N118MD
Registered owner: ALPINE AVIATION INC, UT (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPINE AVIATION, INC. (TIMA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
BOTH COMES STUCK ON TRANSMIT APPROXIMATELY 29NM NORTH OF CORINN. CYCLED RADIOS AD AVIONICS, COULD NOT GET COMMS TO STOP TRANSMITTING. SQUAWKED 7600, CALLED ATC ON A CELL PHONE WITH INTERMITTENT SUCCESS. EXCITED VISUAL APPROACH 34L. LANDED SAFELY, TAXIED BACK COMMUNICATING WITH GROUND VIA CELL PHONE.
LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE RIGHT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHT SHOWED NO INDICATIONS OF MAJOR OIL LEAKS AND OIL QUANTITY WAS AT 2 ON THE DIP STICK. NORMAL ENGINE INDIDCATIONS DURING TAXI, RUN UP, TAKE OFF AND CLIMB. AFTER CRUISE AND BEFORE TREND MONITORING, RIGHT ENGINE "LOW OIL PRESSURE" LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND IOL PRESSURE GAUGE SHOWED .2 DECLINE. PILOT DOUBLE CHECKED OIL PRESSURE LIGHT AND CONFIRMED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE THEN PERFROMED THE EMERGENCY ENGINE SHUT DOWN MEMORY ITEMS. PIKOT CALLED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LINED UP WITH RNWAY 34R APPOXIMATELY 10 MILES OUT AND FOLLOWED THE REST OF THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. TIME FROM LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT TO ENGINE SHUT DOWN WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE. PILOT LANDED SINGLE ENGINE AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITH NO FURTHER DIFFICULTIES OR PROBLEMS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE, THE OIL CAP WAS PROPERLY SECURED AND THERE WAS NO OIL LEFT IN THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO HAVE SEIZED, BUT SHOWED NO INDICATIONS OF SEIZING DURING ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT. LOSS OF OIL OCCURED INTERNALLY IWTH NO EXTERNAL INDICATIONS OF OIL LEAK.
AFTER LOADING THE AIRCRAFT PILOT DID A FINAL WALK AROUND WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS CHECKLIST THAT ALL LATCHES WERE PUSHED IN AND LOCKED TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. AFTER A RUN UP THE TOOK OFF RUNWAY AND CLIMBING OUT OF 200 FEET PILOT FELT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS TURBULENCE AND SOME SLIGHT DRAG ON THE RIGHT SIDE BUT NOTHING THAT FELT TOO OUT OF THE ORDINARY. OUR OF 400AGL PILOT MADE A RIGHT TURN AND THAT IS WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BANG. AT FIRST HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND LOOKED AT HIS GUAGES AND EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL AND THAT'S WHEN THE CO-PILOT CADEN NOTICED THAT THE BAGGAGE DOOR WAS OPEN AND PILOT ASSUMED A PACKAGE HAD HIT THE PROP AND THE RIGHT SIDE WAS SOUNDING FUNNY. PILOT DECLARED AN EMEREGENCY AND MADE VERY SMALL TURNS AND LANDED 16R WITHOUT USING REVERSE AND TAXIED BACK TO THE NORTH CARGO RAMP.