N469LX
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.
6 reports on file, 2006-05-13 – 2011-07-14.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (BS 329)
DURING SCHEDULED INSP, MX TECH FOUND THE BLEED AIR TUBE SUPPORT BRACKET ATTACHED TO FRAME 329.9 PULLED AWAY AND DAMAGED THE FRAME. THE FASTENERS WERE PULLED THROUGH THE FRAME AND THE FRAME CRACKED AT THE FASTENER HOLES. FRAME WAS REPAIRED IAW DER APPROVED DATA.
Part: BRACKET — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB)
DURING A SCHEDULED MX VISIT, WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZ STABILIZER ROLLER INSP OF THE HORIZ STABILIZER INBD RIB AND BRACKET ASSEMBLIES, THE LT AFT ROLLER BRACKET WAS FOUND CRACKED. ROLLER BRACKET WAS REPLACED.
Part: BRACKET — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB)
DURING A SCHEDULED MX VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZ STABILIZER ROLLER INSPECTION OF THE HORIZ STABILIZER INBD RIB AND BRACKET ASSEMBLIES, THE RT AFT ROLLER BRACKET WAS FOUND CRACKED. ROLLER BRACKET WAS REPLACED.
Part: THRUST REVERSER — DAMAGED (RT ENGINE) · airframe 884 hrs · 784 cycles
DURING FLIGHT, THE RT TR DEPLOYED AT FL 100. CREW FELT YAWING AND VIBRATION SIMILAR TO SPEED BRAKE DEPLOYMENT. CREW COMPLETED THE CHECKLIST ITEMS, INCLUDING SHUTTING DOWN THE RAT ENGINE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO. TRY HAD BEEN PINNED AND MELD PRIOR TO FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE BIG OVER-CENTER LINKS ON THE RAT TRY WERE NOT OVER-CENTER AND THE TRY HAD PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. THE TRY WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN PINNED CORRECTLY YAW THE MEL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RAT TR.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (LAVATORY) · airframe 617 hrs · 542 cycles
TRIP NR 1129156 CREW NOTED BURNING ODOR FROM LAV AREA DURING CLIMB ENROUTE. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED NUMEROUS GROUND RUNS WITH CREW ON BOARD AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — DEFECTIVE (MLG) · airframe 53 hrs · 49 cycles
THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE BRAKE PEDALS ON BOTH SIDES WENT TO THE FLOOR THREE TIMES UPON BRAKE APPLICATION. THE BRAKES HAD TO BE PUMPED TO RECEIVE ANY BRAKING ACTION. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE POWER BRAKE CONTROL VALVE AND BLED THE BRAKE SYSTEM. NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED FOLLOWING THE VALVE REPLACEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.