N287UE
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.
17 reports on file, 1995-03-29 – 1998-04-11.
Part: WIRE — CHAFED (CABIN)
DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, AFT LEFT AND RIGHT LIGHTED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS FAILED ILLUMINATE. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM, FOUND FUSE TO BE BAD AND CHAFFED WIRE THAT SHORTED TO GROUND. REPAIRED WIRE AND REPLACED FUSE. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY. (M)
Part: FUSE — FAILED (CABIN)
CLT/GNV - FLT 5593 - PILOT REPORTED BOTH AFT EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FUSE. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)
Part: LENS ASSY — MISSING (CABIN)
FLT 5595 - JAX-FLL - CREW REPORTED THE COVER MISSING ON THE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN OVER THE JUMP SEAT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LENS ASSEMBLY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: FUSE — BLOWN (CABIN)
FLT 5273 - TLH-MIA - PILOT REPORTED, A PORTION OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON EXITS AND FLOOR INOP. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BLOWN FUSE. REMOVED AND REPLACED FUSE, OPS CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Earlier reports · 1995–1997 · 13 reports
1997
Part: LIGHTS — MALFUNCTIONED (CABIN)
DURING PREFLIGHT CHECKS, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE FORWARD EMERGENCY LIGHTS ONLY ILLUMINATED FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS. MAINTENANCE ACTION WAS DEFERRED PER MEL 33501. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. DURING SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM, AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. (M)
Part: WIRE — SHORTED (CABIN)
FLT 5563 - FLL-JAX - CREW NOTICED THE LEFT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. JAX MAINTENANCE REPAIRED A SHORTED WIRE. OPS CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: CONTROL CABLE — WORN (LT AILERON)
DURING NIGHT MAINTENANCE, THE LEFT UPPER AILERON CABLE WAS FOUND WITH APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH AREA THAT WAS WORN. THE AREA OF DEFECT WAS LOCATED WHERE THE CABLE RUNS THROUGH THE LT ENGINE NACELLE FAIR LEAD. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LT AILERON UPPER CABLE. OPS CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
FLT 5324 - TPA-EYW - WHILE ON PREFLIGHT WALK AROUND, PILOT NOTICED 4 FLOOR TRACK LIGHTS AND 5 EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS THAT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE ACTION WAS DEFERRED PER MEL 33-50-1. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. IN SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE, THE BATTERY PACK WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
AIRSHUTTLE 5498, TLH-MIA - DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE LIGHTING SYSTEM PER MEL 33-50-1. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: CONNECTOR — SHORTED (CABIN)
AIRSHUTTLE 5310 - TLH-MIA - DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROW 5 BOTH UPPER AND LOWER WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING PER MEL 33-50-1. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. IN SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE SIX FAULTY CONNECTORS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPS CHECK GOOD.
Part: CONNECTOR — SHORTED (CABIN)
AIRSHUTTLE 5310 - TLH-MIA - DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROW 5 BOTH UPPER AND LOWER WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING PER MEL 33-50-1. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. IN SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE SIX FAULTY CONNECTORS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: CONNECTOR — LOOSE (CABIN)
AIRSHUTTLE 5559 - GNV - CLT - IN GNV, DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGNS AT ROW 5 WERE INOP. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE EXIT SIGNS PER MEL 33-50-1. LATER IN THE DAY MAINTENANCE RESEATED THE CONNECTOR ON THE NR 2 BATTERY, OPS CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: BATTERY — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
WHILE ON THE GROUND IN PNS, THE CREW FOUND THAT BOTH THE EMERGENCY EXITS AT ROW 5 HAD ONE LIGH TON THE SIDEWALL AREA THAT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE AND ONE LIGHT ON THE OVERHEAD BIN WASLL THAT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE LIGHTS PER MEL 33-50-1. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. IN SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE, THE EMERGENCY BATTERY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
AIRSHUTTLE 5498 - TLH-MIA - WHILE ON THE GROUND IN TLH, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE UPPER EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROW 5 WERE INOP. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
AIRSHUTTLE 5275 - TPA-GNV - WHILE ON THE GROUND IN TPA, THE CREW NOTICED THE MID-SECTION EMERGENCY LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE LIGHTS PER MEL 33-50-1. LATER IN THE DAY AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED AND THE DISCREPANCY COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: FUSE — FAILED (CABIN)
AIRSHUTTLE 5593 - GNV-CLT - WHILE ON THE GROUND IN GNV, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE UPPER MID-SECTION EMERGENCY LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED A BAD FUSE NEAR THE NR 2 EMERGENCY BATTERY, OPS CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
1995
Part: NACELLE — BIRD STRIKE (RT ENGINE)
SFO - BIRD STRIKE REPORTED AT RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION. FOUND SMALL DENT IN INBOARD RT ENGINE INLET COWL ACCESS PANEL. REMOVED DENT FROM PANEL. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED TO AIRCRAFT. RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. (X)