N235AS
Registered owner: WILCOX KYLE L, IA (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.
7 reports on file, 1996-07-21 – 2000-05-24.
Part: CONNECTOR — LOOSE (APU)
FLT 4902 - UPON GEAR RETRACTION, AN ELECTRICAL SMOKE SMELL APPEARED IN THE COCKPIT. CREW RETURNED TO DFW AND LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE FOUND AP BUS TIES LOOSE. MAINTENANCE TIGHTENED ALL BUS TIES ON RIGHT SIDE OF COCKPIT. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: RELAY — INOPERATIVE (APU)
FLT 4011 - CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED APU FEEDER PROTECTION RELAY. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: PCU — FAILED (RT PROPELLER)
ON CLIMB-OUT BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET, THE RIGHT PROP FLUCTUATED FROM 98.2 PERCENT TO 101.5 PERCENT. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES PROP SYNC OFF. PROP STABILIZED AT 101.2 PERCENT AFTER 30 SECONDS. CONTINUED WITH QRH PROCEDURES. FLIGHT IDLE SAME RPM. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, FEATHERED RIGHT PROP AND RETURNED TO DFW. ENGINE WAS NOT SHUT DOWN, JUST FEATHERED. EEC WAS OFF DUE TO PREVIOUS DEFER. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT PCU. LEAK AND OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD. RIGHT EEC WAS ALSO REPLACED TO CLEAR THE DEFER. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: FRAME — CHAFED (LT/RT NACELLE)
ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE'S, THE LEFT HAND, FORWARD HALF FRAME SHOWS SIGNS OF CHAFING. THIS CHAFING OCCURRED WHERE THE COWLING DOOR MADE CONTACT WITH THE FRAME. THERE IS NO ANY PROTECTION WHICH PREVENTS THE TWO SURFACES FROM RUBBING TOGETHER. THE FRAME IS CHAFED IN SEVEN AREAS WITH THE LARGEST AREA BEING 1.6 FEET IN LENGTH, BY 0.1 INCH WIDE, AND .030 INCH DEEP. TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, LAYER OF B-HALF PLACED ON THE FRAME SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH CUSHION BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRAME TO PROTECT THE TWO SURFACES DURING NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: HYDRAULIC LINE — SPLIT (RT MLG WW)
HKG - FLT 7468 - INBOUND DFW, CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LOSS OF BLUE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. A ZERO-FLAP LANDING WAS MADE AND AIRCRAFT WAS A TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DFW MAINTENANCE F0UND THE RIGHT ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE LINE SPLIT. FABRICATED NEW SECTION OF PRESSURE LINE AND PERMASWEGED IN. OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR FURTHER SERVICE. (X)
Part: STARTER/GEN — FAILED (RT ENGINE)
EN ROUTE TUL-DFW, THE RT MAIN STARTER/GENERATOR FAILED, THE DC BUSS 3 C/B TRIPPED, AND THE CENTRAL BUSS WAS LOST. THE CREW FOLLOWED TH POH PROCEDURES, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO OKC WHERE LANDING WAS MADE SAFELY AND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. LOCAL MX MET THE AIRCRAFT AND RESET THE DC BUSS C/B AND THE O/C RELAYS. NO HELP. DFW MX WAS DISPATCHED AND REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTER/GENERATOR. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR FURTHER SERVICE. (M)
Part: BRAKE — INOPERATIVE (LT MLG)
DURING TAXI OUT DFW-ICT, FOOT PEDAL BRAKING ACTION WAS LOST. CREW USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE ADVISED THE CREW TO TURN THE ANTI-SKID SWITCHES OFF, AT WHICH TIME FOOT PEDAL BRAKING WAS REGAINED. CREW THEN TAXIIED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE GATE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LEFT OUTBOARD BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND THE LEFT BRAKE CONTROL VALVE. OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A TAXI CHECK WITH THE ANTI-SKID ON AND OFF, AND ACHIEVED BRAKING WITH EVERY COMMAND. (M)