N263AV
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, 2002-11-15 – 2013-11-09.
Part: SILL — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 31,853 hrs · 12,913 cycles
AIRCRAFT OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO C7 S2 CHECK. AFT CARGO DOOR SILL FRAME 54 TO FRAME 56 HAS SEVERAL SPOTS OF CORROSION UNDER PAINT. BLENDED LIGHT SURFACE CORROSION IAW SRM 51-74-00, SRM 51-70-00 & SRM 51-75-12.
Part: SILL — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 31,853 hrs · 12,913 cycles
AIRCRAFT OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO C7 S2 CHECK. FOUND CORROSION ALONG FWD BAG BIN SILL. BLENDED LIGHT SURFACE CORROSION IAW SRM 51-74-00, SRM 51-21-11 & SRM 51-75-12.
Part: STRINGER — CORRODED (ZONE 200) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 28,205 hrs · 11,238 cycles
DURING INSPECTION, CORROSION WAS FOUND AT STRINGER SECTIONS P1 LT AND RT BETWEEN C48 AND C49 STRINGERS. STRINGERS WERE REMOVED FOR REPLACEMENT AND CORROSION WAS FOUND AT CROWN SKIN AND IN A DOME-NUT THRU HOLE AT THE P1 LT INSTALLATION POSITION. REPAIRED IAW EA A2-53R-32445.
Part: FIRE WARNING — FALSE ACTIVATION (CARGO BAY) · airframe 27,991 hrs · 11,319 cycles
EMERNGENCY DECLARED, WARNING INDICATED "SMOKE DISCH AGENT 2" - INSPECTED FWD & AFT CARGO BAYS, NO DEFECTS NOTED, PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR UNIT IAW AMM 26-16-00-710-001-A AND AMM 26-16-00-710-003-A. OPS CHECK OF SMOKE DETECTOR, NO FAULTS NOTED, OK FOR SERVICE. VERIFIED BOTTLE DISCHARGED.
Part: ODOR — DETECTED (CABIN) · airframe 5,122 hrs · 1,701 cycles
AFTER T/O, F/A NOTICED ODOR & HAZE VIEWED FROM FWD CREW SEATS IN AFT PORTION OF A/C. VERIFIED SAME CONDITIONS AFT. ADJUSTED AIR CONDITIONING SYS TO INCREASE AIRFLOW AND ELIMINATE ODOR & HAZE. HAZE & ODOR BEGAN TO CLEAR, TEN MINS LATER HAZE & ODORS RETURNED. DIVERT INTO PHL. PERFORMED FUMES REMOVAL CHECKLIST, HAZE/FUMES CLEARING, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, ALL PAX DEPLANED. TROUBLESHOT SYS & COULD NOT DUPLICATE. ENGS RAN 1 HR AT DIFFERENT POWER SETTINGS, COULD NOT DUPLICATE. INSPECTED APU FOR LEAKS & OIL SERVICE WITH NO DEFECTS. INSPECTED ENG FOR EXTERNAL LEAKS & OIL SERVICE WITH NO DEFECTS. INSPECTED AIR CONDITIONING PACK BAYS FOR DEFECTS, NO DEFECTS. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: COMPUTER — FAULTY (NR 2) · airframe 1,928 hrs · 595 cycles
CRUISE, ELECTRICAL SMELL ON FLT DECK & AFT CABIN. SMELL COINCIDE WITH SEATBELT SIGNS ON. TURNED SEATBELT SIGN OFF & SMELL DISSIPATES. IN CLEAR SKY, TURNED SEATBELT SIGN ON & F/A REPORTED SMELL. ON DESCENT F/A REPORT SMELL STRONGER, 2 F/A'S COMPLAINING OF NOSE BLEED & OTHER OF TIGHT CHEST. DECLARED EMERGENCY, LANDED W/O INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED & COULD NOT SMELL ODORS, POWERED UP, ENG RUNS PERFORMED & ALL SYS OPS. SMELLS NOT DUPLICATED & NO DEFECTS. ECAM MSG, NR 2 SDAC INOP. NR 2 SDAC DEFERRED. ACFT FERRIED, NO ODORS. REPLACED NR 2 SDAC & OPS CK'D OK. THE REMOVED SDAC HAD ELECRICAL ODOR. UNIT SENT FOR REPAIR & EVALUATION. PERFORMED OPS CKS OF READING LIGHT SYS, EMERGENCY PSU, VES & CIDS, NO DEFECTS.
Part: COMPUTER — MALFUNCTIONED (ZONE 127) · airframe 92 hrs · 29 cycles
PRIOR TO DEPARTURE OF FLT 9263 ORD-ELP, THE NR 1 ELEVATOR AND AILERON COMPUTER (ELAC) [PITCH] FAULTED ON ECAM. DEFERRED ELAC NR 1 PER MEL 27-93-01-2. ALL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS REQUIRED ITEMS ACCOMPLISHED. REPLACED NR 1 ELAC PER AMM 27-93-34 AND OPS CHECKED OK IAW AMM 27-93-00-710-001 ON RETURN TO ORD ON NOV.16, 2002.