N117AL
Registered owner: TVPX AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS INC TRUSTEE, UT (owner ≠ operator)
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.
4 reports on file, 1996-08-28 – 2006-03-15.
Part: VHF COMM — INOPERATIVE (COCKPIT)
DURING FLIGHT, VHF RADIO DISPLAY WENT BLACK AND WOULD NOT RECEIVE OR TRANSMIT. AC LANDED, MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED VHF RADIO, FUNCTION CHECKED GOOD AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. (K)
Part: GOVERNOR — MALFUNCTIONED (ENGINE)
ON SHORT FINAL TO AIRLOG FLYWAY, POWER WAS REDUCED FOR LANDING, AC YAWED RT WITH INCREASE IN ENGINE NOISE, COLLECTIVE WAS INCREASE AND THROTTLE WAS REDUCED TO CONTROL ENGINE SPEED. ACCOMPLISHED A GO-AROUND AND LANDED USING MANUAL THROTTLE CONTROL, MAX N2 AND N1 WAS 110 PERCENT FOR LESS THAN A SECOND. MAINTENANCE REPLACED GOVERNOR, FUEL CONTROL AND FUEL PUMP IAW MAINTENANCE CONTROL, COMPLIED WITH A 30 MINUTE GROUND RUN OF AC AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. COMPLIED WITH AN OVERSPEED INSPECTION OF THE AIRFRAME AND ENGINE ALSO DO DEFECTS NOTED. DID CONTINUITY CHECK OF FUEL CONTROL AND GOVERNOR SYSTEMS, NO DEFECTS FOUND. ALL WORK DONE IAW MFG MM AND ENGINE MFG MM. (K)
Part: THROTTLE — MISUSED (ENGINE)
1ST START, STARTED ENG, BEGAN HYD CHK, COMPLETED HYDR CHECK, ENG FLAMED OUT. WENT THROUGH ENG SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES, NOTICED THROTTLE WAS NOT QUITE PASSED IDLE DETENT. DUE TO THIS FACT, ATTEMPTED A SECOND START, PRIOR TO ENG IDLE, ENG FLAMED OUT. MAINT DETERMINED PILOT WAS RUNNING AC BELOW FLIGHT IDLE DETENT. PULLED AIRFRAME FUEL FILTER, ENG FUEL PUMP FILTER, FUEL NOZZLE AND INSPECTED FUEL TANK, NO CONTAMINANTS FOUND. INSTALLED FUEL FILTERS AND REINSTALLED FUEL NOZZLE. COMPLIED WITH FUEL FLOW, RAPID DECAL CHK IAW MM. CHKED GOOD, COMPLIED WITH FUEL CONTROL RIG CHK, CHKED GOOD. PERFORMED NORMAL STARTS, AFTER FUEL SYS MAINT CHKS, ALL CHKS GOOD. PILOT PERFORM OPS CHK FLT, RETURNED AC TO SERVICE. (K)
Part: BLADE — CORRODED (M/R)
DURING DAILY INSPECTION FOUND TIP WEIGHTS AND TIP BLOCK CORRODED CAUSING SPAR/SKIN DEBOND.