N441SA
Registered owner: CHEN AVIATION INC, NJ (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.
3 reports on file, 2002-01-03 – 2011-02-18.
Part: TIRE — FLAT (NLG) · airframe 13,932 hrs · 9,979 cycles
NOSE TIRE WENT FLAT ON LANDING. PULLED ONTO TAXIWAY AND STOPPED.
Part: ENGINE — POWER LOSS (RIGHT) · airframe 11,388 hrs · 8,590 cycles
UPON DEPARTURE AT APPROX 1000 FEET AGL, WHILE STILL IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE RIGHT SIDE ENGINE TORQUE ROLLED BACK TO LESS THAN 200LBS. THE PILOT ELECTED NOT TO TROUBLESHOOT THE LOSS OF TORQUE AND SECURED THE ENGINE AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED NO PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN GROUND RUN FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES AT TAKEOFF AND CLIMB POWER WITH NO ANOMALIES NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN TO BASE WITH NO INFLIGHT DISCREPANCIES. PROBABLE CAUSE OF POWER REDUCTION IS THE ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM. TO HELP REDUCE RECURRENCES, A ROUTINE CLEANING OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE EEC, FCU AND RELATED COMPONENTS DURING PHASE INSPECTIONS.
Part: STARTER GEN — SHORTED (ENGINE)
COWLING OF AIRCRAFT FOUND WITH EXCESSIVE CARBON CONTAMINATION. REMOVED STARTER GENERATOR. TEARDOWN REPORT REVEALED THE STARTER SHORTED. CAUSE UNKNOWN.