N365ES
Registered owner: LAKEWOOD INVESTMENTS LLC, CA (owner ≠ operator)
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
CRANKSHAFT BROKE AT THE NR 4 CONNECTING ROD JOURNAL, SEPARATION OCCURRED AT THE NR 5 CHEEK COUNTING FROM THE FRONT OF CRANKSHAFT.
DURING 100-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND FIREWALL CRACKED AT THE LOWER LEFT COWL SHOCK MOUNT BELOW THE BATTERY BOX. VISIBLE PORTION OF CRACK WAS APPROXIMATELY .50 INCH LONG. AFTER CLOSER EXAMINATION FROM INSIDE THE CABIN, THE CRACK APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG AND ORIGINATING FROM A RIVET HOLE. DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED AND INSTALLED ON INSIDE OF CABIN. CRACK DEVELOPED POSSIBLY FROM IMPROPER SHEET METAL PRACTICES AT MANUFACTURE.
DURING 100-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND 4 OF THE AN426 RIVETS SECURING THE UPPER HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SKIN PULLED COMPLETELY THROUGH ON THE LEFT SIDE. ALL OF THE REMAINING RIVETS BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE SHOWED SIGNS OF WORKING THESE RIVETS ARE INBOARD UNDER THE STABILZIER ROOT FAIRING. OLDER 172'S USE UNIVERSAL HEAD RIVETS WITH NO PROBLEMS OF WORKING. OBTAINED REPAIR PROCEDURE FROM CESSNA AND PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED.
RIGHT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE INOPERABLE. TRACED PROBLEM TO TRANSMITTER IN RT WING. PLASTIC FLOAT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ARM AND WAS ALLOWING THE ARM TO SINK. FLOAT FAILED BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE CRIMP ON ARM WHICH ALLOWED THE RETAINING WASHER AND FLOAT TO COME OFF. THIS TRANSMITTER WAS INSTALLED ONLY 11.0 HOURS AGO. ANOTHER NEW TRANSMITTER WAS INSTALLED AND SYSTEM APPEARS TO OPERATE NORMALLY.
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, FOUND AUTOPILOT SERVO CONTROL CABLE WRAPPED AROUND RT AILERON CONTROL CABLE. MM DOES NOT SHOW THESE CABLES CROSSED. INSPECTED CABLES FOR DAMAGE AND POSITIONED PROPERLY. AIRCRAFT WAS DELIVERED FROM THE MANUFACTURER WITH THIS CONDITION.
PILOT COMPLAINED OF FLUCTUATING FUEL QUANTITY INDICATING GAUGE. TRACED PROBLEM TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT QUANTITY TRANSMITTERS GIVING ERRONEOUS OHM READINGS. REPLACED TRANSMITTERS AND SYSTEM OPERATES NORMALLY.