N31KH
Registered owner: AERY AVIATION LLC, DE (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.
2 reports on file, 2015-12-27 – 2017-06-16.
Part: O-RING — CUT (ENGINE) · airframe 5,385 hrs · 4,372 cycles
NR 1 OIL PRESSURE LOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN ASCENDING THROUGH FL 160. AIRCREW WITNESSED PRESSURE DROP TO 25 PSI AND COMPLETED ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD, AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. POST LANDING INVESTIGATION AND VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE NR 1 ENGINE REVEALED AND OIL LEAK IN THE AREA OF THE ENGINE OIL TRANSFER TUBE. CLOSER INSPECTION FOUND A CUT O-RING. A REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT RECORDS DISCLOSED THAT NO RECENT MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED IN THIS AREA. THE O-RING WAS REPLACED IAW EMM. GROUND MAINTENANCE RUNS WERE COMPLETED WITH NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: STRUT — DAMAGED (NLG) · airframe 5,138 hrs · 4,170 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF WHILE CONDUCTING SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT, 12-27-2012, WITH CREW ONLY FOR UNRELATED LT & RT MAIN LANDING DOOR ANNUNCIATION. THE LG WOULD NOT RETRACT WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED TO THE UP POSITION. THE ACFT WAS DIVERTED, UPON ARRIVAL THE ATC CONFIRMED THE NLG WAS 90 DEGREES FROM CTR. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMER & LANDED. THE ACFT REMAINED ON THE CENTERLINE. NO INJURIES TO THE FLIGHT CREW WAS REPORTED & NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT OCCURRED. THE NLG STRUT ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED & SENT FOR EVALUATION & REPAIR. VISUAL INSPECTION AFTER DIS-ASSEMBLY FOUND PISTON CHROME SCORED, TRUNNION AXLE, 2 TRUNNION PINS & LOWER CAM WERE CORRODED. THESE PARTS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW.