N406A
Registered owner: ARCHER AIRCRAFT LLC, DE (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
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.
31 reports on file, 1996-04-16 – 2024-03-15.
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (ZONE 600) · airframe 7,442 hrs
R/H WING AFT WING WALK SKIN CRACKED ON CORRUGATED SKIN. REPLACED WITH NEW
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (ZONE 500) · airframe 7,442 hrs
R/H WING LWR I/B FWD SKIN, FWD STIFFENER CRACKED. REPLACED WITH NEW
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (ZONE 600) · airframe 7,442 hrs
R/H WING FWD WING WALK SKIN CRACKED ON CORRUGATED SKIN. REPLACED WITH NEW
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (ZONE 500) · airframe 7,442 hrs
L/H WING LWR I/B FWD SKIN, AFT STIFFENER CRACKED. REPLACED WITH NEW
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (ZONE 500) · airframe 7,442 hrs
R/H WING LWR I/B FWD SKIN, AFT STIFFENER CRACKED. REPLACED WITH NEW
Part: STRINGER — CRACKED (ZONE 600) · airframe 7,423 hrs
R/H WING I/B FWD LWER SKIN, AFT STIFFENER CRACKED
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (ZONE 600) · airframe 7,423 hrs
R/H WING I/B FWD LWR SKIN, FWD STIFFENER CRACKED, REPLACED WITH NEW
Earlier reports · 1996–2023 · 24 reports
2023
Part: BRACKET — CRACKED (ZONE 100) · airframe 7,240 hrs
FLAP HANDLE FORWARD SUPPORT BRACKET FOUND CRACKED. NOTED AREA OF STRESS/CRACK A LACK OF RADIUS. REPLACED WITH FACTORY NEW BRACKET.
2022
Part: NONE — SHORTED (ZONE 200) · airframe 5,316 hrs
INSTRUMENT ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT DIODES FOR PITOT HEAT WERE SHORTED. PITOT HEAT WORKED BUT THE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT DID NOT.
2021
Part: SENSOR — DEFECTIVE (ZONE 100) · airframe 4,939 hrs
PITOT HEAT SWITCH WHEN ACTIVATED DID NOT TURN OFF THE PITOT HEAT INOP LIGHT EVEN THOUGH THE PITOT HEAT WAS OPERATIONAL. FOUND THAT THE PITOT HEAT SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE.
2008
Part: BLADE — DAMAGED (LT ENGINE) · airframe 65,660 hrs
DFW INFLIGHT T2452/02MAY - NUMBER ONE ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL AND VIBRATIONS ON TAKEOFF AND CLIMB. REDUCED ENGINE TO IDLE. RETURNED TO DFW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND ONE FAN BLADE DAMAGED. REPLACED TWO SETS OF FAN BLADES. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2007
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISLODGED (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
LGA - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT OVERHEAD CATWALK INOPERATIVE. RESET BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT OVERHEAD CATWALK. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: LAMP — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
LGA - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT ROW 7 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LAMP FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT ROW 7. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
MSP - EMERGENCY LIGHT EXIT SIGNS ABOVE OVERWING FORWARD LEFT AND RIGHT DOORS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT EXIT SIGNS ABOVE OVERWING FORWARD LEFT AND RIGHT DOORS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: SHROUD — BROKEN (EMERGENCY LIGHTS)
MSP - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT 19D AFT HAS BROKEN SHROUD. REPLACED SHROUD FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 19D AFT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2006
Part: BULB — BURNED OUT (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
LGA - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT FORWARD GALLEY INOPERATIVE. RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT AT FORWARD GALLEY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: LENS — BROKEN (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
ORD - EMERGENCY LIGHT LENS AT FORWARD EXIT RIGHT ARROW BROKEN. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR BROKEN EMERGENCY LIGHT LENS AT FORWARD EXIT RIGHT ARROW. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: ENGINE — MALFUNCTIONED (RIGHT)
DURING CLIMBOUT F/A REPORTED A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY A LOUD VIBRATION IN THE BACK OF CABIN. AT CRUISE ALL ENGINE READINGS WERE NORMAL. LANDED DUE TO ENGINE VIBRATION. DURING DESCENT RT HYD PRESSURE LOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SMOKE REPORTED IN CABIN. MANUALLY LOWERED LANDING GEAR AND LOST ALL RT HYD QTY. COULD NOT GET GEAR DOOR TO RETRACT. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO GATE. REPLACED RT ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP AND RT THRUST REVERSER LINE. ACCOMPLISHED PACK BURN. FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT HAD RT ENGINE OIL QUANTITY FLUCTUATION TO ZERO WITH ENGINE VIBRATIONS JUST ABOVE IDLE. RT ENGINE REPLACED ON 22 JUNE 2006 AT DFW. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHTS)
LGA - OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS BY ROWS 19 TO 21 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK B5 104 FOR OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS BY ROWS 19 TO 21. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2005
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
SFO - OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT FORWARD HATCH LEFT AND RIGHT HAND INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT FORWARD HATCH LEFT AND RIGHT HAND. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2004
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
DFW - TAIL CONE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR TAIL CONE EMERGENCY LIGHTS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHTS)
ORD EMERGENCY LIGHTS FROM COCKPIT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACKS AT SEAT 6EF, 9DEF, AND 20DEF FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS FROM COCKPIT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (CLOSED)
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHTS)
DFW SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY LIGHT BETWEEN ROWS 27 AND 30 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK B5-107 FOR SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY LIGHTS BETWEEN ROWS 27 AND 30. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (CLOSED)
2003
Part: BATTERY — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT AISLE LIGHTING AFT OF ROW 23 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT AISLE LIGHT ASSEMBLY BATTERIES. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: WIRE — DAMAGED (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, TAILCONE COMPARTMENT INTERIOR TAILCONE RELEASE HANDLE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WIRE IN TAILCONE FOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
1999
Part: LIGHT — DEFECTIVE (CABIN)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTING UNDER EXIT SIGN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHT STRIP. SYSTEM GORUND CHECKED, NORMAL OPERATION. (X)
1997
Part: CUSP — CORRODED (BS 1307)
TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON CUSP MEMBRANE LEVEL NR 3. INSTALLED NEW SECTION OF CUSP MEMBRANE PER SRM CHAPTER 53. (M)
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (BS 1302)
TUL - SEAT TRACK NR 3 HAS CORROSION AT 1302. INSTALLED PLUS IN SEAT TRACK NR 3 AT STATION 1302 STATION 1789 CORROSION REMOVED TREATED AND PRIMED PER SRM 53-20-00. (M)
Part: CONNECTORS — LOOSE (CABIN)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS IN FIRST CLASS CABIN INOPERATIVE. RESECURED LOOSE EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT STRIP CONNECTORS IN FIRST CLASS CABIN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
1996
Part: CONDUCTOR — DEFECTIVE (CABIN)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS BY FORWARD GALLEY INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT FLAT CONDUCTOR BY FORWARD GALLEY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: FRAME — CORRODED (BS 435)
TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON FRAME BETWEEN L-26R AND 27R, STATION 435. REPAIRED PER ESO 80559, DATED 4-17-96. (M)