N140PA
Registered owner: JUMP PLANE OF PITTSBURGH LLC, PA (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.
2 reports on file, 2007-04-11 – 2015-06-11.
Part: LANDING GEAR — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 13,166 hrs · 13,950 cycles
LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTIONED. LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT COME ALL THE WAY DOWN. PILOT PUSHED BREAKER IN SEVERAL TIMES. PILOT COULD NOT DISENGAGE CLUTCH TO MANUALLY PUT GEAR DOWN. PILOT PROBABLY CAUSED PROBLEM WITH RESETTING BREAKER SEVERAL TIME CAUSING LANDING GEAR MOTOR TO LOCK CLUTCH SYSTEM UP AND NOT BE ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH. AFTER LANDING, THE GEAR MOVED IN THE UPWARD DIRECTION TO FREE UP THE CLUTCH AND ALLOW IT TO DISENGAGE. MECHANIC CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM ON GROUND. IN THE MEAN TIME AFTER RESETTING THE BREAKER SO MANY TIMES IT PUT A HIGH LOAD ON THE RT GENERATOR CAUSING IT TO SMOKE. PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD A FIRE AND SHUT RT ENGINE DOWN. WILL NOT HAVE PLANS UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAN RETURN TO MAINTENANCE BASE.
Part: DOOR — DISLODGED (MAIN PAX) · airframe 11,771 hrs · 9,612 cycles
CLIMBING OUT, AROUND 17000 FEET, LOUD BANG AND RAPID DECOMPRESSION. MAIN CABIN DOOR BLEW OPEN BUT STAYED ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT. DECLARED EMERGENCY LANDING. REPLACED MAIN DOOR ASSEMBLY. FURTHER STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AT MAJOR MAINTENANCE BASE.