N362FW
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.
3 reports on file, 2015-12-09 – 2018-06-20.
Part: CARBON SEAL — LEAKING (RT ENGINE) · airframe 17,405 hrs · 13,503 cycles
SMOKE WAS NOTICED AFTER TAKEOFF AND GREW WORSE DURING CLIMB. THE CABIN APPEARED TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SMOKE AND THE MEDICS NOTIFIED US THAT IT WAS VERY HOT IN THE BACK. WENT THROUGH THE MEMORY ITEMS AND RAN THE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT CHECKLIST, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED, RAN AND OPERATIONALLY CHECK MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND HAVE ISOLATED THE PROBLEM TO THE RT ENGINE. IT WAS DETERMINED THE LT ENGINE HAD AN INTERNAL CARBON SEAL LEAKING OIL REPLACEED THE NR 4 & 5 SEALS. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LT ENGINE, PERFORMED MULTIPLE SUCCESSFUL GROUND RUNS AND A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT.
Part: CONTROL BOX — FAULTY (FIRE DETECTION) · airframe 17,110 hrs · 13,297 cycles
PILOT REPORTS "PASSING 5000' ON APPROACH THE L ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WENT OUT. THIS REPEATED FOUR TIMES IN THE NEXT 2 MINUTES. THE POWER WAS IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO IDLE ON THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. THAT CHANGE APPEARED TO HAVE NO EFFECT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ENGINE AND FIRE DETECT SYSTEM WIRING AND ELEMENTS. CHECKED RESISTANCE OF LT FIRE DETECTION HOT SECTION, FIREWALL AND GEARBOX ELEMENTS, ALL WITHIN LIMITS. PERFORMED INSULATION RESISTANCE CHECKS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. REPLACED LT FIRE DETECTION CONTROL BOX. GROUND TEST AND OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT SATISFACTORY.
Part: KNOB — CRACKED (COCKPIT) · airframe 16,052 hrs · 12,571 cycles
FAR 135.415 REPORT. PILOT REPORTED DEPARTING, WHEN THEY PERFORMED O2 MASK CHECK, CLIMBING THROUGH 18,000' OXYGEN SYS INDICATOR DROPPED TO 0 PSI & THEY RETURNED. FOUND THE ON & OFF SELECTOR KNOB FOR THE O2 BOTTLE INDICATING THE ON POSITION. DURING FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING THE CAP ON THE SELECTOR KNOB WHICH COVERS THE ATTACH BOLT WAS REMOVED SHOWING MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE KEYED BOSS OF THE SELECTOR KNOB WHICH ROTATES THE REGULATOR ON & OFF SHAFT. THIS ALLOWED THE KNOB TO BE ROTATED INTO THE ON POSITION WITHOUT ROTATING THE REGULATOR SHAFT COMPLETELY TO THE ON POSITION. R & R THE OXYGEN BOTTLE & REGULATOR ASSEMBLY & OPERATIONS CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY.