N359AE
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.
7 reports on file, 1995-02-11 – 2001-03-24.
Part: ENGINE — MALFUNCTIONED (NR 2)
PIT - FLT 5106 - AFTER TAKEOFF CREW REPORTED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A COMPRESSOR STALL ON NR 2 ENGINE. A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY LOSS IN TORQUE AND ITT RISE. MEMORY ITEMS WERE FOLLOWED AND POWER WAS RESTORED. OTHER INDICATIONS NOTED WERE OIL PRESSURE ON CWP ILLUMINATED, IGNITION LIGHT ON STATUS PANEL ILLUMINATED, TORQUE INDICATED ZERO, ITT WAS OBSERVED AT 902 DEGREES CELCIUS BUT WAS NOT OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ENGINE IAW GE MM 72-00-00. BOROSCOPE INSPECTION REVEALED NO DEFECTS, INLET AND VARIABLE GOEMETRY SYSTEM WAS NORMAL. FDR DOWNLOAD SHOWED NO ITT EXCEEDANCE. GROUND ENGINE RUNS WERE NORMAL AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)(M)
Part: PROPELLER GOV — OUT OF ADJUST (LT ENGINE)
LBB/DFW - WHILE EN ROUTE, LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT FALL BELOW 100 PERCENT RPM. THE LEFT PROPELLER WOULD NOT RESPOND TO POWER OR SPEED LEVER MOVEMENTS AND REMAINED STUCK AT 100 PERCENT. THE CAPTAIN THEN RETURNED TO LBB. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE STARTER GENERATOR AND INSTALLED A JAM NUT ON THE PROP GOVERNOR LOW STOP AND READJUSTED PER GTEC MM 72-00-00. REINSTALLED STARTER GENERATOR, PERFORMED ENGINE RUN-UP, AND OPERATIONS CHECK WAS GOOD.
Part: SPAR — CRACKED (AILERON)
DURING DISASSEMBLY OF AILERON FOR SKIN CHANGE, THE SPAR WAS FOUND CRACKED IN TWO PLACES AROUND OUTBOARD HINGE BRACKET. THE CRACKS WERE THE FULL WIDTH OF THE SPAR WEB AND INTO THE RADIUS OF THE FLANGES. THIS IS THE SECOND SPAR FOUND CRACKED LIKE THIS RECENTLY. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED MANDATORY VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AILERON SPAR IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
Part: SPAR — CRACKED (OTBD HINGE)
DURING DISASSEMBLY OF AILERON FOR SKIN CHANGE, THE SPAR WAS FOUND CRACKED IN TWO PLACES AROUND OUTBOARD HINGE BRACKET. THE CRACKS WERE THE FULL WIDTH OF THE SPAR WEB AND INTO THE RADIUS OF THE FLANGES. THIS IS THE SECOND SPAR FOUND CRACKED LIKE THIS RECENTLY. A MANDATORY VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AILERON SPAR IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
Part: CONNECTOR — CONTAMINATED (RT ENGINE)
AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD DUE TO RIGHT ENGINE TORQUE FLUCTUATION. THE SYSTEM WAS TROUBLESHOT AND THE TORQUE STRAIN GAUGE CANNON PLUG WAS FOUND CONTAMINATED. THE CANNON PLUG WAS CLEANED AND A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE SYSTEM PERFORMED WITH ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL.
Part: PROP BLADE — LEAKING (RT ENGINE)
PILOT REPORTED OIL LEAKING FROM RIGHT PROPELLER. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND DETERMINED THE NR 4 BLADE WAS LEAKING AT THE BLADE ROOT. THE PROPELLER WAS REPLACED AND A FUNCTIONAL CHECK PERFORMED WITH ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL AND NO LEAKS NOTED.
Part: TEMP SENSOR — FAILED (RT ENGINE)
PILOT RETURNED TO FIELD DUE TO RT EGT INDICATION WENT TO ZERO. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND DETERMINDED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE TEMPERATURE SENSOR HAD FAILED. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE SYSTEM PERFORMED WITH ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. (Z)