N244A
Registered owner: FLYING FARMER 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.
1 report on file, 2018-02-07.
Part: DISPLAY — MALFUNCTIONED (NAVIGATION) · airframe 14,630 hrs · 12,496 cycles
FLIGHT CREW REPORTED ONE HOUR FROM DESTINATION, DURING CRUISE, PILOT SIDE AIR SPEED DECREASING AND EVENTUALLY WENT TO ZERO. THE AUTO PILOT ALTITUDE HOLD STARTED TO HUNT UP AND DOWN AND OR - 200 FEET AND THE YOKE STARTED SHAKING RIGHT TO LEFT. CREW SHUT OFF THE AUTOPILOT AND HAND FLEW THE ACFT AND TRIED THE STANDBY INVERTER AND IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. THE COPILOT INSTRUMENTS WERE STILL WORKING NORMAL AT THE TIME BUT THE PILOT SIDE AND COPILOT SIDE ALTIMETERS WERE SHOWING ABOUT A 200 FEET DIFFERENCE. THEN THE PILOT SIDE ALTIMETER AND ATTITUDE INDICATORS FLAGS ACTIVATED, THE ONLY INSTRUMENT THAT WAS WORKING WAS THE HSI AND THE VSI. THE RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED ADC, THE FIRST OFFICER WAS HAND FLYING OFF HIS INSTRUMENTS. THEN THE FIRST OFFICERS AIRSPEED STARTED TO GO DOWN TO ZERO AND THE FIRST OFFICERS ALTITUDE FLAGS WERE ACTIVATING AND OFF MOMENTARILY. THE STANDBY ATTITUDE INDICATOR AND THE STANDBY ALTIMETER WAS LEFT. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. DURING THE DECENT THE CAPTAIN`S INSTRUMENTS CAME BACK AND FAILING EVERY FEW SECONDS. ONCE BELOW 17,000 FEET ALL THE INSTRUMENTS CAME BACK BUT UNTRUST WORTHY.