N852MA

CESSNA 208B · 2013 · Fixed-wing single-engine · 1 engine · 12 seats · Valid Registration

Registered owner: BANK OF UTAH TRUSTEE, UT (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
SOUTHERN AIRWAYS EXPRESS, LLC (141A)Certificate holderMatched by certificate designator
MESABA AVIATION INCOperatoron 1997-01-22Operator named in NTSB report

Accident & incident history

Incident · 1997-01-22 Operator named in NTSB report
de Havilland DHC-8-102 No injuries Part 121MESABA AVIATION INC

Operated by MESABA AVIATION (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case CHI97IA075

Maintenance disclosures

Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.

21 reports on file, 1995-01-24 – 2026-07-30.

WARNING INDICATION · 2026-07-30 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2822

Part: WARNING MESSAGE — ILLUMINATED (FUEL SYS)

DEPARTED ON FLIGHT 864 FROM HONOLULU TO MOLOKAI, SHORTLY AFTER ROTATION ON DEPARTURE, FUEL BOOST ON CAS MESSAGE BEGAN INTERMITTENTLY FLASHING ON PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY (PFD). FUEL FLOW INDICATION ON MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY(MFD) APPEARED NORMAL, BUT CAS MESSAGE CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. IN RESPONSE, THE FUEL BOOST PUMP TURNED ON AND IGNITION TURNED ON. CONTINUED TO CLIMB AS USUAL WITH NORMAL FUEL FLOW INDICATIONS. RETURNED THE BOOST PUMP TO NORM & TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. IMMEDIATELY AFTER, CAS MESSAGE PERSISTED & BEGAN APPEARING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN INITIALLY OBSERVED. CONTACTED ATC, REQUESTED VECTORS BACK TO HONOLULU, & RETURNED FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. AFTER CLEARING THE RUNWAY, SHUT OFF THE BOOST PUMP, & A FUEL PRESSURE LOW CAS MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY APPEARED ON THE PFD.

Source: SDR 141A2026073000001
WARNING INDICATION · 2026-03-26 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2430

Part: GENERATOR — FAULTED

DURING CLIMB OUT OF HNL, GEN AMPS AND STBY POWER ON ANNUNCIATORS BOTH ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. GEN AND ALTERNATOR AMPS BOTH FLUCTUATED BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 0-15 AMPS. WE REQUESTED TO RETURN TO HNL AND MADE A RECAUTIONARY LANDING. WHEN ASKED BY ATC IF WE REQUIRED ANY ASSISTANCE, I DECLINED. DESPITE MY RESPONSE, THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR US AND ROLLED FIRETRUCKS AS A PRECAUTION. WE LANDED HNL AND TAXIED BACK TO PARKING WITHOUT INCIDENT. PA WAS MADE TO PAX BOTH IN FLIGHT AND ON GROUND AFTER LANDING. NO PAX COMMENTS RECEIVED.

Source: SDR 141A2026032600001
OTHER · 2026-01-20 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2300

Part: COMMS UNIT — FAULTED

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT COMMUNICATION MALFUNCTION. THE AIRCRAFT’S COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BECAME STUCK IN THE TRANSMITTING (TX) POSITION, PREVENTING THE CREW FROM RECEIVING ANY TRANSMISSIONS AND EFFECTIVELY BLOCKING THE ACTIVE FREQUENCY. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS ATTEMPTED BY SWITCHING BETWEEN COM1 AND COM2; HOWEVER, THE ISSUE PERSISTED. AS A RESULT, THE CREW ELECTED TO SQUAWK 7600 TO NOTIFY ATC OF A LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS. INTERMITTENTLY, THE CREW WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE (RX) TRANSMISSIONS FROM ATC AND RECEIVED FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS IN THE EVENT COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST AGAIN. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AND LANDED SAFELY IN HONOLULU.

Source: SDR 141A202601200001
Earlier reports · 1995–2022 · 18 reports

2022

SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS · 2022-05-20 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2100

Part: HOSE — BLOWN (ZONE 100) · airframe 14,664 hrs · 30,455 cycles

PILOT REPORTS SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR HOSE BLOWN AND WIRING CONNECTION SHORTED/MELTED

Source: SDR 2022F00235

2015

FLUID LOSS; PARTIAL RPM/PWR LOSS · 2015-12-08 Unresolved
ATA 7324

Part: FLOW DIVIDER — LEAKING (ENGINE) · airframe 3,716 hrs · 7,273 cycles

DEPARTING ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN, ACFT HAD PARTIAL POWER LOSS AT AROUND 3000’ ON 120 HEADING. THE ACFT RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING & INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS, A FUEL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AT THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER & A FUEL TRANSFER TUBE AROUND THE 5 & 6 O'CLOCK POSITIONS WHERE THE FUEL NOZZLES GO INTO THE GAS GEN CASE.

Source: SDR MK9A20151208001

1997

NO TEST · 1997-10-09 Unresolved
ATA 3350

Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)

FLIGHT 3183 - DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION IN DTW, THE CREW NOTED THAT THE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS CAME ON MOMENTARILY AND THEN EXTINGUISHED UPON TESTING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED ALL BATTERY PACKS. ALL CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY. (M)

Source: SDR MALA975685
NO TEST · 1997-08-21 Unresolved
ATA 3350

Part: LAMP — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)

DURING INSPECTION, ONE FLOOR TRACK BULB FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE RELAMPED. ALL CHECKS GOOD. (X)

Source: SDR MALA975608
NO TEST · 1997-07-03 Unresolved
ATA 3350

Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)

DURING C-CHECK, FOUND ON FLOOR TRACK LIGHTING, 3RD LIGHT INOP. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)

Source: SDR MALA975498
NO TEST · 1997-06-23 Unresolved
ATA 3350

Part: LENS — CRACKED (CABIN)

DURING C-CHECK, THE AFT FLOOR TRACK EMERGENCY LIGHT LENS WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN. A NEW LENS IS TO BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF THE C-CHECK. (M)

Source: SDR MALA975478
OTHER · 1997-05-20 Unresolved
ATA 3350

Part: LENS — BROKEN (CABIN)

DURING INSPECTION, ONE EMERGENCY LIGHT LENS WAS FOUND BROKEN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LENS. ALL CHECKS GOOD. (X)

Source: SDR MALA975420
FLT CONT AFFECTED · 1997-01-22 Unresolved
ATA 2761

Part: ACTUATOR — FAILED (LT SPOILER)

FLT 3417 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ROLL TO THE LEFT. CREW COMPLIED WITH QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK PROCEDURES. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CRW. ON POST FLIGHT CHECK, CREW VISUALLY CONFIRMED SPOILER DEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED ROLL SPOILER ACTUATOR ON LEFT SIDE. ALL CHECKS GOOD. (M)

Source: SDR MALA975297

1996

FALSE WARNING · 1996-12-28 Unresolved
ATA 7540

Part: CAUTION LIGHT — ILLUMINATED (NR 2 BLEED AIR)

FLT 3223 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM LNK, THE NR 2 BLEED AIR HOT CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LNK. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. (M)

Source: SDR MALA965266
OTHER · 1996-12-22 Unresolved
ATA 7200

Part: ENGINE — SURGE (NR 1)

FLT 3250 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM GFK, THE NR 1 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A POWER SURGE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GFK. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY THROUGH DIAGNOSTIC AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS. AS PART OF THE INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE CLEANED TWO CANNON PLUGS INCLUDED IN THE WIRING HARNESS. (M)

Source: SDR MALA965256
NO TEST · 1996-09-13 Unresolved
ATA 3350

Part: LIGHTS — FAILED (CABIN)

FLT 3059 - DURING THE PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION IN DTW, THE FORWARD MOST CLUSTER OF FLOOR TRACK LIGHTS WERE FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BATTERY POWER SUPPLY. ALL CHECKS SATISFACORY. (X)

Source: SDR MALA965134
SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS · 1996-04-24 Unresolved
ATA 3340

Part: CIRCUIT BREAKER — FAILED (COCKPIT)

FLIGHT 3115 - ON APPROACH TO MSP, THE CREW NOTED AN ODOR IN THE COCKPIT, AND THE CAPTAINS LOWER RIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS HOT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT APPROACH LIGHT JUMPER WIRE (FROM THE BUS BAR TO THE CIRCUIT BREAKER), AND CIRCUIT BREAKER. ALL CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY. (M)

Source: SDR MALA964974
SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS · 1996-04-23 Unresolved
ATA 3260

Part: PSEU — FAILED (COCKPIT)

FLT 3319 - ON APPROACH TO BMI, THE CREW NOTED AN ELECTRICAL SMELLING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE PSEU. ALL CHECKS SATISFACTORY. (M)

Source: SDR MALA964973

1995

NO TEST · 1995-12-16 Unresolved
ATA 3350

Part: LIGHTS — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)

DURING A MAINTENANCE WALKAROUND INSPECTION IN DTW, A MECHANIC NOTED THE FIRST TWO FLOOR TRACK EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND CONNECTOR 3352-J3 TO BE LOOSE AND SECURED IT. ALL SYSTEMS OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (M)

Source: SDR MALA954761
NO TEST · 1995-12-03 Unresolved
ATA 3397

Part: WIRE — BROKEN (CABIN)

DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION IN DTW, THE CREW NOTED THE FIRST TWO LIGHTS IN THE FLOOR TRACK ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING SYSTEM WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPAIRED A BROKEN WIRE BETWEEN THE POWER SUPPLY AND CONNECTOR. ALL SYSTEMS OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (M)

Source: SDR MALA954782
NO TEST · 1995-10-16 Unresolved
ATA 3350

Part: LIGHT — MALFUNCTIONED (CABIN SEAT 1C)

FLT NR 3017 - DURING THE POST FLIGHT IN DTW, THE CREW NOTED THAT THE RED FLOOR LIGHT AT SEAT 1C WAS INOP. UPON MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, THE LIGHT WAS FOUND TO OPERATE AS REQUIRED. SYSTEM OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (M)

Source: SDR MALA954665
NO TEST · 1995-08-02 Unresolved
ATA 3350

Part: EEL LAMP — FAILED (COCKPIT)

DTW - DURING PRE-FLIGHT, CREW NOTED THE COCKPIT OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH A SERVICEABLE ONE. ALL SYSTEMS OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (X)

Source: SDR MALA954570
ELECT. POWER LOSS-50 PC · 1995-01-24 Unresolved
ATA 2420

Part: GEN CONTL UNIT — FAILED (LT)

DTW - FLT 3029 - ON CLIMBOUT, THE NR 1 GENERATOR FELL OFF LINE. THE CREW PERFORMED QUICK REFERENCE PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO DTW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LT AC GCU. SYSTEM OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (W)

Source: SDR MALA954512