N462LX
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, 2006-06-27 – 2012-01-02.
Part: FLAP SYSTEM — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 4,473 hrs · 3,814 cycles
INVESTIGATED FLAP SYS ASSYMETRY WARNING ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT INDICATION. FOUND RT FLAP FOLLOW-UP SWITCH ACTUATING ARM .075 IN. LONGER THAN LT FOLLOW-UP SWITCH ACTUATING ARM. ADJUSTED RT FOLLOW-UP SWITCH ACTUATING ARM TO MATCH LT FOLLOW-UP SWITCH ACTUATING SWITCH ARM LENGTH. ADJUSTED LT AND RT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER VOLTAGES AND LT AND RT FLAP FOLLOW-UP SWITCH VOLTAGES AS REQUIRED TO BRING WITHIN MM 27-50-00 SERVICE LIMITS. VERIFIED FLAP SYS FOLLOW-UP SWITCH CLEARANCES AND FLAP SYS RIGGING WITHIN THE MM 27-50-00 SERVICE LIMITS. FLAP SYS FUNCTIONAL CHECKS SATISFACTORY, NO FAULTS INDICATED. PAST MX HISTORY ON FLAP SYS COMPONENTS UNKNOWN.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 2,550 hrs · 2,247 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MX VISIT, WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZ STAB ROLLER INSP OF THE HORIZ STAB INBD RIB AND BRACKET ASSEMBLIES, THE LT INBD RIB WAS FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSP INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN MFG COMMUNIQUE' NR 70. THE LT AND RT RIB ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED.
Part: COALESCER BAG — ODOR (CABIN AIR) · airframe 1,094 hrs · 983 cycles
TRIP NR 1124081 CREW REPORTED UNCONTROLLABLE COCKPIT HEAT AND THE ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE SYSTEM AND FOUND THE COALESCER SOCK EXTREMELY DIRTY. SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONAL CHECKS PROVED SATISFACTORY.
Part: BULB — BLOWN (MLG INDICATOR) · airframe 850 hrs · 764 cycles
KDSM - KTEB WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING IN KTEB THE CREW DID NOT RECEIVE THE GEAR POSITION INDICATION FOR THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. AN ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN KTEB WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BULB AND SERVICED THE NITROGEN BOTTLE FOR THE LANDING GEAR ALTERNATE EXTENSION SYSTEM. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED WHILE IN MAINTENANCE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: DOWNLOCK SWITCH — OUT OF ADJUST (NLG) · airframe 694 hrs · 617 cycles
CREW REPORTED ON APPROACH NOSE GEAR INDICATION WAS NOT RECEIVED AFTER LANDING GEAR WERE SELECTED DOWN. LIGHT DID ILLUMINATE WHEN TESTED. ON 3 MILE FINAL AURAL WARNING OF -GEAR TOO LOW- WAS RECEIVED. A GO-AROUND PAST TOWER WAS MADE SO THE TOWER COULD CHECK GEAR POSITION. TOWER REPORTED LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. AFTER CYCLING LANDING GEAR, NOSE GEAR INDICATION WAS NOT RECEIVED. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PERFORMED, SAME INDICATION RECEIVED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. WHILE ON 3 MILE FINAL APPROACH, NOSE LIGHT INDICATED SAFE AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK SWITCH. SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE NORMAL AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.