N426PE
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.
3 reports on file, 2008-03-12 – 2011-11-30.
Part: HYDRAULIC LINE — FAILED (HYDRAULIC SYS) · airframe 9,084 hrs · 5,430 cycles
ON APPROACH TO RDU CREW NOTED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM 3 QUANTITY LOW. CREW FOLLOWED AFM CHECKLIST PROCEDURES AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT RDU. STERLING MX CONTACTED LOCAL MX TO EVALUATE. LOCAL MX FOUND PRESSURE LINE OF HYDRAULIC PUMP 3A HAD FAILED. REPLACED FAILED HYDRAULIC LINE WITH NEW. OPS & LEAK CHECK GOOD.
Part: LIMIT SWITCH — OUT OF RIG (THRUST REVERSER) · airframe 8,561 hrs · 5,132 cycles
DURING PRE-DEPARTURE CHECKS OF THE THRUST REVERSERS THE RIGHT T/R "UNLOCK" ANNUNCIATOR WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. CREW RETURNED TO FBO. INSPECTED T/R; NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS NOTED. PINNED T/R AND DEFERRED PER MEL. UPON RETURN TO MKE STERLING MAINTENANCE INSPECTED T/R. FOUND STOW LIMIT SWITCH OUT OF RIG. RIGGED STOW LIMIT SWITCH. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: PROXIMITY SWITCH — FAILED (NLG) · airframe 7,862 hrs · 4,737 cycles
ON DEPARTURE FROM MKE CREW REPORTED A BUFFETING NOISE FROM THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT, SOUNDED LIKE THE NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS OPEN, BUT WERE NOT GETTING A "NOSE GEAR DOOR OPEN" ANNUNCIATOR. CREW PERFORMED A PASS DOWN THE RUNWAY AND MAINTENANCE WAS ABLE TO VERIFY ONE NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS OPEN. CREW CIRCLED AIRPORT TO BURN OFF FUEL TO GET BELOW MAX LANDING WEIGHT, THEN LANDED AT MKE WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND NOSE GEAR LINKAGE WAS INSPECTED. FOUND LEFT GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR LINK ASSY WAS UNLATCHED. LATCHED LINK ASSY AND ALL OPERATION WAS NORMAL. SUSPECT LEFT LINK ASSY WASN'T LATCHED AFTER MANUAL RELEASE FOR PREFLIGHT. INSPECTED "NOSE GEAR DOOR OPEN" ANNUNCIATOR SYSTEM AND FOUND LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR PROXIMITY SWITCH FAILED. REPLACED NOSE GEAR DOOR SWITCH HARNESS. OPS CHECK GOOD.