# N852MA: Dehavilland DHC-8-102, registration cancelled 1997-12-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 3, 1997
- Exported to: Canada
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Dehavilland DHC-8-102](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-102) (registry code 2809003)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A13NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A13NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 349
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: January 21, 1993
- Last registry action: January 17, 1996
- Mode S code: ABAFDA
- Owner when cancelled: [Rainier Aircraft Leasing Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RAINIER%20AIRCRAFT%20LEASING%20INC)
- Location: [Seattle, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Seattle)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 47.6306° N, 122.3456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 98109, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N852MA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=852MA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N852MA-1997-12-03

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-8-102: https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-102.md

## Service difficulty reports (16)

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

- [SDR MALA975685](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975685), Oct 9, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FLIGHT 3183 - DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION IN DTW, THE CREW NOTED THAT THE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS CAME ON MOMENTARILY AND THEN EXTINGUISHED UPON TESTING. 
- [SDR MALA975608](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975608), Aug 21, 1997: LAMP. INOPERATIVE. DURING INSPECTION, ONE FLOOR TRACK BULB FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE RELAMPED. ALL CHECKS GOOD. (X)
- [SDR MALA975498](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975498), Jul 3, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DURING C-CHECK, FOUND ON FLOOR TRACK LIGHTING, 3RD LIGHT INOP. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
- [SDR MALA975478](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975478), Jun 23, 1997: LENS. CRACKED. DURING C-CHECK, THE AFT FLOOR TRACK EMERGENCY LIGHT LENS WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN. A NEW LENS IS TO BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF THE C-CHECK. (M)
- [SDR MALA975420](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975420), May 20, 1997: LENS. BROKEN. DURING INSPECTION, ONE EMERGENCY LIGHT LENS WAS FOUND BROKEN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LENS. ALL CHECKS GOOD. (X)
- [SDR MALA975297](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975297), Jan 22, 1997: ACTUATOR. FAILED. FLT 3417 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ROLL TO THE LEFT. CREW COMPLIED WITH QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK PROCEDURES. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CRW. ON POST 
- [SDR MALA965266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA965266), Dec 28, 1996: CAUTION LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. FLT 3223 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM LNK, THE NR 2 BLEED AIR HOT CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LNK. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCRE
- [SDR MALA965256](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA965256), Dec 22, 1996: ENGINE. SURGE. FLT 3250 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM GFK, THE NR 1 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A POWER SURGE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GFK. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY T
- [SDR MALA965134](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA965134), Sep 13, 1996: LIGHTS. FAILED. FLT 3059 - DURING THE PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION IN DTW, THE FORWARD MOST CLUSTER OF FLOOR TRACK LIGHTS WERE FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BATTERY POWER SU
- [SDR MALA964974](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA964974), Apr 24, 1996: CIRCUIT BREAKER. FAILED. FLIGHT 3115 - ON APPROACH TO MSP, THE CREW NOTED AN ODOR IN THE COCKPIT, AND THE CAPTAINS LOWER RIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS HOT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT APP
- [SDR MALA964973](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA964973), Apr 23, 1996: PSEU. FAILED. FLT 3319 - ON APPROACH TO BMI, THE CREW NOTED AN ELECTRICAL SMELLING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE PSEU. ALL CHECKS SATISFACTORY. (M)
- [SDR MALA954761](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA954761), Dec 16, 1995: LIGHTS. INOPERATIVE. DURING A MAINTENANCE WALKAROUND INSPECTION IN DTW, A MECHANIC NOTED THE FIRST TWO FLOOR TRACK EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND CON
- [SDR MALA954782](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA954782), Dec 3, 1995: WIRE. BROKEN. DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION IN DTW, THE CREW NOTED THE FIRST TWO LIGHTS IN THE FLOOR TRACK ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING SYSTEM WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL R
- [SDR MALA954665](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA954665), Oct 16, 1995: LIGHT. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT NR 3017 - DURING THE POST FLIGHT IN DTW, THE CREW NOTED THAT THE RED FLOOR LIGHT AT SEAT 1C WAS INOP. UPON MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, THE LIGHT WAS FOUND TO OP
- [SDR MALA954570](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA954570), Aug 2, 1995: EEL LAMP. FAILED. DTW - DURING PRE-FLIGHT, CREW NOTED THE COCKPIT OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH A SERVICEABLE O
- [SDR MALA954512](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA954512), Jan 24, 1995: GEN CONTL UNIT. FAILED. DTW - FLT 3029 - ON CLIMBOUT, THE NR 1 GENERATOR FELL OFF LINE. THE CREW PERFORMED QUICK REFERENCE PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO DTW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LT A

## 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 CHI97IA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97IA075), Jan 22, 1997: de Havilland DHC-8-102 (N852MA), Charleston, WV, incident, no damage. Probable cause: a fractured fusion weld in the piston of the roll spoiler servoactuator, which allowed the plug at the base of the piston to separate and jam the piston. A factor relating to the incident was: 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.

- [Incident 19961228043909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961228043909I), Dec 28, 1996: Dhav DHC8102 (N852MA), Lincoln, NE. Narrative: N852MA, a Dehavilland DHC-8, operating as northwest airlink flight 3223, departed Lincoln, NE enroute minneapolis, MN on 12/28/96. During climbout,…

## Other aircraft with N852MA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N852MA): Cessna 208B, S/N 208B5081, built 2013

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