N181CW
Registered owner: DIAMOND 42 N123 MAGIC CARPET INC TRUSTEE, DE (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
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.
5 reports on file, 2005-04-08 – 2006-12-04.
Part: WINDSHIELD — ARCED (COCKPIT)
TRIP ID NR: 1110632 DIVERTED FOR WEATHER. WHILE ON APPROACH, WITH WINDSHIELD HEAT ON, CREW NOTICED BLUE ARCING FOLLOWED BY FILAMENT WIRES GLOWING ORANGE. WINDSCREEN HEAT WAS SHUT OFF THEN FILAMENTS STOPPED GLOWING BUT WINDSCREEN OUTER PLY CRACKED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD AND THE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER.
Part: YOKE — STUCK · airframe 13,841 hrs · 7,100 cycles
TXKF - KPBI, THE CREW ABORTED TAKE OFF AFTER DISCOVERING THE CONTROL YOKE PITCH AXIS WAS LOCKED. UNDER THE ADVISEMENT OF GULFSTREAM ENGINEERING AND A FIELD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A THOROUGH VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE GAMMA TUBES FOR EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT. THE RACE TRACK PANEL WAS INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE, AND THE ENTIRE CABLE RUNS IN THE BOILER ROOM AND AFT QUADRANT WERE INSPECTED FOR DEFECTS. AN INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE ELEVATOR BUNGEE AND SPRINGS AND NUMEROUS PANELS WERE REMOVED TO INSPECT THE FLIGHT CONTROL CIRCUITS FOR DEFECTS AND F.O.D. NO F.O.D. OR DEFECTS WERE FOUND. A HIGH SPEED TAXI WAS PERFORMED TO CHECK FLIGHT CONTROLS FOR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT. ALL
Part: WINDSHIELD — CRACKED (COCKPIT) · airframe 13,363 hrs · 6,811 cycles
TRIP ID NR 889856, DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL 400 THE OUTER PLY OF THE CO-PILOTS WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED THE AIRCRAFT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPORTED TO HAVE AN APPEARANCE OF BEING OVERHEATED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CO-PILOTS WINDSHIELD, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER. THE REMOVED TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER IS A PN 574-3, WITH SN 0959. OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE WINDSHIELD HEAT SYSTEM WERE GOOD, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: WINDSHIELD — CRACKED (COPILOT WNDSHLD)
OUTER PLY OF CO-PILOT WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN FLIGHT. NO LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION OCCURRED. APPEARS HEATING ELEMENT SHORTED. (K)
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (RIGHT) · airframe 12,471 hrs · 6,289 cycles
KMIA TRIP ID NR 812480, CREW REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED WITH A VERY LOUD BANG SHORTLY AFTER THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. A SEVERE SHUTTER WAS FELT THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE RIGHT FIRE HANDLE WAS PULLED AND THE NR 1 EXTINGUISHER WAS SHOT DUE TO A VERY HIGH TGT READING. AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN KMIA. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND FIRE BOTTLE. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.