N300FL
Registered owner: VALIAIR LC TRUSTEE, WY (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
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, 2011-06-28 – 2012-01-20.
Part: RESERVOIR — UNDERSERVICED (HYD SYSTEM)
DURING GEAR RETRACTION, THE CREW HEARD A WHINING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A "POP" AND LANDING GEAR FAILURE CAS MESSAGE. CREW DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE FIELD AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DURING LANDING; SUBSEQUENTLY THE RT MAIN TIRE BLEW ON LANDING. MX FOUND THE HYD RESERVOIR UNDER-SERVICED AND NO EVIDENCE OF FLUID LEAKAGE ANYWHERE ON THE ACFT. BOTH HYD PUMPS AND THE RESERVOIR WERE CHANGED FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (LT INLET) · airframe 142 hrs · 104 cycles
DURING INSPECTION OF ENGINE INLETS, CRACKS AND MISSING/DAMAGED FASTENERS WERE FOUND ON THE LT ENGINE INLET. THE FASTENERS WERE REPLACED. ADDITIONAL C/A REQUIRE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE INLET WITH A -405 UNIT; IN THE MEAN TIME, THE ACFT MFG HAS DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE IS ACCEPTABLE AND HAS ALLOWED THE INLET TO CONTINUE IN SERVICE WITH ADDITIONAL PERIODIC INSP REQUIREMENTS. THE INLET WILL BE REPLACED AT A LATER DATE.