N410AL
Registered owner: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC, 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
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.
8 reports on file, 2012-03-02 – 2018-11-22.
Part: THROTTLE CABLE — BROKEN (ENGINE) · airframe 6,421 hrs
DURING ENGINE SHUTDOWN PILOT MOVED THROTTLE TO CUTOFF AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. SECOND ATTEMPT WAS MADE WITH SAME RESPONSE. PILOT NOTED NG SLOWLY INCREASED TO 63% AND IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN ENGINE USING FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE SWITCH. MAINT NOTED THAT THROTTLE LINKAGE HAD BROKEN.
Part: BEARING — DETERIORATED (ENGINE) · airframe 5,182 hrs
DURING CLIMB FROM FCN, ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FCN. METAL CHIPS WERE FOUND ON PLUG. REPLACED ENGINE.
Part: INDICATOR — FLUCTUATES (COCKPIT)
ON APPROACH TO FCN, NG INDICATOR STARTED TO FLUCTUATE FROM ZERO TO FULL SCALE ON THE INDICATOR. ALL OTHER READINGS WERE NORMAL. PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO GNO FOR MAINT.
Part: WIRE — CHAFED (EMERGENCY FLOAT) · airframe 2,154 hrs
PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, EMERGENCY FLOAT SYS WAS ARMED. AFTER DEPARTURE PILOT CLIMBED TO 500FT AND EMERGENCY FLOAT SYS UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED, CONTINUED FLIGHT TO LOOP TERMINAL, AT 60 KTS AND LANDED. UPON INSPECTION BY MX PERSONNEL, POWER WIRE FOR FLOAT SYS WAS FOUND CHAFED.
Part: DIAPHRAGM — BACKED OUT (NR 1 NOZZLE) · airframe 1,944 hrs
NR 1 NOZZLE DIAPHRAM BACKED OFF. INSTALLED NEW AT .835", CURRENT DIMENSION .802. FOUND TO BE CAUSE FOR LOW POWER.
Part: HOUSING — WORN (ZONE 400) · airframe 1,944 hrs
FOUND XPT COATING OF SHROUD HOUSING MISSING CAUSING DECREASE IN POWER.
Part: SUPPORT — ERODED (COMPRESSOR) · airframe 1,944 hrs
FOUND MAJOR SEAL OF REAR COMPRESSOR SUPPORT ERODED AND FLAKING CAUSING VENT PROBLEMS.
Part: BEARING — WORN (IMPELLER) · airframe 1,919 hrs
IMPELLER NR 1 BEARING STUB SHAFT HAS EXCESSIVE WEAR FROM MATING RING.