N125ST
Registered owner: JONES JERRY E, ID (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, 2007-11-25 – 2012-04-08.
Part: PROXIMITY SWITCH — FAILED (NLG) · airframe 9,830 hrs · 6,848 cycles
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED. ON CLIMBOUT, NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND NOSE GEAR UPLOCK PROXIMITY SWITCH FAILED. REPLACED PROXIMITY SWITCH WITH NEW. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: YAW DAMPER — MALFUNCTIONED (AUTOPILOT SYS) · airframe 9,384 hrs · 6,564 cycles
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TEB EN ROUTE TO RST. IN CRUISE FLIGHT AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED AND YAW DAMP FAIL MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO TEB. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. DEFERRED YAW DAMP CHANNEL "A" PER MEL 22-20-2. AIRCRAFT REPOSITIONED TEB-MKE. STERLING MAINTENANCE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING FAILURE OF YAW DAMP CHANNEL "A".
Part: WINDSHIELD — CRACKED (COCKPIT) · airframe 8,936 hrs · 6,294 cycles
WHILE IN CRUISE AT 38,000 FT THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND NOTICED A VERTICAL CRACK IN THE PILOT'S WINDSHIELD. THEY STARTED DESCENT (THEIR SCHEDULED DESTINATION). APPROX 10 MINUTES LATER THE CREW HEARD ANOTHER POPPING NOISE AND NOTED A VERTICAL CRACK IN THE CO-PILOT'S WINDSHIELD. THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MX CONTACTED MFG TECH REP AND DESCRIBED THE DOUBLE WINDSHIELD FAILURE. MFG ADVISED MX THAT WHILE A DOUBLE WINDSHIELD FAILURE IS NOT COMMON, IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST. MFG`S THEORY WAS BOTH WINDSHIELDS WERE FATIGUED SO WHEN ONE FAILED IT PLACED ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE REMAINING WINDSHIELD ASSY CAUSING IT TO FAIL. BOTH WINDSHIELDS WERE REPLACED.
Part: PROXIMITY SWITCH — FAILED (NLG) · airframe 8,603 hrs · 6,105 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. CREW MADE UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT FLL. BOMBARDIER SERVICE CENTER DETERMINED THE NOSE GEAR CENTERING PROXIMITY SWITCH HAD FAILED. BOMBARDIER SERVICE CENTER REPLACED NOSE GEAR CENTERING PROXIMITY SWITCH. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.