# N562SW: 1998 Embraer EMB-120ER, registration cancelled 2016-07-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 8, 2016
- Exported to: Kenya
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Embraer EMB-120ER](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (registry code 3260203)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (registry code 52116)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A31SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A31SO), [TCDS E20NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E20NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 120336
- Year built: 1998
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: April 26, 1998
- Certificate issued: June 23, 2016
- Last registry action: June 23, 2016
- Mode S code: A72FFD
- Owner when cancelled: [Martin Sales Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MARTIN%20SALES%20INC)
- Location: [Raleigh, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Raleigh)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.8985° N, 78.6357° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 27615, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N562SW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=562SW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N562SW-2016-07-08

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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-120ER: https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er.md

## Service difficulty reports (101, newest 50)

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

- [SDR SWIA201438945](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201438945), Aug 1, 2014: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. F/A FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES INOPERATIVE. REPLACED F/A'S FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR SWIA201438585](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201438585), Jul 5, 2014: LAMP. INOPERATIVE. SINGLE WHITE EMERGENCY LIGHT BY SEAT 4A INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE LAMP.
- [SDR SWIA201438586](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201438586), Jun 28, 2014: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHTS ILLUMINATE BRIEFLY WHEN TESTED, BUT THEN EXTINGUISHED. POWERED ACFT ON AND ARMED EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES. CHARGED AND FOUND TO ILLUMINATE PRO
- [SDR SWIA201437567](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201437567), May 11, 2014: LAMP. INOPERATIVE. RIGHT WING FWD EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE, REPLACED THE LAMPS.
- [SDR SWIA201335452](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335452), Dec 1, 2013: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FRONT SET OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE. FLT 5659 RELAMPED.
- [SDR SWIA201334833](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201334833), Oct 3, 2013: SCREW. LOOSE. EMERGENCY LIGHT OVER SEAT 9BC INOPERATIVE. FLT#5331TIGHTENED GROUND TERMINAL SCREW BEHIND LIGHT ASSEMBLY.
- [SDR SWIA201334546](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201334546), Sep 5, 2013: WARNING SYSTEM. FALSE ACTIVATION. SMOKE AURAL WARNING WITH NO OTHER ANNUNCIATORS OR INDICATION AT THE GATE WITH PACKS ON. FLT#6493 REPLACED AURAL WARNING UNIT. CARGO SMOKE/FIRE TEST NORMAL. PN 8
- [SDR SWIA201333680](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333680), May 14, 2013: SKIN. DENTED. DENT IN SKIN ON RT UPPER SIDE OF NOSE JUST BELOW F/O'S WINDSCREEN. C-CHECK, INSTALLED DOUBLER AT RT UPPER FORWARD FUSELAGE SKIN JUST BELOW F/O'S WINDSCREEN IAW 
- [SDR SWIA201333647](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333647), May 14, 2013: FASTENER. LOOSE. PASSENGER ENTRY DOOR FWD ACTUATOR SUPPORT BRACKET HAS LOOSE FASTENERS AND IS CAUSING AN OIL CAN EFFECT ON FUSELAGE SKIN. (C-CHECK) REMOVED LOOSE HI-LOKS AT FWD 
- [SDR SWIA201333561](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333561), May 11, 2013: CLEAT. CRACKED. LEFT WING NR 1 FUEL PANEL UPPER SKIN CLEATS CRACKED FWD OF PANEL. (C-CHECK) REPLACED LEFT WING NR 1 FUEL PANEL UPPER SKIN CLEATS IAW SRM.
- [SDR SWIA201333560](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333560), May 11, 2013: CLEAT. CRACKED. LEFT WING NR 2 FUEL PANEL HAS A FWD UPPER SKIN CLEAT CRACKED. (C-CHECK) REPLACED LT WING NR 2 FUEL PANEL FWD UPPER SKIN CLEAT IAW SRM.
- [SDR SWIA201333564](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333564), May 10, 2013: SUPPORT. CRACKED. LEFT WING NR 3 FUEL PANEL OTBD RIB AFT SKIN SUPPORT CRACKED. C-CHECK, REPLACED AFT RIB SUPPORT AT LT WING RIB 16 IAW SRM.
- [SDR SWIA201333563](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333563), May 10, 2013: CLEAT. CRACKED. LEFT WING BETWEEN NR 1 AND NR 2 FUEL UPPER SKIN CLEAT CRACKED. C-CHECK, NEW SKIN CLEAT INSTALLED ON LT WING BETWEEN NR 1 AND NR 2 FUEL PANELS UPPER FORWARD IAW 
- [SDR SWIA201333562](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333562), May 10, 2013: CLEAT. CRACKED. LEFT WING BETWEEN NR 1 AND NR 2 FUEL PANELS UPPER SKIN CLEAT CRACKED (SECOND FROM FORWARD SPAR). (C-CHECK) NEW SKIN CLEAT INSTALLED ON UPPER LT WING BETWEEN FUE
- [SDR SWIA201333565](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333565), May 8, 2013: CLEAT. CRACKED. LT WING NR 5 FUEL PANEL UPPER INBD RIB, 2 SKIN CLEATS CRACKED. C-CHECK, 2 NEW SKIN CLEATS INSTALLED ON LT WING, NR 5 FUEL PANEL INBD UPPER RIB IAW SRM.
- [SDR SWIA201333183](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333183), Apr 7, 2013: COVER. BROKEN. EMERGENCY GEAR DEPLOY COVER BROKEN. (SERVICE) REPLACED EMERGENCY GEAR DOOR COVER IAW SRM.
- [SDR SWIA201333132](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333132), Mar 30, 2013: WIRE. BROKEN. FIRST ROW OF EMERGENCY TRACK FLOOR LIGHTING WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. (FLT 5529) REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE AT FORWARD CONNECTOR IAW AMM. OPS CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR SWIA201332867](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201332867), Feb 20, 2013: PLUNGER. OUT OF ADJUST. SELECTED GEAR HANDLE UP OBSERVED RIGHT MAIN GEAR DISAGREEMENT LIGHT, BOTH A & B INDICATORS AND HEARD AIRFLOW SOUNDS SIGNALING NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE NOT FULLY CLO
- [SDR SWIA201232442](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201232442), Dec 17, 2012: FUSE. FAILED. FIRST STRIP OF EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTING DOES NOT ILLUMINATE. (FLT 5440) REPLACED FUSE F0031.
- [SDR SWIA201232360](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201232360), Dec 14, 2012: FUSE. BLOWN. EMERGENCY LIGHTS OUT BY ROW 3A. (FLT 6489) REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT FUSE.
- [SDR SWIA201231140](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201231140), Jun 26, 2012: UNKNOWN. SMOKE. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF INBOARD AFT VENT ON LEFT ENGINE COWLING. (FLT 6397) OPENED LEFT ENGINE AFT COWLING AND INSPECTED. FOUND NO SMOKE. CHECKS GOOD AT THIS TI
- [SDR SWIA201230142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201230142), Mar 22, 2012: WIRE. DAMAGED. ONE FORWARD DOOR RED EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTING IS OUT. (FLT 6506) REPAIRED DAMAGED WIRING.
- [SDR SWIA201229540](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201229540), Feb 7, 2012: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. SMOKE IN REAR OF AIRCRAFT. RECEIVED A TRIPLE CHIME SMOKE ON MAP. (FLT 5621) REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE ASSEMBLY. PN: PW118B, SN OFF: AP0052.
- [SDR SWIA201127544](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201127544), Aug 30, 2011: WIRE. BROKEN. BOTH FORWARD RED FLOORING EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE OUT. (SERVICE) REPAIRED WIRING FOR BOTH FORWARD CABIN RED FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS.
- [SDR SWIA201127127](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201127127), Aug 8, 2011: BOLT. OUT OF ADJUST. MCD DIFFICULT TO OPEN. (FLT 5425) ADJUSTED MAIN CABIN DOOR ECCENTRIC BOLT AND BACKSTOPS.
- [SDR SWIA201128925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201128925), Jul 21, 2011: STRINGER. CRACKED. RIGHT WING AT DEFUEL PANEL, STRINGER 10 CRACKED. (C-CHECK) INSTALLED STRINGER REPAIR REINFORCEMENT TO RIGHT WING STRINGER 10 AT DEFUEL PANEL PER SRM.
- [SDR SWIA201126536](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201126536), Jun 16, 2011: ROLLER. LACK OF LUBE. MAIN CABIN DOOR HARD TO OPEN. (FLT 6223) LUBED PAX DOOR ROLLERS ON DOOR FRAME.
- [SDR SWIA201125558](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201125558), Jan 24, 2011: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. MCD OVERHEAD LIGHT IS OUT. (FLT 7038) RELAMPED OVERHEAD LIGHT.
- [SDR SWIA201025237](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201025237), Nov 25, 2010: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 2 OUT. (SERVICE) RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT.
- [SDR SWIA201025084](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201025084), Oct 20, 2010: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT BURNED OUT. (FLT 6411) RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT.
- [SDR SWIA201024602](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201024602), Jul 18, 2010: UNKNOWN. MALFUNCTIONED. AIRCRAFT HAS POOR BRAKING, AIRCRAFT BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AND SHIMMY. (FLT 6247) PERFORMED TAXI CHECK, BRAKE PRESS CHECK, AND INSPECTED WHEEL SPEED TRANS
- [SDR SWIA201024450](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201024450), Jun 24, 2010: SCREW. DISTORTED. MAIN CABIN DOOR DIFFICULT TO OPEN. (FLT 6066) REPLACED SCREWS FOR UPPER AFT BACK STOP SHIMS.
- [SDR SWIA201023627](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201023627), Jan 28, 2010: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. NR 1 CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. (FLT 6196) RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT.
- [SDR SWIA201023565](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201023565), Jan 7, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. LEFT ENGINE FRAME 1 CRACKED AT INBOARD CORNER. (C CHECK) REPLACED FRAME PER SB120-54-0036.
- [SDR SWIA201023557](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201023557), Jan 7, 2010: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. RIGHT SIDE FORWARD FLOOR SEAT TRACK CORRODED. (C CHECK) REPLACED TRACK PER AMM.
- [SDR SWIA201023556](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201023556), Jan 7, 2010: FRAME. CRACKED. RIGHT ENGINE FRAME 1 CRACKED. (C CHECK) REPLACED FRAME PER SRM.
- [SDR SWIA201023558](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201023558), Jan 6, 2010: BUTTSTRAP. CORRODED. FLOORBEAM BUTTSTRAP ON LEFT SIDE CORRODED. (C CHECK) REPLACED BUTTSTRAP PER SRM.
- [SDR SWIA201023564](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201023564), Jan 5, 2010: ANGLE. CORRODED. PASSENGER ENTRANCE LOWER THRESHOLD ANGLE CORRODED. (C CHECK) REPLACED ANGLE PER SRM.
- [SDR SWIA201023559](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201023559), Jan 3, 2010: SUPPORT. CRACKED. LEFT ENGINE NACELLE FLAP OUTBOARD SUPPORT CRACKED. (C CHECK) REPLACED PER SRM.
- [SDR SWIA200923366](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200923366), Dec 22, 2009: HINGE. OUT OF ADJUST. MAIN DOOR VERY HARD TO OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. (FLT 5763) ADJUSTED LOWER DOOR HINGE CONCENTRIC.
- [SDR SWIA200923365](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200923365), Dec 19, 2009: CAM. LACK OF LUBE. MAIN CABIN DOOR DIFFICULT TO OPEN. (FLT 6818) LUBED FORWARD OVER CENTERING CAM AND CHECKED DOOR TENSION.
- [SDR SWIA200922696](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200922696), Sep 21, 2009: SERVO. FAULTY. AFTER T/O, TURNING AC TO THE LEFT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. AC TURNS TO THE RIGHT FINE. (FLT 6379) REPLACED ROLL SERVO IAW EMB 120 MM 22-10-05.
- [SDR SWIA200921936](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200921936), Jun 30, 2009: SERVO. FAULTY. AILERONS BINDING. (FLT 5766) REPLACED AILERON SERVO.
- [SDR SWIA200921750](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200921750), Jun 5, 2009: WINDOW. LACK OF LUBE. CAPTAINS SIDE DV WINDOW DIFFICULT TO OPEN. (FLT 6311) LUBED CAPTAINS DV WINDOW.
- [SDR SWIA200920854](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200920854), Jan 13, 2009: LAMP. LOOSE. FLT 5571 - 3RD AFT (FLOOR LEVEL) EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. RELAMPED.
- [SDR SWIA200820478](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200820478), Nov 18, 2008: LIGHT. BROKEN. EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AND LIGHT BROKEN AT ROW 6BC. REPLACED SIGN.
- [SDR SWIA200819770](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200819770), Jun 14, 2008: DOOR. BINDING. CABIN DOOR IS OCCASIONALLY DIFFICULT TO OPEN. (FLT 5441) INSPECTED, CLEANED AND PERFORMED OPS CHECK ON MAIN CABIN DOOR SEVERAL TIMES. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.
- [SDR SWIA200820021](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200820021), May 5, 2008: WINDOW FRAME. CRACKED. PILOT'S SIDE AFT OF DV WINDOW AREA FRAME 12 EAR SUPPORT CLIP, AFT, IS CRACKED. INSTALLED DOUBLER IN PLACE WITH RIVETS PER SRM 51-30-01 AND 51-40-02. 
- [SDR SWIA200819473](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200819473), Apr 12, 2008: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. FLT 5477 - FLOOR LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED MIDDLE ELBP IAW AMM 33-59-02. OPS CHECK GOOD, PN D366-04-001, SN OFF 975/05-91. 
- [SDR SWIA200718658](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200718658), Aug 29, 2007: SENSOR. FAULTY. FLT 5768 - AFTER ROTATION RIGHT NP FLUCTUATED ON BOTH ANALOG AND DIGITAL INDICATIONS. REPLACED NP SENSOR IAW MM 27-12-00. OPS CHECK GOOD.

All 101: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N562SW-2016-07-08/reports.md

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