N229QS
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, 2005-02-01 – 2017-11-12.
Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — FALSE ACTIVATION (CARGO BAY) · airframe 13,886 hrs · 8,805 cycles
THE CARGO COMPARTMENT FIRE DETECTION LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST, FALSE ALARM. PULLED THE CARGO BAY CIRCUIT BREAKER AND CONTINUED FLT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CARGO BAY SMOKE DETECTOR IAW MM 26-10-21-900-801. PERFORMED OPS CHECK. OPS CHECK IS SATISFACTORY.
Part: PUMP — FAILED (ENGINE OIL) · airframe 12,059 hrs · 7,665 cycles
LEFT OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO 20 PSI. OIL ONE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. SHUTDOWN NR 1 ENGINE IN-FLIGHT. SERVICED ENG OIL & STARTED ENG. VERIFIED OIL TO BE LEAKING OIL PUMP DRAIN. R & R ENG OIL PUMP & NR 1 HYD PUMP WITH OVERHAULED UNITS. SERVICED ENG OIL, STARTED ENG, & BLED HYD SYS. RAN ENG AT TAKEOFF POWER FOR 3 MINUTES, THEN AT MAX CRUISE FOR 10 MINUTES, NO LEAKS NOTED AT THIS TIME. COMPLETED SOAP SAMPLE & OIL FILTER CHANGE. CHECKED CHIP DETECTOR, NO DEBRIS FOUND. LEAKED CHECKED FILTER & CHIP DETECTOR, NO LEAKS NOTED AT THIS TIME. SERVICED OIL AS NECESSARY MM 79-20-04, MM 29-11-01-900-801.
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — ACTIVATED (COCKPIT) · airframe 12,059 hrs · 7,665 cycles
LEFT OIL PRESS DROPPED TO 20 PSI. OIL ONE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. SHUTDOWN NR 1 ENG IN FLIGHT.
Part: APU — LEAKING (APU BAY) · airframe 10,870 hrs · 6,878 cycles
APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS INTO FLIGHT AT FL410, THE ACFT BEGAN TO DEVELOP A PETROLEUM BASED ODOR IN THE CABIN. INSPECTED AND FOUND APU LEAKING INTERNALLY. REMOVED AND INSTALLED REPAIRED APU IAW AMM 21-52-05-900-801, 21-52-13-100-801, 20-00-00-910-803, 20-00-00-910-801, AND 49-10-01-960-801.
Part: CIRCUIT BOARD — FAULTY (LANDING GEAR) · airframe 10,753 hrs · 6,814 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF THE LG FAILED TO RETRACT WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED TO THE UP POSITION. THE TWO MAIN GEAR DOORS OPENED, 2 RED LIGHTS, BUT THE MAIN GEAR FAILED TO MOVE. THE GEAR HANDLE LIGHT WAS IN FLASHING MODE. WE CYCLED THE GEAR ONCE WITH THE SAME RESULT. WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN WE GOT 3 GREEN LIGHTS & NO RED, INDICATING THE GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED & THE GEAR DOORS WERE IN THE CLOSED NORMAL POSITION. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW NLG PROXIMITY SWITCH. ADJUSTED TO MINIMUM GAP IAW MM 32-61-49-900-801 OPS CHECK GOOD. REMOVED & INSTALLED NEW PCB 10GW REF F2000 MM 20-00-00-910-803 AND IPC 24-63-30-35 OPS CHECK GOOD. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION IAW MM 32-31-00-860-801 OPS CHECK GOOD NO FAULTS FOUND. CIRCUIT BOARD (PN: C1626-2, SN: 192), PROXIMITY SWITCH (PN: D22859000-2, SN: UNK003).
Part: CONNECTOR — DISCONNECTED (MLG) · airframe 10,712 hrs · 6,794 cycles
REMAINED UNDER GEAR EXTENDED SPEED AT 170 KNOTS. APPROXIMATELY FOUR MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF GEAR DOORS RETRACTED UNCOMANDED & RED GEAR DOOR LIGHTS WENT OUT. DIVERTED & UPON GEAR COMMANDED DOWN, GEAR EXTENDED WITH THREE GREEN LIGHTS & NO RED LIGHTS. ON POST FLIGHT FOUND LT & RT STEERING & BRAKE MINELCOS RED. CONNECTED COMPUTER & RETRIEVED FAULTS CODES WITH NO CODES PRESENT AT THIS TIME. PERFORMED INSPECTION OF GEAR PROXIMITY SWITCHES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTED GEAR UP LOCK & FOUND CONNECTOR DISCONNECTED ON LT UP LOCK ON WW. RECONNECTED CONNECTOR & PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME, WORK DONE IAW AMM 32-31-00.
Part: BRAKE — FROZEN (MLG) · airframe 8,662 hrs · 5,457 cycles
ACFT DEPARTED. AFTER GEAR EXTENSION WITH 3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED, NO AMBER ANNUNCIATORS ILLUMINATED. IAW CONTAMINATED OPS PROCEDURES PARKING BRAKE WAS EXERCISED 3 TIMES AND STOWED. BRAKE PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR NOT ILLUMINATED. AFTER A MATTER OF SECONDS AMBER BRAKE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. A CHECK OF THE INDICATORS SHOW RT BRAKE RED. NORMAL TOUCHDOWN. AFTER APPROX 10 SECONDS OF ROLLOUT THE TIRES BEGAN TO FAIL ON POST FLIGHT WALKAROUND NOTICED 4 SHREDDED MAIN TIRES. FOUND ALL 4 WHEEL/BRAKE ASSYS FROZEN DUE TO ICE. REPLACED ALL 4 MLG TIRE/BRAKE ASSYS WITH O/H UNITS IAW MM 32-428 & 32-400.
Part: ACCUMULATOR — LEAKING (THRUST REVERSER) · airframe 6,357 hrs · 4,013 cycles
DURING CLIMBOUT THE NR 1 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM INDICATION DROPPED TO 10 PERCENT ON QUANTITY AND PRESSURE DROPPED AS WELL. NOTED LEAK FROM LT T/R ACCUMULATOR TO FILTER ASSY. REPAIRED LEAK AND SERVICED SYSTEM 1 RESERVOIR. PERFORMED SYSTEM 1 HYDRAULIC OPERATION TEST WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD. WORK DONE IAW AMM 29-100.
Part: RADAR — INTERMITTENT (WX SYSTEM) · airframe 5,361 hrs · 3,384 cycles
WEATHER RADAR INTERMITTENT; WX FAULT MESSAGE APPEARS ON BOTH MFD'S AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF OF CONITINIOUS OPERATION , TILT CONTROLS APPEARED NOT TO WORK, DISPLAYS SHOWED WHAT APPEARED TO BE GROUND CLUTTER REGARDLESS OF TILT ANGLE SELECTED. T/S TO REMOVED AND REPLACED RADAR TO INSTALLED OVERHAULED UNIT OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD IAW MM 34-400.
Part: CONTROL SYSTEM — MALFUNCTIONED (SLAT/FLAPS)
FLAP SLATS NIPS LIGHT OUT IN FLIGHT. LEFT SLAT NOT RETRACTING COMPLETELY, FLAPS/SLATS DEPLOYED AT CRUISE.
Part: PROXIMITY SWITCH — FAILED (MLG) · airframe 3,504 hrs · 2,217 cycles
LANDING GEAR HANDLE FLASHED RED FOLLOWED BY LN3 GEAR CONTROL C/B POPPING. FOLLOWED ABNORMAL GEAR EXT CHECKLIST W/ONE RESET OF C/B GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY AND LANDING GEAR CONTROL C/B POPPED AGAIN. REMOVED BAD SWITCH AND INSTALLED NEW PROXY SWITCH AT LT MAIN LANDING GEAR. COMPLIED WITH FUNCTION TEST OF MLG EXTENSION / RETRACTION IAW FALCON 2000 MAINTENANCE MANUAL 32-600 AND 32-300.