N116WA
Registered owner: TVPX AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS INC TRUSTEE, UT (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiggins Airways, Inc. (AXSA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
| Wiggins Airways, Inc. (AXSA) | Operator | 2014-05-21 – 2014-05-21 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Maintenance disclosures
DURING A HOT SECTION 3 CT BLADES WERE FOUND TO BE CRACKED AT THE FIR TREE.
ON THE PILOTS PREFLIGHT, NOTICED A NOISE WHEN SPINNING THE RT PROP. THE ENG WAS INSPECTED, INSPECTION REVEALED THE POWER TURBINE BLADES WERE COMING LOOSE FROM THE POWER TURBINE DISK. THE ACFT WAS GNDED. A MORE IN-DEPTH INSPECTION WILL BE PERFORMED AT A LATER DATE.
WHILE ON APPROACH INTO BTV, PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND NOTICED THAT THE INTRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ON AND THE NOSE WHEEL LIGHT STAYED OFF. PILOT RECYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO CHANGE. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST AND PUMPED GEAR DOWN. AFTER THIS PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE LIGHTS. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AFTER VERIFYING THE GEAR WAS INDEED DOWN AND LOCKED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED SYSTEM AND FOUND NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH PACKED WITH ICE AND SNOW. CLEANED ICE AND SNOW FROM SWITCH. OPS CHECK OF GEAR INDICATION NORMAL PER APPROPRIATE MANUAL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
UPON COMPLETION OF INITIAL CLIMB, NR 1 AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT CAPTURE DESIGNATED ALTITUDE. AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT HOLD SELECTED ALTITUDE OR SPEED. NR 2 AUTOPILOT ON DEFERRAL. CREW DIVERTED ACFT FOR T/S. FLT CREW USED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES & DUMPED 50,000 POUNDS OF FUEL TO REDUCE ACFT BELOW MLW. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX CONFIRMED NR 1 AUTOPILOT PITCH COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONING. REPLACED NR 1 AUTOPILOT PITCH COMPUTER. NR 2 AUTOPILOT SYS T/S, FAULT DETERMINED TO BE SHORT IN PINS 38-39 OF J3A CANNON PLUG ON LT, OTBD ELEV ACT. SHORT CORRECTED. BITE & STATUS TESTS REMAIN AT CAT I UNTIL SUCCESSFUL FLT TESTS. MX HAD CONTACT WITH FLT CREWS DURING 3 SUCCEEDING FLTS. FLT CREWS REPORT NO MALFUNCTIONS. (X)
DURING INITIAL CLIMB, CREW NOTED NR 1 AUTOPILOT UNUSABLE (PITCHING VIOLENTLY). AS NR 2 AUTOPILOT WAS ALREADY ON DEFERRAL, CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. CREW UTILIZED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES INCLUDING DUMPING OF FUEL TO BRING ACFT TO BELOW MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT (DUMPED APPROXIMATELY 50,000 POUNDS), AND MADE NORMAL LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THAT PITCH COMPUTER WAS FAULTING. PITCH COMPUTER REPLACED AND ALL GROUND CHECKS PERFORMED WITH NO FAULT FOUND. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)