N479DA
Registered owner: AEROSIM ACADEMY INC, 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.
22 reports on file, 1995-02-03 – 1999-02-06.
Part: SWITCH — BROKEN (NR 5 LE SLAT)
AFTER FLAP RETRACTION FROM 5 DEGREES TO 2 AMBER FLAP ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED ON FWD PANEL. IN POSITION TEST, THE NR 5 SLAT INDICATED EXTEND. RAN V-LIST PER POM NR 5 SLAT WOULD NOT RETRACT. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM, FOUND SWITCH S12 ROCKER ARM MISSING. REPLACED SWITCH DAL (P/N 274203783). SYSTEM CHKS NORMAL.
Earlier reports · 1995–1998 · 21 reports
1998
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (ROW 21)
EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT SIGN WILL NOT ILLUM WHEN TESTED O/H ROW 21. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, CKS NORMAL.
Part: FITTING — CRACKED (BS 1183)
RT I/B TENSION TIE BOLT FITTING CRACKED. REPLACED PER BAC DRAWING 65-17509.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (PAX DOORWAY)
FOUND ON B2 LETTER CK, LT AFT ENTRY DOOR FRAME CRACKED BELOW THE UPPER STOP CASTING WL 273. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-9. NR CARD 87. FOUND ON B2 LETTER CK, RT AFT ENTRY DOOR FRAME CRACKED BELOW THE UPPER STOP CASTING WL 273. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-10-9. NR CARD 86.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
LEFT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS FAIL TO ILLUMINATE ON STANDBY POWER. REPLACED BATERRY PACK SLED AND RELAMPED EMERGENCY EXIT SIGNS OVERWING EMERG EXIT, CKS NML PER MM.
Part: DOUBLER — CRACKED (R-1 DOORWAY)
DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EO 4-72762-12, A 2.5 IN CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE R-1 DOOR UPPER HINGE CUTOUT INTERNAL DOUBLER. REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER ERA 364679-14.
Part: STRAP — CRACKED (R1 DOORWAY)
THE UPPER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE R1 DOOR CUTOUT WAS FOUND WITH A TYPICAL CRACK IN THE DOOR SURROUND BEAR STRAP. THE CRACK WAS TERMINATED AND REPAIRED WITH AN ALUMINUM EXTERNAL DOUBLER PER BAC S/B 727-53-0136, REV 3, FIGURE 6 AS DOCUMENTED IN ER/A 364679-14.
1997
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (R2 DOOR)
R2 EMERG SLIDE LIGHT INOP. REPLACED REFLECTOR, OPS CHKS GOOD.
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (RT WING)
RIGHT WING L/E SPAR STIFFENERS CRACKED AT THREE LOCATIONS, INBD SPAR STIFFENER CRACKED AT NR 6 SLAT INBD TRACK AND INBD SPAR STIFFENER CRACKED AT NR 7 SLAT INBD TRACK, OTBD SPAR STIFFENER CRACKED AT NR 7 SLAT O/B TRACK. REPAIRED PER MM 57-20-21.
1996
Part: BULB — FAILED (CABIN)
1 RED EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHT OUT IN FWD CABIN- RELAMPED AND RPL LENS TEST OK
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (L1 DOOR CUTOUT)
THE FUSELAGE SKIN AND UNDERLYING DOUBLER WAS FOUND TO HAVE A 0.6 INCH CRACK IN THE UPPER FORWARD CORNER OF THE L-1 DOOR CUT-OUT. A TIME LIMITED REPAIR WAS INSTALLED WITH THE PERMANENT TO BE INSTALLED AT HMV PER DL ERA 303491-14.
Part: PANEL — CRACKED (NR 9524)
FOUND ON A2 LTR CK. ONE INCH CRACK AT PANEL 9524. REPAIRED PER M/M 54-30-0 PG 803/804.
Part: WEB — CRACKED (BS 1270/1280)
FOUND ON A2 LTR CK - RT VERTICAL TORQUE BOX WEB CRACKED AT UPPER LIGHTNING HOLE STA 1270. RT VERTICAL TORQUE BOX WEB CRACKED AT LOWER LIGHTNING HOLE, STA 1280. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-11-0 PG 828.
Part: WEB — CRACKED (LT TQ BOX)
FOUND ON A2 LTR CK. LT TORQUE BOX VERTICAL WEB 2 EACH CRACKS AT FORWARD UPPER LIGHTNING HOLE. LT TORQUE BOX VERTICAL WEB CRACKED AT 2ND FROM FORWARD UPPER LIGHTNING HOLE. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-11-0 PG 828.
Part: WEB — CRACKED (BS 1235)
FOUND ON A2 LTR CK. RT VERTICAL TORQUE BOX WEB CRACKED AT UPPER END STA 1235. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-11-0 NR 19.
Part: WEB — CRACKED (BS 1263/1310)
FOUND ON A2 LTR CK. LT VERTICAL TORQUE BOX WEB CRACKED AT LOWER LIGHTNING HOLE STA 1263. LT VERTICAL TORQUE BOX WEB CRACKED AT UPPER LIGHTNING HOLE STA 1310. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-11-0, PG 828.
Part: ANGLE — CRACKED (NR 1 SLAT)
FOUND ON A2 LTR CK - COVE SKIN ATTACH ANGLE CRACKED NR 1 SLAT AT INBOARD UPSTOP PAD. REPAIR - REPAIRED PER M/M 57-54-0.
Part: WEB — CRACKED (BS 1240/1248)
FOUND ON A2 LTR CK - RT VERTICAL TORQUE BOX WEB CRACKED AT UPPER LIGHTNING HOLE, STA 1240. RT TORQUE BOX WEB CRACKED AT LOWER LIGHTNING HOLE STA 1248. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-11-0.
Part: ACTUATOR — CRACKED (NR 4 LE SLAT)
NR 4 L/E SLAT ACTUATOR CRACKED IN FLT CAUSING A-SYSTEM HYD FLUID LOSS. REPLACED ACTUATOR.
1995
Part: FIRE LOOP — FAILED (NR 1 ENGINE)
FIRE WARNING INFLT ON NR 1 ENG, NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF FIRE. SHUTDOWN ENG AND FIRED BOTH BOTTLES, LANDED LGA. DETERMINED IT WAS FALSE WARNING, NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. FOUND FAULTY FIRE LOOP, REPLACED SAME. OPERATION NORMAL.
Part: ANGLE — CRACKED (FS 1263)
DURING INSPECTION, A .875 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE ANGLE OF THE FWD TRANSVERSE BEAM OF THE RT TORQUE BOX AT FS 1263 IN ACCORDANCE WITH B727 S/B 53-0129, REV. 4, THE BEAM WILL BE REPLACED.
Part: STAIR WEB — CRACKED (FS 1263)
FOUND ON LETTER CHECK, A .875 INCH CRACK IN DOUBLER AT HORIZ STIFFENER STA 1263 BELOW VENTRAL STAIR ACT - 2. .75 INCH CRACK AT LIGHTENING HOLE UPPER STA 1266 BELOW VENTRAL STAIR ACT - REPAIR - 1. REPAIRED PER ERA 301128-14 CODE 4-53-10 - 2. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-11-0 P 832.