N423AA
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, 1998-05-26 – 2009-05-31.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 66,470 hrs
LGA - AFT CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR AFT CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 65,341 hrs
LGA- FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK IN FIRST CLASS.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — CORRODED (CABIN) · airframe 65,341 hrs
LGA- AFT CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS FROM ROW 24 THRU 28 INOPERATIVE. CLEANED AND ADJUSTED EMERGENCY LIGHTS POWER SUPPLY FOR ROWS 24 THRU 28.
Part: CONTACT — CORRODED (POWER SUPPLY) · airframe 65,341 hrs
LGA- EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT FORWARD OVERWING INOPERATIVE. CLEANED AND ADJUSTED POWER SUPPLY CONTACTS FOR FORWARD OVERWING.
Earlier reports · 1998–2008 · 27 reports
2008
Part: SEAL — LEAKING (A/C BAY) · airframe 63,875 hrs
LAS INFLIGHT T670/18JUN. TAIL COMPARTMENT HIGH TEMPERATURE INDICATION ON CLIMBOUT INTERMITTENT. INDICATION EXTINGUISHED WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED TO DESCEND. RETURNED TO LAS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED L-CLAMP AND LT AND RT PERI SEALS FROM LT AND RT VALVE TO PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGERS. REPLACED LT AND RT TEMPERATURE SENSORS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (A)
2007
Part: SEAL — INOPERATIVE (NLG STRUT)
ORD INFLIGHT T876/17DEC - NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO ORD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED NOSE GEAR SHOCK STRUT SEAL. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2006
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
LGA - SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY AISLE LIGHTING FLICKERED BRIEFLY DURING CLIMB OUT. LANDED LGA WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND BATTERY PACK AT AB5 1 LOW. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT AB5 1 AND BOTH AB5 3 AND AB5 4 BATTERY PACKS AND MODULES FOR SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY AISLE LIGHTING. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
LGA - NUMBER ONE GALLEY EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR NUMBER ONE GALLEY EMERGENCY LIGHTS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
LGA - EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN FIRST CLASS CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT SEAT ROW 5 FOR INOPERATIVE EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN FIRST CLASS CABIN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
LGA - CEILING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS IN COACH CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT SEAT ROW 29 FOR CEILING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS IN COACH CABIN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2005
Part: SCHRADER VALVE — INOPERATIVE (NLG)
DFW - NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. FOUND NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT FLAT. REPLACED SCHRADER VALVE AND SEALS AND RESERVICED STRUT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: CONNECTOR — LOOSE (CABIN)
DFW - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 12D INOPERATIVE. RESECURED CONNECTOR UNDER SEAT FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 12D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2004
Part: WINDSHIELD — CRACKED (COCKPIT)
INFLIGHT T1263/28 ORD ELP AT 31000 FEET FIRST OFFICERS WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO ARC. POWER SECURED TO WINDSHIELD. ARCING STOPPED. OUTER PLY OF FIRST OFFICERS WINDSHIELD CRACKED. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED FIRST OFFICERS WINDSHIELD. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (CLOSED)
Part: BATTERY — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
DFW - SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTS IN AFT HALF OF CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY AT FORWARD END OF AFT EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: WIRE — DISCONNECTED (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
DFW - FORWARD EMERGENCY LIGHT ON AFT STAIRWELL SIDEWALL PANEL INOPERATIVE. RECONNECTED WIRES TO FORWARD EMERGENCY LIGHT ON AFT STAIRWELL SIDEWALL PANEL. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: O-RING — INOPERATIVE (APU CHIP DETECT)
JFK - INFLIGHT T1453 AFTER TAKEOFF FROM LGA, FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND FLIGHT CREW NOTICED ODOR. CABIN VISIBILITY REDUCED BY BLUE/GRAY SMOKE OBSCURING VISION FROM FORWARD TO AFT CABIN. TURNED OFF PACKS, GALLEY POWER, AND RECIRCULATING FANS WITH NO AFFECT. LANDED AT JFK WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND APU CHIP DETECTOR O-RING LEAKING. REPLACED APU CHIP DETECTOR O-RING, ACCOMPLISHED PACK BURN AND PLACARD APU PER MEL. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2003
Part: CONNECTOR — DEFECTIVE (CABIN)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE OBSERVED EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING INOPERATIVE IN THE AFT TAILCONE. REPLACED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
2002
Part: CONNECTOR — LOOSE (CABIN)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY CEILING EXIT LIGHTS AT ROW 17-21 INOPERATIVE. TIGHTENED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT CONNECTION. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: BATTERY — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
AUS - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, AFT EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED AFT EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS BATTERY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT SEAT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMEREGNCY EXIT BATTERY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
2001
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, FORWARD LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTING SYSTEM ON SEAT 5E INOPERATIVE. REPLACED FORWARD LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTING ON SEAT 5E. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: WIRE — LOOSE (TAILCONE)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, TAILCONE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. RE-SECURED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WIRE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
2000
Part: CLAMP — LOOSE (ACM BAY)
DFW - FLT 1415 - TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HI ILLUMINATED ON AFTER TAKEOFF. REMAINED ON FOR 4 PLUS MINUTES THEN FLICKERED OUT. RETURNED AND TURNED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPOSITIONED PRIMARY EXCHANGER EXHAUST CLAMP TO HEAT EXCHANGER, PRESSURIZED A/C TO 7 PSI. NO LEAKS FOUND. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (BS 437-797)
TUL - FOUND CORROSION ON SEAT TRACK LOCATED AT STATION 514, 617, 748, 733, 640, 594, 484, 687, 579, 563, 532, 449. SPLICED TRACK AND REPLACED SEAT TRACK PER SRM 53-05 PART 1 STATION 437 TO 797. (M)
1999
Part: CONNECTOR — DEFECTIVE (CABIN)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, FORWARD HALF OF EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTING NOT DUAL FEEDING. REPLACED CONNECTOR AND PIG TAIL. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
1998
Part: SLAT TRACK — GOUGED (WS 136)
TUL - NR 4 SLAT TRACK CAN GOUGED FROM SLAT TRACK ON OUTBOARD SIDE. REPAIRED IAW AARD 57-20-00-6. (M)
Part: SEAL — LOOSE (TAIL COMP)
DFW - FLT 1501 - ON TAKEOFF DFW, TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACCOMPLISHED QRH PROCEDURE. WHEN SUPPLY HIGH PRESSURE BLEED OFF WAS SELECTED LIGHT EXTINGUISHED IMMEDIATELY. AIR INTERRUPTED AND RETURNED TO DFW AND LANDED OVERWEIGHT WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPOSITIONED SECONDARY HEAT EXCHANGER EXHAUST SEAL. ACCOMPLISHED LEAK TEST WITH NO DISCREPANCY NOTED. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: DUCT — FAILED (TAIL COMPARTMENT)
DFW - FLT T1501 - ON TAKEOFF DFW, TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IMMEDIATELY, AIR INTERRUPTED AND RETURNED TO DFW AND LANDED WTIHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED RIGHT HAND PACK DUCTS. ACCOMPLISHED POWER RUN CHECKS WITH NO DISCREPANCY NOTED. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (X)
Part: SENSORS — MALFUNCTIONED (TAIL COMPARTMENT)
DFW - FLT T0071 - SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. APU WAS NOT RUNNING. DURING PERFORMANCE OF CHECK LIST, THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT HIGH TEMPERATURE SENSORS IN TAIL. RAN ENGINES AT POWER FOR 5 MINUTES. NO LIGHT NOTED. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED, NORMAL OPERATION. (X)
Part: SEAL — LOOSE (TAIL COMPARTMENT)
DFW - FLT T1969 - SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. APU WAS RUNNING DUE TO LEFT GENERATOR INOPERATIVE. LIGHT EVENTUALLY EXTINGUISHED AFTER FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES. RETURNED DFW AND LANDED OVERWEIGHT AND WITHOUT INCIDENT. RE-SEATED LEFT HEAT EXCHANGER SEAL, RAN ENGINES AT TAKEOFF POWER WITH AND WITHOUT APU AIR. NO LEAKS NOTED, NO TEMPERATURE WARNING. PERFORMED OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED, NORMAL OPERATION. (X)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
DFW - DURING MAINTENANCE CHECK, LEFT HAND OVER WING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED LOOSE CONTACT IN EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED, NORMAL OPERATION. (X)