N479AU is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Fokker F.28 MK4000 built in 1985. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 27, 2004 when the aircraft was exported to Ecuador. The last status on file was "valid registration".
Fokker F.28 MK4000 cancelled February 27, 2004
- Serial number
- 11228
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turbojet
- Year built
- 1985
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Ecuador
- Certificate issued
- October 24, 2003
- Last FAA action
- October 24, 2003
- Last owner
- Amtering Air INC (Corporation)
Wilmington, DE - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N479AU
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Fokker F28-4000
THE FATIGUE FRACTURE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPPER TORQUE LINK.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Fokker F-28-4000 · serial 11228
the failure of company maintenance personnel to adequately service (fill) the horizontal stabilizer drive actuator with hydraulic fluid.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site