N229DE
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.
11 reports on file, 2004-02-03 – 2011-01-14.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 49,374 hrs · 57,825 cycles
DURING SERVICE CHECK, MX FOUND DOOR L1 EMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHT INOP. R & R EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK FOR DOOR L1 SLIDE IAW AMM 33-50-3. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
Part: BATTERY — DISCHARGED (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 49,365 hrs · 57,818 cycles
DURING POST FLIGHT CHECK, CREW NOTED COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHT VERY DIM. R & R EMERGENCY BATTERIES FOR COCKPIT IAW AMM 33-53-00. OPS CHECK GOOD.
Part: BATTERY PACK — UNSERVICEABLE (EMERGENCY LIGHTS) · airframe 49,320 hrs · 57,788 cycles
DURING PERFORMANCE OF A-1 CHECK, FOUND GALLEY SERVICE DOOR SLIDE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. BATTERY PACK DISCHARGED. R & R EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK WITH SERVICEABLE. SYS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD.
Part: FITTING — CRACKED (VERTICAL STAB) · airframe 47,571 hrs · 56,743 cycles
RIGHT KEEL BEAM CLOSE-OUT PANEL STRUCTURE, FORWARD LOWER FITTING, CRACKED ON INTERIOR SECTION. REMOVED AND REPLACED FITTING IAW DC9 SRM 51-30-3 AND 51-30-1.
Part: ATTACH ANGLE — CRACKED (WING TO FUSELAGE) · airframe 47,571 hrs · 56,743 cycles
WING TO FUSELAGE ATTACH ANGLE CRACKED PAST STOP DRILL, RIGHT SIDE. REPLACED ANGLE IAW DC9 SRM.
Part: LONGERON — CRACKED (BS 332 L16R) · airframe 47,571 hrs · 56,743 cycles
LONGERON 16 RIGHT CRACKED AT FRAME FS 332. REMOVED AND REPLACED LONGERON IAW DC9 SRM 51-30-2.
Part: LONGERON — CRACKED (BS 525 L9L) · airframe 47,571 hrs · 56,743 cycles
FS 525, LONGERON 9 LEFT, CRACKED. REPAIRED LONGERON IAW DC9 SRM 53-02, FIGURE 18.
Part: LONGERON — CRACKED (BS 446 L3R) · airframe 47,571 hrs · 56,743 cycles
FS 446, LONGERON 3 RIGHT, CRACKED. REPAIRED CRACKED LONGERON IAW DC9 SRM 53-02, FIGURE 18.
Part: SHEAR TIE — CRACKED (BS 800) · airframe 47,571 hrs · 56,743 cycles
SHEAR TIE CRACKED AT FS 800 ON AFT SIDE, BETWEEN LONGERON 15 RIGHT AND 16 RIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED SHEAR TIE AT STA 800 IAW DC9 SRM 51-30-5.
Part: LONGERON — CRACKED (BS 313 L2R) · airframe 47,571 hrs · 56,743 cycles
FS 313, LONGERON 2 RIGHT, CRACKED. REPAIRED CRACKED LONGERON IAW DC9 SRM 53-02, FIGURE 18.
Part: SWITCH — INTERMITTENT (NLG) · airframe 45,745 hrs · 59,443 cycles
UPON EXTENDING GEAR, NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE, OTHER SWITCHING STUCK IN AIR MODE. NOTE: NO NOSE UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AFTER LANDING TAPPED ON NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH LIGHTS CAME ON. REMOVED AND REPLACED SWITCH AS PER DC9 MM CH 32-60-00 PG 1 PARA 1 GENERAL C 1 THRU 5 ITEM PARA 2A AND B1 AND 2. P/N 700-001-01-01, S/N OFF 9676, S/N ON 10841.