N317L
Registered owner: AVIATION ADVENTURES AND PUBLICATIONS INC, DE (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRWAYS CHARTER, INC. | Operator | on 1987-12-05 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Operated by AIRWAYS CHARTER, INC. (per NTSB report)
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.
1 report on file, 2003-01-28.
Part: PIN — WRONG PART (FEATHERING)
DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT FEATHERING PIN ASSY MOUNTED ON THIS PROPELLER IS WRONG PART. PART AS INSTALLED IS MOUNTED ON TOP OF TWO RIVETS IN SPINNER BULKHEAD, CAUSING PART TO BE BENT OVER THE RIVETS AND WEARING ON BLADE CLAMPS. LEFT UNREPAIRED IT COULD SERIOUSLY COMPROMISE INTEGRITY OF THE BLADE CLAMP OR LATCH ASSY COULD FINALLY BREAK DUE TO STRESS. LATCH ASSY SHOULD HAVE CAST INTO ASSY, STAND-OFFS ON BOTTOM TO GIVE CLEARANCE FOR RIVETS. CORRECT ASSY SHOULD ALSO HAVE INDENTIONS CAST INTO MOUNTING POINTS TO GIVE CLEARANCE FOR PROP FLANGE MOUNTING BOLTS. ASSY AS MOUNTED HAS BEEN FORCED INTO POSITION AND PROP MOUNTING BOLTS HAVE LEFT THREAD GOUGES WHERE BOLT WAS FORCED PAST ASSY.