N265AS
Registered owner: CAPITAL HOLDINGS 221 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.
11 reports on file, 1996-11-13 – 2002-05-11.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
DURING A HANGAR INSPECTION IN MCN, THE AFT SECTION OF EMERGENCY LIGHTING WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING BATTERY PACK IN THE NR 3 POSITION. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
DURING HANGAR CHECK IN MCN, THE FORWARD FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT STRIP WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE AND THE NR 1 EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK WAS FOUND DEAD. MAINTENANCE SPLICED A BROKEN WIRE ON THE FORWARD FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT STRIP. MAINTENANCE ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: CONTROL PANEL — SMOKE (COCKPIT)
FLT 4026 - DURING FLIGHT FROM ATL TO ILM, CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY IN FL0. CREW ADVISED MAINTENANCE THAT THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FIRST OFFICERS COMM CONTROL PANEL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 AUDIO CONTROL PANEL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: CONTROL PANEL — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT)
FLT 4026 - DURING FLIGHT ATL TO ILM, CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY IN FLO. CREW ADVISED MAINTENANCE THAT THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FIRST OFFICERS COMM CONTROL PANEL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 AUDIO CONTROL PANEL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: WIRE — CHAFED (CABIN)
DURING GROUND INSPECTION IN DFW, SOME EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN CABIN WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED CHAFED WIRING ON CABIN EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTING. (M)
Part: FRAME — CORRODED (BS 21)
DURNG C-CHECK, FOUND CORROSION AT FRAME 21. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED CORROSION FOLLOWING EO 120-53-0125 WHICH OUTLINES PROCEDURES FOR FRAME 21 CORROSION REPAIR. (M)
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (LT & RT NACELLE)
DURING INSPECTION, FOUND BOTH LT AND RT NR 1 FRAMES CRACKED. MAINTENANCE C/W EO 120-54-0034, WHICH OUTLINED FRAME REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES. AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY IN C-CHECK. (X)
Part: VALVE — FAILED (WS 494)
FLT 7430 - OUTSTATION ILE, SMOKE IN CABIN AND COCKPIT JUST AFTER ENGINE START, PACKS AND FANS WERE OFF. DFW MECHANIC WAS SENT TO ILE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE RIGHT PACK CONTROL VALVE WAS SLIGHTLY OPEN WITH APU BLEED ON AND PACKS OFF. FOUND A/C SAFE FOR FERRY FLIGHT TO DFW. DFW MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT PACK CONTROL VALVE. OPERATIONAL AND GROUND CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR FURTHER SERVIEC. (M)
Part: FAN — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
FLT 7960 - OUTSTATION GTR - COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE WHEN RIGHT ENGINE WAS STARTED. LOCAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND THE RIGHT RECIRCULATION FAN INOPERATIVE. A/C WAS FOUND SAFE FOR A FERRY FLIGHT TO DFW. DFW MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT RECIRCULATION FAN. OPERATIONAL AND GROUND CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR FURTHER SERVICE. (M)
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (LEFT)
DURING CLIMB-OUT DFW-LAW, RECEIVED LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING ON MAP, PRESSURE GAUGE CONFIRMED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE WAS BELOW 40 PSID. CREW FOLLOWED THE POH AND SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE, THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DFW WHERE LANDING WAS MADE SAFELY AND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DFW MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE IAW/MM. ALL GROUND RUNS AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR FURTHER SERVICE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED FAILURE OF THE NR 5 BEARING, LEADING TO THE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. (M)
Part: CONNECTOR — DIRTY (LT ENGINE)
UPON DEPARTURE CSG/ATL - RECEIVED RED MAP LIGHT 'OIL', AWU 'OIL', AND NOTED OIL PRESSURE GAUGE FLUCTUATING, THE WARNINGS SELF-EXTINGUISHED THEN RECURRED TWO MORE TIMES. THE CREW PROCEEDED WITH THE CLIMB-OUT AND NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF THE NEED TO RETURN. THE WARNINGS EXTINGUISHED WITH THE ENGINE POWER BELOW 100 PERCENT AND THE CREW ELECTED TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING. LANDING WAS MADE SAFELY AND WITHOUT INCIDENT. LOCAL MECHANIC ADDED 1 QUART OF OIL TO THE LEFT ENGINE AND CLEANED THE CANNON PLUG AT THE TRANSDUCER. PERFORMED GROUND RUN-UP, NO LEAKS NOTED. ATL MTC INSPECTED OIL PRESSURE TRANSMITTER AND GROUND RAN THE ENGINE. OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD, AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR SERVICE. (X)