N447LX
Registered owner: SAFE AVIATION LEASING LLC, FL (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, 2006-08-01 – 2010-12-02.
Part: CONTROL CABLE — SEVERED (TE FLAP) · airframe 8,507 hrs · 7,142 cycles
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE CREW NOTED THE FLAP ASSYMETRY LIGHT AND MASTER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING MX FOUND THE LT AND RT FWD FLAP CABLES SEVERELY CORRODED AND SEVERED AT THE MID BELL CRANK FERRULE. MX REPLACED BOTH CABLES.
Part: BRACKET — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 8,143 hrs · 6,848 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MX VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZ STABILIZER ROLLER INSP OF THE HORIZ STABILIZER INBD RIB AND BRACKET ASSEMBLIES, THE RT RIB BRACKET WAS FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSP INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN COMMUNIQUE NR 70. THE LT AND RT RIB ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — FAILED (COCKPIT LIGHTS) · airframe 7,821 hrs · 6,592 cycles
ON 11/3/09 CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT EMINATING FROM THE ALTITUDE SELECT PANEL DURING PREFLIGHT. MX CHANGED THE ALTITUDE SELECT PANEL AND OPS CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY. ON 11/5/09, THE EVENT REPEATED, ONCE AGAIN OCCURING DURING THE PREFLIGHT CHECKS, MX FOUND THE LIGHTING POWER SUPPLY PRODUCING HIGH VOLTAGE. THE ALTITUDE SELECT PANEL AND LIGHTING PWR SUPPLY WERE REPLACED.
Part: BUMPER BLOCK — OUT OF ADJUST (MLG) · airframe 6,565 hrs · 5,521 cycles
ON TAKEOFF, AFTER RAISING THE GEAR, THE RED LIGHT IN THE GEAR HANDLE STAYED ILLUMINATED. CREW RECYCLED THE GEAR AND SAME INDICATIONS RETURNED. FLY-BY OF TOWER CONFIRMED GEAR WAS UP AND MAIN GEAR DOORS WERE DEPLOYED. CREW RETURNED TO FTY WHERE MAINT FOUND THE NOSE GEAR NOT LOCKING IN THE UP POSITION. MAINT ADJUSTED THE RUBBER BUMPER PADS ON THE UPLOCK ASSY AND CHECKED ALL CLEARANCES. ALL CHECKS WERE GOOD.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB)
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER IB RIB AND BRACKET ASSEMBLIES, THE RT AND LT IB ROLLER BRACKETS WERE FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN MFG COMMUNIQUE NR 70. MAINTENANCE REOMVED AND REPLACED THE RIBS.
Part: LINK ASSY — CRACKED (THRUST REVERSER) · airframe 5,527 hrs · 4,609 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING AN (A) LEVEL INSPECTION, THE LT LOWER THRUST REVERSER BUCKET IDLER LINK ASSY WAS FOUND CRACKED. THE LT THRUST REVERSER LOWER BUCKET IDLER LINK ASSY WAS REPLACED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: BRACKET — CRACKED (LT ENGINE AFT) · airframe 5,527 hrs · 4,609 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING AD 2002-01-23 A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED ON THE LT ENGINE CARRY THROUGH MOUNT BRACKET. THE LT ENGINE WAS REMOVED, AND THE LT AFT CARRY THROUGH BRACKET WAS REPLACED REFERENCING RAYTHEON ENGINEERING DRAWING 128-4035. THE SAME ENGINE WAS INSTALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.