# N98XJ: 1987 Saab-Fairchild 340A, registration cancelled 2008-01-04 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: January 4, 2008 - Exported to: Bahamas - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Saab-Fairchild 340A](https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-fairchild-340a) (registry code 7850100) - Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) - Data sheets: [TCDS A52EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A52EU) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 340A-098 - Year built: 1987 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Airworthiness: Standard, normal - Airworthiness date: September 16, 1987 - Certificate issued: October 9, 1987 - Last registry action: August 16, 2005 - Mode S code: ADAAE1 - Owner when cancelled: [Lambert Leasing Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LAMBERT%20LEASING%20INC) - Location: [Sterling, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Sterling) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 38.9486° N, 77.4728° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 20166, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98XJ - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=98XJ - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98XJ-2008-01-04 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 Saab-Fairchild 340A: https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-fairchild-340a.md ## Service difficulty reports (40) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR MALA040461](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA040461), Jun 9, 2004: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. DURING CAPACITY CHECK IN HOUSE, BATTERY PACK 61-0478-0, S/N /1824 WILL NOT TURN ON LIGHTS. UNIT FAILED CAPACITY CHECK. REPLACED BATTERY ASSY 61-2274-1, BATTERY - [SDR MALA030604](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA030604), Dec 22, 2003: MOUNT. FAILED. AS MAINTENANCE WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL THE ENGINE/PGB ASSEMBLY ON THE LT SIDE OF 098XJ, AFTER INSPECTION THE PGB MOUNTS, NOTICED THE LOWER ONE (-17) HAD FAILED - [SDR MALA030505](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA030505), Nov 24, 2003: WARNING SYSTEM. FALSE INDICATION. AFTER START ON FLIGHT 3093, CREW REPORTED FIRE IN RT ENGINE. CREW TURNED ON THE HIGH PRESSURE BLEED THE ENGINE TEMP WAS 800, HP FELL OFF LINE, AND NG STARTED TO - [SDR MALA030319](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA030319), Jun 21, 2003: ENGINE. MAKING METAL. DURING FLIGHT 3254, LT CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED INFLIGHT. AIR RETURN TO MSP. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LT ENGINE IAW JC 7100-301 PN ON/OFF CT7-5A2 SN/OFF GE-E - [SDR MALA030264](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA030264), May 8, 2003: INDICATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. MAIN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE INDICATED ZERO INFLIGHT. HYD CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON CLIMBOUT. RETRACTING GEAR WAS NORMAL FOLLOWED APPRORIATE QRH LISTS. AIR RETURN - [SDR MALA030263](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA030263), May 7, 2003: WEU. MALFUNCTIONED. RT MLG LIGHT TAKES AN EXTRA MINUTE FOR LIGHT TO COME ON DURING EXTENSION. RT MAIN WHEEL INDICATOR WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE IN TRAN. LIGHT WAS OUT, PUMP NOT RUNNING - [SDR MALA010277](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA010277), Mar 17, 2001: UPLOCK SWITCH. OUT OF ADJ. GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED AFTER SELECTING GEAR UP. AIR RETURN TO DTW. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING OF LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACT - [SDR MALA010276](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA010276), Mar 17, 2001: UPLOCK SWITCH. DIRTY. GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT REMAINS ON DURING GEAR RETRACTION, RAN QRH, PROBLEM CONTINUED. AIR RETURN TO DTW. MAINTENANCE CLEANED UPLOCK SWITCHES AND PERFORMED SEVERAL - [SDR MALA010270](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA010270), Mar 14, 2001: THERMISTER. FAILED. DURING DESCENT ON FLIGHT 3356 AFTER PLACING RT ENGINE ANTI-ICE SWITCH ON RT INTAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RECYCLED AS PER ORH AND LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. RT INTAKE - [SDR MALA010266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA010266), Mar 12, 2001: TURNBUCKLE. BROKEN. FLIGHT 2742 DURING APPROACH TO CRW NO RUDDER AUTHORITY ON FO SIDE. UPON LANDING NO RUDDER AUTHORITY ON CAPT. SIDE. (NO TENSION IN FOOT PEDALS). CREW HEARD A SMA - [SDR MALA010264](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA010264), Mar 9, 2001: CONTROLLER. DEFECTIVE. ON CLIMBOUT OF FLIGHT 3387 FROM DTW, THE LEFT SIDE HEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW PERFORMED THE ORH AND LIGHT REMAINED ON. AIR RETURN TO DTW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED - [SDR MALA000770](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA000770), Dec 26, 2000: SEAL. SEPARATED. CLIMBING THROUGH 15,500 WITH A CABIN ALT OF AT 1000 AND 5.5 PSI, A SQUEAL DEVELOPED IN THE FRONT LT SIDE WINDOW. DESCENDING REDUCED CABIN PRESSURE, SQUEAL WENT - [SDR MALA000372](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA000372), Jun 20, 2000: SHAFT. FAILED. LOWER RUDDER SHAFT HAD SEVERAL SPOTS OF HEAVY CORROSION. THE DEEPEST SPOT IS .041 INCHES, THE MOST SHALLOW SPOT IS ..014 INCHES, MAINTENANCE REPLACED SHAFT FOR - [SDR MALA000336](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA000336), May 17, 2000: CONTROL VALVE. FAILED. WHEN LANDING GEAR HANDLE BROUGHT DOWN, PUMP RAN CONTINIOUSLY, MAIN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE REMAINED AT 2800 PSI. NEVER LOWERED INTRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ON, DOWNLOCK - [SDR MALA000257](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA000257), Apr 11, 2000: BLADE. CRACKED. AFTER REMOVAL OF PROP DUE TO GREASE LEAK WHILE INSPECTING MX FOUND 1 INCH BLADE ON LEFT PROP TO BE CRACKED .75 INCH AROUND THE BLADE ROOT OUTER SLEEVE. BLADE WI - [SDR MALA000181](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA000181), Mar 15, 2000: SMOKE DETECTOR. MALFUNCTIONED. AVIONIC SMOKE INDICATION DURING FLIGHT HALFWAY BETWEEN RFD & DBQ. ORH COMPLETED, DECLARED AN EMERENCY AND LANDED RFD. DBQ FOGGED IN, WARNING INDICATION PERSISTE - [SDR MALA000171](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA000171), Mar 6, 2000: ACTUATOR. FAILED. NOSE LANDING GEAR LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. RAN QRH AND DID EMERGENCY LANDING. MX REMOVED AND REPLACE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK ACTUATOR, MLG SEPARATION BOLTS, LAND - [SDR MALA000170](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA000170), Mar 5, 2000: DOWNLOCK CAM. CONTAMINATED. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN WHEN INITALLY SELECTED. PER QRH CHECKED AND RESET F-7CB. NOSE GEAR LOCKED DOWN, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. MX INSPECTED, FOUND DEBRIS - [SDR MALA976480](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976480), May 20, 1999: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. DURING TAKEOFF, LEFT TORQUE INDICATOR WAS ERRATIC, APPROX 60 TO 110 PERCENT. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS NORMAL. ACTUAL POWER APPEARED NORMAL, NO SURGING. AIRC - [SDR MALA976399](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976399), Mar 20, 1999: AHRS. INOP. NR 1 ADI WENT BLANK ON CLIMBOUT, THE HORIZON TILTED OVER X-SIDE DATA CORRECTED IT. NR 1 ADI WAS THE LAST TO INITIALIZE. RETURNED TO MSP. MAINTENANCE REPLACED NR - [SDR MALA976384](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976384), Mar 9, 1999: STARTER GEN. FAILED. AFTER DEPARTURE THE LEFT GEN OVERTEMP CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON. AMPERAGE LOAD WAS OBSERVED TO BE NORMAL, ABOUT 100 AMPS BEFORE SHUTTING OFF. RETURNED TO MSP. MAINT - [SDR MALA976297](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976297), Jan 11, 1999: CONTROL LATCH. MALFUNCTIONED. TAKING OFF FROM GFK, THE GEAR HANDLE DID NOT COME OUT OF DOWN/LOCK POSITION. AS PER QRH, PRESSED DOWN LOCK RELEASE TO RETRACT GEAR. AIRCRAFT LANDING IN MSP WITH - [SDR MALA976224](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976224), Nov 5, 1998: BULB. FAILED. DURING INSPECTION, OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT 9A INOP. MAINTENANCE RELAMPED, OPS CHECK GOOD. - [SDR MALA976144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976144), Jun 16, 1998: LIGHT. SHORTED. ON TAKEOFF ROLL, CARGO SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ABORTED TAKEOFF. MAINTENANCE REPLACED AFT CARGO LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND SMOKE DETECTOR (P/N 72-111211-00), OPS CHECK - [SDR MALA976148](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976148), Jun 5, 1998: AHRS. MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CAPTAIN RECEIVED A YELLOW HEADING FLAG ON EFIS TUBE AND THEY WHERE SPLIT ABOUT 15 DEGREES. AIRCRAFT RETURN TO DTW. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND - [SDR MALA976088](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976088), Apr 5, 1998: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. DURING HEAVY CHECK, CENTER SEAT TRACK BETWEEN STA 297-378 CORRODED BEYOND LIMITS. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED DAMAGED SEAT TRACK BETWEE STA 297-378 IAW SAA - [SDR MALA976042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA976042), Mar 9, 1998: SWITCH. LACK OF LUBE. AFTER DEPARTURE, MAIN CABIN DOOR HANDLE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH DOORS LIGHT. PERFORMED QRH, MADE A VISUAL CHECK OF DOOR INDEXES, TOP INDEX WAS ALIGNED, BOT - [SDR MALA975981](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975981), Feb 12, 1998: SOLENOID. LACK OF LUBE. AFTER TAKEOFF, FLIGHT IDLE STOP OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MSP. MAINTENANCE COMPLETED OPS CHECK OF FLIGHT IDLE STOP SOLENOID, LUBRICATED SOLEN - [SDR MALA975956](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975956), Feb 6, 1998: STARTER GEN. FAILED. RIGHT GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT, AFTER RESETTING, FAILED AGAIN. AFTER 10 MINUTES THE RIGHT GENERATOR OVER TEMP CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO - [SDR MALA975955](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975955), Feb 6, 1998: GCU. FAILED. RIGHT GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT, AFTER RESETTING, IT FAILED AGAIN. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DTW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RIGHT DC GCU, ALL CHECKS GOOD. - [SDR MALA975933](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975933), Jan 31, 1998: BULB. FAILED. DURING INSPECTION, PASSENGER DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP. MAINTENANCE RELAMPED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT, OPS CHECK GOOD. - [SDR MALA975908](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975908), Jan 20, 1998: SHUTOFF VALVE. FAILED. DURING CLIMB-OUT, THE LT AIR VALVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DTW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT BLEED AIR SHUTOFF VALVE. ALL CHECKS GOOD. - [SDR MALA975710](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975710), Oct 16, 1997: SWIVEL. BROKEN. FLT 3022 - AFTER TAKEOFF, HYDRAULIC FAILURE ON GEAR RETRACTION. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ATW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RIGHT GEAR HYDRAULIC LINE SWIVEL. ALL CHECKS GOOD - [SDR MALA975588](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975588), Aug 9, 1997: BULB. FAILED. DURING INSPECTION, SEAT 2A EMERGENCY LIGHT FOUND INOPERABLE. MAINTENANCE RELAMPED. OPS CHECK GOOD. (X) - [SDR MALA975487](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975487), Jun 29, 1997: BULB. FAILED. DURING INSPECTION, SEAT 2A EMERGENCY LIGHT FOUND INOPERABLE. MAINTENANCE RELAMPED. OPS CHECKS GOOD. (X) - [SDR MALA975405](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975405), May 12, 1997: AXLE. FAILED. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LEFT OUTBOARD MAIN TIRE FELL OFF. AIRCRFT LANDED WITH NO INCIDENTS IN DTW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED INBOARD AND OUTBOARD BRAKES AND WHEELS, AXLE - [SDR MALA975295](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975295), Jan 21, 1997: WOW HARNESS. FAILED. FLT 3344 - IN FLIGHT, GEAR DOWN LOCK RELEASE WAS USED IN ORDER TO GET THE GEAR UP. MOMENTS LATER CWP ILLUMINATED THE CONFIGURATION, ICE PROTECTION, OAT AND ANTI - [SDR MALA975294](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA975294), Jan 21, 1997: STRUT. REQ'D SERVICE. FLT 3005 - AFTER TAKEOFF, GEAR SELECTED UP AND CREW REPORTED CONFIGURATION LIGHT, ICE PROTECTION LIGHT AND OAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE ICE PROTECTION PANEL. AI - [SDR MALA965150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA965150), Sep 24, 1996: SEAL. FAILED. FLT 2907 - AFTER DEPARTURE FROM DTW, THE LEFT OIL PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATED IN THE YELLOW ARC. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DTW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT STARTE - [SDR MALA965077](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MALA965077), Jul 20, 1996: SMOKE DETECTOR. DEFECTIVE. DTW - FLT 3029 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM DTW, THE LAVATORY SMOKE INDICATOR IN THE COCKPIT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY, THEN CAME ON STEADILY. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ## 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 19970513015849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970513015849I), May 13, 1997: Saab SF340A (N98XJ), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. Narrative: investigation revealed that the #2 main wheel outbd bearing had failed. The wheel is being evaluated to determine the cause of the failure. The… --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.