N310
Registered owner: TVPX AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS INC TRUSTEE, UT (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.
3 reports on file, 2014-11-30 – 2017-01-15.
Part: PUMP — FAILED (LT ENGINE) · airframe 12,402 hrs · 4,969 cycles
DURING DECENT THE CREW HAD A CASS MESSAGE WITH LOW HYDRAULICS. THEY THEN NOTICED THAT THE COMBINED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS INDICATING LOW. THEY THEN RECEIVED ANOTHER CASS MESSAGE STATING TR LOCKED. WITH LOW HYDRAULIC QUANTITY THEY WERE UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR SO THEY FOLLOW THE CHECK LIST AND BLEW THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THEY DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT THEIR ALTERNATE AIRPORT. ONCE ON THE GROUND THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED HYDRAULIC FLUID COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE CASE DRAIN. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE TECH FOUND THE LEFT ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP AD FAILED
Part: FIRE DETECTOR — LOOSE (APU BAY) · airframe 11,554 hrs · 4,643 cycles
EN-ROUTE, AT APPROX 1 HOUR INTO FLIGHT AT A CRUISE LEVEL OF 430, THE CREW HAD AN INDICATION OF A APU FIRE. THE APU WAS NOT RUNNING. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE AFM CHECKLIST & DISCHARGED THE FIRE BOTTLE & THE INDICATION REMAINED. AT THAT TIME THEY DECLARED AN EMER & DIVERTED. ONCE THEY LANDED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MEET THE ACFT & VERIFIED THERE WAS NO FIRE OR EVIDENCE OF A FIR. TECHNICIANS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE ACFT & ALSO VERIFIED THERE WAS NO FIRE. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM, FOUND THAT THE APU INLET FIRE TEMP SENSOR HAD A LOOSE CONNECTION.
Part: UNKNOWN — MALFUNCTIONED (LANDING GEAR) · airframe 10,520 hrs · 4,220 cycles
DEPARTED & SELECTED GEAR UP & LT MLG DID NOT RETRACT. LANDED & MX ISSUED A FERRY PERMIT WHERE THE ACFT COULD BE REPAIRED. PUT ACFT ON JACKS INSPECTED THE MLG & FOUND NO DEFECTS. CLEANED & LUBED ALL ACTUATORS & SWITCHES IAW ACFT AMM. PERFORMED SEVERAL GEAR SWINGS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. RELEASED THE ACFT, NO FURTHER DEFECTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.