N36319
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
CYLINDER NR 6 HAD BROKEN BOTH EXHAUST ROCKER SHAFT STUDS. HAPPENED ON SAME CYLINDER APPROXIMATELY 200 HOURS AGO ON A FACTORY CYLINDER WITH 1000 HOURS. PUSH ROD IS NOT BENT, LIFTER DOES NOT SHOW ANY SCORING. OUR ASSUMPTION IS THE LIFTER HYDRAULICALLY LOCKED AND PUT EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON THE ROCKER CAUSING THE STUDS TO BREAK.
ON PREFLIGHT, THE PILOT FOUND THE STABILATOR TO BE EXTREMELY LOOSE AND NOTIFIED MX. WHEN REMOVED TAIL CONE FOUND A BROKEN BOLT ON THE RT THAT HAD BACKED OUT. IMMEDIATELY GROUNDED THE WHOLE FLEET UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE COULD INSPECT ATTACHING POINTS, BEARINGS AND REPLACE ATTACHING HARDWARE. WHEN WE STARTED REMOVING BOLTS FROM OTHER ACFT, FOUND SEVERAL THAT WERE PITTED AND SCORED. THE BOLT THAT BROKE HAD BEEN ON ACFT AT LEAST SINCE 06/22/07 WITH 2350 FLIGHT HOURS ON IT.
RIVETS ON RIGHT SIDE (LOWER RIGHT) SHEARED WHERE AFT SPAR OF VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACHES TO EMPENNAGE. THIS IS AIRCRAFT NR 4 IN FLEET OF PA34-200T'S THAT HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE THIS DISCREPANCY.
PUMP SEIZED AND DRIVE SHAFT BROKEN.
VOLTAGE REGULATOR BECAME UNSTABLE ALLOWING ALTERNATOR TO DROP OFF-LINE. REGULATOR WOULD NOT ADJUST, REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. UNIT LAST OVERHAULED BY NV2R045L.
AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF, PILOT SELECTED 'GEAR UP', GEAR DID NOT MOVE. WARNING HORN AND LIGHT CAME ON. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND GEAR SAFETY 'SQUAT' SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. RE-ADJUSTMENT CURED PROBLEM.
THE INSPECTION FOUND CRANKCASE HAS A SMALL .3750 INCH CRACK NEXT TO THE UPPER BOLT JUST FORWARD OF CYLINDER NR 5. THIS IS CONSIDERED A NON-CRITICAL AREA PER SB M90-17.