N502AS
Registered owner: AGRI SPRAY DRONES LLC, MO (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.
14 reports on file, 1996-11-21 – 2002-12-26.
Part: ANGLE — CRACKED (VERTICAL STAB)
DURING HANGAR INSPECTION IN MCN, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER RIGHT ATTACH ANGLE WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED BEYOND LIMITS. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE RIGHT ATTACH ANGLE IAW ASA EO120-55-0009. (M)
Part: WIRE — BROKEN (CABIN)
DURING HANGAR INSPECTION AT MCN, THE EMERGENCY FLOOR TRACK LIGHT BY SEAT 5A WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED A BROKEN WIRE ON THE FORWARD EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT ASSEMBLY AT SEAT 5A. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: DOUBLER — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION IN BNA, THE FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN DOUBLER AT FRAME 21 HAD SEVERAL BULGES AND CRACKED RIVET HEADS BETWEEN STRINGERS 20 LEFT AND 21 RIGHT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DAMAGED SKIN DOUBLER IAW ASA EO 120-52-0178. THIS EO CONTAINS REPAIR SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASA EO120-53-0096, EST 246/95, 226/96, 283/96, 3431/00, SRM 51-00-00, AND SRM 53-00-00 AS REF. (M)
Part: STRINGER — CORRODED (FUSELAGE)
DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION IN BNA, STRINGER 18 LEFT WAS FOUND CORRODED BETWEEN FRAME 13A AND SPLICE JUST FORWARD OF FRAMES 15 AND 16. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CORRODED SECTION OF STRINGER IAW SRM'S 51-25-00 AND 51-40-02. (M)
Part: STRINGER — CORRODED (FUSELAGE)
DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION IN BNA, FOUND CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS ON STRINGER 19 LEFT BETWEEN FRAMES 13A AND 18A. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CORRODED SECTION OF STRINGER IAW SRM 51-40-02. (M)
Part: WIRE — BROKEN (SENSOR)
DURING CLIMB OUT, AT APPROXIMATELY 19,000 FEET, CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT DUCT LEAK WARNING WAS RECEIVED WITH CORRESPONDING LEFT DUCT LEAK LIGHT ILLUMINATING. CAPTAIN RAN CHECKLIST. WITH APU BLEED CLOSED THE WARNING INDICATION WENT OUT BRIEFLY THEN RETURNED. WHEN LEFT BLEED WAS CLOSED INDICATION WENT OUT, BRIEFLY CAME BACK ON, THEN WENT AWAY AGAIN. DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO AIRPORT. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. UPON CONTINUATION OF DUCT LEAK CHECKLIST, CAPTAIN FEATHERED THE LEFT ENGINE AND INDICATION LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, ENGINE WAS NOT SHUTDOWN. SINGLE ENGINE CHECKLIST WAS PERFORMED, AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. REPAIRED WIRING TO SENSOR AT JUNCTION TO APU BLEED DUCT. OPERATION CHECKS OK. A/C OK FOR SERVICE.
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT)
DURING CLIMBOUT, AT 12000 FEET, THE AURAL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT DUCT LEAK LIGHT. THE CAPTAIN FOLLOWED THE QRH PROCEDURES WHICH INCLUDED THE SECURING OF THE ENGINE. THE DUCT LEAK LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. SINGLE ENGINE PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED BY THE CAPTAIN TO RETURN AND LAND SAFELY. MAINTENANCE RAN THE LEFT ENGINE AND INSPECTED THE LEFT INBOARD DUCT AND OVERWING DUCT FOR LEAKS. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS NORMAL AND NO LEAKS WERE FOUND IN THE DUCTS. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE.
Earlier reports · 1996–2000 · 7 reports
2000
Part: STRINGER — CORRODED (FUSELAGE)
DURING OVERNIGHT HANGAR VISIT, MAINTENANCE FOUND CORRSION BETWEEN STRIGNER 20R AND 21R. MAINTENANCE IS REPAIRING CORROSION FOLLOWING EO 120-53-0141 WHICH OUTLINES PROCEDURES FOR CORROSION REPAIR. (M)
1999
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (LEFT)
TEN MILES FROM MEI, SMOKE EVIDENT IN COCKPIT. CREW REQUESTED PRIORITY TO LAND AND FIRE EQUIPMENT. SMOKE CLEARED FROM AIRCRAFT. UPON SHUTDOWN, FIRE CREW AND STATION AGENTS OBSERVED SMOKE 'BELLOWING' NEAR LEFT ACM. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT ENGINE ASSEMBLY. (M)
Part: UNKNOWN — SMOKE (COCKPI T)
TEN MILES FROM MEL, SMOKE EVIDENT IN COCKPIT. CRWE REQUESTED PRIORITY TO LAND AND FIRE EQUIPMENT. SMOKE CLEARED FROM AIRCRAFT. UPON SHUTDOWN, FIRE CREW AND STATION AGENTS OBSERVED SMOKE 'BELLOWING' NEAR LEFT ACM. THE TEARDOWN REPORT STATES THAT OBSERVED DAMAGE AND REASON FOR REMOVAL COULD HAVEBEEN CAUSED BY A HARD LANDING IN COMBINATION WITH NORMAL WEAR AT AND TEAR OVER THE TIME IN SERVICE SINCE PREVIOUS SHOP VISIT. MAINTENANCE SERVICED AIRCRAFT WIT H 5 QUARTS OF OIL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (LT/RT NACELLE)
DURNG C-CHECK INSPECTION, NR 1 FRAME ON LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE NACELLES WERE FOUND TO HAVE CRACKS. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 FRAME ON LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE NACELLES. (M)
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (LT/RT NACELLE)
DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECKS, CRACKS WERE FOUND ON BOTH ENGINE NACELLE NR 1 FRAMES. ON THE LT FRAME, THE CRACK IS LOCATED ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE STIFFENING WEB BETWEEN THE TOP OUTBOARD MOUNTING BOLT HOLE AND THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FRAME. ON THE RT FRAME, THE CRACK IS LOCATED IN BETWEEN THE TOP OUTBOARD MOUNTING BOLT HOLES ON THE STIFFENING WEB. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDED REPLACING BOTH FRAMES AND CONTINUE MONITORING IAW EXISTING MAINTENANCE CHECKS.
1997
Part: OIL SYSTEM — REQ'D SERVICE (LT ENGINE)
FLT 7400 - DURING CLIMB-OUT FYV-DFW, LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE MOMENTARILY WENT OT 35-45 PSI. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO FYV WHERE LANDING WAS MADE SAFELY AND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. LOCAL MECHANIC SERVICED THE LEFT ENGINE WITH 4 QUARTS OF OIL. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE FLIGHT REDEPARTED TO DFW, WHERE ASA MECHANIC CHECKED THE OUTSTATION WORK AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE AND ALL PAPERWORK IN ORDER. (M)
1996
Part: AIR DISTR — COCKPIT SMOKE
ON TAKEOFF MCN-ATL, SMOKE AND FUMES (OIL SMELL) BEGAN COMING INTO THE COCKPIT. NO PACK FAIL OVERHEAT OR BLEED LEAK NOTED ON OVERHEAD PANEL. SMOKE EVACUATED NORMALLY AND FLIGHT CONTINUED TO ATL WHERE LANDING WAS MADE SAFELY AND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTED AND OPERATIONALLY CHECKED PACKS IAW MM, NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. SUSPECT SLIGHT OIL RESIDUE THAT DISSIPATED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)