N327T
Registered owner: BUERK CHRISTIAN E, NH (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.
1 report on file, 2020-01-31.
Part: LINE — LEAKING (HYDRAULIC SYS) · airframe 5,216 hrs · 4,243 cycles
ON JANUARY 31, 2020, WE WERE ENROUTE WITH N327TX FROM WICHITA KANSAS, (ICT) TO VENICE FLORIDA, (VNC) CARRYING 6 PASSENGERS. CONDITIONS WERE: LIGHT WINDS, VMC, DAYTIME. APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES NORTH OF OUR DESTINATION, WHILE DESCENDING TO 4000 MSL, WE HAD RECEIVED AN "AFT BAGGAGE SMOKE" ANNUNCIATOR. I IMMEDIATELY RAN THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST FOR THIS MASTER WARNING CONDITION. THE CHECKLIST CALLED FOR, "LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE". WE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND QUERIED ATC FOR THE CLOSEST SUITABLE RUNWAY. WE KNEW SARASOTA, (SRQ) WAS IMMEDIATELY ABEAM OUR POSITION AT APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES.GREG FULLER (CAPT) CESSNA MOBILE SERVICE UNIT WAS CALLED OUT AND FOUND THAT A HYDRAULIC FITTING ABOVE THE AFT BAG PIT CEILING PANEL HAD DEVELOPED A SLIGHT LEAK AND WAS ATOMIZING FLUID THAT CAUSED THE SMOKE DETECTOR TO ACTIVATE. AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.