# N844EX: 1992 Dehavilland DHC-8-106, registration cancelled 2006-11-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 6, 2006
- Exported to: Canada
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Dehavilland DHC-8-106](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-106) (registry code 2809020)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw121) (registry code 52124)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A13NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A13NM), [TCDS E20NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E20NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 339
- Year built: 1992
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: October 27, 2006
- Certificate issued: September 21, 2005
- Last registry action: October 31, 2006
- Mode S code: AB8F2F
- Owner when cancelled: [Bombardier Capital Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOMBARDIER%20CAPITAL%20INC)
- Location: [Colchester, VT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VT/Colchester)
- Owner type: Non-citizen corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 44.5541° N, 73.2255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 05446, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N844EX
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=844EX
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N844EX-2006-11-06

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 Dehavilland DHC-8-106: https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-106.md

## Service difficulty reports (17)

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

- [SDR PCAA0405205](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0405205), May 10, 2004: SMOKE DETECTOR. INOPERATIVE. FLIGHT NR 3937 REPORTED THEIR NR 2 SMOKE DETECTOR AS BEING INOPERATIVE DURING ROUTINE TEST. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED UNIT AND OPERATIONAL TEST SYSTEM, A
- [SDR PCAA0403181](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0403181), Mar 16, 2004: GARLOCK SEAL. MISALIGNED. MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO THE NR 2 OIL PRESSURE FLUXUATING ON DESCENT. NR 2 ENGINE WAS FEATHERED AND CABIN WAS PREPPED FOR EMERGENCY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WIT
- [SDR PCAA0402170](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0402170), Feb 18, 2004: ENGINE. OUT OF RIG. FLIGHT 3915 SYRACUSE REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN POWER LEVERS WERE SELECTED TO DISC. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED SYSTEMS AND RAN AND TAXIED THE AIRCR
- [SDR PCAA0402162](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0402162), Feb 2, 2004: ENGINE. ODOR. FLIGHT 3884, SYRACUSE TO PHILADELPHIA, HAD TO DIVERT TO AVOCA DUE TO ODOR IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED AND REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AIR CY
- [SDR PCAA0310123](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0310123), Oct 12, 2003: SMOKE DETECTOR. FALSE INDICATION. CREW REPORTED THAT THE BAG BAY SMOKE LIGHTS HAD ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. THE CAGE ON
- [SDR PCAA0310120](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0310120), Oct 6, 2003: PIPE. OUT OF POSITION. CREW REPORTED A FIRE INDICATION ON THE NR 1 ENGINE DURING TAXI IN. FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE AREA AND FOUND DRAIN LINES BURNE
- [SDR PCAA0306076](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0306076), Jun 3, 2003: WINDSHIELD. FAILED. FLIGHT 3647 FROM LGA-BTV DESCENDING THROUGH 5000 FT, CREW FIRST SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING . THEN SAW SMOKE COMING FROM WINDSHIELD HEAT TERMINALS. SELECTED HEAT 
- [SDR PCAA0304069](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0304069), Apr 26, 2003: O-RING. LEAKING. RIC-PHL FLIGHT 3792. CREW REPORTED ALL CONTENTS OF NR 1 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WERE LOST. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED AN O-RING ON THE HYDRAULIC SHUT
- [SDR PCAA0304067](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0304067), Apr 15, 2003: ODOR. DETECTED. HPN-FLIGHT 3571, CREW REPORTED AT LOW POWER SETTINGS HAD A STRONG OIL ODOR IN THE BLEEDS. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED BOTH ENGINES, GROUND RAN AIRCRAFT WITH CREW, NO 
- [SDR PCAA0304066](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0304066), Apr 10, 2003: LIGHT. SMOKE. PIT-ERI FLIGHT 3989 CREW REPORTED A SMOKE ODOR IN THE CABIN, SMOKE WAS SEEN AT SEAT 1AC PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT. SMOKE EXTINGUISHED WHEN LIGHTS WERE TURNED OFF. 
- [SDR PCAA0301007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0301007), Jan 4, 2003: HINGE. LACK OF LUBE. LGA-FLIGHT 3873 CREW REPORTED PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. MAINTENANCE LUBRICATED DOOR HINGE. DOOR OPERATED NORMALLY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- [SDR PCAA0212147](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0212147), Dec 11, 2002: WINDSHIELD. CRACKED. LGA- FLIGHT#3877. CREW REPORTED CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED AT THE LOWER LEFT CORNER. MAINTENANCE REPLACED CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEHAVILLAN
- [SDR PCAA0205060](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0205060), May 29, 2002: CONTROL HANDLE. FAULTY. MDT FLIGHT 3741, CREW REPORTED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, GEAR HANDLE ILLUMINATED AND LEFT NOSE AND RIGHT RED LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED GEAR
- [SDR PCAA0205054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0205054), May 4, 2002: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE VISIT 2 RED FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS FOUND INOPERATIVE AT ROW 1. AFTER LIGHTS WERE RELAMPED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO POWER 
- [SDR PCAA0204040](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0204040), Apr 1, 2002: WIRE. CRUSHED. DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE VISIT FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON FLOOR THIRD AND FORTH LIGHTS BACK WERE INOPERATIVE. LAMP ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED DUE TO WIRES BEING 
- [SDR PCAA0108094](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0108094), Aug 23, 2001: BATTERY. POWER LOSS. MDT- DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE VISIT EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY SERIAL NUMBER 37PA FOUND INOPERATIVE. BATTERY REPLACED. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR PCAA0107066](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/PCAA0107066), Jul 4, 2001: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. ROC- FLIGHT 3943 AT 700 FT 8 MINUTES OUT WHILE ON DESCENT TOWARD ROC FROM LGA, SMOKE SMELL IN CABIN AND COCKPIT WHEN NR 1 BLEED SWITCH IS ON. NO VISIBLE SMOKE O

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

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 20031006032189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031006032189I), Oct 6, 2003: Dhav DHC8102 (N844EX), Rochester, NY. (-23) On October 6, 2003 at 10:21 EST a DHC-8-102 operated by allegheny airlines inc, (pcaa), had an "engine fire indication on #1 engine during taxi in.…
- [Incident 20020529018109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020529018109I), May 29, 2002: Dhav DHC8102 (N844EX), Middletown, PA. (-23) On climbout, flight 3741 at Middletown, Pennsylvania, the landing gear indicating system failed. The crew returned to the field with no further incident.…
- [Incident 20010704013559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010704013559I), Jul 4, 2001: Dhav DHC8102 (N844EX), Rochester, NY. (-23) On July 4, 2001, at 1630 EST, a Dehavilland DHC-8-102, s/n 339, N844EX, operated by allegheny airlines inc., experienced smoke in the aircraft cockpit…

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