N214WQ
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.
22 reports on file, 2008-09-27 – 2016-01-03.
Part: SUPPORT STRUT — FAILED (PAX DOOR) · airframe 13,150 hrs · 12,943 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE SUPPORT STRUT ON THE AIRSTAIR DOOR CAME APART WHEN IT OPENED. MAINTENANCE R & R THREADED BUSHING AND REINSTALLED DOOR STRUT BOLT IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Earlier reports · 2008–2015 · 21 reports
2015
Part: CONTROL PANEL — FAILED (MLG) · airframe 13,088 hrs · 12,890 cycles
THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO FIELD. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL PANEL. OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.
2014
Part: HANDLE — BROKEN (R2 DOOR) · airframe 10,503 hrs · 10,269 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE R2 DOOR INTERIOR ASSIST HANDLE IS BROKEN. MAINTENANCE R & R HANDLE IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
2013
Part: LATCH — UNSECURE (CARGO DOOR) · airframe 9,636 hrs · 9,415 cycles
AFT CARGO DOOR SHOWED OPEN IN FLIGHT. ALSO REPORTED PRESSURIZATION ISSUES. AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED, ELECTED TO RETURN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF THE CARGO DOOR IAW AMM AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. MAINTENANCE SUSPECTS HANDLE WAS NOT LATCHED PROPERLY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. ACFT IS GOOD FOR SERVICE.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (ZONE 200) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 9,452 hrs · 9,220 cycles
DURING HEAVY CHECK, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE RT INBD SEAT TRACK AT BS 644.5 TO 714.602. R & R SEAT TRACK IAW SRM 51-40-15, 51-41-00 & 51-42-05.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (ZONE 200) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 9,452 hrs · 9,220 cycles
DURING HEAVY CHECK, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE LT INBD SEAT TRACK BS 697.6 TO 728.102. R & R THE SEAT TRACK IAW SRM 51-42-05, 51-41-00 & 51-40-15.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (ZONE 200) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 9,452 hrs · 9,220 cycles
DURING HEAVY CHECK, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE RT INBD SEAT TRACK AT STATION X19.50 TO X94.800. MAINTENANCE R & R THE RT INBD SEAT TRACK AT STA X19.50 TO X94.800 IAW SRM 51-40-15, 51-41-00, 51-42-05, 51-40-05 & 51-40-07. ACFT IS CURRENTLY STILL OUT OF SERVICE FOR HEAVY CHECK COMPLETION.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (ZONE 200) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 9,452 hrs · 9,220 cycles
DURING HEAVY CHECK, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON RT INBD SEAT TRACK STA -39.00 TO 19.50. MAINTENANCE R & R THE RT INBD SEAT TRACK IAW SRM 51-41-00, 51-42-05, 51-40-15 AND RD 8/4-53-5354, ISSUE 4.
Part: HEATER — CONTAMINATED (COFFEEMAKER) · airframe 9,361 hrs · 9,134 cycles
F/A REPORTED A BURNING ODOR IN THE AFT GALLEY AREA AND CAPTAIN NOTED A FAINT ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. NO SMOKE WAS VISIBLE AND ODOR WAS NOT STRONG, BUT NOTICEABLE. ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LANDED AND TAXIED TO GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED AND FOUND DEBRIS BURNED ON THE HOT JUG WARMING PADS. MX REMOVED ALL DEBRIS FROM THE PADS AND PERFOMED ALL SYSTEMS CHECKS IAW AMM AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACFT IS GOOD FOR SERVICE.
Part: CONTROLLER — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 5,478 hrs · 5,304 cycles
CREW REPORTED SLOW DEPRESSURIZATION AT FL 210 AND RECEIVED CABIN PRESS WARNING LIGHT. CREW DID MEMORY ITEMS AND IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED DECENT TO 10,000 FT. AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED SO CREW CONTINUED ON, WHERE THEY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT OPS CHECK GOOD IAW AMM.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (FLASHLIGHT) · airframe 9,054 hrs · 8,836 cycles
AFT F/A FLASHLIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MX REPLACED BATTERIES IN FLASHLIGHT IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: OUTFLOW VALVE — FAILED (CABIN PRESSURE) · airframe 8,724 hrs · 8,513 cycles
CREW RECEIVED A CABIN PRESS MASTER WARNING. CABIN SHOWED ABOVE 10000 FT, CREW DONNED O2 MASKS AND STARTED EMERGENCY DECENT TO 14,000 FT. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND STARTED RETURN TO DEPARTURE. CREW RAN QRH FOR CABIN PRESS WHICH CLEARED THE FAULT INDICATION AND CABIN PRESSURE RETURNED TO NORMAL. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE OUTFLOW VALVE HAD FAILED AND R & R IAW AMM. OPS CHECKED GOOD AND ACFT IS GOOD FOR SERVICE.
2011
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — ACTIVATED (COCKPIT) · airframe 7,171 hrs · 6,960 cycles
ON INITAIL CLIMB DURING FLAP RETRACTION FROM 5 DEGREES SETTING THE FLAP DRIVE CAUTION LIGHT CYCLED ON AND OFF. THE FLAPS RETRACTED ALL THE WAY UP. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE QRH BUT THE LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT. CREW ADVISED DISPATCH OF POSSIBLE ZERO FLAPS LANDING AND EMERGENCY TO EWR. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AS THEY GOT CLOSER TO EWR. ON ARRIVAL THEY WERE ABLE TO EXTEND THE FLAPS TO 15, MADE A NORMAL LANDING AND TAXIED TO GATE WITHOUT FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (COCKPIT) · airframe 6,217 hrs · 6,055 cycles
FLIGHT WAS ON APPROACH AND CREW PUT THE GEAR DOWN. DID NOT RECEIVE A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR SO THEY WENT MISSED APPROACH. THE CHECK LIST WAS RUN AND RECEIVED 3 GREEN LIGHTS. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. EWR TOWER ROLLED THE TRUCKS AS PER STANDARD PROCEDURES. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. RELAMPED NOSE GEAR INDICATOR. NO ALTERNATE EXTENSION USED.
Part: ANTI-ICE SYSTEM — MALFUNCTIONED (ENGINE) · airframe 5,533 hrs · 5,397 cycles
DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF, CREW NOTICED SMELL (NO SMOKE) THEN ENG ADPT HEAT 2 LIGHT. CREW RETURNED TO GATE AND DEPLANED THE PASSAENGERS. MAINTENANCE HAS DEFERRED THIS SYSTEM.
2010
Part: ENGINE — OIL CONSUMPTION (NR 1) · airframe 5,206 hrs · 5,102 cycles
AIRCRAFT WAS JUST RELEASED FROM HOLDING OVER HELON INTERSECTION WHEN F/O NOTICED SMOKE IN THE VICINITY OF HIS OVERHEAD LIGHT. CAPTAIN ALSO SAW THE SMOKE AND NOTICED ACRID SMELL. LAV SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED. CAPTAIN CALLED F/A AND SHE REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO VISIBLE FIRE, BUT CABIN LOOKED FOGGY. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RECEIVED PRIORITY HANDLING FROM ATC. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. BY THE TIME AIRCRAFT LANDED THE SMOKE AND ACRID SMELL SUBSIDED. CREW DID NOT FEEL THE NEED TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXI TO GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. X SERVICED THE NR 1 ENGINE AND RAN THE ENGINE FOR TWENTY FOUR MINUTES, CHECKED OIL AND THE OIL CONSUMED ONE AND ONE QUARTER QUARTS. MX SMELLED THE "SMOKE" SMELL IN THE FLIGHTDECK BUT AT THE SAME TIME THIS TRIGGERED THE LAVATORY FIRE ALARM. MX RAN HIGH POWER AND WHEN PULLED BACK ON THE POWER LEVER MX HEARD A LOUD BANG (COMPRESSOR STALL) AND RETRIEVED FAULT CODE 801 FROM THE ARCDU. (801 IS THE DETECTION OF AN ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL). WHEN FINALLY SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN MX ALSO GOT THE CODE 915 FOR THE NR 1 ENGINE MAIN OIL FILTER. IN 24 MINUTES THE ENGINE IS USING 1 1/4 QUARTS PER THE MANUAL IT SHOULD BE USING 1 1/4 QUARTS ROUGHLY IN 10 HRS RATHER THAN 24 MINUTES. MX HAS METAL PARTICLES FROM THE MAIN OIL FILTER THAT WILL BE SENT INTO THE LAB. PRATT AND WHITNEY BELIEVES THIS IS AN ENGINE CHANGE. THE ONLY WAY THIS COULD BE REPOSITIONED TO A HANGAR IN ALBANY DEPENDS ON THE OUTCOME OF BORESCOPES.
Part: DOOR — UNSECURE (CARGO BAY) · airframe 4,504 hrs · 4,452 cycles
CARGO DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. SECURED DOOR.
Part: FLAP — MALFUNCTIONED (WING) · airframe 4,185 hrs · 4,158 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF CREW EXPERIENCED FLAP POWER FAIL. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO BOS. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DUTY OFFICER HAS CONTACTED FAA REGARDING THIS FLIGHT. CLEARED ECU CONTINUES BIT FAULT FROM CDS IAW Q400 MM 15-00-27. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF FLAPS SYSTEM IAW 27-50-00. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: BRACKET — BROKEN (OIL SYSTEM) · airframe 4,114 hrs · 4,089 cycles
OIL PUMP BRACKET BROKEN OFF, CHAFED OIL PUMP TRANSFER TUBE AND ENGINE CASE DRAIN NR 2 ENGINE. REPLACED TRANSFER TUBE RETAINER BRACKET IAW Q400 MM 79-22-16. VERIFIED NO OIL LEAK IN PUMP AREA. AS PER DEVIATION LETTER DAA201438-PW150A-FA0478, LOWER I/B TRANSFER TUBE DAMAGE IS ACCEPTABLE WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION. INITIATED DMI 13897 FOR ENGINE CASE SURFACE REPAIR WITHIN 100FH.
Part: AILERON — DAMAGED (RT WING) · airframe 3,563 hrs · 3,541 cycles
AIRCRAFT REQUIRES MAJOR REPAIR FOR PERMANENT REPAIR IF RIGHT AILERON BURN DAMAGE IAW TD 400-57-10-01.
2009
Part: SELECTOR VALVE — MALFUNCTIONED (LANDING GEAR) · airframe 2,758 hrs · 2,753 cycles
LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND DURING NORMAL PROCEDURES. ALTERNATE GEAR PROCEDURES ACCOMPLISHED.
2008
Part: SEAL — LACK OF LUBE (SERVICE DOOR)
RT AFT SERVICE DOOR ILLUMINATED THE FUSELAGE DOORS LIGHT INFLIGHT. PERFORMED OPS CHECK AT RT AFT SERVICE DOOR IAW AMM 52-41-00-710-801. OPS CHECK GOOD. COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAULT. LUBRICATED DOOR SEALS IAW RIL 84-12-003. (K)