N258AF
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.
3 reports on file, 2017-07-27 – 2018-12-27.
Part: LANDING GEAR — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 8,418 hrs · 6,540 cycles
DURING LANDING AND GEAR EXTENSION ON A FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED "WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN ON APPROACH TO LANDING THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH AND ONLY THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. WE COMPLETED THE "ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION" CHECK LIST WITH A SUCCESSFUL GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION AND LANDED. DURING POST FLIGHT WE OBSERVED HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM VENT AREA NEAR THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR." THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO WORK ON THIS AIRCRAFT. A FOLLOW UP SDR WILL BE FILED FOLLOWING REPAIR.
Part: ACTUATOR — FAULTED (NLG) · airframe 8,350 hrs · 6,492 cycles
PROBLEM: WHILE ENROOT/DECENT KTPA TO KDAL THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED "NOSE GEAR DID NOT DESCEND WHEN HANDLE ACTUATED. PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENT ON FOUND HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKING FROM NOSE WHEEL COMPARTMENT". THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION YIELDED A GREEN NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED CONDITION, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT AND NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. RESOLUTION: A CONTRACT MAINTENANCE VENDOR UPON ARRIVAL TO THE AIRCRAFT, INSPECTED THE NOSE GEAR UPLOCK ADJUSTMENT, ACTUATOR, SWITCHES, HARNESSES, AND NOSE GEAR DOORS FOR DEFECTS. NONE NOTED. CYCLED GEAR 40+ TIMES WHILE INSPECTING CYCLED FLAPS AND BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES ALL WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW AMM 32-20-00. PURGED THE HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM THE EMERGENCY GEAR/BRAKE PNEUMATIC LINES NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW BEECHCRAFT 100 AMM 12-10-00. SERVICED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND MAIN GEAR DOORS CLOSE NITROGEN BOTTLE TO 1500 PSI IAW BEECH AMM 12-10-00. SERVICED THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TO 84 PSI WHILE ON JACKS NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED IAW BEECH AMM 12-10-00. SERVICED THE HYDRAULIC PACKAGE TO FULL NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW BEECHCRAFT AMM 12-10-00. FOLLOWING PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE ACTION AND AIRCRAFT RELEASE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO CONFIRM ITS PROBLEM COULD/COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. UPON AIRCRAFT RETURN THE FLIGHT CREW WROTE UP THE FOLLOWING: NOSE GEAR DID NOT DESCEND WHEN GEAR HANDLE ACTUATED. PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE WORKED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THE NLG UPLOCK ACTUATOR WAS FAULTY. IT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT IAW BEECHCRAFT 400A AMM 32-30-00 WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE HYD. FLUID WAS PURGED FROM THE EMERGENCY GEAR BRAKE PNEUMATIC LINES IAW BEECHCRAFT 400A AMM 12-10-00. SERVICED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND MAIN GEAR DOORS CLOSE NITROGEN BOTTLE TO 1500 PSI IAW BEECHCRAFT 400A AMM 12-10-00. FOLLOWING THIS MAINTENANCE ACTION THE AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN ABOUT 9 LEGS WITH NO DEFECTS OR PROBLEMS.
Part: LENS — MISSING (BEACON) · airframe 7,537 hrs · 5,855 cycles
DURING MAINTENANCE, THE TAIL BEACON LENS WAS FOUND MISSING. REMOVED THE BEACON, INSTALLED BEACON LIGHT IAW EO AS-EO-0117-10_REV B.03, AND AMM 33-40-00. OPS CHECKED GOOD.