N49CK
Registered owner: SCHELS CARL K JR, WI (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.
6 reports on file, 1997-04-30 – 2013-10-24.
Part: BRAKE DISC — BROKEN (ZONE 700) · airframe 44 hrs
DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, LT BRAKE FAILED WHEN THE DISC BROKE INTO SEVERAL PIECES. THE FAILURE OCCURED AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE DISC AT THE 90 DEGREE TRANSITION. IT APPEARS THAT CORROSION AND STRESS CAUSED THE DISC TO CRACK WHICH WENT UNNOTICED FOR SOME TIME BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE BUILDER OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL ACFT USED SALVAGE PARTS IN ITS CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLING WHAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE WHEELS AND BRAKES FROM AN "OLD". AS THE ACFT ONLY HAS 43 HOURS ON IT, IT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THE DISC WAS CRACKED WHEN HE PURCHASED IT AND PUT IT ON HIS ACFT.
Part: FUEL CONTROL — DAMAGED (ENGINE)
FLIGHT CREW WAS UNABLE TO REDUCE ENGINE RPM BELOW 97 PERCENT. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND SECURED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND FOUND THE GEAR WHICH ENGAGES THE DRIVE GEAR ON THE FUEL PUMP TO BE DAMAGED. BOTH COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED. THESE GEARS ARE INTERNAL WHEN THE COMPONENTS ARE INSTALLED AND LUBRICATED BY THE FUEL. (X)
Part: ENGINE — STALLED (LEFT)
LEFT ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED ON DESCENT WHILE ADVANCING THROTTLE. UNEVENTFUL LANDING EXECUTED. INSPECTED ENGINE FOR FOD, NONE FOUND. CHECKED THROTTLE AND IGV CABLES FOR PROPER RIGGING. GROUND PERFORMANCE RUN SATISFACTORY. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED IAW GE SEI-186. (X)
Part: LINE — LEAKING (NLG)
AIRCRAFT LOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. UNEVENTFUL LANDING EXECUTED. REPLACED LEAKING NOSE GEAR RETRACT LINE. REPLACED BOTH ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMPS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. REPLACED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FILTERS. SERVICED EMERGENCY AIR BOTTLE. C/W RETRACTION CHECKS. RAN ENGINES, BLED SYSTEM AND LEAKED CHECKED. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED IAW LEARJET MODEL 23 SM.
Part: ENGINE — MALFUNCTIONED (RIGHT)
MKE - AFTER DEPARTING, FLIGHT CREW NOTICED ABNORMAL RT ENGINE INDICATION AND LOSS OF POWER. A PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUT DOWN WAS MADE FOLLOWED BY AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. POST-FLIGHT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO VISIBLE FOD OR OTHER DAMAGE. TEST RUN OF ENGINE WOULD NOT EXCEED 87 PERCENT RPM. ENGINE WAS REPLACED, TEST RUN WAS NORMAL.
Part: REGULATOR — INTERMITTENT (HYDRAULIC SYSTEM)
WHILE EN ROUTE, HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS NOTED TO FLUCTUATE THEN REMAIN ON ZERO. AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT WITH A LONGER RUNWAY WAS CHOSEN. WHILE APPROACHING AIRPORT, HYDRAULIC PRESSURE RETURNED TO NORMAL AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. HYDRAULIC PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED AND SYSTEM TESTED NORMAL. RECOMMEND REPLACING HYDRAULIC REGULATORS WHEN ERRATIC OPERATION IS ENCOUNTERED.