N10AH

DASSAULT FALCON 10 No injuries Part 91 — operator not named in the NTSB record

ATA 3260

Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (COCKPIT) · airframe 16,712 hrs · 11,488 cycles

FAR 135.415 REPORT. PILOT REPORTS "AFTER T/O COPILOT REACHED FOR GEAR HANDLE AND AFTER RETRACTION HE NOTICED THAT PRIOR TO GEAR RETRACTION, THE NOSE GEAR DOWN & LOCK LIGHT WASN'T ON.RETRACTION WAS NORMAL BUT BECAUSE THE LACK OF NOSE GEAR D&L INDIC., WE DECIDED TO TEST THE GEAR LIGHTS. THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WASN'T TESTING, WE DID ABNORMAL CHECKLIST AND A FLY BY TOWER THEY IDENTIFIED THE NOSE AS BEING DOWN. NOT RED LIGHT UNSAFEWWAS PRESENT. ENGINE SYNC INDICATED THAT GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCK. WE DECLARED AND EMERGENCY. DID ALL CHECKLIST & PROCEDURES. BRIEFED THE CREW , WE LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED MULTIPLE GEAR SWINGS, ONLY DISCREPANCY NOTED WAS NOSE GEAR INDICATION. REPLACED NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LAMP. PERFORMED MULTIPLE GEAR SWINGS AND AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

ATA 2140

Part: REGISTER — OBSTRUCTED · airframe 16,208 hrs · 11,127 cycles

CABIN CREW REPORTED LIGHT WHITE SMOKE IN THE CABIN, 10 MINUTES BEFORE LANDING. SMOKE APPEARED TO BE MOMENTANEOUS AND NOT APPARENT TO THE FLIGHT CREW. THE SMOKE CAME FROM BETWEEN MEDICAL BEDS AND SIDEWALL. REMOVED THE RT SIDEWALL AS REQUIRED AND INSPECTED FOR EVIDENCE OF HEAT DAMAGE. NO VISUAL SIGNS OF DAMAGE NOTED. INSPECTED HEAT DUCT WORK FOR DAMAGE AND SIGNS OF LEAKAGE OR OBSTRUCTION. FOUND FLOOR REGISTER COMPLETELY COVERED BY FLOORING MATERIAL, REPOSITIONED AWAY FROM REGISTER AND SECURED. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF AUXILIARY HEATER, NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTED MED BEDS AND ASSOCIATED WIRING, NO DEFECTS NOTED. RAN AIRCRAFT AT HIGH POWER WITH AUX DEFOG AND AUX HEAT ON WITH SIDEWALL REMOVED, NO SMOKE AND NO ODOR NOTED. INSTALLED SIDEWALL AND REPEATED HIGH POWER RUN, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

ATA 2740

Part: CONTROL SWITCH — STICKING (PITCH TRIM) · airframe 15,671 hrs · 10,712 cycles

PILOT REPORTED AFTER DEPARTURE, PRIMARY PITCH TRIM CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER COPILOT RELEASED THE SWITCH. EXECUTED PITCH TRIM MALFUNCTION EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED. MAINTENANCE WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PITCH TRIM PROBLEM. REPLACED COPILOTS CONTROL WHEEL TRIM SWITCH AND ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS NORMAL.

ATA 3260

Part: WARNING SYSTEM — FALSE ACTIVATION (COCKPIT) · airframe 15,236 hrs · 10,391 cycles

FLYING WITH A PATIENT, TWO PILOTS & TWO MEDICS. WE WERE AWARE OF ADVISORIES FOR SEVERE TURBULENCE AT HIGHER ALTITUDES SO WE WERE AT FL260, 280 - 290KNOTS, AT ABOUT 94% POWER & NO ABNORMALITIES IN THE GAUGES & NO TURBULENCE. HAD THE MAIN GEAR DOOR LIGHTS ON & ABOUT 150 NM FROM ANCHORAGE, THE PLANE PITCHED UP, WE LOST ABOUT 40 - 50 KNOTS AIRSPEED & LOUD WINDY NOISE LIKE YOU GET WHEN THE GEAR COMES OUT OF THE WELLS. CONTINUED THE FLIGHT, AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 250 KNOTS & WHEN READY TO LAND THE GEAR CAME DOWN NORMALLY & THE MAIN DOOR LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. FIRST OFFICER SAID HE SAW THE HYD PRESS RISE SLIGHTLY DURING THE INCIDENT. PERFORMED MULTIPLE GEAR SWINGS WITH NO DISCREPANCIES, REPLACED LT & RT GEAR UP SWITCHES. PERFORMED OVER SPEED RECOVERY LG INSPECTION IAW MM WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

ATA 2120

Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (COCKPIT) · airframe 15,019 hrs · 10,222 cycles

FAR 135.415 REPORT, DURING ROUTINE CHECK FLIGHT, WHILE TESTING STAB HEAT, AN ENVIRONMENTAL BURNING SMELL WAS NOTICED AS SOON AS THE STAB HEAT WAS TURNED ON. SMELL INCREASED SO STAB WAS TURNED OFF & THE SMELL DISAPPEARED. FLIGHT RETURNED BACK TO BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT IN VMC CONDITIONS WITH STAB HEAT REMAINING OFF. MX INSPECTED SYS, PERFORMED LEAK CHECK OF DUCTS INSIDE PRESS VESSEL WITH NO LEAKS NOTED. SECURED INSULATION COVERING RT FUSELAGE ANTI-ICE EXIT DUCT & OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT SATISFACTORY.

ATA 2820

Part: LINE — CHAFED (FUEL SYSTEM) · airframe 12,443 hrs · 8,342 cycles

THE SOURCE OF A FUEL LEAK WAS TRACED TO THE RT MAIN FUEL LINE TO THE FILTER AND SHUTOFF VALVE IN THE AFT EQUIPMENT BAY JUST FWD OF THE RT MAIN SHIP BATTERY. THE FUEL LINE WAS CHAFED BY THE UNION FITTING OF A HYD LINE RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE FUEL LINE. UPON REMOVAL OF THE RT BATTERY EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPAYING ON THE BATTERY DURING OPERATION WAS DISCOVERED.

ATA 3252

Part: COMPUTER — MALFUNCTIONED (NLG STEERING)

NOSE WHEEL STEERING WILL NOT ARM. FOUND NO OUTPUT VOLTAGE ON P224 PIN A. 1.0 VAC REQUIRED FROM THIS PIN.

ATA 2760

Part: SOLENOID — INTERMITTENT (SPOILER MANIFOLD)

SPOILER OPERATION INTERMITTENT. MAINIFOLD ASSEMBLY HAS TWO SOLENOIDS, APPEARS THAT ONE MAY BE STICKING OR HAVE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

ATA 7830

Part: ROD END — WORN (THRUST REVERSER)

DURING A 1,200 HOUR T/R INSPECTION, FOUND WORN ACTUATOR ROD END BUSHING BRACKET. THE BRACKETS ARE ACTUALLY PART OF THE THRUST REVERSER DOOR. THEY ARE CAST INTO THE DOOR.

ATA 2752

Part: BRACKET — CRACKED (FLAP ACTUATOR)

BRACKET CRACKED AT OPPOSITE END OF WHERE ACTUATOR MOUNTS. LEFT FLAP ACTUATOR BRACKET FOUND CRACKED AT INSPECTION. THE ENTIRE BRACKET IS COMPOSED OF 5 PIECES. THE TOP BRACKET IS CRACKED.