N345NG
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.
20 reports on file, 2011-03-08 – 2015-08-20.
Part: LAMP — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 9,070 hrs · 8,703 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE F/A EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS BURNED OUT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LAMP IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: FLASHLIGHT — DIM (FWD CABIN) · airframe 8,961 hrs · 8,601 cycles
MAINTENANCE REPORTED THAT THE FORWARD FLASHLIGHT WAS DIM. MAINTENANCE R & R FORWARD F/A FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: SWITCH — MAKING METAL (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 7,986 hrs · 7,674 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS COME ON IN THE ARMED POSITION DURING NORMAL OPERATION. MAINTENANCE R & R EMERGENCY LIGHT SWITCH IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Earlier reports · 2011–2014 · 17 reports
2014
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (FLASHLIGHT) · airframe 7,740 hrs · 7,445 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE FORWARD F/A FLASHLIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERIES IN THE FORWARD F/A FLASHLIGHT IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: SENSOR — FAILED (OIL PRESSURE) · airframe 7,680 hrs · 7,390 cycles
OIL PRESSURE IN THE NR 1 ENGINE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 71 AND 74 PSI. OIL PRESSURE STABILIZED AT 74 PSI. RAN QRH, PULLED BACK POWER AND OIL PRESSURE DID NOT DROP. SHUTDOWN ENGINE IAW QRH AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED AND LANDED. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT USING FIM 79-00-00-810-804 FOR HIGH OIL PRESSURE AND FOUND ENGINE OIL PRESSURE AT 73 PSI. R & R THE NR 1 MAIN OIL PRESSURE SENSOR IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: SCREW — LOOSE (OVERCENTER ROD) · airframe 6,728 hrs · 6,484 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE OVER CENTERING ROD SCREW LOOSE, WHICH CAUSED THE DOOR TO JAM. MAINTENANCE SECURED THE SCREW IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. ACFT IS GOOD FOR SERVICE.
2013
Part: ENGINE — MAKING METAL · airframe 5,914 hrs · 5,707 cycles
CREW REPORTED DURING CRUISE AT 25K WITH NO ISSUES, EVERYTHING WAS GREEN, WHEN THEY HEARD THE MASTER WARNING 3 CHIME, SAW THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GO FROM GREEN TO RED AND INDICATE 0 ON ENGINE 2. THEY PULLED OUT THEIR QRH AND THE ENGINE AUTO SHUTDOWN. CREW DECLAIRED ENGINE 2 FAILURE IN FLIGHT, DIVERTED, LANDED SAFELY AND WERE TOWED INTO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT IAW AND FOUND THE CHIP DETECTOR AND MAIN ENGINE OIL FILTER COVERED IN FINE METAL PARTICLES. MAINTENANCE R & R E2 IAW AMM.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (FLASHLIGHT) · airframe 5,348 hrs · 5,152 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE COCKPIT FLASHLIGHTS BATTERIES DISCHARGED. MX REPLACED FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES IAW AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: CONTROLLER — DEFECTIVE (CABIN PRESSURE) · airframe 5,229 hrs · 5,033 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF, CREW REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION IN RATE OF CLIMB, CABIN ALTITUE AND CABIN PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL. CREW WAS UNSURE IF ACFT WAS PRESSURIZED AS THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING INDICATIONS PRESENT. CREW LEVELED OFF AT 10,000 FT TO TROUBLESHOOT. CREW CYCLED THE PRESSURIZATION CONTROL PANEL FROM AUTO TO MANUAL AND BACK WITH NO RESULTS. CREW CALLED COMPANY MX AND WAS ADVISED TO TRY CYCLING THE PRESSURIZATION CONTROL AGAIN AND AGAIN RECEIVED NO RESULTS. IT WAS DECIDED THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE. AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED AND CREW LANDED AND TAXIED TO GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE CABIN PRESSURE CONTROL PANEL HAD FAILED AND R & R IAW AMM. ACFT OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: STRUT — BROKEN (CABIN DOOR) · airframe 4,361 hrs · 4,188 cycles
CREW REPORTED MAIN CABIN DOOR IS JAMMED. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE MAIN DOOR RAILING SUPPORT STRUT IS BROKEN AND CATCHING ON THE DOOR FRAME, CAUSING IT TO JAM. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO DEN WHERE STRUT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED PER BOMBA AMM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
2012
Part: SEAL — FAILED (CARGO DOOR) · airframe 3,132 hrs · 3,007 cycles
CREW REPORTED LOSS OF PRESSURE DESCENDING AT 1000FT/MIN AT 230 KNOTS. LOUD POPPING NOISE FROM THE R2 DOOR AREA. CABIN RATE INDICATION WAS PEGGED PASS 3000FT AND DROPPED TO ZERO. CABIN ALT STAYED AT 8500 THE WHOLE TIME AND WHEN THE ACFT REACHED 3000 IT STARTED DROPPING RAPIDLY. CABIN DIFF BLEED DOWN TO ZERO. THERE WAS NO DOOR INDICATIONS (ALL DOORS WERE SECURED). BLOW OUT PANEL WAS BLOWN OUT. NO CABIN PRESS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUM (MAYBE DUE TO THEY WERE BELOW ALT). CONTRACT MAINTENANCE IS IN ROUTE TO RE-SECURE THE BLOW OUT PANEL AND MEL THE CABIN PRESSURE. THEY WERE DESCENDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED CARGO DOOR SEAL, OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: DOOR SEAL — DEFECTIVE (CARGO DOOR) · airframe 3,132 hrs · 3,007 cycles
CREW REPORTED LOSS OF PRESSURE DESCENDING AT 1000FT/MIN AT 230 KNOTS ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING: LOUD POPPING NOISE FROM THE R2 DOOR AREA. CABIN RATE INDICATION WAS PEGGED PASS 3000FT AND DROPPED TO ZERO. CABIN ALT STAYED AT 8500 THE WHOLE TIME AND WHEN THE ACFT REACHED 3000 IT STARTED DROPPING RAPIDLY. CABIN DIFF BLEED DOWN TO ZERO. THERE WAS NO DOOR INDICATIONS (ALL DOORS WERE SECURED). BLOW OUT PANEL WAS BLOWN OUT. NO CABIN PRESS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUM (MAYBE DUE TO THEY WERE BELOW ALT). MAINTENANCE IS IN ROUTE TO RE-SECURE THE BLOW OUT PANEL AND MEL THE CABIN PRESSURE. THEY WERE DESCENDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED CARGO DOOR SEAL, OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: CONTROLLER — FAULTY (PROPELLER) · airframe 2,691 hrs · 2,563 cycles
RETURNED TO GATE DUE TO A POWERPLANT MESSAGE. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED THE PEC.
Part: CONNECTOR — DIRTY (ENGINE) · airframe 2,691 hrs · 2,563 cycles
RETURNED TO GATE DUE TO POWERPLANT MESSAGE. MX OPENED ENGINE COWLS, CLEANED CONNECTORS PER FIM, ENGINE RUNS AND OP'S CHECK GOOD.
2011
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — FALSE ACTIVATION (COCKPIT) · airframe 1,875 hrs · 1,751 cycles
CLIMBING OUT AT 3000FT THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF PRESSURIZATION LOSS. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE QRH AND COMMUNICATED WITH DISPATCH. THERE WERE NO OTHER ANOMALIES OBSERVED IN THE FLIGHT DECK AND F/A`S HAD NO COMPLAINTS FROM THE MAIN CABIN. THE FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO OTHER ISSUES. THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE GAVE THEM THE OPTION TO TRANSFER TO 4908 BUF-EWR. MX SIGNED OFF THE AIRCRAFT FINDING NO FAULTS IN THE SYSTEM, POSSIBLE CAUSE IS THE DOOR WAS NOT SECURED PROPERLY IN YYZ. THE EMERGENCY WAS CA'S DISCRETION.
Part: LATCH — UNSECURE (CARGO DOOR) · airframe 883 hrs · 820 cycles
AT 12000 FT NORTH OF MRB, CREW RECEIVED FORWARD CARGO DOOR WARNING MESSAGE. CREW RAN CHECK LIST AND RETURNED TO IAD. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND A/C LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED THE A/C AND FOUND DOOR LATCH WAS NOT SECURED PROPERLY. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF DOOR AND HANDLE, OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — ACTIVATED (COCKPIT) · airframe 845 hrs · 781 cycles
FLIGHT HAD A FORWARD CARGO DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON CLIMB AT ABOUT FL170 OUT OF CMH. CREW RAN CHECK LIST AND DECIDED TO LAND IN PIT, HAD TO HOLD TO LAND UNDER WEIGHT. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF DOOR.
Part: HANDLE — OPEN (CARGO DOOR) · airframe 588 hrs · 540 cycles
FORWARD CARGO DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED, NO LOSS OF PRESSURE DIVERTED TO BOS. CREW FOUND DOOR HANDLE IN OPEN POSITION, MX PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF THE FWD BAG DOOR, CHECKED GOOD.
Part: SELECTOR PANEL — FAILED (COCKPIT) · airframe 98 hrs · 91 cycles
GEAR DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE. FOLLOWED CHECK LIST AND LANDED AT NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT FOR REPAIRS. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS. REPLACED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR PANEL, OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — ACTIVATED (COCKPIT) · airframe 246 hrs · 229 cycles
FLIGHT WAS ON CLIMB THROUGH FL170 WHEN THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NO LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION WAS REPORTED. CREW FOLLOWED QRH AND DIVERTED TO NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT.