013), Sep 1, 2002: CPU. FALSE INDICATION. GPWS SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. TERRAIN WON`T SINK AND PULL UP CALLS MADE. AIRCRAFT WAS IN NORMAL TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION IN CLIMB. MADE TURNBACK TO PSM SYSTEM DEFERRED 
- [SDR BMAC020010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BMAC020010), Jul 29, 2002: WIRE. BROKEN. ON TAKE OFF ROLL, RT ENGINE POWER WAS SET TO 90 PERCENT TORQUE. AS POWER WAS BEING ADVANCED TO CHARTED TAKE OFF TORQUE, THE RT TORQUE CAME BACK TO 80 PERCENT TO

## Other aircraft with N538PA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N538PA): Amazon.Com Services MK30, S/N 1786501051
- [Cancelled 2024-09-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N538PA-2024-09-30): Amazon.Com Services MK27-2, S/N 000737, built 2022. Owner: [Amazon.Com Services LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMAZON.COM%20SERVICES%20LLC), [Seattle, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Seattle)

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