N338FX
Registered owner: FLEXJET LLC, OH (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.
3 reports on file, 2009-03-14 – 2015-11-29.
Part: FIRE DETECTOR — FAILED (RT NACELLE)
RIGHT ENG FIRE WARNING ACTIVATED IN FLIGHT. SHUTDOWN THE ENG & WARNING ALARM STOPPED. DECLARED AN EMER & LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT NEED TO EXPEND FIRE EXTINGUISHER. ON LANDING CREW FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL FIRE ON THE ENG. FOUND THE RT ENG PYLON SENSING ELEMENT FAILED & REPLACED IT.
Part: DUCT — OUT OF POSITION (RT 14 STAGE) · airframe 5,927 hrs · 3,278 cycles
ENROUTE, AIR DIVERSION. RIGHT 14TH STAGE DUCT FAIL CAS (RED) POSTED IN FLIGHT. LANDING AND TAXI WERE UNEVENTFUL. REMOVED V-BAND CLAMP, REPOSITIONED DUCT, AND RESECURED CLAMP.
Part: CONTROL HANDLE — BINDING (MLG) · airframe 2,190 hrs · 1,195 cycles
ON APPROACH THE CREW RECEIVED AN AMBER GEAR WARNING INDICATION. THE GEAR LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE FULLY TO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION. AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES GEAR WAS ABLE TO BE EXTENDED. AS PRECAUTION, CREW DECLARED AN IFE AND DIVERTED. LANDING AND TAXI UNEVENTFUL. REMOVED STUCK LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE HANDLE ASSY INTO COCKPIT. OPS CHECKED LANDING GEAR, OPS NORMAL. UPON REMOVAL OF LANDING GEAR CONTROL ASSY COVER, A LOOSE NUT WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN BLOCKING FULL ACTUATION OF THE SWITCHING MECHANISMS. THE NUT IS NOT A PART OF THE CONTROL ASSY, SO HAD WORKED IT'S WAY INTO THE COMPONENT FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE. SUSPECT NUT CAME FROM PREVIOUS WINDSHIELD CHANGE. INVESTIGATION FOUND IF NUT WAS DROPPED AT PRECISE HEIGHT AND ANGLE IT COULD BOUNCE OFF WHEEL KNOW AND INTO CONTROL HANDLE ASSY THRU LEVER SLOT. INTERVIEW WINDSHIELD CHANGE MX CREW AND THEY STATED HARDWARE HAD BEEN DROPPED BUT RETRIEVED. CANNOT DETERMINE WITH ASSURANCE THE SOURCE OF THE LOOSE NUT.