N1881Q1979 Dassault FALCON 20
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Feb 5, 2022.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched6 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Last registered owner
- Taughannock Aviation Corporation
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Ithaca, NY
- Certificate issued
- Nov 20, 1992
- Canceled
- Feb 5, 2022
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Jan 8, 1998
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Dassault
- Model
- FALCON 20
- Year
- 1979
- Serial number
- 414
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 10
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A160EE
Engine
- Make and model
- Alliedsign Tfe 731-2b
- Type
- Turbo-fan
- Power
- 3,500 lb thrust
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1992 – 2022Taughannock Aviation CorporationIthaca, NY
- 1973Ishmael Metal Decorators INCBrookville, OH · different airframe: 1972 Cessna 177rg S/N 177-Rg-0281
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (6)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Fire protection · fire warning · false activationSep 23, 2009
ACFT DEPARED, AT ABOUT 1300L FOR A 5 MINUTE REPO FLT (NO PAX), WITH APU RUNNING, SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OFF AT 3000', FIRE WARNING SOUNDED, APU FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, & APU AUTOMATICALLY SHUTDOWN. WARNING LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH & FOLLOWING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, CREW FIRED APU FIRE BOTTLE. FIRE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fire protection · fire warning · false activationMay 7, 2009
AFTER TAKEOFF, AT ABOUT 7000 MSL THE ACFT EXPERIENCED AN "APU FIRE INDICATION". CREW FOLLOWED THEIR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECK LIST AND DISCHARGED THE APU FIRE BOTTLE. THE SOLE INDICATION WAS THE LIGHT. THE CREW HAD NO ASSOCIATED SCENTS OR FUME AND NO OTHER SYS SHOWED SIGNS OF BEING AFFECTED. THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Electrical power · shaft · failedMar 15, 2002
STARTER GENERATOR SPLINE SHAFT INSTALLED IN STARTER GENERATOR SHEARED AT THE BASE OF THE INTERNAL SPLINE AFTER ABOUT 25 START CYCLES. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE HOLE, WHICH IS DRILLED AND TAPE TO ACCEPT THE RETAINING SCREW IS BEING DRILLED TO DEEP AND IS THE CAUSE OF THE SHAFT FAILURES.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Airborne auxiliary power · shaft · brokenMar 15, 2002
GENERAL ELECTRIC STARTER GENERATOR (PN 2CM308C3) WAS INSTALLED ON OUR APU ON 10/30/01 WITH A NEW SPLINE SHAFT SHEARED AT THE BASE OF THE INTERNAL SPLINE AFTER ABOUT 50 START CYCLES. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE HOLE, WHICH IS DRILLED AND TAPED TO ACCEPT THE RETAINING SCREW IS BEING DRILLED TO DEEP…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Airborne auxiliary power · shaft · brokenMar 15, 2002
STARTER GENERATOR SPLINE SHAFT (PN 36B50419G1) INSTALLED IN STARTER GENERATOR (PN 2CM308C3) SHEARED AT THE BASE OF THE INTERNAL SPLINE AFTER ABOUT 30 START CYCLES. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE HOLE, WHICH IS DRILLED AND TAPED TO ACCEPT THE RETAINING SCREW IS BEING DRILLED TO DEEP AND IS THE CAUSE OF…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine oil · indicator · reads lowAug 1, 1999
GAUGE INSTALLED. ENGINE GROUND RUN AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. ON NEXT FLIGHT, CREW NOTICED TEMPERATURE WAS READING LOW. REPLACED GAUGE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026