N43NR
Registered owner: DODSON INTERNATIONAL PARTS INC, 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.
7 reports on file, 2005-09-23 – 2017-07-03.
Part: ARMATURE — SHORTED (STARTER GEN)
STARTER GEN WOULD NOT START ENGINE. ON TEAR DOWN EXAMINATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE ARMATURE WAS SHORTED INTERNALLY, EXHIBITING HIGH HEAT AND THE BRUSH HOLDER ASSEMBLY SHOWED SIGNS OF EXTREME HEAT. ANTI-DRIVE BEARING DID NOT SHOW DAMAGE.
Part: SKIN — DAMAGED (LE FLAP) · airframe 7,827 hrs · 5,145 cycles
BIRD STRIKE PRIOR TO LANDING. DAMAGE TO RT LE & FLAP, BEING INSPECTED & MAPPED FOR DAMAGE AT THIS TIME.
Part: SKIN — DAMAGED (RT WING) · airframe 7,784 hrs · 5,114 cycles
BIRD STRIKE ON LANDING, DAMAGE TO RT WING LE. COMPLIED WITH TEMP REPAIR IAW ENGINEERING LETTER 60043-27780 DATED 8 31 15, REPAIR OPTION 2. FERRIED ACFT UNDER JS SFP VIA D084 FOR PERMANENT REPAIR. LE IS BEING REPLACED AT THIS TIME. EXPECT RTS MID-NEXT WEEK, FOLLOWED BY STALL TEST & FLIGHT PERFORMED BY TEST PILOT.
Part: COMPUTER — INTERMITTENT (AHRS) · airframe 5,340 hrs · 3,450 cycles
FLIGHT HAD NR 1 "AHRS FAIL" INDICATION DURING DECENT. CREW MADE REVERSION SOURCE CORRECTION AND DISCUSSED POSSABILITY OF DIVERT DUE TO LIMITED OR UNKNOWN MX CAPABILITIES. DURING DISCUSSIONS, "AHRS FAIL" CORRECTED ITSELF AND SYS FUNCTIONED NORMAL. CREW MADE SEVERAL TURNS TO VERIFY AHRS SYS WAS FUNCTIONING NORMAL. PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE. ACFT FERRY FLIGHT NEXT DAY FOR SYSTEM F/T. SYS FUNCTIONED NORMAL. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. AHRS UNITS SWAPPED FROM LT TO RT AND RETURNED ACFT TO SERVICE.
Part: SENSOR — SHORTED (FIRE DETECTION)
WHILE ON 10 MILE FINAL, THE ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS. AFTER FOLLOWING THE CHECK LIST, THE FIRE LIGHT EXTINGUSHED. WHILE PERFORMING POST FLIGHT, THE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM DID NOT PASS. NR 1 ENGINE SPECIFIC PART CAUSING PROBLEM. (K)
Part: LANDING GEAR — LACK OF LUBE (NOSE) · airframe 4,161 hrs · 2,652 cycles
DEC. 04, 2006 DURING CLIMB OUT, RETRACTED LANDING GEAR AND THE UNSAFE NOSE LANDING GEAR RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RECYCLED THE GEAR TWICE AND EACH TIME THE NLG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THE GEAR NEEDED LUBRICATION, LUBRICATED THE NLG NOSE TRUNION, ACTUATOR PIVOT POINTS AND UPLOCK ROLLERS. PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS IAW LR 60 MM 32-30-0.OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 12-04-2006.
Part: STARTER GEN — FAILED (LT ENGINE)
PASSING THROUGH FL 250, CREW EXPERIENCED AN IRREGULAR AIRFRAME VIBRATION AND A YAW MOTION LT TO RT. AFTER INCREASING AND DECREASING THE POWER, THE CREW FELT THE SAME IRREGULAR YAW. AFTER LANDING, CREW ISOLATED THE VIBRATION TO THE LT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE BORESCOPED THE LT ENGINE FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR, FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES. SWAPPED STARTER GENERATOR FOR TROUBLESHOOTING AND FOUND THE LT STARTER/GENERATOR AT FAULT. REPLACED SAME WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT IAW MM. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (K)