N972AA1989 Short Bros SD3-60
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched4 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Afab Capital LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Oak Creek, WI
- Certificate issued
- Dec 7, 2020
- Expires
- Dec 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- May 13, 2004
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
- Short Bros
- Model
- SD3-60
- Year
- 1989
- Serial number
- SH 3754
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 39
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- AD8B14
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W Pt6a Ser
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 750 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2020 – nowAfab Capital LLCOak Creek, WI · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 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.
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Service Difficulty Reports (4)
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.
- Engine · gas generator · low torqueMar 8, 2021
DURING CLIMB CHECKS FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED THE RIGHT PROPELLER RPM DROPPED TO THE 800 RANGE. THE MOVED THE ENGINE CONTROL LEVERS FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS ON THE AFFECTED ENGINE AND OBSERVED NO CHANGE IN THE RPM. AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE TORQUE DECREASED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND COMPLETED MEMORY…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · wire · unsecureJun 9, 2014
DURING APPROACH, CREW LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND ONLY THE LT MAIN GEAR SHOWED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. ABORTED THE LANDING. TOWER REPORTED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. RAN APPROPIATE CHECK LIST AND DETERMINED THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT ISSUE.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · bulb · burned outDec 19, 2011
AS FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED PRE-LANDING CHECKS, NOTICED THE NLG DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CAPTAIN INFORMED THE ATC, FOLLOWED THE LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION CHECKLIST AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED DEFECTIVE BULB AND GROUND FUNCTIONING THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. OPS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Landing gear · downlock switch · out of adjustMar 8, 2009
WHILE ON SHORT FINAL TO LAND AT AEX THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED WHEN THE FLAP LEVER WAS MOVED FROM 15 TO 30 DEGREES. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE GREEN, BUT I ELECTED TO GO AROUND TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. THE GEAR WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE GO-AROUND. WHEN THE GEAR WAS…
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 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026