N350AD
Registered owner: AMERICAN DRONE LLC, WI (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.
11 reports on file, 1996-05-08 – 2002-10-15.
Part: PROBE — FAILED (TORQUE)
RT ENGINE TORQUE INDICATION LOST ENROUTE, FOLLOWED BY AUTOFEATHER APPROX 15 MINUTES AFTER TORQUE LOSS. CRUISE POWER TORQUE APPROX 86 PERCENT NP WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED. ENGINE REMAINED IN FEATHER WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN ENGINE MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACE TORQUE PROBE.
Part: ECU — INOPERATIVE (LEFT)
PILOTS REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN DURING TAXI, SMOKE STOPPED AFTER DE-SELECTING LEFT PACK. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND LEFT AIR CONDITIONING PACK INOPERATIVE.
Part: COOLING FAN — FAILED (A/C BAY) · airframe 11,209 hrs · 9,980 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF CLEARANCE, SMOKED FILLED COCKPIT. COMPLIED WITH SMOKE IN COCKPIT EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. NO CAS MESSAGES APPEARED. RIGHT AIR CONDITIONING PACK NOT OPERATED. PACK SELECTED OFF PER RIGHT HX FAN MEL. RECEIVED RIGHT PACK FAIL AND RIGHT PACK OVERHEAT MESSAGES. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT GROUND COOLING FAN.
Part: HMU — FAILED (LT ENGINE) · airframe 10,793 hrs · 9,463 cycles
LEFT ENGINE UNCOMMANDED POWER LOSS. POWER LEVER MOVEMENT HAS NO EFFECT. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED ENGINE HMU.
Part: BYPASS LIGHT — ILLUMINATED (FUEL SYSTEM)
ASE-DEN - FLT 368 - DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, PRIOR TO 70 KNOTS, AN AMBER FUEL FILTER BYPASS MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE CAS FIELD. CREW ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. AT THIS POINT, THE MESSAGE HAD DISAPPEARED AND THERE WERE NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF AN ABNORMAL CONDITION. THE CREW RETURNED TO THE GATE AND CONSULTED MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE AND THE FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED A FULL RUN UP WITH ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: CONTROL CABLE — FROZEN (LT POWER LEVER)
DFW-SAF - WHILE IN CRUISE AT FL 310 WITH OAT EQUALS MINUS CELCIUS EXPERIENCED LACK OF RESPONSE FROM LEFT POWER LEVER WHLE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE MINOR TRIM ADJUSTMENT. MX CONTROL WAS CONTRACTED AND CREW ADVISED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO FREE POWER LEVERS. AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, THE CREW BEGAN A SLOW DESCENT AND WHEN AIRCRAFT REACHED FL 240, OAT EQUALS MINUS 30 CELCIUS, POWER LEVER BECAME UNSTUCK AND RESPONSIVE TO POWER ADJUSTMENTS. SEVERAL POWER LEVER RESPONSE CHECKS WERE MADE SUCCESSFULLY. A/C CONTINUED TO SAF WHERE MX PERSONNEL MET THE A/C. MX PERFORMED INSPECTION OF POWER CABLES ANDLUBED CABLES IAW ALERT SB 328-76-015. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERV. (M)
Part: DOOR — DAMAGED (RT NACELLE)
AFTER DEPARTING DFW EN ROUTE TO CUU, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE INBOARD COWLING LEADING EDGE PEELED BACK FROM THE FRAME AND A PIECE BROKEN OFF. CAPTAIN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING, THE COWLING DOOR WAS INSPECTED AND THE SPOT WELDS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS ON THE FRAME WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND NOT HOLDING. THE DOOR WILL BE RETURNED TO DORNIER FOR ANALYSIS. A REPLACEMENT DOOR WILL BE INSTALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: DE-ICE BOOT — DEBONDING (LT ENG)
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION OF THE LEFT ENGINE INTAKE, THE FORWARD LIP DE-ICE BOOT WAS FOUND TO BE DEBONDING. REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE INTAKE AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO AIRWORTHY CONDITION. (M)
Part: WINDSHIELD — CRACKED (RT COCKPIT)
AIRCRAFT WAS EN ROUTE TO CUU WHEN THE FIRST OFFICER NOTICED A 6 INCH CRACK IN THE FORWARD, UPPER PORTION OF THE SIDE WINDSHIELD. THE CREW RETURNED TO DFW WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO HOT WHERE THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: TIRE — FAILED (RT MLG)
A RETREADED TIRE WAS INSTALLED IN THE NR 4 MAIN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HOT AND ARRIVED IN DFW. ON THE NEXT TAKEOFF DEPARTING DFW, THE TREAD DEPARTED THE NR 4 MAN TIRE DESTROYING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR AND TORE THE BRAKE LINES OFF BOTH RIGHT BRAKES. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND TAXIED BACK IN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AT DFW, THEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO HOT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REPAIRS. (M)
Part: TEMP SENSOR — CORRODED (NR 2 BATTERY)
DFW/ACT - ON APPROACH, NR 2 BATTERY OVERTEMP LIGHT STARTED GOING ON AND OFF. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE BATTERY TEMP SENSOR WAS FOUND CORRODED. THE TEMP SENSOR WAS CHANGED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)