N163JW
Registered owner: GO VECTOR ONE LLC, CA (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
AT FL380, DESCENDED TO FL240. DISCONNECTED THE AUTOTHROTTLES & PULLED THE ENGS TO IDLE. ACFT STARTED TO SHAKE WITH A LOW FREQUENCY. IMMEDIATELY CHECKED IF SPOILERS DEPLOYED AS IT FELT LIKE AN INTENSIFIED SPOILER DEPLOYMENT. THERE WAS NO SPOILER DEPLOYMENT. GOT A RED LT ENGINE TGT ICAS MESSAGE & SAW NEEDLE IN RED ARC WHILE BOTH ENGS AT IDLE. PERFORMED APPLICABLE CHKLIST & PERFORMED AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN OF LT ENG. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC. ONCE ENG SHUTDOWN & SECURED, AIRCRAFT FLEW NORMAL FOR SINGLE ENG OPS. NO VIBRATION. CONTINUED TO KVNY AS WE HAD ALREADY PASSED KLAS AND I WOULD HAVE DONE A SLOW AND STABLE DESCENT INTO VAN NUYS. ONCE LANDED, FIRE TRUCKS WERE WAITING. TAXIâD INTO FBO WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER PAX DISEMBARKED, CHECKED THE EXCEEDANCES PAGE & NONE LISTED. LOOKED AT HP FAN BLADES & SEEMED OK. THERE WAS NO OIL THAT WAS ABNORMAL UNDERNEATH ENG OR ANY FUEL LEAKS.
ON THURSDAY 15 MAY 2025 GIV N163JW S/N 1071 DEPARTED KVNY GOING TO MMTL. DURING TAKEOFF ONE OF THE PASSENGERS NOTICED FUEL SPRAYING OFF THE OUTBOARD RIGHT WING. THE CREW CALLED ATC STATED THEIR PROBLEM AND ASKED TO RETURN TO KVNY, AT WHICH TIME THE TOWER DECLARED IT AN EMERGENCY. WHILE TURNING AROUND TO COME BACK TO KVNY THE FUEL STOPPED SPRAYING AFTER ABOUT 10. MINUTES. FOUND A BUILDUP OF A CORROSION PREVENTATIVE PRIMER CAUSING THE FLOAT VALVE TO STICK AND HANGUP. THEY CLEANED THE VALVE AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. I ELECTED TO ALSO PERFORMED A MAINTENACE CHECK FLIGHT TO VERIFY THE ISSUE WAS FIXED NO DEFECTS NOTED DURING OR AFTER THE FLIGHT
INSPECT AND REPAIR THRUST REVERSER MOUNT HOLES AS REQUIRED. HOLES 2L,3L,LL, 5L, 8L, 9L, 10L AND 11L. REWORK PER GSL405420001. BUSHINGS REQUIRE INSTALLATION. HOLE 10L IS DEFORMED. HOLE 10L IS DEFORMED WHERE THE TITANIUM FACE OF THE MOUNTING FLANGE MEETS THE ALUMINUM BATH TUB FITTING.10L PER GAC NDTP 2.0. REV. 2 RELEASED 10-31- 2019REAM THE DAMAGED HOLE TO THE SAME INTENT OF GSL405420001 REV B REAM SUBJECT HOLE TO THE MINIMUM HOLE SIZE TO CLEAN UP THE DEFORMATION HOWEVER DO NOT TO EXCEED 1.250" DIA. PER GSL REQUIREMENTS AT THIS TIME. REAMED THE DAMAGED 10L HOLE TO 1.1288" IAW GSL405420001 REV B (SECTION 2) ENGINEERING DISPOSITION TO CEASE FURTHER REPAIR EFFORTS. HAVING THE SUBJECT HOLE SIZE CURRENTLY AT 1.1288" DIA. EVIDENCE OF MATERIAL YIELDING STILL EXIST COMMON TO THE 1159PM41400-17 MOUNTING RING. REPAIR EFFORTS CAN REPLACE THE 1159PM41402-13 BATHTUB FITTING, THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE 1159PM41400-17 CANNOT SUSTAIN A FEASIBLE OR PRACTICAL STRUCTURAL REPAIR DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED SIZE REQUIRED TO CLEAN-OUT THE DAMAGE, PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS OF INTERFACING COMPONENTS, STRUCTURAL STACK UPS AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ARE LIMITING PRACTICAL REPAIR OPTIONS, THE COMPONENT IN ITS CURRENT STATE IS NOT STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE FOR CONTINUED SERVICE. SERVICE ENGINEERING RECOMMENDS REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF COMPONENT OR THRUST REVERSER ASSEMBLY.