# N938MA: 1980 Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30, registration cancelled 2020-05-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 29, 2020
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sd3-30) (registry code 8100602)
- Engine: [U/A Canada PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (registry code 61508)
- Serial number: SH3046
- Year built: 1980
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: June 23, 1980
- Certificate issued: February 18, 2009
- Last registry action: November 11, 2016
- Mode S code: AD0475
- Owner when cancelled: [Dodson International Parts Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DODSON%20INTERNATIONAL%20PARTS%20INC)
- Location: [Rantoul, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Rantoul)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 38.5420° N, 95.1245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 66079, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N938MA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=938MA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N938MA-2020-05-29

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30: https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sd3-30.md

## Service difficulty reports (5)

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

- [SDR DAT2005F00004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DAT2005F00004), Apr 27, 2005: ATTACH BOLT. LOOSE. DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE OF COMPLYING WITH AD (PROP TORQUE) ON THE RT PROPELLER IN ACC`S HANGAR, (3) PROP ATTACH BOLTS WERE FOUND LOOSE, BUT NOT BROKEN. AD 
- [SDR 2000ZZZX11](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000ZZZX11), Dec 22, 1999: NLG. MALFUNCTIONED. FLYING INTO WILMINGTON, THE CREW EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. CREW TRIED TO HAVE TOWER VERIFY NOSE GEAR POSITION, BUT UNABLE TO. CREW TRIED NUMER
- [SDR 99ZZZX606](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX606), Mar 13, 1998: TURBINE SECTION. LEAKING. A RECURRENCE OF THE LEAKING OIL ON THE LEFT POWER SECTION, PAGE 84101. THE REPAIR DID NOT HOLD. THE POWER SECTION WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. RUN AND LEAK CHECKED
- [SDR 99ZZZX605](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX605), Mar 11, 1998: FITTING. STRIPPED. WHILE CLIMBING OFF OF CWA, THE CREW NOTICED FLUCTUATION ON THE LEFT OIL PRESSURE. APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS LATER, OIL PRESSURE WAS DROPPING ON THAT SIDE AND TOR
- [SDR 97ZZZX6223](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX6223), Nov 8, 1996: LP BLEED VALVE. WORN. MKE - ON TAKEOFF, COMPRESSOR STALLED ON START AND TAKEOFF POWER. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO BASE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LOW PRESSURE BLEED

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20010710016609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010710016609I), Jul 10, 2001: Stbros SD330 (N938MA), Iron Mountain-K, MI. (-23) On July 10, 2001, at 1330Z, night cargo, flight 1668, a SD3-30, N-938MA, registered to air cargo carriers inc. while descending to Iron Mountain, MI.…
- [Incident 19820322010779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820322010779I), Mar 22, 1982: Stbros SD330 (N938MA), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Tire blew out during aborted takeoff. Tire, pn 146T06G1,had been recapped twice.

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