# N85GL: 1988 Embraer EMB-120RT, registration cancelled 2004-12-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 9, 2004
- Exported to: Australia
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported
- Airframe: [Embraer EMB-120RT](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt) (registry code 3260202)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (registry code 52116)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A31SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A31SO), [TCDS E20NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E20NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 120.085
- Year built: 1988
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: July 10, 1988
- Last registry action: December 6, 2004
- Mode S code: ABA5A0
- Location: [Oklahoma City, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Oklahoma%20City)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85GL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=85GL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85GL-2004-12-09

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 Embraer EMB-120RT: https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt.md

## Service difficulty reports (8)

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

- [SDR GLBA2001145](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GLBA2001145), Jul 5, 2001: CONTROLLER. FAILED. PRESSURIZATION WOULD NOT REACH MAX DIFFERENTIAL. REPLACED ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER AND OUTFLOW VALVE, OPS CHECKED SYSTEM SATISFACTORY.
- [SDR GLBA2001144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GLBA2001144), Jul 4, 2001: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE. INSPECTED FOUND LOOSE CONNECTION ON MANUAL CONTROL. SECURED CONNECTOR, OPS CHECKED SATISFACTORY.
- [SDR GLBA2001138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GLBA2001138), Jun 28, 2001: OUTFLOW VALVE. OBSTRUCTED. CABIN ALTITUDE CLIMBED WHILE AT ALTITUDE (26000) DEPLOYED MASKS. FOUND DEBRIS STUCK IN THE OUTFLOW VALVE. CLEAN VALVE, OPS CHECKED SATISFACTORY.
- [SDR GLBA2001060](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GLBA2001060), Mar 16, 2001: WINDSHIELD. CRACKED. CO-PILOTS WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN FLIGHT. REPLACED WINDSHIELD.
- [SDR GLBA2001023](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GLBA2001023), Feb 3, 2001: PROXIMITY SWITCH. FAILED. ABORTED T/O, FLIGHT IDLE UNLOCK ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED AT POWER-UP. INSPECTED FOUND FAULTY PRX SWITCH. REMOVED AND REPLACED SWITCH, OPS CHECKED SYSTEM GOOD.
- [SDR GLBA9188](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GLBA9188), Dec 26, 2000: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. FLAP FAULT ON T/O ABORTED - CLEANED FLAP ACTUATOR CANNON PLUG RESEATED STALL WARNING COMPUTER. SYSTEM TEST SATISFACTORY, RETURNED TO SERVICE
- [SDR 20000502SH001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20000502SH001), Mar 24, 2000: ENGINE. FAILED. NR 1 ENGINE LOST POWER DURING CLIMB-OUT. SECURED ENGINE AND RETURNED TO STATION. REMOVED RENTAL ENGINE, A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAPPENED WITH THIS E
- [SDR 20000505AP033](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20000505AP033), Mar 17, 2000: SEAL. LEAKING. SMOKE DETECTOR IN CABIN WHEN RUNNING OFF OF APU BLEED INFLIGHT OR ON THE GROUND. REPLACED APU. PROBLEM FOUND TO BE AN INTERNAL SEAL FAILURE. (M)

## 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 20010122005259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010122005259I), Jan 22, 2001: Emb EMB120RT (N85GL), Muskegon, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Employee of another company was towing deicing tower to equipment parking area when it struck the horizontal stabilizer of N-85-GL. The a/c received…

## Other aircraft with N85GL

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85GL): Waco Classic 2T-1A-2, S/N 1223

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