N106GA
Registered owner: TACTICAL SAFETY TRAINING LLC, GA (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
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.
3 reports on file, 2006-02-08 – 2008-06-01.
Part: CYLINDER — DAMAGED (NR 4)
ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND PILOT NOTICED OIL LEAKING ON COWLING. ENGINE WAS SECURED AND A UNEVENTFUL LANDING MADE. MAINT FOUND CYL NR 4 HAVING BROKEN STUDS AND CYLINDER STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM ENGINE. ALSO FOUND ROCKER BOX COVER SCREWS LOOSE/MISSING. ENGINE REMOVED FOR REPAIR. (K)
Part: CONNECTING ROD — UNKNOWN (LT ENGINE)
50 MILES OUT OF HOME BASE, PILOT HEARD A (POP) CAME FROM LEFT ENGINE, THEN NOTICED OIL PRESSURE START THE FALL. FEATHERED PROP AND SECURED ENGINE. MADE A UNEVENTFUL LANDING. INSP FOUND NR 4 CYLINDER ON L/E DDEPARTED FROM ENGINE AND NR 4 ROD BROKEN. SUSPECT EITHER ROD BOLTS FAILED OR IMPROPERLY TORQUED, OR CYLINDER IMPROPERLY TORQUED. ENGINE COMPLETE LOSS. (K)
Part: ENGINE — UNKNOWN (RT WING)
RT ENGINE WAS STARTED AND PILOT NOTICED LOW OIL PRESSURE. INSTALLED ANOTHER GAUGE IN LINE TO VERIFY PROBLEM RAN ENGINE, OIL PRESSURE CERTIFIED LOW. CHANGED OIL AND INSPECTED FILTER. FOUND NO OBVIOUS PROBLEMS, STARTED ENGINE, HAD NO OIL PRESSURE, PULLED RELIEF VALVE. DETERMINED THAT SOMETHING INSIDE THE ENGINE WAS COMING APART. REMOVED ENGINE TO SEND BACK TO ENGINE OVERHAULER. (K)