N311CW
Registered owner: MOONDANCE BALLOONS LLC, 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, 2001-12-18 – 2004-08-11.
Part: SEAL — LEAKING (BLEED AIR) · airframe 8,665 hrs · 5,572 cycles
DURING CLIMB, THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CREW RETARDED THE THROTTLES AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT. THEY RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE FIRE LIGHT WAS CAUSED BY A BLEED AIR LEAK. THE SEALS WERE CHANGED AND GROUND RUNS WERE SATISFACTORY.
Part: SEAL — LEAKING (BLEED AIR SYS) · airframe 8,665 hrs · 5,572 cycles
DURING CLIMB THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CREW RETARDED THE THROTTLES AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT. THEY RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE FIRE LIGHT WAS CAUSED BY A BLEED AIR LEAK. THE SEALS WERE CHANGED AND GROUND RUNS WERE SATISFACTORY.
Part: FIRE LOOP — OUT OF POSITION (NR 1 ENGINE) · airframe 7,946 hrs · 5,041 cycles
NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON DURING TAKEOFF. FOUND SENSOR LOOP TOUCHING OIL COOLER. REPOSITIONED, OPS CHECKED OK.
Part: CHIP DETECTOR — FAULTY (RT ENGINE) · airframe 7,014 hrs · 4,413 cycles
DURING DESCENT RT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THEN WENT OFF. DESCENDING THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND STAYED ON. THE PILOTS SHUTDOWN THE RT ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC. LANDED WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE AND CHIP DETECTOR, MAINTENANCE FOUND NO PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE TOOK AN OIL SAMPLE AND SHIPPED IT OUT FOR ANALYSIS AND IT CAME BACK OK.