N339NG
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLGAN AIR INC | Operator | on 2011-03-17 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Operated by Colgan Air, 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.
27 reports on file, 2011-01-25 – 2015-10-16.
Part: LAMP — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 9,322 hrs · 8,964 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE CABIN EMERGENCY GREEN LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LAMP IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 8,810 hrs · 8,452 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE FORWARD F/A FLASHLIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE R & R THE BATTERIES IN THE FORWARD F/A FLASHLIGHT IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: BATTERY PACK — WEAK (FLASHLIGHT) · airframe 8,752 hrs · 8,398 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE FORWARD FLIGHT FLASHLIGHT WAS DIM. MAINTENANCE R & R FORWARD F/A FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: HANDLE — UNSECURE (CARGO DOOR) · airframe 8,646 hrs · 8,299 cycles
THE CREW REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF, THEY RECEIVED A BAGGAGE DOOR OPEN INDICATION DURING CLIMB. THE ACFT RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE AFT BAGGAGE DOOR UNLOCKED AND THE HANDLE UNSECURED. OPS CHECKS WERE PERFORMED ON THE DOOR WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (FLASHLIGHT) · airframe 7,949 hrs · 7,640 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE AFT F/A FLASHLIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. R & R THE BATTERIES IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Earlier reports · 2011–2014 · 22 reports
2014
Part: FLASHLIGHT — DIM (FWD CABIN) · airframe 7,307 hrs · 7,046 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE FORWARD F/A FLASHLIGHT WAS DIM. MAINTENANCE. R & R FWD F/A FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (FLASHLIGHT) · airframe 7,103 hrs · 6,841 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE FORWARD F/A FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENACE R & R FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: MEGAPHONE — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 6,771 hrs · 6,516 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE F/A MEGAPHONE WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE R & R MEGAPHONE IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: BULB — BURNED OUT (MLG INDICATOR) · airframe 6,511 hrs · 6,267 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE LT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. PERFORMED A GO AROUND AND A FLY BY OF TOWER. TOWER REPORTED THAT GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. RAN QRH AND F/A REPORTED THAT GEAR LOOKED NORMAL. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AS A PRECAUTION. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND STOPPED ON TAXIWAY WHILE ACFT WAS INSPECTED. TAXIED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND BULBS BURNED OUT. MAINTENANCE R & R LIGHT BULBS IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. ACFT IS GOOD FOR SERVICE.
Part: BATTERY PACK — MISSING (FLASHLIGHT) · airframe 6,252 hrs · 6,019 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE COCKPIT FLASHLIGHT WAS MISSING BATTERIES. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BATTERIES IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
2013
Part: DOOR — UNSECURE (CARGO) · airframe 5,887 hrs · 5,670 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE AFT CARGO DOOR INDICATED OPEN AND COULD NOT PRESSURIZE ACFT. AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED, ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND CARGO DOOR WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED AND THE LATCH WAS OUT. MAINTENANCE SECURED DOOR IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (ZONE 100) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 5,841 hrs · 5,632 cycles
DURING HEAVY CHECK, FOUND RIGHT SEAT TRACK 15 INCHES AFT OF SERVICE DOOR RBL 24 CORRODED. REMOVED AND REPLACED SEAT TRACK IAW SRM 51-42-05-02-01, 51-25-10.
Part: SKIN — SCRATCHED (ZONE 200) · airframe 5,841 hrs · 5,632 cycles
DURING HEAVY CHECK, FOUND RT FUSELAGE SKIN BS 301 S22-23R FOUND THREE SCRATCHES. BLENDED DAMAGE AND FOUND TO BE BEYOND ALOWABLE LIMITS. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND REPAIRED IAW RD8/4-53-2000. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: TUBE — CRACKED (NACA) · airframe 5,932 hrs · 5,639 cycles
DURING HEAVY CHECK, FOUND NACA VENT TUBE CRACKED UNDER ACCESS PANEL 524FT ON FWD INBD WELD LINE. MX REMOVED AND WELDED IAW ER DHC-8-400-57-L02378, PN 85711207-001.
Part: FILTER — BLOCKED (DOOR SEAL) · airframe 5,710 hrs · 5,507 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE FORWARD CABIN DOOR IS NOT SEALING AT THE TOP. ACFT RETURNED TO GATE AND FLIGHT CANCELLED. MAINTENANCE FOUND VERY LITTLE AIR SUPPLY TO THE RESERVOIR AND FOUND THAT AN INLINE FILTER JUST PAST THE CHECK VALVE IS BLOCKING AIR TO THE RESERVOIR. MAINTENANCE REPLACED FILTER IAW AMM. ACFT OUT OF SERVICE.
Part: BLOWOUT PANEL — DISLODGED (CARGO BAY) · airframe 5,134 hrs · 4,947 cycles
CREW RECEIVED AN AFT BAGGAGE DOOR OPEN WARNING INDICATION DURING FLIGHT. AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE BLOWOUT PANEL WAS DISLODGED. MX RESET PANEL IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: BATTERY — INOPERATIVE (FLASHLIGHT) · airframe 4,952 hrs · 4,776 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE FWD F/A FLASHLIGHT WAS NOT WORKING. MX REPLACED BATTERIES IN FWD F/A FLASHLIGHT IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: STRAP — BROKEN (FLASHLIGHT) · airframe 4,530 hrs · 4,353 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE FORWARD FLIGHT ATTENDANT FLASHLIGHT HOLDER WAS BROKEN. MAINTENANCE RESECURED STRAP ON FLIGHT ATTENDANT FLASHLIGHT PER BOMBA AMM 25-62-06 AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: HANDLE — UNLATCHED (CARGO DOOR) · airframe 4,387 hrs · 4,227 cycles
WHILE FERRYING AIRCRAFT FROM EGE TO DEN, CREW COULD NOT PRESSURIZE AIRCRAFT. CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT EGE WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED CARGO DOOR HANDLE UNLATCHED. MAINTENANCE LATCHED CARGO HANDLE PER BOMBA AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: HANDLE — UNSECURE (CARGO DOOR) · airframe 4,383 hrs · 4,221 cycles
WHILE IN FLIGHT FROM DRO TO DEN, CREW REPORTED FUSELAGE PRESSURE DROP AT 11,500 FEET AND CARGO DOOR SHOWED OPEN. CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DRO WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND CARGO DOOR HANDLE NOT LATCHED. MAINTENANCE LATCHED AND SECURED PER BOMBA AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
2012
Part: DOOR — DAMAGED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 3,283 hrs · 3,168 cycles
AIRCRAFT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING DURING ARRIVAL. LOST RADAR FOR 3 MINUTES, ELT TRIPPED, AND HAD A BURNING ODOR IN COCKPIT AND FORWARD CABIN. FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY, WITHOUT FURTHER COMPLICATIONS. AFTER POST FLIGHT CHECK, CREW STATED O2 DOOR WAS AJAR. THE DOOR HAS DAMAGE AT THE CENTER OF THE DOOR. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED.
2011
Part: VALVE — DEFECTIVE (NR 1) · airframe 1,364 hrs · 1,294 cycles
AT FL110 CREW HAD THE FADEC FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATE. THEN ENGINES WERE INDICATING NORMAL. CREW FOLLOWED QRH AND CONTINUED TO ALB. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR PRIORITY HANDLING AND LANDED WITHOUT ISSUES. CHANGED NR 1 P2.7 VALVE AND EXITER BOX. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: SELECTOR VALVE — INOPERATIVE (LANDING GEAR) · airframe 954 hrs · 891 cycles
PILOT DISCREPANCY: LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. PERFORMED ALTERNATE EXTENSION. REPLACED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE IAW Q400 AMM 32-31-06. OPERATIONAL CHECK IS GOOD.
Part: HANDLE — OUT OF POSITION (CARGO DOOR) · airframe 853 hrs · 795 cycles
THE AFT CARGO DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. CREW FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST AND RETURNED TO EWR WITHOUT FURTHER COMPLICATIONS. MX MET A/C AT GATE AND FOUND THE CARGO DOOR HANDLE NOT FULLY CLOSED, POSITIONED HANDLE CORRECTLY AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE DOOR IAW Q400 AMM 52-31-00.
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — FALSE ACTIVATION (COCKPIT) · airframe 558 hrs · 517 cycles
INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLL AT 95 KTS, PITCH TRIM CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO REMOTE PARKING AREA. NO DEFECTS NOTED.
Part: ENGINE — MALFUNCTIONED (NR 1) · airframe 551 hrs · 511 cycles
CRUISE, 15-20 MINS EAST OF PIT RECEIVED AN INDICATION OF NR 1 OIL PRESS LIGHT AND BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO RUN THE CHECKLIST RECEIVED THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT. RAN THE CHECKLIST AND SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE, F/O SMELLED SMOKE AFTER THEY USED THE FIRE BOTTLE. BRIEFED PAX FOR EMERGENCY LANDING. LANDED WITH A PERSISTENT ENGINE FIRE INDICATION CAPT ORDERED THE EMERGENCY EVAC ON THE RUNWAY USING THE RIGHT REAR EXIT ONLY. NTSB HAS GRANTED MX PERMISSION TO PULL CVR AND FSR C/BâS SO WE DO NOT LOOSE ANY DATA. THE NTSB ALSO GRANTED US PERMISSION TO TAKE PICTURES, WHILE TAKING PICTURES FOUND HOLES BURNED THROUGH ENGINE CASE OF ENGINE REMOVED AND SENT TO MANUFACTURER FOR A TEARDOWN INVESTIGATION.
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — FALSE ACTIVATION (CARGO DOOR) · airframe 262 hrs · 241 cycles
ON LIFTOFF CREW RECEIVED CARGO DOOR UNSAFE LIGHT A/S APPROX 120KTS, RWY 5L. PERFORMED GERNERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF AFT CARGO DOOR, FOUND NO DAMAGE OR DEFECTS, AFTER RE-SECURING DOOR, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.