N1301L
Registered owner: FOX AIRCRAFT LLC, AK (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
THE ACFT WAS WRITTEN UP & INVESTIGATED MULTIPLE TIMES DUE TO FUEL SMELL IN THE CABIN. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM, PROCESS OF ELIMINATION LED TO THE RT WING TANK LEAKING. BECAUSE THE ACFT HAD A FIBERGLASS TANK INSTALLED, THE WING & BUTT RIB HAD TO BE REMOVED TO VERIFY THIS. ON REMOVAL OF THE TANK, 3 AREAS WERE FOUND WITH EVIDENCE OF SUBSTANTIAL LEAKAGE & 3 OR 4 OTHER SMALL SEEPS. BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED WITH INSPECTING & ACCESSING THE FIBERGLASS TANK FOR REPAIR, IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE OEM STYLE FUEL BLADDERS. SUSPECT LEAKS WERE DUE TO THE AGE OF THE TANK & OR POOR QUALITY CONTROL FROM THE MFG LEADING TO POROUS SPOTS IN THE RESIN, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO VISIBLE INDICATION OF CRACKS AT THE LEAK LOCATIONS.
DUE TO LEAKAGE OF THE RT WING TANK, THE LT WING WAS REMOVED TO ACCESS & INSPECT IT'S FIBERGLASS TANK. ON TANK REMOVAL, IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE ONE LOCATION OF APPARENT CRACKING & LEAKAGE. DUE TO THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN ACCESSING THESE TANKS FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIR, THIS TANK WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN OEM STYLE FUEL BLADDER.
DURING A PREFLIGHT RUN UP, THE GOVERNOR WOULD NOT CYCLE THE PROPELLER EVEN WHEN LT IN THE LOW RPM POSITION FOR 10+ SECONDS. THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR WAS REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE & OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE GOVERNOR ONLY HAD 29.5 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL & THE REPAIR STATION WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE WHEN THE GOVERNOR WAS RETURNED TO THEM. SUSPECT INTERMITTENT TEMP RELATED PROBLEM WITH GOVERNOR.
THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS REMOVED AS PART OF A ROUTINE ANNUAL INSPECTION. DURING INSPECTION THE LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH BRACKET PN 1212128-1 WAS FOUND CRACKED JUST ABOVE THE BOLT HOLE. THE PART WAS REPLACED WITH NEW. ACCORDING TO THE ACFT LOGS THE PART WAS REPLACED APPROX 1500 FLIGHT HOURS & AN UNDETERMINED NR OF CYCLES AGO. SUSPECT EITHER POOR PART FIT, ABUSE OF ACFT BY PUSHING ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TO MOVE & LIFT THE ACFT OR SIMPLE FATIGUE AS FACTORS IN THIS FAILURE. THIS STRUCTURE IS THE SAME AS FOUND ON THE 206, 207, 210 & SIMILAR TO THE 180 & 185. CRACKS IN SIMILAR PARTS ON THE 180 & 185 ARE A KNOWN ISSUE. RECOMMEND PERIODIC INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH STRUCTURE, TO INCLUDE DISASSEMBLY AS NECESSARY ESPECIALLY IN ACFT OPERATED IN HIGH FATIGUE OPERATIONS SUCH AS FREQUENT TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERS, HIGH CYCLES PER HOUR & HIGH GROSS WEIGHT OPERATION.
THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS REMOVED AS PART OF A ROUTINE ANNUAL INSPECTION. DURING INSPECTION THE RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH BRACKET PN 1212128-2 WAS FOUND CRACKED JUST ABOVE THE BOLT HOLE. THE PART WAS REPLACED WITH NEW. ACCORDING TO THE ACFT LOGS THE PART WAS REPLACED APPROX 1500 FLIGHT HOURS & AN UNDETERMINED NR OF CYCLES AGO. SUSPECT EITHER POOR PART FIT, ABUSE OF ACFT BY PUSHING ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TO MOVE & LIFT THE ACFT OR SIMPLE FATIGUE AS FACTORS IN THIS FAILURE. THIS STRUCTURE IS THE SAME AS FOUND ON THE 206, 207 & 210, SIMILAR TO THE 180 & 185. CRACKS IN SIMILAR PARTS ON THE 180 & 185 ARE A KNOWN ISSUE. RECOMMEND PERIODIC INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH STRUCTURE, TO INCLUDE DISASSEMBLY AS NECESSARY ESPECIALLY IN ACFT OPERATED IN HIGH FATIGUE OPERATIONS SUCH AS FREQUENT TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERS, HIGH CYCLES PER HOUR & HIGH GROSS WEIGHT OPERATION.
DURING A ROUTINE 100 HOUR INSPECTION, CRACKS WERE NOTED IN THE NLG FORK. THE CRACKS EXTENDED FROM THE FWD 2 BOLT HOLES FWD TO THE EDGE OF THE PART & AFT APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH ON EACH SIDE. DISASSEMBLY REVEALED SEVERAL MORE CRACKS THAT DID NOT EXTEND PAST THE WASHERS UNDER THE BOLT HEADS. THE PART IS A VERY EARLY MODEL STC'D PART WHICH THE MANUFACTURER HAS LONG SINCE BEEFED UP. THE PART TOTAL TIME & TOTAL CYCLES COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.