N116LN
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.
2 reports on file, 2012-04-26 – 2012-07-06.
Part: WIRE — FAILED (CIRCUIT BOARD) · airframe 4,533 hrs · 12,354 cycles
SMALL PUFF OF GREY SMOKE EMERGED FROM FRONT, LOWER LEFT CORNER OF INSTRUMENT PANEL WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. CREW ALSO DETECTED A "BURNING ELECTRICAL" ODOR. NO FLAMES WERE OBSERVED. ELECTRICAL ITEMS WERE SHUTDOWN AND ACFT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO ADDITIONAL SMOKE OBSERVED AFTER INITIAL SIGHTING. INSPECTION AND GROUND RUN FOUND AMP METER INOPERATIVE. TROUBLESHOOTING DISCOVERED FAILURE OF WIRING CONNECTION BEHIND AMMETER GAUGE AT CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTOR POSITION B5. REPAIRED AS REQUIRED.
Part: PUMP — INOPERATIVE (FUEL BOOST) · airframe 4,427 hrs · 11,973 cycles
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, FOR A REPOSITION MISSION, PILOT OBSERVED THE ILLUMINATION OF THE FUEL PRESSURE CAUTION LIGHT WHILE IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT. ALL OTHER INSTRUMENT INDICATIONS APPEARED NORMAL ALONG WITH ENGINE PERFORMANCE. PILOT ALERTED BOTH AIRCREW AND AIR COMM OF THE ABORTED FLIGHT AND REQUIREMENT TO RETURN BACK TO BASE. ACFT RETURNED SAFETY TO BASE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. BASE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE NR 2 FUEL BOOST PUMP HAD FAILED. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BOOST PUMP AND RETURNED THE ACFT TO SERVICE.