N106QS
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.
14 reports on file, 1995-05-22 – 2012-03-18.
Part: BRAKE SYS — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG) · airframe 3,483 hrs · 3,232 cycles
PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT SET FROM LT SIDE. BRAKE WILL SET FROM THE RT. SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND RELEASE AND RESET PARKING BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES OPERATED NORMAL IAW MM 32-400.
Part: FUEL CONTROL — FLAMED OUT (LT ENGINE) · airframe 3,468 hrs · 3,217 cycles
LEFT ENGINE FLAME OUT OR HUNG START, DURING EFC TEST. BOTH ENGINES STARTED NORMALLY ON GPU POWER. BOTH ENGINES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY OUT OF THE RAMP AREA. REPLACED THE LT ENGINE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL CONTROL IAW MM 73-20-00. LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Earlier reports · 1995–2010 · 12 reports
2010
Part: MECHANISM — STIFF (THRUST REVERSER) · airframe 2,730 hrs · 2,551 cycles
INVESTIGATED REPORTED RT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER NOT FULLY DEPLOYING AFTER LANDING. FOUND REVERSER ASSY. STICKING AND UNABLE TO UNLOCK INBD ACTUATOR. UNLOCKED ACTUATOR AFTER ISOLATING AND ACTUATING WITH HAND PUMP. FOUND REVERSER ASSY. UPPER AND LOWER DOOR ACTUATING MECHANISMS VERY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LUBRICATED THE DOOR ACTUATING MECHANISMS GUIDE RODS AS REQUIRED IAW THE MM 12-20-00 AND 78-30-00 UNTIL FREE MOVEMENT OBTAINED. REASSEMBLED THRUST REVERSER, FOUND TO FUNCTION NORMALLY THROUGH REPEATED CYCLES. TRANSIENT ACFT, MX HISTORY UNKNOWN. IAW MM 12-20-00, THE GUIDE RODS SHOULD BE LUBRICATED EVERY "A" INSP (200 HRS).
2008
Part: WARNING LIGHT — ILLUMINATED · airframe 2,386 hrs · 2,201 cycles
HORIZ STAB FAIL ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON.
Part: CIRCUIT BREAKER — TRIPPED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 2,386 hrs · 2,201 cycles
IN FLIGHT DURING ICING CONDITIONS, H STAB FAIL ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON. CHECKED BOTH AMMETERS AND VERIFIED H STAB WAS FAILED. INSPECTED THE STAB HEAT SYS AND FOUND "H STAB CONTROL" BREAKER OUT. RESET BREAKER AND PERFORMED A GOOD OPS CHECK IAW MM 30-12-00 AND ALLOW HEAT TO CYCLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WITH NO FAILURE.
Part: WIRE — BROKEN (STAB FAIL IND) · airframe 2,059 hrs · 1,878 cycles
(H) STAB FAIL) LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. INSPECTED AND FOUND BROKEN WIRE AT P540 CONNECTOR PLUG. REPAIRED WIRE IAW MM 20-20-04. PERFORMED PITOT TEST, SYSTEM PASSED. PERFORMED GROUND CHECK, OPS CHECK GOOD. DONE IAW AMM 30-12-00.
2006
Part: FUEL CONTROL — MALFUNCTIONED (ENGINE) · airframe 929 hrs · 835 cycles
RT ENGINE EFC CAME OFF LINE WHEN POWER WAS SET, SLOW SPEED ABOUT. THEY CLEARED RUNWAY AND RESET EFC. DISPATCH GAVE VERBAL RELEASE AND ENGINE POWER WAS MADE FOR TAKEOFF.
2005
Part: HMU — OUT OF ADJUST (RT ENGINE) · airframe 684 hrs · 616 cycles
A RIGHT ENGINE WOULD NOT REACH SCHEDULED TAKEOFF POWER OF 98.2 PERCENT. FULL THROTTLE REACHED 96 PERCENT ONLY (N1). ADJUSTED HMU PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE. OPS CHECKED GOOD. PERFORMED EEC AUTHORITY CHECK.
Part: FILTER — BYPASSING (FUEL SYSTEM) · airframe 661 hrs · 590 cycles
ABORTED TAKEOFF AT 50 KTS DUE TO RIGHT FUEL BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON UNTIL THROTTLES WERE BACK AT IDLE. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH FUSELAGE FUEL BOWL FILTERS, LEAK CHECK GOOD REF 400XP MM 28-20-00.
1998
Part: PROBE — MALFUNCTIONED (FUEL TANK)
AFTER INSTALLATION IN TKS TANK, WITH TANK FULL, GAUGE READ ZERO. INSTALLATION OF ANOTHER NEW GAUGE SHOWED SYSTEM WORKED CORRECTLY.
1996
Part: BOLT — LOOSE (CONTROL COLUMN)
BOTH PILOT'S AND COPILOT'S CONTROL COLUMN ASSY HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO OPPOSITE COLUMN, FORWARD AND AFT OR INBOARD AND OUTBOARD, FOUND BOLTS HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY AND CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD. (NO PUTTY WAS ON ANY BOLTS). TOTAL AIRCRAFT HOURS, 9,615.4.
Part: SEAL — LEAKAGE (DOOR)
AIRCRAFT FLYING AT 37,000 FEET. LOST PRESSURIZATION. MASK DROPPED AND AIRCRAFT DESCENDED. PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM A CESSNA SERVICE CENTER AND NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO SERVICE CENTER. FOUND SEVERAL SMALL LEAKS AND A SMALL HOLE IN THE DOOR SEAL. SEALED THE LEAKS, REPLACED THE DOOR SEAL, AND BUILT THE DOOR FRAME UP TO GIVE THE SEAL A MORE POSITIVE SEAT.
1995
Part: BEARING — CORRODED (RUD LT/RT TAB)
DURING INSPECTION FOUND RUDDER, LEFT AND RIGHT TRIM TAB BEARINGS, CORRODED AND WORN. TKS ANTI-ICE FLUID MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF CORROSION. SUBMITTER STATES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE BEARINGS SHOULD BE MORE TKS/CORROSION RESISTANT.
Part: ACTUATOR — HOSE MISCONNECT (RT MLG)
DURING INSPECTION, FOUND RIGHT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR GEAR EXTEND AND AUXILIARY AIR HOSES CONNECTED TO WRONG PORTS. THERE ARE TWO BRANDS OF ACTUATORS USED AND THEIR PORTS ARE OPPOSITE. THE PORTS SHOULD BE IN THE SAME POSITION ON EACH BRAND OF ACTUATOR. MORE ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO ACTUATOR PLACARDS AND MAINTENANCE.