N348SB
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.
12 reports on file, 1995-03-08 – 1998-06-03.
Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — MALFUNCTIONED (LAVATORY)
LAX - FLT 3246 - LAVATORY SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DEPLANEING PASSENGERS. REMOVED AND REPLACED LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT REURNED TO SERVICE. (X)
Part: LAMP — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
FLIGHT 3319, LAX, AFT FLOOR PROXIMITY EMERG LIGHT INOP. REINSTALLED LAMP ON FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEATS 12BC.
Part: FIRE DETECTOR — FAILED (CARGO COMPT)
CARGO FIRE LIGHT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE DURING PREFLIGHT TEST. REPLACED THE AFT CARGO FIRE DETECTOR. DETECTOR WAS MOD A WITH 5 HRS TIME SINCE REPAIR AND MODIFICATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
CREW FOUND ALL EMERGENCY LIGHTS WOULD NOT TEST DURING PREFLIGHT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED ALL 5 EMERGENCY BATTERY PACKS AT POSITIONS 20LN, 21LN 22LN, 23LN AND 24LN.
Part: CONNECTOR — LOOSE (LT MLG)
LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION ON DURING LANDING. THE BULB TEST WAS GOOD AND THE INTRANSIT LIGHT WORKED NORMALLY. RECYCLED THE GEAR AND THE ONLY ABNORMAL INDICATION WAS THE LEFT MAIN GEAR CONFIG LIGHT THAT CAME ON AND STAYED ON THROUGH LANDING. ALSO, UNABLE TO SILENCE THE CONFIG WARNING WITH THE GPWS FLAP OVERRIDE SWITCH. FOUND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH CANNON PLUG LOOSE AT JUNCTION 5GA-S1. RESEATED CANNON PLUG AND PERFORMED LANDING GEAR SWING CHECKS.
Part: LIGHTS — MALFUNCTIONED (CABIN)
DURING PREFLIGHT CREW REPORTS THE 1ST AND 4TH FLOOR LIGHTS INOP. MAINTENANCE CHECKED ALL FLOOR LIGHTS AND FOUND THEM TO OPERATING CORRECTLY. COULD NOT DUPLICATE ANY PROBLEMS.
Part: HOT JUG — FAILED (NR 2)
F/A REPORTS A SMELL OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE, SUSPECT HOT JUG. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 DEFECTIVE HOT JUG PER SAAB AMM 25-20. NO BURNING SMELL NOTICED.
Part: LIGHT — MALFUNCTIONED (CABIN)
EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS ABOVE F/A JUMPSEAT AND ABOVE THE FWD LEFT EXIT DOOR CAME ON WHEN EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT SWTICH IS DEPRESSED, THEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS. OPS CHECK GOOD, COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY.
Part: AIR DISTRIBUTION — ODOR (CARGO COMPT)
CARGO SMOKE INDICATION, SMOKE AND TRIPLE CHIME CAME ON. NR 1 CARGO FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND HEAVY PERFUME ODOR IN THE CARGO BAY. VENTILATED AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE CARGO SMOKE DETECTORS. THE NR 1 CARGO FIRE BOTTLE WAS REPLACED.
Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — DEFECTIVE (CARGO COMPT)
THE CARGO SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR A SECOND OR LESS SHORTLY AFTER THE CARGO DOOR WAS OPENED ON THE RAMP. REPLACED BOTH CARGO SMOKE DETECTORS.
Part: RECEPTICLE — DEFECTIVE (GALLEY)
FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED, A BURNING SMELL FROM THE HOT JUG AREA. WORK STATION SWITCHES WERE SHUT OFF AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS M25 AND M27 WERE PULLED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ALL CABIN FLUORESCENT LAMP SOCKETS, RECIRCULATION FANS AND THE HOT JUG RECEPTICLES. FOUND EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING AT THE NR 1 HOT JUG RECEPTICLE. REPLACED RECEPTICLE AND OPERATIONALLY CHECKED SYSTEMS, NO DEFECTS NOTED.
Part: RECIRC FAN — FAILED (CABIN)
FLIGHT 5183 DFW/TXK, PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION HE BECAME AWARE OF A SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN AREA. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE SUMMONED AND DETERMINED THE PROBLEM TO BE A FAULTY RT COCKPIT RECIRCULATION FAN. THE FAN WAS REPLACED, OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE.