N35CY
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.
4 reports on file, 2011-12-16 – 2016-09-09.
Part: UPLOCK SWITCH — MALFUNCTIONED (LT MLG DOOR) · airframe 10,725 hrs · 8,165 cycles
AFTER A NORMAL DEPARTURE WHILE CLIMBING THRU ABOUT 15000' THE LEFT GEAR DOOR LIGHT ILLUMNINATED FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS. REDUCED POWER AND BEGAN SLOWING TO 200 KIAS, AT ABOUT 240 KIAS GEAR LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS. LATER AT 250 KIAS THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR UPLOCK SWITCH AND ADJUSTED, PERFORMED MULTIPLE SWINGS WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS AND A SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT.
Part: ATTACH FITTING — BROKEN (TE FLAP) · airframe 9,460 hrs · 7,292 cycles
DEPARTED AT 0942 FOR A REPOSITION FLIGHT. NORMAL FLIGHT, FLEW TO RUNWAY 11. INSIDE THE FINAL APPROACH FIX AT ABOUT A 10 MILE FINAL, ENCOUNTERED SOME WIND SHEAR, +/- 10KTS ADDED POWER, ABOUT 85% N1, WENT SLIGHTLY OVER FLAP SPEED WITH FULL FLAPS OUT 160 KTS, ABOUT THE SAME TIME HEARD A POP, FELT THE AIRPLANE BEGIN A RT TURN. WHILE CORRECTING ACFT HEADING NOTICED THAT IT WAS TAKING 1/2 LT AILERON TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT FLIGHT, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. DURING POST FLIGHT NOTICED THAT THE RT FLAP SEEMED TO HAVE A LOT MORE PLAY IN IT THAN THE LT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION NOTICED THAT OTBD FLAP TRACK ATTACHMENT ON THE RT WING WAS BROKEN, PART OF THE ATTACHMENT WAS MISSING & THE OTHER PORTION WAS BROKE IN HALF. THE ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE.
Part: SWITCH — OUT OF ADJUST (THRUST REVERSER) · airframe 7,959 hrs · 6,195 cycles
FAR 135.415(C) 1/13/12 ON CLIMBOUT OF FAI THE RIGHT THRUST REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT CAME ON. THE FLIGHT CREW REDUCED THE AIRCRAFT SPEED AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT. RETURNED TO FAI AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE FOUND UPPER DOOR POSITION INDICATOR SWITCH (DPI) ON THE EDGE OF ADJUSTMENT. ADJUSTED AS REQUIRED.
Part: DOWNLOCK SWITCH — CONTAMINATED (RT MLG) · airframe 8,581 hrs · 6,615 cycles
AT APPROXIMATELY 20:00 HRS ON APPROACH INTO KTN SEVERAL GEAR CYCLES REQUIRED TO EXTEND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. ONCE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED THE CREW LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE FOUND WATER IN THE ACTUATOR SWITCH BOSS ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR. SUSPECT DOWNLOCK SWITCH FREEZING IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE SWITCH ACTUATOR BALL AND SWITCH WERE LUBED AND RIGGED PER LEARJET MM 32-60-01. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH GOOD RESULTS AND A SUCCESSFUL CHECK FLIGHT WAS CARRIED OUT WITH NUMEROUS GEAR CYCLES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.