# N588MA: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B, registration cancelled 1997-01-22

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 22, 1997
- Exported to: United Kingdom
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Saab-Scania SAAB 340B](https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (registry code 7860101)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A52EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A52EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 340B169
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: December 14, 1989
- Last registry action: June 20, 1994
- Mode S code: A794B4
- Owner when cancelled: [Ba Leasing And Capital Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BA%20LEASING%20AND%20CAPITAL%20CORP)
- Location: [San Francisco, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Francisco)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.7984° N, 122.3992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 94111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N588MA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=588MA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N588MA-1997-01-22

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 Saab-Scania SAAB 340B: https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b.md

## Service difficulty reports (4)

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

- [SDR SIMA0960491](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA0960491), Feb 18, 1996: RETRACT MECH. MALFUNCTIONED. ON FINAL APPROACH, GOT A HYD CAP LIGHT. THE EMERG GEAR ACCUM WAS ZERO, THE MAIN WAS NORM. QTY WAS IN GREEN. SLOWED TO 200 KTS AND PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN. THER
- [SDR SIMA960421](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA960421), Feb 11, 1996: HUB. CRACKED. LAW - SHOP DURING THE HUB P/N 660714258, S/N 110890 NDT, INSPECTION PER AD 93-19-01 A CRACK WAS FOUND BETWEEN MOUNTING BOLT HOLES NR 8 AND NR 9. THE HUB WAS REM
- [SDR SIMA952161](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA952161), Aug 4, 1995: LINE. RUPTURED. FSM - FLT NR 3523 - LOST MAIN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IN FLIGHT. PILOT MANUALLY SELECTED GEAR DOWN USING ALTERNATE MEANS. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RUPTURED HYD LINE. LEA
- [SDR SIMA950783](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SIMA950783), Mar 19, 1995: WHEEL. BROKEN. TOL - WHEEL ASSY WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT IN TOL AND SENT TO WHEEL SHOP. THE WHEEL ASSY HAS 18 INCHES OF INNER FLANGE BROKEN OF OF WHEEL INNER ASSY. THE INNER 

## 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 19920516025439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920516025439I), May 16, 1992: Saab 340B (N588MA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. Experienced reported engine flame out on left and right engines. Both eninges relit due to an auto-ignition feature

## Other aircraft with N588MA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N588MA): Bell 206L-3, S/N 51350

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