N2268W
Registered owner: CHORMAN SPRAYING LLC, 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
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.
12 reports on file, 1995-01-20 – 1996-06-24.
Part: INDICATOR — DEFECTIVE (FUEL QTY)
OIL INSIDE OF GLASS.
Part: INDICATOR — FLUCTUATION (COCKPIT AS)
NEEDLE HAS A 10 KT. FLUCTUATION DURING FLIGHT. SENT TO PRECISION AVIONICS & INST., INC. FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR.
Part: INDICATOR — STICKS (COCKPIT TOT)
TOT NEEDLE STICKS THROUGHOUT RANGE.
Part: TRANSCEIVER — DAMAGED (COCKPIT)
FACEPLATE BROKEN. REPLACED FACEPLATE. REPAIRED. FOUND MTL TO BE WAY BELOW SPECS. REPLACED TRANSISTOR Q415. REPLACED DIODE CR407. REPAIRED. FOUND UNIT TO HAVE WEAK POWER OUT. TRIED ADJUSTING POWER OUT TO SPECS. NO HELP. REPLACED CAVITY TUBE 101. REPAIRED.ADJUSTED FREQUENCY. BENCH CHECK GOOD.
Part: MOUNT — OVER TEMP DOT (INPUT DRIVE)
INPUT DRIVE SHAFT FORWARD AND COUPLING YELLOW TEMPERATURE INDICATOR DOTS TURNED BLACK INDICATING ELEVATED TEMPERATURE.
Part: SHAFT — INDICATOR DARK (M/R DRIVE)
YELLOW TEMP INDICATORS DARK. INSTALLED SERVICEABLE DRIVESHAFT.
Part: INDICATOR — READS LOW (COCKPIT A/S)
NEEDLE INDICATES 5 KNOTS LOW REPORTED NEED FLUCTUATES. TIME SINCE REPAIR 51:50.
Part: CELL — LEAKING (FUEL SYS)
INTERIOR OF FUEL CELL IS BAD AND LEAKING.
Part: TUB — MIS MFG (SHELL ASSY)
REMOVED SHELL ASSY FROM CRATE. FOUND AREA NEAR R/H NAV. LIGHT HOLE, ON INSIDE SKIN HAVING A GOUGE (HOLE) IN SKIN, WHICH WAS FILLED WITH ADHESIVE AND ADDED INSERT. FOUND INSIDE SKIN POLISHED DUE TO EXCESSIVE SEALANT DROPPINGS, CAUSING PROTECTIVE COATING TO BE REMOVED FROM RIGID SKIN. FOUND ALL ANGLES INSTALLED TO SHELL ASSY HAVING SEALANT INSTEAD OF BONDING ADHESIVE. FOUND SEVERAL ADDED INSERTS ON BOTTOM SIDE OF SHELL ASSY.
Part: WASHER — DETERIORATED (M/R THRUST)
EXCESSIVE LOAD ON PLUGS CAUSING MATERIAL TO DETERIORATE. PARTS SCRAPPED LOCALLY. APPLIED TORQUE ON ADJUSTING SCREWS AND LOWERED PRELOAD ON THRUST PLUGS.
Part: BEARING — CRACKED (T/R)
CRACKED INBOARD BEARINGS. ALSO REPLACED TWO EACH SLEEVES P/N 206-010-733-003. REMOVED FROM T/R HUB S/N AFS-5985, T.T. 1582:35. SCRAPPED BEARINGS AND SLEEVES LOCALLY. BLADE S/N CS3073 & CS3064
Part: BEARING — CRACKED (T/R)
CRACKED OUTBOARD BEARINGS. ALSO REPLACED TWO EACH SLEEVES P/N 206-010-733-003. REMOVED FROM T/R HUB S/N AFS-5985, T.T. 1582:35. SCRAPPED BEARINGS AND SLEEVES LOCALLY.