N3729C
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.
2 reports on file, 2002-04-01 – 2003-12-10.
Part: LIMIT SWITCH — STUCK (MLG ACTUATOR) · airframe 11,127 hrs
FOLLOWING DEPARTURE, THE PILOT SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR UP POSITION. THE GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE GEAR RETRACTED AS NORMAL UNTIL IT REACHED THE FULL UP POSITION. THE PILOT HEARD THE GEAR MOTOR PULL HARD AND THEN THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. THE PILOT THEN SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY AND THE THREE GREEN, âGEAR DOWN AND LOCKEDâ LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. HE THEN RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. UPON INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GEAR UP LIMIT SWITCH HAD FAILED.
Part: CONTROL CABLE — BROKEN (TE FLAPS) · airframe 10,585 hrs
WHILE ON APPROACH THE PILOT SELECTED HIS APPROACH FLAP SETTING OF 15 DEGREES. UPON DOING SO HE HEARD A BANG AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A SLIGHT ROLL TO THE RIGHT. HE THEN RETRACTED THE FLAPS, WHICH CORRECTED THE SITUATION. HE CONTINUED HIS APPROACH AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THAT THE RIGHT HAND EXTEND CABLE FAILED AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET RIGHT OF THE FLAP ACTUATOR, NEAR A PULLEY, CAUSING THE FLAPS TO RETRACT TO THE FULL UP POSITION. FATIGUE MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS FAILURE.