N131AM
Registered owner: AMIS BENJAMIN, TX (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.
10 reports on file, 1995-01-19 – 1999-10-05.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
DURING INSPECTION, EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)
Part: ACTUATOR — DEFECTIVE (LT TE FLAP)
DFW/AEX - FLT 9131 - ON APPROACH, CREW EXPERIENCED A FLAP CONTROL FAULT. RESET INITIALLY, BUT CONTINUED TO FAULT ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND SAFE FOR A ZERO-FLAP FERRY FLIGHT TO DFW. INBOUND DFW, THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LANDING WAS MADE UNEVENTFULLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LEFT INBOARD FLAP ACTUATOR. AS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, ALSO REPLACED THE FLAP CONTROL HANDLE. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE NORMAL, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR FURTHER SERVICE. (X)
Part: ACTUATOR — FAILED (RT TE FLAP)
TYS - FLT 7483 - FLAP DISSAGREEMENT DURING CLIMB. REPLACED RIGHT O/B FLAP ACTUATOR. (Z)
Part: PROX SWITCH — INOP (LANDING GEAR)
STL - FLT 7148 - LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED LANDING GEAR HANDLE AS PER MEL 32031-1, CAT A. (M)
Part: BULB — BURNED (EXT FUSE EEL)
STL - EXTERIOR RT EMERGENCY LIGHT FOUND INOP. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LIGHT BULB. (X)
Part: CONNECTOR — DIRTY (NR 2 EEC)
LEX - FLT 7476 - DURING CLIMB, THE NR 2 ENGINE TORQUE DROPPED OFF. TURNING ON AUTO IGNITION RESTORED TORQUE. MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE EEC AND SCU CONNECTORS, PERFORMED GROUND RUN AT VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS AND SYSTEM CHECKED NORMAL. (W)
Part: ACTUATOR — OUT OF ADJUST (RT MLG)
STL - FLT 7061 - THE RT MAIN GEAR DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE AFTER TAKEOFF. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED RT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR. GEAR SWINGS REVEALED NORMAL OPERATION. (W)
Part: SWITCH — OUT OF ADJUST (RT MLG)
STL - FLT 7460 - THE RT GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED RT MAIN GEAR UPLOCK PROXIMITY SWITCH. GEAR SWINGS AND TEST FLIGHT REVEALED NORMAL OPERATION. (W)
Part: SENSOR — FAILED (RT ENG)
STL - FLT 7484 - POWER LEVER SPLIT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RT ENGINE T1.8 SENSOR. GROUND POWER RUNS REVEALED NORMAL OPERATION. (Z)
Part: PCU — LEAKING (RT ENG)
SBN - FLT 7515 - THE RT ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE, CREW DIVERTED TO SBN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RT PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT. GROUND CHECK REVEALED NORMAL OPERATION AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. (W)