# N597EL: 2005 Airbus A318, registration cancelled 2024-02-10

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 10, 2024
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Airbus A318](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a318) (registry code 3940022)
- Engine: [CFM International CFM56-5B9/P series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-5b9-p-series) (registry code 13023)
- Serial number: 2544
- Year built: 2005
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: November 7, 2012
- Last registry action: May 13, 2023
- Mode S code: A7B7D7
- Location: [Charlotte, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Charlotte)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.1237° N, 80.9485° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 28273, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N597EL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=597EL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N597EL-2024-02-10

From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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 Airbus A318: https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a318.md

## Service difficulty reports (10)

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

- [SDR ANCF2019030201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ANCF2019030201), Mar 2, 2019: WARNING SYSTEM. FALSE ACTIVATION. MAR 2. REJECTED TAKE OFF RWY 26 PEI DUE TO AMBAR CAUTION BELOW 100 KTS ON THE ECAM DISPLAY. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: WE CERTIFY THAT THE FIRST THING THAT WAS DONE WA
- [SDR ANCF2019011102](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ANCF2019011102), Jan 11, 2019: UNKNOWN. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING T.O. ON FO DISPLAY AND FO AS PF AIR DATA INFORMATION WAS LOST ECAM SHOWED YAW DAMPER NR 2 RUD TRIM 2 FAULT. REJECTED T.O. WAS PERFORMED. CORRECTIVE ACTIO
- [SDR ANCF2017091201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ANCF2017091201), Sep 12, 2017: IDG. LOW QUANTITY. REJECTED TAKE OFF, BELOW 100 KNTS. NR 1 IDG LOW OIL PRESSURE ON ECAM. IAW AMM 05-51-16-200-001A THE MLG BRAKES NR 3 AND 4 WERE INSPECTED, NO DAMAGE FOUND . CHEC
- [SDR ANCF2013041200155](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ANCF2013041200155), Apr 12, 2013: OVEN. SMOKE. NR 2 OVEN IN REAR GALLEY HAS A BURNING SMOKE. NR 2 OVEN REAR GALLEY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW AMM 25-35-19-PB 401.
- [SDR ANCF2012110900136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ANCF2012110900136), Nov 9, 2012: WHEEL. FAILED. DURING WALK AROUND, TIRE NR 4 WAS FOUND WITHOUT CANVAS AND PANEL NR 673AB ON RT WING WAS FOUND CRACKED. C/A IAW AMM 32-41-11-000-006A AND 32-41-11-400-006-A THE
- [SDR ANCF2012102600135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ANCF2012102600135), Oct 26, 2012: VALVE. DAMAGED. AFTER T/O THE VENT OUT DIDN´T CLOSE WITH OVERRIDE P/B. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMM 21-26-00-710-001 OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE AEVC SYSTEM VIA MCDU WAS ACCOMPLISHED. TE
- [SDR ANCF2012102500134](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ANCF2012102500134), Oct 25, 2012: UNKNOWN. SMOKE. DURING CRUISE HAD PACK 1 OVERHEAT ON ECAM. PROCEDURES WERE MADE ACCORDING TO ECAM BUT WHEN WE PUT ON THE PACK 1 THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. IN ACCORDANCE WI
- [SDR ANCF2012080300127](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ANCF2012080300127), Aug 3, 2012: VALVE. DAMAGED. AFTER TAKEOFF PROCEDURE TO PEI - VENT SKIN VALVE ECAM APPEARS AND THE CAB ALT STAYS AT 5000FT AND DOES NOT PRESSURIZE. -- IN ACCORDANCE WITH TASK 21-31-00-710- 
- [SDR ANCF2012050400122](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ANCF2012050400122), May 1, 2012: UNKNOWN. SMOKE. ON GROUND WITHOUT PASSENGERS ON BOARD, AFTER OPENING PAX DOOR 1L AND COMING INTO THE AIRCRAFT A STRONG ELECTRICAL SMOKE. DOOR WAS LEFT ON FORWARD GALLEY CLOSE C
- [SDR ANCF2011123000101](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ANCF2011123000101), Dec 30, 2011: WARNING SYSTEM. ACTIVATED. DURING FLY WHEEL N/W STEERING FAULT.

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