N420J
Registered owner: FLYING MULES LLC, KS (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.
1 report on file, 2023-05-16.
Part: COMPRESSOR — SEIZED (ZONE 400) · airframe 6,006 hrs · 19,379 cycles
TOOK OFF FROM SM288CA HEADED TOWARDS SM99A. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF I START TO SMELL BURNING RUBBER AND THEN AFTER THAT SAW SMOKE IN THE CABIN. CHECKED GAUGES AND PANEL LIGHT AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL SO TURNED OFF THE A/C AND OPENED WINDOWS. STARTED TURNING TOWARDS SM27A AND TRIED TO CALL UP OPS BUT WAS OUT OF RANGE FROM ANY FREQUENCIES. SMELL AND SMOKE BOTH IMMEDIATELY WENT AWAY. DECIDED TO CONTINUE TOWARDS SM99A WHERE WE LANDED WITHOUT ANYMORE DISCREPANCIES. MAINTENANCE FOUND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM COMPRESSOR CLUTCH SEIZED. REPLACE CCOMPRESSOR ASSY.