N26AT
Registered owner: DEL MAR COLLEGE, TX (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.
4 reports on file, 2007-10-09 – 2013-03-31.
Part: TIRE — SEPARATED (NR 1) · airframe 21,067 hrs · 16,501 cycles
AFTER LANDING IN MMPR, WHILE PERFORMING THE WALK AROUND INSPECTION, THE CAPTAIN NOTICED A SECTION OF THE TREAD MISSING ON THE NR 1 MAIN TIRE. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS REPORTED BUT THE TREAD SEPARATION. THE CAUSE OF THE TREAD SEPARATION COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. MECHANIC TO REPLACED THE BAD TIRE.
Part: BONDING JUMPER — FRAYED (RUDDER) · airframe 20,992 hrs · 16,442 cycles
DEPARTING ELP ON AN EMPTY LEG TO IAH, 5 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT AFTER FLYING THROUGH A RAIN CLOUD TRANSMITTING ON THE NR 1 AND NR 2 COMM RADIOS BECAME GARBLED AND UNREADABLE. RECEIVING SEEMED NORMAL. CAPTAIN CHOSE TO RETURN TO ELP. LOCAL AVIONICS SHOP WAS CALLED TO ASSIST WITH THE FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE RADIOS. THE SQUAWK WAS DUPLICATED ON THE GROUND. FOUR STATIC WICKS ON THE TAIL WERE FOUND TO BE QUESTIONABLE ON THE OHM CHECK. ONE BONDING ON THE RUDDER WAS FOUND TO BE FRAYED. NEW STATIC WICKS WERE INSTALLED AND THE BONDING WIRE WAS REPLACED. SIGNAL STRENGTH FROM BOTH COMM RADIOS WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: FILTER — CONTAMINATED (CABIN AIR) · airframe 20,750 hrs · 16,349 cycles
CABIN WAS PRESSURIZING BUT PILOT REPORTED ERRATIC CABIN RATE OF CLIMB AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO BASE. MX CHECKED TAILCONE FOR PRESSURE LEAKS NONE FOUND. MX CHECKED PRESSURE CONTROLLER AND FOUND CONTAMINATION IN THE FILTER WHICH APPEARED TO BE AN INSECT. REPLACED FILTER AND GROUND TESTED IAW THE MM AND CHECKED OK. ACFT DEPARTED AND NO PROBLEMS OCCURRED.
Part: ENGINE — FLAMED OUT (LEFT) · airframe 19,588 hrs · 15,256 cycles
LEARJET N26AT WAS ON THE WAY FROM ELP TO LAX AT FL 410, THE CREW WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERE WEATHER AND REQUESTED TO GO TO FL 450. DURING THE CLIMB THEY HIT TURBULENCE AND THE LT ENGINE FLAMED OUT. THEN REQUESTED TO GO DOWN TO FL 250, RELIT THE LT ENGINE, THEN CLIMBED BACK TO FL 410 AND CONTINUED THE FLIGHT WITH NO FURTHER INTERRUPTIONS.