N268SL
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALASKA CENTRAL EXPRESS INC (YADA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
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, 2017-07-27 – 2020-12-15.
Part: MOTOR — BURNED OUT (TE FLAPS) · airframe 46,761 hrs · 38,821 cycles
PILOT REPORTED: FLAPS STUCK IN LANDING, WHEN SELECTED POSITION SWITCH TO TAKOFF, FLAPS WENT FULL DOWN. ENVIROMENTAL SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED, AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE FLAP MOTOR ASSEMBLY TO BE BURNT AND FAULTY, CAUSING FLAP FAILURE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLAP MOTOR ASSEMBLY, OPERATIONAL CHECKS SUCCESSFUL.
Part: CONTACT — DIRTY (MLG RELAY) · airframe 44,257 hrs · 37,083 cycles
LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND, PILOT USED QRH TO MANUALLY EXTEND LANDING GEAR AND GET THREE GREEN INDICATORS THAT GEAR WAS EXTENDED BEFORE LANDING. MAINTENANCE PERSONAL INSPECTED LANDING GEAR AND FOUND DIRTY CONTACTS AT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR POWER PACK RELAY. CLEANED CONTACTS AND PERFORMED MULTIPLE LANDING FUNCTION CHECKS WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (COCKPIT) · airframe 41,945 hrs · 35,265 cycles
PILOT REPORTED A LOUD HIGH PITCH NOISE AND ELECTRICAL SMELL IN COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ISSUE AND AS SCHEDULED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED COCKPIT AREA, UNDER FLOORBOARDS, BEHIND CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL AND IN THE AVIONICS BAY. UNABLE TO FIND ANY DEFECTS. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN ON OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: GASKET — FAILED (ZONE 600) · airframe 40,946 hrs · 34,412 cycles
RIGHT BLEED AIR ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED INFLIGHT. RIGHT OVERTEMP SENSOR GASKET FAILED MELTING THE EVA TUBING.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (CABIN) · airframe 40,755 hrs · 34,257 cycles
CLIMBING THROUGH 10,000 FT, SMELLED A BURNING PLASTIC SMOKE, UP TO 20,000 FT. DURING DESCENT THROUGH 14,000 FT, THE ODOR DISAPPEARED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING OF SURROUNDING AREAS AND CHECKED WIRES FOR ANY BURN INDICATIONS, UNABLE TO SEE ANY BURNED PLASTIC. PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS, OPERATED BLOWER MOTORS, ACM, HEAT AND AVIONICS, NO DISCREPANCIES OR ODD ODORS NOTED.
Part: TCAS SYSTEM — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT) · airframe 40,127 hrs · 33,743 cycles
PILOT REPORTED- "HE RECEIVED A CLEARANCE FROM RADIO, THAT WAS PASSED FROM ATC, "ON DEPARTURE TURN LEFT HEADING 090 AND MAINTAIN 4,000 FT." AS WE CLIMBED THROUGH 2,000 FT, CHECKED IN WITH CENTER AND WAS GIVEN A NEW ALTITUDE OF "CLIMB AND MAINTAIN FL21000." AS WE CLIMBED THROUGH 8,500 FT WE GOT A TERRAIN WARNING "TERRAIN AHEAD PULL UP, TERRAIN AHEAD PULL UP." WE ACTED ON THE WARNING PER OUR CFIT MANEUVER, AND AS WE CLIMBED THROUGH 10,000 FT THE WARNING WENT AWAY. THE CO-PILOT WAS PILOT FLYING AND AS HE PITCHED UP I PULLED UP THE TERRAIN PAGE AND CHECKED ON MY TABLET THE SAFE ALTITUDE AND RESUMED A NORMAL CLIMB." END. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ACSS TCAS2 COMPONENT MANUFACTURERS TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION.
Part: INDICATION SYS — MALFUNCTIONED (NAVIGATIONAL) · airframe 23,987 hrs · 30,641 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A GPS, VOR, AND ADF ERROR THAT LASTED APPROXIMATELY 7-8 MINUTES. THE COURSE LINE ON THE NR 2 GPS WAS OFF TO THE RIGHT BY APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM THEIR POSITION. THE NR 1 GPS WAS INDICATING A COURSE LINE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. NEITHER COMPASS WOULD LINE UP WITH GPS. ADF AND VOR WOULD NOT ACQUIRE.