N15YV
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.
9 reports on file, 1997-07-11 – 2004-03-30.
Part: FLAP — MALFUNCTIONED (WINGS) · airframe 22,631 hrs · 39,328 cycles
AFTER TAKING OFF IN MIA CREW COULDN'T GET FLAPS TO COME UP SO CALL DISPATCH AND WE TOLD THEM TO RETURN TO GATE THEY LANDED SAFELY WHEN THEY GOT TO GATE THEY TRY FLAPS AGAIN AND THEY CAME UP MAINT. THEN DEFERED THEM WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT
Part: POWERPACK — FAILED (HYD SYSTEM) · airframe 21,964 hrs · 38,578 cycles
AFTER TAKE OFF FROM PFN TO VPS. LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. PROBLEM WAS POWER PACK, HYDRAULIC. R&R'D POWER PACK/RPRD BROKEN WIRE OPS OK P/N 1143880001-3 S/N MX607544
Part: PLATE — CHAFED (TRUSS) · airframe 20,709 hrs · 36,937 cycles
WHILE PERFORMING AN "A" CHECK ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE TRUSSES, THE LEFT AND RIGHT PRESSURE PLATES HAVE RIVET HEAD CONTACT. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE PRESSURE PLATE CHAFING. NO TEARDOWN REPORT WILL BE REQUIRED.
Part: CONTROL PANEL — FAILED (AUDIO SYSTEM) · airframe 20,112 hrs · 36,201 cycles
WHILE ENROUTE, THE CREW NOTICED THAT BOTH COMM 1 AND 2 WERE TRANSMITTING ALTHOUGH NEITHER OF THE MIC SWITCHES HAD BEEN DEPRESSED. THE CREW TURNED THE RADIOS OFF AND THEN BACK ON. THE MALFUNCTION APPEARED TO CORRECT ITSELF. THE CREW ALSO OBSERVED THAT WHEN THE CAPTAINS WAFER SWITCHES WAS PLACED IN COMM 2 BOTH RADIOS WERE AGAIN TRANSMITTING. ABOUT 1 MINUTE AFTER TURNING THE RADIOS BACK ON THEY REALIZED THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO TRANSMIT TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ON EITHER RADIO. THEY SQUAWKED 7600 AND PROCEEDED BACK UNEVENTFULLY. THE CREW MAINTAINED CONTACT THE ENTIRE WAY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO LAND WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE AUDIO CONTROL PANEL AND DID A SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK.
Part: WIRE — INOPERATIVE (MLG) · airframe 20,045 hrs · 36,122 cycles
AFTER TAKE OFF, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL ATTEMPT TO CYCLE THE GEAR. IT STILL WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED A WIRE IN THE LEFT NACELLE GROUND POINT. NO PARTS WERE USED.
Part: FUEL CONTROL — MALFUNCTIONED (LT ENGINE) · airframe 19,881 hrs · 35,930 cycles
AFTER LANDING IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA ON FLIGHT 5518, THE LEFT ENGINE WENT INTO REVERSE. THEN N-1 INDICATOR REACHED 104 PERCENT THE ITT INDICATOR WENT TO 830 DEGREES AND THE TORQUE WENT TO 3800 LBS FOR 5 SECONDS THE LEFT ENGINE WAS THEN SHUTDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO GATE WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION BY THE MECHANIC, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT HAD JUMPED TEETH AND MOVED. THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL CONTROL UNIT WAS RIGGED AS REQUIRED. THE ENGINE WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN BETA AND LIMITS WERE NOT EXCEEDED PER PRATT & WHITNEY MANUAL. THEREFORE NO PARTS WERE USED.
Part: PCU — FAILED (LT AND RT PROP) · airframe 19,575 hrs · 35,535 cycles
UPON ARRIVAL INTO PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA ON FLIGHT 5466, THE LT AND RT AUTO FEATHER SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE CONDENSER BLOWER TO POP. THE SYSTEM WAS LOOKED AT BY THE PANAMA CITY MAINTENANCE. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WAS BAD. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS THAT THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD. THEY DID A GROUND RUN WHICH WAS NORMAL AND THEY RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THE TEARDOWN REPORT REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO DEFECTS FOUND. THE VENDOR TESTED, CLEANED AND RECOATED AS NECESSARY.
Part: ATTACH BRACKET — EXCESS WEAR (RT FLAP)
FLEET CAMPAIGN, 'MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE LT AND RT OTBD FLAP ATTACHMENT BRACKETS AND THE AFT ROLLER BEARING IAW RAYTHEON ACFT CO (RAC) SAFETY COMMUNIQUE NR 137 DATED MAY, 1997. FOUND ATTACHMENT BRACKETS WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR AND AFT ROLLER BEARINGS BINDING. AFFECTED COMPONENTS P/NS ARE BRACKET, LT INBD AND RT INBD, INBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-31. BRACKET, LT LTBD AND RT INBD, INBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-30. BRACKET, LT INBD AND RT OTBD, OTBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-35. BRACKET, LT OTBD AND RT INBD, OTBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-34. AFT BEARING ASSY, PN 114-521039-1. REF: CONTROL NR MASA97045. PART CYCLES, 15,235 ACFT TC, 19,411.
Part: ATTACH BRACKET — EXCESS WEAR (LT FLAP)
FLEET CAMPAIGN, 'MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE LT AND RT OTBD FLAP ATTACHMENT BRACKETS AND THE AFT ROLLER BEARING IAW RAYTHEON ACFT CO (RAC) SAFETY COMMUNIQUE NR 137 DATED MAY, 1997. FOUND ATTACHMENT BRACKETS WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR AND AFT ROLLER BEARINGS BINDING. AFFECTED COMPONENTS P/NS ARE BRACKET, LT INBD AND RT INBD, INBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-31. BRACKET, LT LTBD AND RT INBD, INBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-30. BRACKET, LT INBD AND RT OTBD, OTBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-35. BRACKET, LT OTBD AND RT INBD, OTBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-34. AFT BEARING ASSY, PN 114-521039-1. REF: CONTROL NR MASA97045. PART CYCLES, 8,031. ACFT TC, 19,411.