N444FX
Registered owner: FLEXJET LLC, OH (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.
5 reports on file, 2009-06-17 – 2018-11-11.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — UNKNOWN (CABIN TEMP) · airframe 7,479 hrs · 5,648 cycles
DIVERTED DUE TO EXCESSIVE BLEED NOISE AND TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED BY CAB DUCT OVHT AMBER CAS. SORTLY AFTER SMOKE APPEARED IN THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. R&R CABIN TEMP CONTROL VALVE. OPS AND LEAK CHECKS C/W. NO DEFECTS NOTED. MVF SUCCESSFUL.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — MALFUNCTIONED (CABIN HEAT) · airframe 7,479 hrs · 5,647 cycles
ON TAKEOFF GOT CABIN DUCT OVHT CAS AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT SMOKE IN THE BACK WAS NOTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED CABIN TEMP CONTROL VALVE IAW LEARJET 45 AMM 21-60-04 UP TO STEP NO. 9 . REMAINING STEPS C/W OPS / LEAK CHECK GOOD. RAN TEMP SYSTEM FULL HOT AUTO FOR 20 MIN WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.
Part: SHUTOFF VALVE — ACTIVATED (BLEED)
DIVERTED DUE TO SMOKE COMING FROM OVERHEAD VENTS IN THE CABIN. A BRIEF LEFT BLEED OVERHEAT CAS. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. R & R LEFT HIGH PRESSURE BLEED SHUTOFF VALVE. MVF SUCCESSFUL.
Part: UNKNOWN — SMOKE (COCKPIT) · airframe 1,411 hrs · 1,071 cycles
CREW REPORTED TRACES OF SMOKE FROM THE LOWER LT SIDE OF THE COCKPIT ON DESCENT. DONNED OXYGEN MASKS FOR LANDING. TURNED HI-FLOW OFF AND LT BLEED , SMOKE SEEMED TO DISAPATE. MX PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS FOR 30 MINS WITH NO SIGNS OF SMOKE OR VAPOR. CHECKED UNDER LT INSTRUMENT AND BEHIND CB PANELS AND FOUND NO SIGNS OF ARCING AND NO ELECTRICAL ODOR NOTED. CHECKED FOOT WARMERS FOR SIGNS OF OVERHEAT. NO DEFECTS NOTED. MX DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO BOROSCOPE TO CHECK APU. APU DEFERRED PER THE MEL AS A PRECAUTION UNTIL BOROSCOPE IS AVAILABLE.
Part: AMPLIFIER — BURNED OUT (CABIN AUDIO) · airframe 375 hrs · 288 cycles
CREW REPORTED ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN CABIN WITH THE SOURCE NEAR THE EMERGENCY EXIT. EMERGENCY DECLARED AND AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING PERFORMED. MX CREW REPORTED FINDING THE CABIN AUDIO CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND THE CABIN AUDIO AMPLIFIER SMOKING. AMPLIFIER REPLACED AND ALL OPS CHECKS NORMAL.