N166QS
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
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3 reports on file, 2023-01-15 – 2023-09-18.
Part: UNKNOWN — UNKNOWN (UNKNOWN) · airframe 3,563 hrs · 3,563 cycles
MAIN DOOR: MAIN CABIN DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FULLY. OPENS A FEW INCHES THEN SOMETHING IS BINDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED PASSANGER DOOR ACTUATOR DUE TO DOOR NOT ABLE TO CLOSE OPS CHECKS GOOD, ALL WORK DONE I.A.W. GL6000 AMM CH 52-11-25. REMOVED P/N: GS321-0591-9, S/N: G0809.
Part: ACM — DEFECTIVE (ZONE 100) · airframe 3,014 hrs · 1,052 cycles
CABIN SMOKE: ON CLIMB OUT, A BURNING SMELL WAS EVIDENT AND SMOKE WAS IN THE CABIN. AFTER THE INITIAL BURST OF SMOKE AND SMELL, IT SEEMED TO SUBSIDE FAIRLY QUICKLY. WE STOPPED OUR CLIMB AND COORDINATED WITH ATC AS WE ASSESSED THE SITUATION. I WENT BACK AND ASSISTED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE, WE COULD NOT TELL WERE IT WAS COMING FROM AND THE AIR QUALITY OF THE CABIN HAD IMPROVED. I WENT BACK TO THE COCKPIT AND TOLD ATC OUR SITUATION AND THAT WE WERE RETURNING TO PHNL AS A PRECAUTION. THERE WERE NO COCKPIT INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEM WHILE AIRBORNE. AFTER LANDING, WE TAXIED NORMALLY TO THE RAMP AND SHUTDOWN. I WENT OUTSIDE TO DO A WALKAROUND AND NOTICED A VERY LOUD NOISE COMI
Part: BRACKET — BENT (DOOR SENSOR) · airframe 2,973 hrs · 1,035 cycles
PASSENGER DOOR CAS MESSAGE CAME ON ABOUT 1 HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT AT FL380. I NOTED THE DOOR SEAL ACTIVATION WHEN I SHUT THE DOOR ON THE GROUND BEFORE THE FLIGHT. PRESSUISATION WORKED NORMAL ALL THE WAY UNTIL LANDING. POWERED UP AIRCRAFT AND VERIFIED FAULT. CHECKED THE OMS FOR FAULT CODES AND HAD A FAULT FOR GLOCK SENSOR. REMOVED SECOND STEP LIGHT AND INSPECTED THE G-LOCKS AND G-LOCK SENSORS AND FOUND #1 G-LOCK SENSOR BRACKET WAS BENT AWAY FROM G-LOCK. STRAIGHTEN OUT G-LOCK SENSOR BRACKET AND MEASURED THE GAP TO MAKE SURE IT WAS WITH IN LIMITS. OPENED AND CLOSED MED 5 TIMES AND WAITED TEN MINUTES IN BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSE TO SEE IF THE PAXC DOOR CAS MESSAGE WOULD APPEAR. NO MESSAGE APPEARED, CONTACTED MCC AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FINDINGS AND SAID TO SIGN OFF OPS CHECK GOOD. ALL WORK WAS DONE IAW GL-6000 AMM 33-21-01 AND 52-11-01.