N505AS
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, 1999-08-06 – 2002-06-21.
Part: PLACARD — MISSING (CABIN)
FLT 4204 - DURING A GROUND INSPECTION IN ATL, THE LIGHTED EXIT SIGN ON THE RIGHT SIDE EMERGENCY EXIT AT ROW 5 WAS MISSING THE EXIT PLACARD. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE MISSING EXIT PLACARD ON THE SIGN AT ROW 5. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: CONNECTOR — MISREPAIRED (LEFT WING)
DURING GROUND INSPECTION IN TXK, THE LEFT AFT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CONNECTOR P0949 HAD PINS A AND B REVERSED. MAINTENANCE REPINNED A AND B AND ALSO REPLACED THE IN LINE FUSE. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
DURING A GROUND INSPECTION IN DFW, ONE OF THE EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS AT ROW 8 WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BURNED OUT FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
DURING HANGAR INSPECTION IN MCN, THE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 2 WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED AN INOPERATIVE FUSE. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: COWLING — CRACKED (LT ENGINE)
DURING HANGAR MAINTENANCE IN MCN, THE LEFT ENGINE AFT COWL HAD CRACKS. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE COWL IAW SRM CHAPTER 51. CLEARANCE CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (WING)
DURING HANGAR MAINTENANCE IN MCN, THE PRESSURE REFUELING POINT WAS FOUND WITH A SKIN CRACK ON THE OUTBOARD AFT CORNER. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE CRACKED SKIN IAW ASA EO 120-57-0027. THIS EO REF SRM 51-00-00, EAC FAX 189-2 (DATED 6/5/92), AND EAC FAX SST-562/97 (DATED 6/9/97). THIS EO OUTLINES WING SKIN PANEL REPAIRS FOR ALL EMB120 AIRCRAFT. LEAK CHECK GOOD. S/D - MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE CRACKED SKIN IAW ASA EO 120-57-0027. THIS EO REF SRM 51-00-00, EAC FAX 189-92 (DATED 6/5/92), AND EAC FAX SST-562-97 (DATED 6/9/97) THIS EO OUTLINES WING SKIN PANEL REPAIRS FOR ALL EMB-120 AIRCRAFT. LEAK CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
DURING HANGAR MAINTENANCE IN MCN, THE LEFT EXHAUST PIPE AFT ATTACH POINTS WERE FOUND WITH CRACKS ON THE SKIN. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE SKIN CRACK BY STOP DRILLING THE CRACK AND INSTALLING A DOUBLER ON THE LEFT AFT INBOARD EXHAUST PIPE ATTACH FITTING. THE DAMAGED AREA WAS REMOVED AND A FILLER DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED. ALL WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED USING SRM 51-00-00 AND 51-40-02 AS A REF. (M)
Part: LIGHT — BURNED OUT (CABIN)
FLT 4283 - DURING GROUND INSPECTION IN ATL, ONE CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHT BULB WAS FOUND TO BE BURNED OUT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BURNED OUT CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHT BULB. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: WIRE — DISCONNECTED (CABIN)
DURING MAINTENANCE IN MCN, FORWARD SECTION OF EMERGENCY LIGHT TRACK HAD A WIRE DISCONNECTED. MAINTENANCE RECONNECTED EMERGENCY LIGHT TRACK WIRE AND REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT LENS. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: PROPELLER — OVERSPEED (LT ENGINE)
FLT 4291 - DURING FINAL APPROACH INTO AVL, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER OVERSPEED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PERFORMED THE IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEMS FOR A PROPELLER OVERSPEED. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY IN AVL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT ENGINE AND PROPELLER COMPONENTS. THE TEARDOWN REPORT STATED THAT THE PROPELLER OVERSPEED WAS MOST LIKELY NOT CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF AN INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONENT OR BY A MALFUNCTION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM OR PROP CONTROL SYSTEM. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE EVENT REMAINS UNKNOWN, PARTIALLY DUE TO THE LACK OF INFORMATION FROM THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER MALFUNCTIONING. THIS ENGINE WILL BE SCRAPPED. (M)
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
DURING INSPECTION, NR 2 EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 EMERGENCY BATTERY PACKS. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)