N194US
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, 1995-07-12 – 2004-09-23.
Part: GROUND WIRE — BROKEN (DN LIMIT SWITCH)
NO GEAR INDICATION ON LT MAIN GEAR, EITHER RED OR GREEN. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. CREW FOLLOWED COM PROCEDURES WITH NO HELP. LT GEAR INDICATION DOES NOT TEST (RED AND GREEN LIGHTS INOPERATIVE). AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MECHANIC SENT TO TROUBLESHOOT. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT MLG DOWN LIMIT SWITCH IAW MM AND DISCREPANCY REMAINED. THE R2-28 RELAY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM AND DISCREPANCY REMAINED. THEN FOUND A BROKEN GROUND WIRE AT THE DOWN LIMIT SWITCH CONNECTOR PLUG. GROUND WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE GEAR INDICATION SYSTEM THEN OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 32-60-0.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
YIP - LEFT MAIN FRAME CRACKED BEYOND REPAIRABLE LIMITS. REMOVED AND REPLACED MAIN FRAME. (M)
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (FUSELAGE)
YIP - SMALL AREA OF CORROSION NOTED ON THE FORWARD FUSELAGE SKIN, BELOW THE FORWARD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT OPENING. REMOVAL OF INITIAL CORROSION REVEALED MORE EXTENSIVE (LEVEL 2) AREAS OF CORROSION. REMOVED CORROSION, CLEANED AND TREATED AREA. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED THE FOLLOWING; INTERNAL FILLER (.050 INCH 2024-T3 MATERIAL), SKIN FILLER (.090 INCH 2024T3 MATERIAL), REPAIR DOUBLER (.063 INC 2024T3 MATERIAL), REPAIR DOUBLER .063 INCH 2024T3 MATERIAL) AND REPAIR TRIPLER (.090 INCH 2024T3 MATERIAL). WORK ACCOMPLISHED PER FLIGHT VEHICLES ENGINEERING AUTHORIZATION NR EA 53-96219. (M)
Part: SKIN — CANNED (AFT FUSELAGE)
YIP - LEFT TAIL SECTION SKIN 'OIL CANNED'. SKIN IS IN THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE AFT AIR STAIRS. SKIN PANEL IS IN AN 'UNPRESSURIZED AREA'. REPLACED SKIN PANEL. (M)
Part: DOOR SWITCH — FAILED (RT MLG)
LRD - GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT REMAINING ON IN FLIGHT AFTER PERFORMING UPLATCH CHECK. REPLACED RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR SWITCH, AND ADJUSTED DOOR STOP BOLT ON GEAR DOOR IAW DC9 MM 32-70-0, 32-31-4. GEAR CYCLED AND CHECKED OK. (M)
Part: ACTUATOR — FAILED (RT MLG)
YIP - WITH GEAR RAISED AFTER TAKEOFF RIGHT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AND GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT CAME ON, GEAR WAS CYCLED AND LIGHTS REMAINED ON. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT MLG ACTUATOR. FOUND LOOSE RIGHT GEAR DOOR SWITCH, TIGHTENED MOUNTING BOLTS. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: LONGERON — CRACKED (BS 332)
YIP - CRACKS IN NR 1 (.375 INCH) AND NR 2 (.5 INCH) LONGERONS, AT FUSELAGE STATION NR 332. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS IAW FLIGHT VEHICLES, INC DRAWING 'FUS-LONGERON 1 AND 2 R AT STATION 332 REPAIR'. THESE DATA DER, ON FAA FORM 8110-3, DATED 3/31/96. INSTALLATION APPROVED BY REPAIR STATION ZIAR650A, ON FAA FORM 337, DATED 4/2/96. (M)
Part: AIRSPEED IND — INOPERATIVE (RT COCKPIT)
YIP - NR 1 FIRST OFFICERS AIRSPEED INDICATOR INOP. DUPLICATED MALFUNCTION, REMOVED AND REPLACED FIRST OFFICERS AIRSPEED INDICATOR. SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD IAW DC9 MM CHAPTER 34-10-01. (M)
Part: RIB — BROKEN (LT WING)
YIP - DURING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LEFT WING OUTBOARD SPOILER SUPPORT UPPER RIB ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN, AND A SECTION OF THE RIB WAS MISSING. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIB ASSEMBLY. NEW RIB WAS PROCURED PRE-DRILLED AND THE HOLES DID NOT ALIGN WITH EXISTING STRUCTURE. REPAIR DOUBLERS WERE FABRICATED AND INSTALLED PER USA JET AIRLINES, INC ENGINEERING AUTHORIZATION NR 95-57-01. THIS DATA WAS DESIGNED AND DER APPROVED BY FLIGHT VEHICLES INC ENGINEERING AUTHORIZATION NR 95-53-9549, AND ASSOCIATED FAA FORM 8110-3. (M)