N363PX
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.
27 reports on file, 1996-07-21 – 2004-11-10.
Part: BATTERY — SMOKE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
BATTERY ASSEMBLY 60-1321-1 S/N 19113 STARTED SMOKING UPON INSTALLATION BATTERY FOUND AT FAULT. CLEANED & BENCH CHECKED GOOD IAW CMM. RETURNED TO SERVICE 12/12/04.
Part: BATTERY PACK — FAILED (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 31,838 hrs · 26,689 cycles
DURING SCHEDULED CAPACITY CHECK, BATTERY PACK PN 61-0478-9, SN/0202641 FAILED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED CELL PACK PN 55-2198-1. UNIT PASSES CMM CHECKS. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE 8/18/04. REFER TO WO NR 373761 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 31,534 hrs · 26,375 cycles
DURING 4K INSPECTION IN LCQ, FS 294 LEFT I/B SEAT TRACK HAS CORROSION. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED CORRODED SECTION OF LEFT I/B SEAT TRACK AT FS 294 IAW MESABA EO S53060. AIRCRAFT RELEASE DATE 6/23/04.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 31,534 hrs · 26,375 cycles
DURING 4K INSPECTION IN LCQ, FS 294 RIGHT I/B SEAT TRACK HAS CORROSION. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED CORRODED SECTION OF RIGHT I/B SEAT TRACK AT FS 294 IAW MESABA EO S53060. AIRCRAFT RELEASE DATE 6/23/04.
Part: FRAME — CHAFED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 31,534 hrs · 26,375 cycles
DURING 4K INSPECTION IN LCQ, FS 686.38 AFT CARGO FRAME CHAFED. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE ON AFT CARGO FRAME AT FS 686.38 IAW MESABA EO S53152. AIRCRAFT RELEASE DATE 6/23/04.
Part: FRAME — CHAFED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 31,534 hrs · 26,375 cycles
DURING 4K INSPECTION IN LCQ, FS 630.112 AFT CARGO FRAME CHAFED. MAINTENANCE FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME ANGLE ON AFT CARGO FRAME AT FS 630.112 IAW MESABA EO S53152. AIRCRAFT RELEASE DATE 6/23/04.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 31,193 hrs · 25,985 cycles
BATTERY PACK P/N 61-0478-9, S/N 1875 WAS REMOVED ON 4/3/04 FOR SCHEDULED CAPACITY CHECK. UNIT FAILED CAP CHECK ON 4/7/04. UNIT WAS DEEP CYCLED AND RECHARGED UNIT THEN PASSED CMM TESTS ON 4/10/04.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — FAILED (MLG)
GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION DURING NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING FOLLOWED GEAR DOWN UNSAFE CONDITION QRH. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION GEAR SAFE ON LANDING NO NOSE GEAR STEERING. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE IAW SF340 AMM CHAP 32-31-15-4. SECURITY/LEAK AND OPS CHECK GOOD.
Earlier reports · 1996–2003 · 19 reports
2003
Part: DETECTOR — FLUCTUATES (LT ENG OIL)
DURING FLIGHT 3268, LEFT ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 100-148C. OIL PRESSURE READING NORMAL. WHILE INFLIGHT, PILOT NOTED TEMPERATURE DROPPED DOWN TO NORMAL RANGE THEN WENT BACK TO READING HIGH. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT ENGINE OIL TEMP DETECTOR P/N 522794, S/N OFF EGNAB468, OPS CHECK GOOD IN THE GROUND ALL IAW SAAB MM 79.
Part: FRAME — CHAFED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 30,244 hrs · 24,997 cycles
DURING 4Y-2Y INSPECTION IN CWA, RT CARGO FRAME STA 658.5, 11.5 INCHES ABOVE SL 1620 CHAFE. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED DAMAGE IAW EO S53152 INSTALLATION OF DOUBLER.
Part: WINDSHIELD — BIRD STRIKE (COCKPIT)
DURING FLIGHT 3107, BIRD STRIKE TO CAPTAINS FWD WINDSCREEN. AIR RETURN TO DTW. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED A/C AND ENGINE VERIFIED BIRD STRIKE ON CAPT WINDSCREEN CLEANED, NO FURTHER DAMAGE NOTED. ALL WORK DONE IAW GMM ALL CHECKS GOOD.
Part: COMPUTER — FAILED (ARHS)
EFIS WENT BLANK ON TAKEOFF. LEFT SIDE ARHS FAILURE AFTER ROTATION. REPLACED NR 1 AHRS COMPUTER.
Part: FAN — FAILED (CABIN COOLING)
DISC NR 9M STRONG ODOR SIMILAR TO OZONE ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. DETECTED PRIOR TO ENGINE STARTS. PAX AND CREW EVACUATED. REARMOST PAX EXPERIENCED GREATEST DISCOMFORT. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED BOTH AFT AND FWD SUPP AIR, AIR REF MM1 PG 177815 FOR DETAILS. FOUND AFT SUPP AIR COMPRESSOR MOTOR COOLING FAN SHATTERED AND SHROUD MELTED CAUSING ODER. ALSO FOUND FWD COMPRESSOR BELT AND SHROUD DAMAGED SEE CONTINUATION CARD NR 061478 AND 071616 FOR FURTHER DETAIL.
Part: COMPUTER — FAILED (COCKPIT)
DURING FLIGHT 2737, LT DPU C/B POPPED. LEFT SIDE DPU 1 (G-18) CIRCUIT BREAKER OUT, (POPPED) RESET ONCE, AND POPPED AGAIN. RT SIDE HEADING (F/O) DID NOT MATCH MAG COMPASS. AIR RETURN TO DTW. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 DPU P/N 622-7713-004, SN/ON 6924, SN/OFF 1347. ALL CHECKS GOOD IAW SF340 MM.
Part: CONTROL CABLE — LACK OF LUBE (BRAKE SYSTEM)
RIGHT BRAKE IS VERY WEAK, LEFT SEEMS OK, CAN'T STOP STRAIGHT. FROM LOG PAGE MM1 1162583 DISC 13 RT BRAKE SEEMS WEAK NOTED NOISED AND RESISTANCE REOM RT BRAKE PEDAL. CAPT SIDE FOUND CAPT RT BRAKE PEDAL TO BE MAKING DRY AND GRAVELY SOUND IN WHEEL WELL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED RT IB BRAKE CONTROL CABLE PER SF340 AMM 32-42-05-4 P/N 189400-002. OPS AND TAXI CHECK GOOD. REF TO CONT CARDS 069629 AND 069630 FOR WORK DETAIL.
2002
Part: COMPUTER — MALFUNCTIONED (NR 2)
DURING FLIGHT 3076, NR 2 AHRS COMPUTER DROPPED OFF LINE. AIR RETURN TO DTW. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 AHRS COMPUTER.
1999
Part: WIRE — FAILED (COCKPIT)
LFT - FLT 5756 - ON CLIMB-OUT, RECEIVED CONFLICTING GEAR INDICATION. THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS WITH DISPATCH AND MAINT CONTROL, FLT 5756 WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTINUE TO MEMPHIS. AT APPROX 60 NAUTICAL MILES S/W OF MEMPHIS, CREW RECEIVED A DIFFERENT FALSE INDICATION OF LANDING GEAR POSITION. EMERG DECLARED, OVER FLIGHT OF TOWER TO CONFIRM STATUS OF LANDING GEAR. ACFT LANDED, DISCOVERED NOSE WHEEL STEERING SYS NOT WORKING. ACFT WAS STOPPED ON RUNWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT PAX DEPLANED. UPON INSP, A POOR ELECT CONNECTION BETWEEN WIRE HARNESS AND LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE WAS CAUSE OF THE CONFLICTING GEAR IND AND NOSE WHEEL STEERING FAILURE. (X)
1998
Part: BOLT — FAILED (LT MLG ACT)
UPON LANDING GEAR RETRACTION GOT A GEAR HANDLE LIGHT AND THE HYDRAULIC PUMP KEPT RUNNING. PUT LANDING GEAR BACK DOWN, AND THE LEFT HAND MAIN WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN. RAN EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, PULLED T-HANDLE WITH NO CHANGE. LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR BRACKET RETAINING BOLT. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
1997
Part: PROPELLER — VIBRATION (RT ENGINE)
BAD VIBRATION NOTED FROM RT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. SLIGHT PROPELLER VIBRATION ON RT SIDE. AFTER RETURNING, VIBRATION SEEMED TO GET BETTER. INSPECTED THE RT PROPELLER AND PERFORMED GROUND RUNS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. (X)
Part: INDICATION — MALFUNCTIONED (RT MLG)
UNABLE TO GET GREEN LIGHT ON RIGHT MAIN GEAR. DEFERRED PER MEL 32-33-1. (M)
Part: FLUX GATE — FAILED (RIGHT)
RIGHT AHARS FAILED IN-FLIGHT. REPLACED RT FLUX GATE. (X)
Part: RADAR WXT — FAILED (COCKPIT)
RADAR BAD, AIR RETURN. REMOVED AND REPLACED RADAR WXT 250, GROUND OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: PRESS INDICATION — MALFUNCTIONED (HYD SYSTEM)
AIRCRAFT HYD PRESSURE DROPPED TO 800 PSI AND OUTBOARD BRAKES LOST PRESSURE ON THE GAUGE. LINE CREW WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY THERE WAS ACTUALLY A PROBLEM. A/C WAS INSPECTED, GROUND RUN, TAXI, AND PERFORMED TEST FLIGHT. NO PROBLEMS NOTED. (M)
Part: GPWS — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT)
ON FINAL GOT TO LOW GEAR WITH THREE GREEN (GPWS). DEFERRED GPWS PER MEL. (M)
1996
Part: FIRE LIGHT — ILLUMINATED (CARGO COMPT)
CARGO SMOKE LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. CARGO FIRE EXTINGUISHER DISCHARGE. INSTALLED BOTTLE, P/N 365000071. OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECKED OF CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR. OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD. CLEANED AND RESEATED CANNON PLUG ON FWD CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR TIMER RELAY. (M)
Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — DIRTY (CARGO COMPT)
CARGO SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. CARGO FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE WAS FIRED. REMOVED AND REPLACED CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR ON LAV WALL (FWD), OPS CHECK GOOD. OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — DIRTY (CARGO COMPT)
CARGO SMOKE WARNING. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND BLEW BOTTLE. DEFERRED CARGO FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYSTEM. REPLACED CARGO FIRE BOTTLE AND SQUIB. DEFER CLEARED. REPLACED AFT AND FWD CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR, CHECKS GOOD. (M)