N471LX
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.
4 reports on file, 2007-03-21 – 2010-07-18.
Part: CARPET — MOLDED (CABIN) · airframe 2,394 hrs · 1,996 cycles
CREW REPORTED AN EXTREMELY STRONG MOLD SMELL IN THE CABIN DURING FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CARPET DIRTY AND MOLDING. THE CARPET WAS REPLACED.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 2,122 hrs · 1,773 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MX VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZ STABILIZER ROLLER INSP OF THE HORIZ STABILIZER INBD RIB AND BRACKET ASSEMBLIES, THE LT INBD RIB WAS FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSP INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN COMMUNIQUE' NR 70. THE LT AND RT RIB ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED.
Part: UNKNOWN — SMOKE (CABIN) · airframe 389 hrs · 341 cycles
DURING CLIMB, THE CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE AFT BLOWER WAS TURNED OFF. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE BASE OF DEPARTURE. IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE RT CABIN SIDEWALL WAS VERY HOT WITH THE TEMPERATURE SET FULL COLD. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE MANUAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM DEFECTIVE CAUSING HIGH TEMPERATURE BLEED AIR TO ENTER THE CABIN AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. THE AUTO TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM WAS VERIFIED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE MANUAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM WAS MEL'D AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: PIN — MISSING (MLG) · airframe 166 hrs · 149 cycles
UPON INSPECTION OF THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE UPPER TORQUE LINK PIVOT PIN WAS MISSING ITS RETAINING PIN. THE PIVOT PIN HAD SLID OUT ABOUT .5 INCHES. ADDITIONALLY, IT APPEARS THAT THE GEAR HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY LUBRICATED. AIRCRAFT HAS NOT REACHED ITS FIRST SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE EVENT. THE PIVOT PIN WAS ADJUSTED AND A ROLL PIN INSTALLED. THE GEAR WAS LUBRICATED.