# N565SW: 1998 Embraer EMB-120ER, registration cancelled 2018-04-06 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 6, 2018 - Exported to: Ghana - Status when cancelled: Registration pending - 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: 120340 - Year built: 1998 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: June 27, 1998 - Last registry action: April 4, 2018 - Mode S code: A73B22 - Location: [Plantation, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Plantation) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 26.1500° N, 80.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33322, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N565SW - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=565SW - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N565SW-2018-04-06 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 (116, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR SWIA201439260](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201439260), Sep 8, 2014: OUTFLOW VALVE. OBSTRUCTED. PRESSURIZATION ISSUES. UNABLE TO KEEP CABIN ALTITUDE LOW ENOUGH. HAD TO DO AN EARLY DESCENT TO LOWER ALTITUDE TO HELP. FOUND INSULATION FROM THE BULKHEAD OBSTRU - [SDR SWIA201439078](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201439078), Aug 10, 2014: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. F/A'S FLASHLIGHT IS INOPERATIVE. R & R F/A'S FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES. - [SDR SWIA201438507](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201438507), Jul 1, 2014: LENS. BROKEN. EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 7A LENS BROKEN. INSTALLED EMERGENCY LIGHT LENS IAW AMM. - [SDR SWIA201437558](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201437558), May 11, 2014: TERMINAL. UNSECURE. RT FRONT EXIT SIGN OUT. SECURED LOOSE TERMINAL IAW MM. - [SDR SWIA201437128](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201437128), Apr 11, 2014: SIGN. LOOSE. FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN ON BULKHEAD DOES NOT ILLUMINATE. TIGHTENED LOOSE TERMINAL LUG ON BACK OF FWD EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN. - [SDR SWIA2014032836853](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA2014032836853), Mar 21, 2014: LAMP. BURNED OUT. EMERGENCY LIGHT FWD RT SIGN ON BULKHEAD IS BURNED OUT. REPLACED LAMP. - [SDR SWIA201436329](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201436329), Feb 3, 2014: CONTROLLER. FAILED. RECEIVED CABIN ALT LIGHT. FLT 6452 REPLACED ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER. PN 22201T011400, SN ON 107 & SN OFF 520. - [SDR SWIA201436120](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201436120), Jan 23, 2014: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROW 4 ARE BURNED OUT. FLT 5655 RELAMPED. - [SDR SWIA201435956](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201435956), Jan 3, 2014: HINGE. CRACKED. LT WING OTBD FLAP BUTE DOOR HINGE IS CRACKED NEAR INBD SIDE OF DOOR. C-CHECK NEW HALF HINGE INSTALLED ON OTBD FLAP BUTE DOOR AT INBD AREA IAW SRM. - [SDR SWIA201335958](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335958), Dec 31, 2013: SUPPORT. CRACKED. PAX DOOR SUPPORT PROFILE CRACKED AT BAY NR 2. C-CHECK NEW SUPPORT PROFILE INSTALLED ON PAX DOOR AT BAY NR 2 IAW SRM. - [SDR SWIA201335957](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335957), Dec 31, 2013: SUPPORT. CRACKED. PAX DOOR BAY NR 5 HAS A CRACKED UNDERNEATH WEBBING SUPPORT PROFILE. C-CHECK NEW SUPPORT PROFILE INSTALLED ON PAX DOOR AT BAY NR 5 IAW SRM. - [SDR SWIA201335962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335962), Dec 28, 2013: ATTACH ANGLE. CORRODED. PAX DOOR ENTRANCE LOWER FLOOR BOARD ATTACH ANGLES NEED REPLACED, CORRODED. C-CHECK REPLACED PAX DOOR ENTRANCE LOWER FLOOR BOARD ATTACH ANGLES REPLACEMENT IAW EM - [SDR SWIA201335961](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335961), Dec 28, 2013: ROD. CORRODED. PAX DOOR STEP RODS HAVE CORROSION. C-CHECK REPLACED PAX DOOR NR 2 & NR 3 STEP RODS IAW AMM. - [SDR SWIA201335960](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335960), Dec 28, 2013: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. PAX DOOR AFT FRAME UNDER MID STEP STRUCTURE CRACKED. C-CHECK NEW FRAME INSTALLED ON AFT PAX DOOR BELOW MID STEP IAW SRM. - [SDR SWIA201335959](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335959), Dec 28, 2013: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. PAX DOOR LOWER FWD BAY 2 FRAME HAS SEVERE CORROSION. C-CHECK NEW FRAME INSTALLED ON PAX DOOR LOWER BAY 2 IAW SRM. - [SDR SWIA201335955](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335955), Dec 27, 2013: SUPPORT. FAILED. LT WING INBD SIDE OF THE FUEL PANEL NR 5 HAS A BROKEN SKIN CLEAT ON UPPER SKIN. C-CHECK REPLACED SKIN SUPPORT CLEAT PN 120-17063-609 IAW 120 SRM. - [SDR SWIA201335954](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335954), Dec 27, 2013: SUPPORT. CRACKED. CARGO DOOR COUNTER WEIGHT FWD MOUNT SUPPORT STRUCTURE CRACKED AS MARKED. C-CHECK REPLACED CARGO DOOR COUNTER WEIGHT FWD MOUNT SUPPORT ASSEMBLY PN 120-20235-605 - [SDR SWIA201335965](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335965), Dec 26, 2013: SUPPORT. CRACKED. RT WING TOP SKIN CLEAT INBD OF NR 6 ACCESS PANEL CRACKED AT TOP. C-CHECK REPLACED SKIN SUPPORT AT RT WING NR 6 FUEL ACCESS PANEL UPPER CLEAT INBD SIDE PN 120-17 - [SDR SWIA201335964](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335964), Dec 26, 2013: CLEAT. CRACKED. RT WING TOP SKIN CLEAT INBD OF NR 5 ACCESS PANEL CRACKED. C-CHECK REPLACED 1 UPPER SKIN CLEAT IN RT WING INBD OF NR 5 FUEL ACCESS PANEL PN 120-17062-613 IAW EMB - [SDR SWIA201335963](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335963), Dec 26, 2013: SUPPORT. CRACKED. RT WING AT TOP AT NR 4 ACCESS PANEL HAS THREE CRACKED SKIN CLEATS. C-CHECK REPLACED THREE CRACKED SKIN SUPPORTS IN RT WING FUEL ACCESS PANEL, 1 INBD UPPER OF FU - [SDR SWIA201335576](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201335576), Nov 29, 2013: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. ROW 6A EMERGENCY LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE. FLT 5504 REPLACED ELBP. PN D366-04-001 SN ON 176 SN OFF 489 - [SDR SWIA201333442](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333442), May 12, 2013: UNKNOWN. SMOKE. WITH LEFT BLEED AND PACK IN AUTO, LOW - OBSERVED FAINT SMOKE WITH STRONG BURNING SMELL. (FLT 5625) RAN RT PACK ON LT ENGINE AT VARIOUS ENGINE POWER SETTINGS AND - [SDR SWIA201333029](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201333029), Mar 20, 2013: CONTROLLER. FAILED. RAPID HARD PRESSURE BUMPS WITH AUTO PRESSURIZATION, SWITCHED TO MANUAL MODE, CABIN KEPT WANTING TO DUMP. MASKS DEPLOYED IN CABIN. (FLT 7407) REPLACED THE ELECTR - [SDR SWIA201332943](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201332943), Feb 23, 2013: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE. (FLT 6339) REPLACED FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT LAMP. - [SDR SWIA201232520](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201232520), Dec 31, 2012: ROLLER. OUT OF ADJUST. MAIN CABIN DOOR IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND CLOSE. (FLT 5615) ADJUSTED PASSENGER FORWARD AND AFT ROLLERS. - [SDR SWIA201232430](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201232430), Dec 17, 2012: UNKNOWN. SMOKE. ON DESCENT WITH BOTH PACKS AND BLEED SOURCES IN AUTO AND LOW, THE COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE. LEFT SIDE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER WAS IN AUTO AND FELT COLD. (FLT 53 - [SDR SWIA201231767](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201231767), Sep 10, 2012: ENGINE. FAULTY. WITH LOW POWER SETTINGS AND BLEED PACKS IN AUTO/LOW, CABIN FILLS WITH SMOKE. (FLT 7802) REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE ASSEMBLY. P/N OFF: PW11813, S/N OFF: AP0019. - [SDR SWIA201231705](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201231705), Sep 2, 2012: UNKNOWN. ODOR. WHEN REDUCING POWER LEVERS TO DESCEND, HAD AN ODOR OF OVERHEATING FROM RIGHT AIR CONDITIONING PACK. (FLT 7759) RAN RIGHT AIR CONDITIONING PACK IN ALL MODES WITH - [SDR SWIA201230907](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201230907), May 31, 2012: COOLING FAN. MALFUNCTIONED. RIGHT PACK OVERHEATED AND BLEW SMOKE INTO CABIN. (FLT 5633) REPLACED RIGHT GROUND COOLING FAN IN REFERENCE TO MM. P/N: AE1711AA0 S/N OFF: 127 - [SDR SWIA201230358](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201230358), Apr 7, 2012: FIXTURE. FAILED. EMERGENCY EXIT ROW SIGN AT 9C IS INOPERATIVE. (FLT 7777) REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT FIXTURE. PN: 10-1110-5, SN OFF: NSN - [SDR SWIA201229858](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201229858), Mar 1, 2012: SWITCH. FAILED. MAIN CABIN DOOR DOES NOT OPEN USING HYDRAULICS. (FLT 6220) REPLACED FORWARD DOOR CONTROL MICROSWITCH. - [SDR SWIA2012021429666](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA2012021429666), Feb 14, 2012: ACTUATOR. OUT OF RIG. FLT 7755, A & B RED DISAGREE ON LEFT MAIN GEAR. INSPECTED LEFT MLG ACTUATING CYLINDERS FOR RIG AND FOUND NO GAP ON HOOK, ROLLER AND UPLOCK. RIGGED MAIN LANDING - [SDR SWIA201202119656](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201202119656), Feb 11, 2012: LAMP. BURNED OUT. FLT 5432, NR 1 OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT IS OUT. RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT. - [SDR SWIA201128774](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201128774), Nov 28, 2011: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 7 INOPERATIVE. (SERVICE) RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT. - [SDR SWIA201128818](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201128818), Nov 20, 2011: SUPPORT BRACKET. CRACKED. LEFT ENGINE NACELLE AFT EXHAUST INBOARD AND OUTBOARD MOUNT SUPPORT BRACKETS ARE CRACKED. (SERVICE) REPLACED NEW RIBS ON LEFT INBOARD AND OUTBOARD EXHAUST MOUNTI - [SDR SWIA201130117](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201130117), Nov 14, 2011: DOOR FRAME. WORN. THE LEFT OVERWING EXIT FRAME HAS WEAR MARKS. (C-CHECK) REPLACED AFT PROFILE L IN REFERENCE TO EMB-120 SRM. - [SDR SWIA201130116](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201130116), Nov 13, 2011: DOOR FRAME. WORN. THE RIGHT OVERWING EXIT FRAME HAS WEAR MARKS. (C-CHECK) REPLACED THE L PROFILE FRAME ON RIGHT OVERWING EXIT IN REFERENCE TO SRM. - [SDR SWIA201127440](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201127440), Aug 30, 2011: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. RIGHT SIDE EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 6 IS OUT. (FLT 6297) RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT. - [SDR SWIA201127309](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201127309), Aug 21, 2011: CONTROL ROD. OUT OF ADJUST. CAPTAIN'S DV WINDOW HARD TO OPEN AND CLOSE. (FLT 7793) ADJUSTED CAPTAINS DV WINDOW CONTROL ROD. - [SDR SWIA201125751](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201125751), Mar 5, 2011: ROLLER. WORN. MCD DIFFICULT TO OPEN. (FLT 6286) REPLACED PAX DOOR ROLLERS AND LUBED DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM. - [SDR SWIA201125489](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201125489), Jan 16, 2011: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. AFT EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT NOT ILLUMINATING ON RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. (FLT 7756) RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT. - [SDR SWIA201025117](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201025117), Nov 1, 2010: SEAL. LACK OF LUBE. MAIN CABIN DOOR DIFFICULT TO OPEN. (FLT 6200) LUBED MAIN CABIN DOOR SEAL. - [SDR SWIA201024636](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201024636), May 6, 2010: STRINGER. CRACKED. RIGHT WING STRINGER CRACKED. (C-CHECK) REPAIRED PER SRM. - [SDR SWIA201024638](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201024638), May 5, 2010: FLAP. CRACKED. RIGHT NACELLE FLAP IS CHAFED AND CRACKED. (C-CHECK) REPAIRED PER SRM. - [SDR SWIA201024637](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA201024637), May 5, 2010: SUPPORT BEAM. CRACKED. FS 14 SUPPORT BEAM CORRODED. (C-CHECK) REPLACED PER SRM. - [SDR SWIA200923333](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200923333), Dec 13, 2009: WIRE. BROKEN. TWO FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP AT ROW 10. (FLT 6817) REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE. - [SDR SWIA200923334](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200923334), Dec 7, 2009: LIGHT. LOOSE. TWO EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS INOP. (FLT 6576) RESEATED BULB AT ROW 2 AND REPLACED CONNECTOR AT ROW 9. - [SDR SWIA200922796](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200922796), Sep 28, 2009: WIRE. LOOSE. AFT SECTION OF EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING INOP. (FLT 7781) RESEATED WIRING. - [SDR SWIA200922358](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200922358), Aug 9, 2009: LIGHT. LOOSE. EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT AT ROW 3 INOP. (FLT 7802) RESEATED LIGHT. - [SDR SWIA200922169](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWIA200922169), Jul 24, 2009: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROW 3 INOP. (FLT 6295) RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT. All 116: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N565SW-2018-04-06/reports.md --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.