N482TA
Registered owner: TOP ACES CORP, AZ (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.
4 reports on file, 2003-08-16 – 2004-09-20.
Part: RADAR — FAILED (WX SYS)
SJO - FLT 631 - DURING CLIMB, THE WX RADAR WAS INOPERATIVE AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SAN JOSE STATION FOR MAINTENANCE. AFTER LANDING, IT WAS FOUND UNSERVICEABLE THE TRANSCEIVER WEATHER RADAR, IT WAS REPLACED PER AMM 34-41-33 AND GROUND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED AND FOUND SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: CONTROL UNIT — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG)
DURING CLIMB, AFTER FLAPS RETRACTION A/C DID NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 235 KNOTS. BOTH PFDS AND STANDBY AIRSPEED SHOWED THE SAME MESSAGE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SAL FOR MAINTENANCE. AFTER LANDNG, THE WIRING ON THE VMO/MMO SWITCH WAS CHECKED AND TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED PER TASK TSM 34-13-00-810-912, AND NR LGCIU WAS REPLACED DUE TO ERRONEOUS FAULT PER AMM 32-31-71. NO FAULTS WERE NOTED. A FLIGHT TEST WAS PERFORMED TO VERIFIED ALL SYSTEMS AND ITS RESULTS WERE SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: ELEMENT — CONTAMINATED (FUEL FILTER)
DURING TAKEOFF RUN, ENGINE NR 2 DID NOT SPOOL UP BEFORE 80 KNOTS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE. TECHS PERFORMED ANALYSIS IAW TSM AND AMM., REPLACED MAIN ELEMENT OF FUEL FILTER IAW AMM 73-1242, INSPECTED VSV MECHANISM IAW 73-32-42. CLEANED P 4.9, P2/T2 TUBES SYSTEM AIR IAW AMM 73-22-49. PERFORMED TEST NR 11 HIGH POWER ASSURANCE TEST IAW AMM. GROUND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: TRANSCEIVER — DAMAGED (WEATHER RADAR)
SJO - FLT 691 - DURING CRUISE, THE WX R/T FAILED, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SJO STATION FOR MAINTENANCE. AFTER LANDING AT SJO, TECHNICIANS FOUND WEATHER RADAR TRANSCEIVER DAMAGED. IT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED TRANSCEIVER, P/N 622-5132-622, AND PERFORMED INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS PER MM 34-41-33. ALL RESULTS WERE SATISFACTORY AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. (M)