N199DS
Registered owner: ISLAND WINGS INC, FL (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
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.
1 report on file, 1996-02-14.
Part: HINGE — CRACKED (RT MLG DOOR)
DURING SCHEDULED ACFT INSPECTION, RT MAIN GEAR INBD DOOR'S FWD HINGE FORGING FND CRACKED IN INNER RADIUS. THE CRACK IS DETECTABLE VISUALLY EVEN THOUGH PART IS PAINTED; VISUAL PORTION OF CRACK IS THROUGH APPROX 25 PERCENT OF MATERIAL THICKNESS. SUBMITTER STATES THIS IS THE HINGE INSTALLED IAW AD 80-26-05, & PIPER SB 682. THIS IS 7TH CRACKED OR FAILED HINGE FND SINCE BEGINNING OF 1995 BY THIS OPERATOR. WITH AD 80-26-05 UP FOR REVISION (DOCKET 90-CE-59-AD), FAA & PIPER MAY WANT TO CONSIDER A FURTHER IMPROVED HINGE FORGING. WHILE CRACK RATE OF CURRENT P/N IS LESS THAN OLD PRE-AD STYLE, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED & BEARS FURTHER IMPROVEMENT.