N481NS
Registered owner: JP FLYING LLC, DE (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.
3 reports on file, 1995-02-01 – 2016-01-09.
Part: UNKNOWN — SMOKE (CABIN & COCKPIT) · airframe 8,103 hrs · 6,996 cycles
TWENTY MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF AT 39,000 FEET, FLIGHT CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN & COCKPIT. CREW LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE ACFT & PERFORMED GND OPERATIONAL CHECKS. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. FLIGHT CREW TOOK THE ACFT ON A FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT WENT UP TO 35,000 FEET. DURATION OF THE FLIGHT WAS 1 & A HALF HOURS. NO SMOKE WAS DETECTED DURING FLIGHT. FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WAS SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: UNKNOWN — UNKNOWN (CABIN PRESSURE) · airframe 8,328 hrs · 7,265 cycles
DURING CRUISE AT FL360, THE CABIN LOST PRESSURIZATION. THE CABIN STOPPED CLIMB AT APPROX 10,500 FT & WOULD NOT RESPOND UP OR DOWN FOR THE DURATION OF THE DESCENT TO 10,000 FT AT WHICH POINT THE CABIN DESCENDED WITH THE AIRPLANE UNTIL LANDING. THE CREW DECIDED TO DIVERT & DECLARE AN EMER DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE PRESSURIZATION SYS. MX ISSUED AN MEL RESTRICTING THE ACFT TO UNPRESSURIZED FLIGHT. INSPECTED THE PRESSURIZATION SYS & PERFORMED A GND PRESSURIZATION CHECK OF THE ACFT, NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED A FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT TO FL360 TO CHECK THE OPERATION OF THE PRESSURIZATION SYS, NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: FUEL CONTROL — DEFECTIVE (LT ENGINE)
ENGINE WAS INSTALLED AFTER 4200 HOUR CORE INSPECTION. AFTER 2.6 HOURS OF OPERATION, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED SLUGGISH RESPONSE TO THROTTLE CHANGES. THIS WAS A PROBLEM IN TRAFFIC PATTERNS BECAUSE OF AIRCRAFT YAW WHEN POWER CHANGES RESULTED IN SLOW ENGINE RESPONSE. REPLACED ENGINE FUEL CONTROL AND PROBLEM WAS SOLVED.