N43TJ
Registered owner: CYR PHILIP, MA (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
WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE BLEED AIR HEATING SYSTEM, WHICH WAS INOPERATIVE, SOME LEAK CHECK SOLUTION HAD GOTTEN ON HEATING SENSOR AND CONTROL HOSES. HOSES WERE LEAKING. REMOVED OLD SENSOR AND CONTROL HOSES, AND INSTALLED NEW HOSES. LEAK CHECK WAS GOOD, AND SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD. HOSES USED IN THIS PORTION OF SYSTEM WERE 303-4 HIGH PRESSURE HOSE, DATE CODE WAS 3/76, MOST LIKELY ORIGINAL. VISUALLY HOSES LOOKED ACCEPTABLE, AND THE FLEXIBILITY WAS GOOD, BUT DUE TO HOSES AGE, HAD DETERIORATED, COULD NOT MAINTAIN PRESSURE EVEN AT LOW OPERATING PRESSURES OF THIS SYSTEM. SOME OF THE ORFICED (T) FITTINGS INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM WERE CLOGGED.
PILOT REPORTED AIR CONDITIONING AS INOPERATIVE. ALSO, THAT IT WAS NOT DRAWING ELECTRICAL CURRENT. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND THE 150-AMP CURRENT LIMITER WAS NOT BLOWN, BUT THE END WAS BURNED OFF. THE DAMAGE ALSO EXTENDED TO THE STUD USED TO ATTACH THE A.C. CURRENT LIMITER TO THE GENERATOR CONTROL PANEL. SUBMITTER STATED DEFECT COULD POSSIBLY BE LINKED TO IMPROPER TORQUE OF THE NUT USED TO FASTEN CURRENT LIMITER TO THE PANEL OR THE NUT MAY HAVE VIBRATED LOOSE RESULTING IN ELECTRICAL ARCING FROM THE LIMITER TO THE POST.