N408QS
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| NETJETS AVIATION, INC. (DXTA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
FOUL ODOR THROUGHOUT ACFT. SMELL IS ALSO COMING FROM AIR VENTS ANY TIME AIR IS CIRCULATING ARRIVED AT ACFT DID NOT INITIALLY SMELL ANYTHING . POWERED UP & SET THE A/C FANS TO HIGH AND TO FULL HOT. RAN THE ACFT SYS FOR OVER AN HOUR ON FULL HOT AND DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING OFF. POWERED ENGINES OFF & SET ACFT FANS TO LOW AND UPON SETTING THEM TO LOW GOT THE SMELL. CYCLED FAN MODES MULTIPLE TIMES & SEEMS TO BE ONLY COMING FROM COCKPIT VENTS & NO BAD SMELL IN CABIN. FOLLOWED THE AM RECOMMENDED BY CONTACT CENTER AND IT RECOMMENDED TO PERFORM A VCS FLUSH. SPOKE WITH MCC AND ADVISED. WORK PERFORMED IRW FIM 21-20-00-810. POWERED UP ACFT & RAN VCS. WHEN RAN, SMELLED A SLIGHT ODOR, BUT WHEN IT SHUT OFF, ODOR WENT AWAY. PERFORMED VCS RUSHING PER CUSTOMER'S REQUEST IAW AMM 21-52-00-170-801. INSTALLED A NEW RECEIVER DRYER IAW AMM 21-52-07-04. PERFORMED LEAK & VACUUM TEST IAW AMM 21-52-00-65 & AMM 12-17-00-03, BOTH TESTS WERE SAT. RECHARGED REFRIGERANT IAW AMM 12-17-00-610-802 & PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE VCS IAW AMM 21-52-00-720-801. FUNCTIONAL CHECK FOUND SAT. WHILE PERFORMING THE TEST OF THE VCS, A SLIGHT ODOR WAS NOTED, BUT IT APPEARED TO BE WHEN EVAP SYS WAS RUN & THE VCS WAS OFF. ALLOWED THE VCS & EVAP TO RUN FOR A WHILE TO CYCLE THE RESIDUAL ORDER TO BE CYCLED OUT. RECOVERED REFRIGERANT AGAIN IAW AMM 12-17-00-03, REMOVED RECEIVER DRYER & INSTALLED NEW RECEIVER DRYER, NEW O-RING IAW AMM 21-52-07-04. PERFORMED LEAK & VACUUM TEST IAW AMM 21-52-00-06 & AMM 12-17-00-03, BOTH TESTS SAT. RECHARGED REFRIGERANT IAW AMM 12-17-00-610-802, WHEN TRYING TO REINSTALL THE OIL, AC CART WOULD NOT DO SO. PERFORMED REFRIGERANT FLUID SERVICING TO ADD OIL IAW AMM 12-17-00-610-804. RAN THE VCS SYS, & A SLIGHT ODOR COULD BE NOTED IN THE COCKPIT WHEN THE EVAP WAS RUNNING AND THE VCS WAS OFF. CLEANED THE FWD EVAP IAW AMM 21-52-03-160-801. PERFORMED VCS SYS RUN & NO ODOR WAS NOTED. THE FWD EVAP WAS CAUSING A SLIGHT ODOR, AND AFTER CLEANING IT. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. ORIGINAL SUBMISSION DATE: 11-14-2024.
MAIN CABIN DOOR FALLS ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM WHEN OPENED. TENSION CABLE SEEMS TO BE LOOSE. ADJUSTED THE MAIN DOOR OPENING SPEED IAW EMB-505 AMM 52-10-00.
EMERGENCY DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. IT PUSHED INSIDE THE INTERIOR SIDE WALL. TRIED TO OPEN IT TO RESET BUT IT WILL NOT OPEN. INSPECTED EMERGENCY DOOR.FOUND THAT THE WALL LINER WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY.REMOVED THE DOOR TO INSTALL CORRECTLY THE LINER. REINSTALLED THE EMERGENCY DOOR IAW EMB505 AMM 52-20-00. OPS CHECK GOOD
CABIN EMERG LIGHT: IN FLIGHT CABIN EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS AND AISLE LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLICKER THEN CAME ON STEADY WITH THE SWITCH IN THE ARM POSITION. LIGHTS WERE STILL ILLUMINATED ON THE GROUND WITH SWITCH IN ARM. // SIGNOFF// REMOVED THE FAILED FWD AND AFT EMERGENCY BATTERIES AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE EMERGENCY BATTERIES REF PHENOM 300 AMM 33-52-01. OPS CHECKS GOOD
MAIN DOOR: MAIN DOOR IS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. TAKES EXCESSIVE FORCE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DOOR FROM INSIDE THERE IS APPROX A 1/2 INCH GAP AT TOP OF DOOR. // SIGNOFF// REMOVED AND REPLACED MAIN DOOR SEAL IAW PHENOM 300 AMM 52-10-20-400-801-A. SEE TASK/INSPECTIONS FOR DETAILS. ALL CHECKS GOOD AT THIS TIME
MLG: DURING LIFT OFF AND GEAR RETRACTION WE NOTICED A PARKING BRAKE NOT RELEASED CAS MESSAGE THAT ILLUMINATED LESS THAN A SECOND AND WENT OUT. ALSO AS THE GEAR RETRACTRACTED WE BOTH FELT A THUMP WHICH WAS LOUDER THAN WE HAD EXPERIENCED BEFORE. // SIGNOFF // COMPLIED WITH THE OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW PHENOM 300 MM CH 32-43-00-710-801-A PERFORMED BLEEDING OF MAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW PHENOM 300 MM CH 29-10-00-860-801-A PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL CHECKS OF THE EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYSTEM WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW PHENOM 300 MM CH 32-31-00-720-801-A
FLAP FAIL YELLOW CAS: SUSPECTED FCE 1 FAIL ALSO DISPLAYED WAS AMBER SWEPS FAIL, BKP PITCH TRIM, AND WHITE SPOILERS FAIL. FLAP AND TRIM INDICATORS WERE YELLOW X'D. AIRPLANE WOULD NOT DECEND WITH AUTO PILOT ENGAGED. DOWNLOADED THE FWD CMC FILES TO TECH SUPPORT. RECEIVED RESPONSE AND PROCEED TO FIM 27-36-00-810-816A. CURRENTLY NO ACTIVE FAULTS, CHECK WIRING WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. CHECKED CMC HISTORY, WITH THE FAULT OF FCE1 - IASP1 BUS FAIL, ALSO HAD FCE1-GIA1 ARINC BUS FAIL AT THE SAME DATE AND TIME. FOLLOWED FIM 27-0300-810-811A, NO ACTIVE FAULTS. NO DEFECTS NOTED. CONTACTED TECH SUPPORT FOR ANY FURTHER RECOMMENDATION, LOOKING THRU HISTORY, THEY RECOMMENDED TO RELEASE AND MONITOR, IT WAS A TRANSITORY CONDITION OF FCE1. MCC CONCUR TO RELEASE.
EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN CABIN BEGAN FLICKERING IN FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING, TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A FAILED EMERGENCY LIGHTS BATTERY. BATTERY ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED WITH NEW AND NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THIS REPORT SUBMITTED TO COMPLY WITH PART 135 OPERATOR'S GENERAL MAINTENANCE MANUAL REQUIREMENTS.
FLAP FAIL YELLOW CAS: FCE1 FAIL CAUSING FLAP FAIL INDICATION. SWPS FAULT, SPOILER FAULT AND PTRIM BKP FAIL EICAS. COMPLETED QRH PER AOB 20-05 GUIDANCE. (FCE FAILURES) "CORRECTIVE ACTION" NO FAULTS NOTED ON POWER UP. PERFORMED CMC DOWNLOAD AND SENT TO CONTACT CENTER IAW EMB505AMM 45-45-00. INSPECTED FCE1 CONNECTIONS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW EMB505 WM 27-03-50-3 PER FIM 27-36-000. PERFORMED THE IASP HEATING SYSTEM TEST IAW EMB 505 AMM 30-30-00 AND PERFORMED THE OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE ADS IAW EMB505 AMM 34-15-00. ALL OPERATIONAL TEST NORMAL. NO DEFECTS NOTED.
BEFORE INITIATING START WITH GPU, EMER LIGHT SWITCH IN THE ARMED POSITION. AS SHED BUSSES COME OFF LINE DURING START, RECEIVED MESSAGE EMER LT NOT ARM YELLOW CAS. CYCLED THE SWITCH, AND CAS DISAPPEARS, HOWEVER, CABIN EMER LIGHTS ARE ON THROUGHOUT THE CABIN. IF SWITCH IS MOVED TO THE OFF POSITION, LIGHTS EXTINGUISH. IF MOVED TO ARM, EMER LIGHTS ARE ON.///SIGN-OFF/// REMOVED AND REPLACED #2 EMERGENCY BATTERY WITH TESTED UNIT. IAW EMB-505 AMM 33-52-01-710-801A, OPS CHECK GOOD.
MAIN CABIN DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. DOOR HANDLE WOULD MOVE ONLY 5 INCHES. ADJUSTED LOWER AFT ECCENTRIC BUSHING, IAW EMB 300 AMM 52-10-00-820-806-A. PERFORMED LUBRICATION OF LATCH PINS, IAW EMB 300 AMM. OPERATIONS CHECK GOOD.
UPON DESCENT OUT OF FL390, WE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING INDICATIONS: SWPS FAULT, FLAP FAIL, PTRIM BKP FAIL, SPOILER FAULT ALONG WITH A FLASHING MAX SPEED WARNING WHILE OUR INDICATED SPEED 20 KNOTS SLOWER THAN BOTTOM OF BARBER POLE. WE ALSO EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF THE AUTO PILOT. X'S WERE DISPLAYED ON FLAPS, TRIMS, AND SPOILERS. FOLLOWED EMBRAER CONTACT CENTER RECOMMENDANTION UNDER CASE EEJ-04050559 DOWNLOADED OF SERVOS FAULT LOGS. FIRST DOWNLOAD FILE WAS CORRUPTED. COMPLIED WITH DOWNLOAD OF SERVOS FAULT LOGS AND EMAIL TO EMBRAER CONTACT CENTER. AFTER ANALYSIS EMBRAER CONTACT CENTER SUGGESTED REPOSTIONING OF THE FCE`S. GAINED ACCESS TO FCE'S. REMOVED LT FCE P/N 462900-1017 S/N1127 AND RT FCE P/N 462900-1017 S/N 0226. INSTALLED FCE P/N 462900-1017 S/N1127 ON RT AND INSTALLED FCE P/N 462900-1017 S/N 0226 ON LT. CLOSED ALL ACCESS PREVIOUSLY GAINED FOR MAINTENANCE. COMPLIED WITH RIGGING AND OPERATIONS CHECKS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED, REF EMB 505 MM 27-40-00-710-801-A/500.
WHILE COMPLYING WITH EMBRAER SB 505-55-0004 FOUND THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT CONTROL BALANCE WEIGHTS DO NOT MEET SB SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. ONE RT ELEVATOR HORN WEIGHT P/N PE915109-L42, FIVE RT ELEVATOR ADJUSTABLE WEIGHTS P/N PE915109-L33, AND TEN LT ELEVATOR ADJUSTABLE WEIGHTS P/N PE915109-L33.
DURING PREFLIGHT, DOOR OPERATED NORMALLY. RETURNING TO THE AIRCRAFT, DOOR UNLOCKS AND THE HANDLE FUNCTIONS, BUT THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED PAX DOOR SHROUDS. OPERATIONAL CHECKS ARE GOOD. NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES NOTED AT THIS TIME. ALL MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, IAW EMBRAER PHENOM 300 AMM 52-10-00.
SUSPECT THAT CLEANING CREW CLOSED DOOR WITH PINS EXTENDED. FOUND FIBERGLASS DAMAGE AND PINCHED PRESSURE SEAL AND EVIDENCE OF PINS STRIKING EXTERIOR OF FUSELAGE. FOUND DURING PREFLIGHT. INSPECTED DOOR AND ACCOMPLSIHED NETJETS DAMAGE REPORT. FOUND FUSELAGE MARKS APPEARS TO BE COSMETIC WITH SCUFF MARKS AT FWD FUSELAGE DOOR AREA, SMALL DIMPLE AT AFT MOST LOWER LOCK PIN AREA WITH PAINT CRACK. FWD DOOR PANEL DAMAGED AND CRACKED, NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE UNDER PANEL. DOOR LOCKING OPERATION OPS NORMAL. DOOR SEAL INSPECTION OK. NO VISIBLE SEPARATION OR PUNCTURES. NO VISIBLE COSMETIC DAMAGE TO UPPER PORTION OF DOOR RECESS AREA, IAW PHENOM 300 AMM 52-10-00. REMOVED AND REPLACED MED FWD AND AFT SHROUD PANELS, IAW PHENOM 300 AMM TASK 25-23-05-000-801-A. REMOVED FWD SHROUD PANEL PIN 506-45221-4001 SINN/A AFT SHROUD P/N 506-45261-4001 S/N 15983646/001. INSTALLED NEW FWD SHROUD P/N 506-45261-4001 S/N 19207520/001, NEW AFT SHROUD P/N 506-45221-4001 S/N 25471086/001. OPERATIONS CHECK MED OPEN AND CLOSE OPERATION, IAW PHENOM 300 AMM 52-10-00/200, OPERATIONS NORMAL. APPLIED TOUCH UP PAINT TO REQUIRED AREA ON MED AND MED FUSELAGE AREAS, IAW PHENOM 300 SRM 51-22-05. WAXED SCUFF MARKS FROM FWD MED FUSELAGE AREA AS REQUIRED.
MAIN CABIN DOOR HANDLE HARD/STIFF TO OPERATE // SIGN OFF // VERIFIED DISCREPANCY, REMOVED MAIN DOOR STEPS AND COMPLETED WITH LUBRICATION OF THE MAIN DOOR LATCH AND PINS AND INTERNAL LINKAGE COMPONENTS. PERFORMED OPS CHECK DOOR IS DIFFICULTY WITH CLOSING WAS NO LONGER PRESENT BUT EXTERNAL DOOR HANDLE WOULD NOT LATCH THE DOOR HANDLE TRIGGER DUE TO INCOMPLETE CLOSURE OF EXTERNAL HANDLE PERFORMED ADDITIONAL INSPECTION AND FOUND THAT THE HANDLE TRIGGER SPRING IS BROKEN AND THE EXTERNAL HANDLE SPRING IS WEEK AND DOES NOT RETURN THE HANDLE TO THE FLUSH POSITION. REMOVED AND REPLACED EXTERNAL DOOR LATCH HANDLE PERFORMED OPS CHECK NO DEFECTS NOTED ALL WORK DONE IAW EM-5050 AMM 52-11-21
DURING APPROACH UPON LOWERING LANDING GEAR CREW RECEIVED A "NOSE WHEEL STEER BY WIRE FAIL" ANNUCIATOR MESSAGE. MX ACCOMPLISHED GIV-SGER-391 WHICH PERTAINS TO TROUBLE SHOOTING THIS PROBLEM. NO FAULT FOUND. ALSO CHECKED RIGGING OF WOW SWITCH, ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FOR FAULTS, ALL CHECKED GOOD. ACFT WAS TAXI CHECKED AND NO FAULT FOUND. THIS ACFT DOES NOT HAVE ANY PAST HISTORY.
CABIN ELECTRICAL TYPE ODOR CENTERED NEAR CONFERENCE TABLE. LT WINDOW SIDE. MORE SO DURING DECENT AND ASCENT, OPEN TO BE UPDATED AT COMPLETION OF MX. MAINTENANCE FOUND WATER SEPERATOR BAGS DIRTY. CLEANED AND REINSTALLED. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN ON OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.
SHORTLY BEFORE LANDING THE F/A REPORTED A BURNING ODOR IN THE GALLEY. OVEN AND COFFEE POTS WERE OFF. TURNED OFF THE GALLEY MASTER POWER AND ODOR WENT AWAY. MX FOUND APU STARTER INOPERATIVE. WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE ODOR. APU STARTER WAS REPLACED, ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLIED TO ACFT AND GALLEY COMPONENTS POWERED UP. ALL CHECKED GOOD.
NOSE WHEEL STEERING FAILURE DURING START UP.
ON CLIMB AUTO THROTTLES VARY EPR +/- .04 FROM TARGET EPR
ON TAKEOFF, DOOR SEAL EMITTED A LOUD SQUEAL AND POP. AFTER LANDING, DOOR SEAL WAS DEFLATED PRIOR TO OPENING MAIN CABIN DOOR. MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR SEAL INFLATION SYSTEM CONTAINED MOISTURE. INSTALLED DOOR SEAL MODIFICATION AC SERVICE CHANGE KITS-ASC 424 AND 438B-COMBINED KITS INTRODUCE NEW TUBING, VENT LINES, CONDENSER INSTALLATION PN 1159SB48802-27(TUBE). 1159SB48800-1(DUCT ASSY) 1159SB40709-21(VENT PLUG) 115SB48830-1/3(HOSE ASSY) REGULATOR PN 3215634-5 AND FILTER PN 31004. INTRODUCTION OF ASC ARE INTENDED TO EXTRACT EXCESS MOISTURE CONTENT IN SYS AND IMPROVEMENT OF MFG OF REGULATOR INCREASES FLOW AND IMPROVED FILTER INCREASES REMOVAL OF CONTAMINANTS. CABIN PRESSURIZATION WAS NOT LOST.