N260US
Registered owner: ALASKA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY LLC, WA (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.
2 reports on file, 2025-09-10 – 2025-10-01.
Part: ALTERNATOR — BROKEN (LEFT) · airframe 2,070 hrs · 4,325 cycles
LEFT ALTERNATOR FAILED CAS MESSAGE. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING SMOKE SMELL BEGAN IN CABIN. LT ALTERNATOR WAS FOUND WITH TWO BROKEN CASE TIE BOLTS BY MAINTENANCE. BUS BAR FUSE FOUND POPPED. ALTERNATOR AND FUSE REPLACED. LH VOLTAGE REGULATOR REPLACED. OPS CHECK GOOD, NO SMELL NOTED, AND NO CIRCUIT PROTECTION DEVICES TRIPPED.
Part: SWITCH — MELTED (PITOT HEAT) · airframe 1,993 hrs · 4,149 cycles
PITOT HEAT 1 INOP ON THE GROUND DURING PREFLIGHT. DEFERRED PITOT HEAT TO GET IT HOME. MX FOUND PITOT HEAT SWITCH WITH HEAT DAMAGE AROUND PINS 2, 5, AND 6. WITH CORRESPONDING HEAT DAMAGE ON SWITCH CONNECTOR AND WIRING TERMINALS. REPLACED SWITCH AND OPS CHECK GOOD. THIS FAILURE IS COMMON AND WE HAVE SEEN THE SWITCH BODY WITH A HOLE MELTED THROUGH THE SIDEWALL.