N499QS
Registered owner: 3TEN CONSTRUCTION LLC, OK (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.
5 reports on file, 2006-01-25 – 2026-08-12.
Part: BATTERY — FAULTY (ZONE 200) · airframe 533 hrs · 439 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHTS FLASHING. REMOVED FAULTY FWD EMER BATTERY. INSTALLED REPAIRED FWD EMER BATTERY. REMOVED FAULTY AFT EMER BATTERY, INSTALLED TESTED AFT BATTERY. OPS CHKD GOOD, NO DEFECTS NOTED. REF AMM 33-52-01
Part: CONTROL LEVER — DEFECTIVE · airframe 106 hrs · 84 cycles
ON APPROACH ATC ASKED FOR SLOWEST PRACTICAL SPEED. CREW STARTED TO CONFIGURE BY LOWERING FLAPS AND GEAR. FLAPS 2 WAS REQUESTED AND AN AMBER FLAP FAIL CAS WAS DISPLAYED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND CANCELLED APPROACH CLEARANCE. FLAP FAIL QRC WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE FLAPS TO ZERO AND THEN FULL ON THE SECOND CYCLE AND THE FLAP FAIL CAS EXTINGUISHED AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. MX CONTROL REQUESTED TO AOG THE AIRPLANE. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED FLAP SELECTION LEVER. OPS CHECK GOOD. AMM 27-53-01-400-801-A
Part: FLAP SYSTEM — FAULTED · airframe 80 hrs · 62 cycles
EXECUTING A VISUAL APPROACH INTO HILTON HEAD SELECTED FLAPS ONE. THE FLAPS MOVED AS COMMANDED THEN SELECTED FLAPS TO GEAR DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY GOT FLAP FAIL CAS, RAN QRCNQRH FOR FLAP FAIL WITH NO RESOLUTION FLAPS REMAIN STUCK IN THE FLAP ONE POSITION. PERFORMED A GVI OF LT & RT FLAPS IAW AMM 27-50-00 WITH NO VISUAL DEFECTS NOTED. APPLIED POWER TO AIRCRAFT AND MOVED FLAP HANDLE TO #1 POSITION TO MATCH FLAP POSITION. PERFORMED FLAP MOVEMENT CHECKS IAW AMM 27-50-00. FLAP MOVEMENT CHECKS WERE FOUND GOOD WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED OF FLAP MOVEMENT AND POSITION. TECHS DID NOTE FLAP HANDLE IS NEW/STIFF AND IF NOT HELD PROPERLY WHILE MOVING FROM POSITION 1 TO 2 AND VICE VERSA HANDLE WILL SPRING BACK INTO PREVIOUS POSITION AND CAUSE A FLAP FAIL CAS, DUE TO FLAP POSITION DISAGREEMENT. OBSERVED FLAP POSITION INDICATIONS GOOD AND WITHIN LIMITS FROM LT TO RT SIDE, FLAP PDU RESOLVER GOOD, AND FLAP POWER GOOD WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. TECHS VERIFIED FCE 1 AND 2 GOOD WITH NO FAIL MESSAGES POSTED. CURRENTLY FLAPS MOVE TO ALL POSITIONS WITH NO FAILURES IF BEING MINDFUL OF FLAP POSITION LEVER MANIPULATION. TECHS PERFORMED CMC DOWNLOADS AND RELAYED TO CONTACT CENTER. TECHS STOOD BY FOR CONTACT CENTER. CONTACT CENTER EVALUATED DATA AND STATES WITH SYSTEM OPERATIONAL AND NO CURRENT HISTORY, RELEASE AND MONITOR. TECHS CLOSED AREAS ACCESSED FOR MX.
Part: ANGLE — CRACKED (BULKHEAD) · airframe 11,800 hrs · 5,724 cycles
DURING INSP OF ACFT FOR CONDITION SURVEY IT WAS NOTED THAT THE 793 BULKHEAD CAP ANGLE WAS CRACKED.
Part: HANDLE — FAULTY (COCKPIT) · airframe 8,765 hrs · 4,158 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT.