# N566EA: 1956 Convair 440, registration cancelled 2005-09-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 29, 2005
- Exported to: New Zealand
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Convair 440](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (registry code 2422902)
- Engine: [Allison 501-D13 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-501-d13-series) (registry code 03004)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 6A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/6A6), [TCDS E-282](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-282) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 381
- Year built: 1956
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: September 9, 1968
- Certificate issued: May 26, 1989
- Last registry action: September 20, 2005
- Mode S code: A73D99
- Owner when cancelled: [Era Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ERA%20AVIATION%20INC)
- Location: [Anchorage, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Anchorage)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 61.1637° N, 149.9966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99502, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N566EA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=566EA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N566EA-2005-09-29

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 Convair 440: https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440.md

## Service difficulty reports (6)

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

- [SDR 20000816AP010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20000816AP010), May 20, 2000: SEAL. LOOSE. LT CENTER EMERGENCY EXIT FOUND UNSECURED. REMOVED AND REPLACED WINDOW SEAL. EMERGENCY EXIT LT SIDE ROW 5 POPPED OUT AFTER LANDING. REPLACED SEAL DUE TO SEAL COM
- [SDR 98ZZZM639](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZM639), Jul 17, 1998: ACTUATOR. FAILED. PROPELLERS WILL NOT SYNC IN K1 POSITION. RIGHT 13500 RPM, LT 14,000 RPM AND RISING. PITCH LOCKED PROPELLER, RPM STILL UNSTABLE. E-HANDLED LT ENGINE AND MADE UNE
- [SDR ERA96001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ERA96001), Jul 1, 1996: CONE ASSY. MISSING. REAR TURBINE SCAVENGE INSULATOR CONE MISSING FROM NR 2 ENGINE. INSPECTED TURBINE AND TAILPIPE FOR DAMAGE AND REPLACED THE INSULATOR CONE.
- [SDR ERA00019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ERA00019), Nov 22, 1995: TAILPIPE JOINT. SEPARATED. ENGINE FIRE WARNING ON ENGINE NR 1, ZONE NR 1. SHUTDOWN NR 1 ENGINE AND MADE UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT ADQ. FIRE WARNING OUT ON ENGINE SHUTDOWN, RESET AND TESTED GO
- [SDR ERA00017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ERA00017), Oct 24, 1995: TD SYST. MALFUNCTIONED. ON TAKEOFF, NR 1 ENGINE WOULD NOT MAKE POWER. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. TD SYSTEM HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED, HOWEVER SYSTEM WAS TURNED ON. D
- [SDR ERA00004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ERA00004), Feb 24, 1995: WIRE. FAILED. LEFT DC GENERATOR WENT OFF LINE ON APPROACH. COMPLETE DC POWER FAILURE AFTER LANDING. SMOKE SMELL IN COCKPIT. BATTERY POWER COULD ONLY BE DISCONNECTED BY REMOVI

## Other aircraft with N566EA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N566EA): Cirrus Design SR22T, S/N 2460, built 2021

---
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.