N445CW
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, 2001-04-02 – 2005-12-21.
Part: SWITCH — WORN (THRUST REVERSER) · airframe 6,660 hrs · 6,498 cycles
ON DESCENT, NR 1 THRUST REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THRUST REVERSER EMERGENCY STOW BUTTON WAS PUSHED, DIVERTED. ACFT WANTED TO ROLL LEFT. UNSURE IF ROLL WAS RELATED TO THRUST REVERSER ISSUE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. YAW DAMPER WAS THEN DISENGAGED. DURING APPROACH ROLL TENDENCY DISAPPEARED. MX PERFORMED AUTO-PILOT & FLT MANAGEMENT SYS BITE TESTS, WITH NO NOTED DISCREPANCIES. NR 1 & 2 FLT CONTROL COMPUTER CARD POSITIONS SWAPPED. OPS CHECK OF AUTO-PILOT SYS PERFORMED. PRINTED C/B A185 REPLACED AFTER BEING SWAPPED FROM POSITION A186 WHILE T/S THRUST REVERSER SYS. INBOARD THRUST REVERSER STOW LIMIT SWITCH REPLACED AFTER FAILED TEST. NO DEFECTS NOTED IN THRUST REVERSER SYS AFTER OPS CHK PERFORMED.
Part: VALVE — FAILED (CABIN PRESSURE) · airframe 3,068 hrs · 3,450 cycles
AIRCRAFT WAS AT 35,000 FT WHEN THERE WAS A SOUND OF RUSHING AIR ACCOMPANIED BY SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DESCENDED TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT (LAS) AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION CAME ON DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE EMERGENCY PRESS VALVE. UNIT WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT WAS TEST FLOWN AND WAS FOUND TO BE OK.
Part: SENSOR — FAILED (CABIN PRESSURE) · airframe 2,844 hrs · 3,263 cycles
AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT FL330, HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE CABIN RATE NEEDLE FLUCTUATED. SUSPECTED LOST PRESSURIZATION. INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT PROCEDURES. CABIN STARTED FILLING WITH BLACK SMOKE. ALSO NOTICED THE ACM FAIL LIGHT CAME ON. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT NEWARK WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE ACM COALESCER BAG FREEZING AND THE NOISE WAS THE BYPASS VALVE POPPING OPEN. THE FREEZING OF THE COALESCER BAG WAS DO TO THE TEMP SENSOR FAILED.