N121AE
Registered owner: AEA AVIATION LLC, NY (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.
5 reports on file, 2011-03-04 – 2013-11-14.
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED · airframe 26,779 hrs · 44,659 cycles
DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, FOUND A CRACK IN LT STIFFENER.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 26,779 hrs · 44,659 cycles
DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION THE MECHANIC FOUND A CRACK IN CO-PILOT SIDE ROLLER OVER BULKHEAD.
Part: BULKHEAD WEB — CRACKED (ZONE 8) · airframe 26,361 hrs · 43,611 cycles
A ONE INCH CRACK WAS DISCOVERED DURING OTHER MX IN THE RT BROOM CLOSET UPPER WEB ORIGINATING AT THE FIRST AFT FASTENER BELOW THE MAIN BEAM TO THE EDGE OF THE WEB. THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN THE STIFFENER AND THE WEB IN THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH A TAPERED SHIM TO RELIEVE STRESS IN THIS AREA. THE 5 UPPER AFT FASTENERS ATTACHING THE WEB TO THE STIFFENER WERE WORKING.
Part: ATTACH FITTING — CRACKED (TAIL BOOM) · airframe 26,230 hrs · 43,293 cycles
UPPER LEFT HORIZONTAL FINLET ATTACHMENT FITTING IS CRACKED.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (ZONE 100) · airframe 25,440 hrs · 41,213 cycles
FOUND CORROSION BEYOND LIMITS ON THE LOWER FORWARD SHELL ASSY. CORROSION WAS LOCATED ON FS 122, BL 18 THRU 26 AND BL -18 THRU -26.