# N81SK: 1994 Beech 1900D, registration cancelled 2006-07-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 14, 2006
- Exported to: South Africa
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Beech 1900D](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (registry code 1154162)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52032)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A24CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A24CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: UE-81
- Year built: 1994
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, commuter
- Airworthiness date: January 31, 1994
- Certificate issued: January 27, 2005
- Last registry action: March 3, 2005
- Mode S code: AB089D
- Owner when cancelled: [General Aviation Leasing LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GENERAL%20AVIATION%20LEASING%20LLC)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.8187° N, 75.5062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19810, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81SK
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=81SK
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81SK-2006-07-14

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Beech 1900D: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d.md

## Service difficulty reports (23)

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

- [SDR S2YA05070](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA05070), Oct 23, 2005: ALTIMETER. STICKING. ON CLIMB OUT OF FLIGHT, THE CREW REPORTED THE CAPTAIN`S ALTIMETER FROZE UP (STOPPED CLIMBING) WERE PERFORMEING AN AIR-TURN-BACK. UPON ARRIVAL BACK, THE ALTIMETE
- [SDR S2YA05065B](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA05065B), Oct 7, 2005: RELAY. FAILED. FLAPS FAILED TO EXTEND, SYS WAS MEL`D. MEL WAS CLEARED WHEN MX INS SYS, OPS CHECKED, COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. TROUBLESHOOTING REPLACED FLAP MOTOR AND FL
- [SDR S2YA05065A](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA05065A), Oct 7, 2005: GEARBOX. FAILED. FLAPS FIALED TO EXTEND, SYS WAS MEL`D. MEL WAS CLEARED WHEN MX INSP SYS, OPS CHECKED, COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. TROUBLESHOOTING REPLACED FLAP MOTOR, FLAP
- [SDR S2YA05065](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA05065), Oct 7, 2005: MOTOR. MALFUNCTIONED. FLAPS FAILED TO EXTEND, SYS WAS MEL`D. MEL WAS CLEARED WHEN MX INSP SYS, OPS CHECKED IT, COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. TROUBLESHOOTING REPLACED FLAP MOTOR AN
- [SDR S2YA05058](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA05058), Sep 16, 2005: GYRO. INOPERATIVE. DURING FLIGHT, THE CREW REPORTED THE (D) DISCHARGE LIGHT ON THE RT PUSH TO DISCHARGE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BUTTON WAS INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATING. ALSO THE CREW REP
- [SDR S2YA05054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA05054), Sep 5, 2005: MOUNT. LOOSE. PREVIOUS SDR, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF OF FLIGHT, CREW REPORTED FLAPS WILL NOT RETRACT. AFTER CONSULTING WITH DISPATCH AND MAINT CREW PERFORMED AND AIR-TURN-BACK. 
- [SDR S2YA05050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA05050), Aug 27, 2005: BLOWER. SMOKE. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. AFTER CONSULTING WITH DISPATCH AND MAINTENANCE, THE CREW PERFORMED AN AIR-TURN-BACK. MAINT
- [SDR S2YA05049](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA05049), Aug 26, 2005: ALTIMETER. INOPERATIVE. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW REPORTED THE FLAPS WILL NOT RETRACT AND THE CAPTAINS ALTIMETER FAILED. MAINTENANCE CLEANED AND ADJUSTED THE LT SPLIT FLAP SWITCH
- [SDR 2005FA0000920](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2005FA0000920), Jun 7, 2005: DRIVE ASSY. SHEARED. RT IB FLAP ACTUATOR WOULD NOT ACTUATE. UPON TEARDOWN INSPECTION DISCOVERED THE 90 DEGREE DRIVE ASSEMBLY, FLAP CABLE CONNECTOR COUPLING HAD SHEARED THE ROLL PIN 
- [SDR S2YA03034](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA03034), Nov 29, 2003: GUIDE. FAILED. FLT 1655 - GRB-CWA - DURING FLIGHT, THE CREW SELECTED 17 DEGREES OF FLAPS BUT TH FLAPS CONTINUED TO 35 DEGREES. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE FLAP SYSTEM WHICH OPER
- [SDR S2YA02029](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA02029), Jul 25, 2002: ODOR. DETECTED. DURING PREFLIGHT, NOTICE OF A STRONG ODOR WITH THE BATTERY SWITCH ON AND USING THE RADIO FOR GROUND COMMUNICATION. MECHANIC THOROUGHLY INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT BU
- [SDR S2YA00008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA00008), Mar 29, 2000: PCU. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT 1073 - GRB-CWA - DURING APPROACH, THE CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN BUT THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND AND THE LANDING GEAR CB POPPED. THE CREW MANUALLY PUMPED THE GEAR 
- [SDR S2YA98001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA98001), Jan 10, 1998: ALTIMETER. MALFUNCTIONED. AT 2,000 FEET, THE CAPTAIN'S ALTIMETER FLAGGED AND THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR FROZE. THE CREW SWITCHED TO ALT STATIC, AND THE AIRSPEED WENT TO NORMAL, ALTIMETER REM
- [SDR S2YA970032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA970032), Oct 6, 1997: TACH GENETATOR. FAILED. FLT 1828 - MKE-CMH - DURING CLIMB-OUT, THE CREW NOTICED THE LEFT PROPELLER GAUGE FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 1400-2000 RPM. NOTIFIED ATC AND DISPATCH RETURNING TO MKE. 
- [SDR S2YA97019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA97019), Apr 15, 1997: GEN CONTROL UNIT. CORRODED. MKE/GRR - FLT 1140 - ON TAKEOFF ROLL, CREW NOTICED THE LT DC GENERATOR FELL OFF-LINE WITH THE LT DC GEN ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATING. THE CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND R
- [SDR S2YA97018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA97018), Apr 7, 1997: DC POWER PANEL. FAILED. MKE/IND - FLT 1198 - ON TAKEOFF ROLL, CREW NOTICED THE LT DC GENERATOR FELL OFF-LINE WITH THE LT DC GEN ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATING. THE CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND R
- [SDR S2YA970001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA970001), Jan 11, 1997: WIRE HARNESS. CHAFED. MKG/MKE - FLT 1042 - FLIGHT CREW SELECTED LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN FOR LANDING, THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE CREW EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR USING EMERGENCY EX
- [SDR S2YA960032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA960032), Nov 14, 1996: ACM DUCT. LOOSE. FLT 1120 - GRB-MKE - AFTER T/O TURNED ON THE RT AND LT BLEED VLVS, THE RT BLEED AIR FAIL ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED AND ALL CABIN HEAT AND PRESSURIZATION CEASED. U
- [SDR 97ZZZX1806](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX1806), Nov 1, 1996: NAV CONTL HEAD. INOPERATIVE. DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, THERE WERE SEVEN CTL-32 NAV CONTROL HEADS, P/N 622-6521-016, THAT WERE REMOVED DUE TO PART OR ALL OF BACKLIGHTING BEING INOPERATIV
- [SDR S2YA960015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA960015), Jul 12, 1996: FUEL TANK. LEAKING. AFTER TAKEOFF, IT WAS NOTICED THAT FLUID (FUEL) WAS LEAKING FROM THE FIRST SEAM AFT OF THE RIGHT WING BOOT OUTBOARD OF NACELLE AND FROM ABOVE THE RIGHT FLAP IN 
- [SDR S2YA950011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/S2YA950011), Jun 1, 1995: HYD FILL LINE. LEAKING. FOUND HYRAULIC HAND PUMP SUCTION LINE CHAFING AGAINST THE LT SIDE OF THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE EXHAUST DUCT AT ZONE 511. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE LINE AND SUBMITTER
- [SDR 95ZZZX2339](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX2339), Apr 20, 1995: TORQUE TUBE. LOOSE RIVETS. DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, LT ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE ASSEMBLY FOUND TO HAVE LOOSE RIVETS. THE PART WAS REPLACED.
- [SDR 95ZZZX2338](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX2338), Mar 29, 1995: DISPLAY UNIT. INOP. THE FLIGHT CREW RETURNED TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE DUE TO RT EFIS INTERMITTENLTY GOES ON AND OFF, LT EHSI WENT BLANK. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED COLLINS N

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA071), Feb 15, 2000: Beech 1900D (N81SK), Escanaba, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the flightcrew to maintain directional control due to unsafe/hazardous conditions on the runway that was not relayed to them. Factors were the uneven snow covered runway and the…

## 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.

- [Accident 20000215041409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000215041409A), Feb 15, 2000: Beech 1900D (N81SK), Escanaba, MI, Substantial damage. (.19) On February 19, 2000, at 1825 eastern standard time, a Beech 1900D, N81SK, operated as skyway airline flight 1353, sustained substantial damage when, on…

## Other aircraft with N81SK

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81SK): Skykits SAVANNAH VGW, S/N 09-06-51-834, built 2009

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