N500TR
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.
11 reports on file, 1995-11-11 – 1998-05-06.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
DTW - FORWARD SECTION OF EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING INOPERATIVE, BATTERY PACK BAD. RESEATED CANNON PLUG, CHECK GOOD IAW MM 33-50. (M)
Part: POWER PACK — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
DFW - MAINTENANCE WHILE PERFORMING A TAKEOFF CHECK, FOUND THE TAIL COMPARTMENT DROP CEILING PANEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED TAIL COMPARTMENT DROP CEILING PANEL EMERGENCY POWER PACK. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: SOCKET — INOPERATIVE (TAIL CONE)
FAA RAMP CHECK AT LGB, FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHT, RT SIDE, WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE AT LGB, FOUND SOCKET INOPERATIVE IN TAIL CONE. REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPS CHECK GOOD.(M)
Part: FASTENERS — MISSING (CABIN)
LINE MAINTENANCE AT MYR, DISCOVERED THE CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTING HANGING FROM THE CEILING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE MISSING FASTENERS. MAINTENANCE PEFORMED AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHT SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM OPERATIONALLY CHECKED NORMAL. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: LAMP — INOPERATIVE (ACCESSORY COMPT)
MYR - LINE MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING IN THE AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT, RT SIDE, INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LAMP. OPERATIONALLY, CHECKED NORMAL. NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)
Part: BATTERIES — DISCHARGED (COCKPIT)
ON AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN THE COCKPIT WENT DIM. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHT SYSTEM. NO DEFECTS NOTED. OPERATIONAL CHECKED NORMAL.
Part: TRACK LIGHT — DIM (CABIN)
LINE MAINTENANCE AT MYR, DISCOVERED THE AFT EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTS DIM WHILE PERFORMING AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE SYSTEM. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FOUNDATION STRIP, P/N 37781, AND 5 FLEXIBLE LIGHT SEGMENTS, P/N 362624, AND TRACK COVER P/N 5878. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE SYSTEM. NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
LINE MAINTENANCE AT MYRTLE BEACH, SC, DISCOVERED THAT THE OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT HAD FAILED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT SYSTEM. OPERATIONALLY CEHCKED NORMAL. (M)
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
AFT OVERWING LIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF AFTER PERFORMING AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY POWER SUPPLY AND OPERATIONALLY CHECKED LIGHTS WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)
Part: SCHRADER VALVE — FAILED (NLG)
MYR - AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND THE NOSE GEAR RED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH NO AIR SHIFT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MYR; MADE AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE SCHRADER VALVE FOR THE NOSE STRUT LEAKING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SCHRADER VALVE AND SERVICED THE STRUT TO THE PROPER LIMIT WITH FLUID AND AIR. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE PROXIMITY SWITCH. NO DEFECTS NOTED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION, 'PART A'. NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)
Part: EEL SOCKET — FAILED (TAIL SECTION)
WHILE PERFORMING A TURNAROUND/OVERNIGHT INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE DISOVERED THAT THE LEFT EMERGENCY STAIRWAY LIGHT IN THE TAIL SECTION TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LIGHT SOCKET ASSEMBLY. OPERATIONALLY CHECKED NORMAL. NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)