N106SX
Registered owner: UAS TRANSERVICES INC, FL (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameriflight, LLC (JIKA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
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, 2013-04-03 – 2023-07-20.
Part: UNKNOWN — UNKNOWN (UNKNOWN) · airframe 30,400 hrs · 42,845 cycles
AFTER DEPARTING KBIH, NLG WOULD NOT RETRACT. EXTENDED GEAR TO LAND BACK AT KBIH, ONLY THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATORS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CREW HAD THE TOWER VERIFY GEAR WAS DOWN. UPON LANDING, RH MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. MAINTENANCE SWUNG GEAR AND FOUND NO ISSUES DURING THESE CHECKS. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN HELD BY NTSB FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. ALTHOUGH AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN RELEASED, NO FURTHER MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED OR PARTS ORDERED DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE AIRCRAFT IS STILL IN KBIH. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AT THIS TIME AND NO PART WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE CAUSED THE GEAR COLLAPSE.
Part: MOTOR — FAILED (MLG) · airframe 25,570 hrs · 37,065 cycles
ENROUTE, LANDING GEAR MOTOR RELAY CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. WAITED UNTIL REACHING DESTINATION TO RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER. PLACED HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION AND CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AGAIN AS WELL AS "HYD FLUID WARNING" LIGHT ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED MOMENTARILY, COULD NOT HEAR LANDING GEAR MOTOR AND DID NOT HAVE THREE GREEN LIGHTS ON LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS. VERIFIED GEAR NOT DOWN USING EMERGENCY METHODS WHICH CONFIRMED GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. DIVERTED. BEFORE ARRIVING, MANUALLY EXTENDED LANDING GEAR USING EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION METHOD, VERIFIED THREE GREEN LIGHTS ON GEAR POSITION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOT, MAINTENACE CHANGED MOTOR AND POWER PACK, OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: FLEX HOSE — CRACKED (OIL SYSTEM) · airframe 25,211 hrs · 36,610 cycles
SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM KBYL THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE OBSERVED OIL ON THE RIGHT ENGINE COWL. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OBSERVATION THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE TORQUE INDICATOR STARTED TO FLUCTUATE. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF THE RIGHT ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RETURNED TO KBYL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AMF SLC MAINTENANCE TRAVELED TO KBYL INSPECTED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND FOUND THE OIL PRESSURE HOSE TO THE TORQUE INDICATOR MANIFOLD HAD A CRACKED FLARE FITTING CAUSING THE OIL LEAK. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE HOSE ASSEMBLY. SERVICED THE ENGINE WITH OIL. GROUND RUN OPERATIONAL CHECK COMPLETED AND FOUND SATISFACTORY.