N27471
Registered owner: GRANT AVIATION INC, AK (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, 2000-03-29 – 2015-09-30.
Part: POWERPACK — BYPASSING (HYD SYSTEM) · airframe 12,620 hrs
AFTER TAKEOFF DURING CLIMB PILOT TRIED TO PUT GEAR HANDLE UP ALL LIGHTS INDICATED GEAR UP BUT HANDLE FAILED TO RETURN TO NEUTRAL. PILOT THEN PUT GEAR HANDLE DOWN, GOT GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT AGAIN GEAR HANDLE DID NOT RETURN TO NEUTRAL. HE FLEW BY THE TOWER TO MAKE SURE THAT GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND THAT THE DOORS WOULD NOT GO UP IN FLIGHT. FOUND THAT THE HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS BEING DUMPED OVERBOARD. REPLACED THE HYDRAULIC POWERPACK AND GOT THE FLUID TO STOP GOING OVERBOARD.
Part: LEAD — SEPARATED (STARTER)
RIGHT ENGINE FAILED TO START. INVESTIGATION REVEALED BOTH FIELD BRUSH LEADS WERE SEPARATED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE BRUSHES. ONE BRUSH SHOWED NO INDICATION OF ARCING IN THE LEAD ATTACH HOLE IN THE BRUSH, WHILE THE OTHER DID. IT APPEARED ONE BRUSH LEAD SEPARATED AND PLACED THE ENTIRE START LOAD ON THE OTHER BRUSH CAUSING IT TO FAIL AT THE LEAD ATTACH POINT. THE STARTER''S OVERALL CONDITION WAS EXCELLENT. THE INSIDE WAS CLEAN AND BRIGHT. FAILURE APPARENTLY WAS DUE TO A POORLY CONSTRUCTED BRUSH/LEAD ASSY THAT LEAD TO PREMATURE FAILURE. WHEN THE OLD BRUSHES WERE COMPARED TO NEW BRUSHES, THE WEAR WAS NEGLIGIBLE. (X)