N506RA
Registered owner: DUNCAN DAVID, AK (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.
3 reports on file, 2011-09-21 – 2016-03-18.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (CABIN) · airframe 3,338 hrs · 12,819 cycles
DURING DEPARTURE, THE PILOT & MEDICAL CREW SMELLED A BURNING ODOR IN THE CABIN. THIS WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY THE VERY HEAVY POLLEN SEASON. THE POLLEN IS CIRCULATED BY THE DOWNWASH, GETS ON THE HOT ACFT ENG SURFACES WITH A RESULTING BURNED SMELL. HOWEVER THE ODOR LINGERED AS WE CLIMBED OUT & THE SMELL WAS NOT GOING AWAY. ABORTED THE FLIGHT & RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUES. ACFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE, GND RUN & FLIGHT CHECK WAS PERFORMED, NO FURTHER SMELLS. TRANS DECK & ENG DECK FOR ANY DEFECTS, NONE FOUND. PERFORMED GND RUN TO VERIFY ISSUE WITH, NO DEFECTS NOTED. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED TO CONFIRM WITH NO ADDITIONAL DEFECTS NOTED. THIS ACFT WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE AT THIS TIME.
Part: FUEL CONTROL — LEAKING (ENGINE) · airframe 2,519 hrs · 10,827 cycles
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, CREW SMELLED FUEL IN CABIN. PILOT RETURNED TO BASE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ARRIVED AT BASE HAD PILOT TURN MASTER AND FUEL BOOST PUMP ON TO VERIFY THAT THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM FUEL CONTROL . GROUND RAN ACFT. LEAK STOPPED AND WAS WITHIN LIMITS TO RETURN TO SERVICE, ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE NO FUTHER ACTION REQUIRED.
Part: INDICATOR — DAMAGED (NG) · airframe 1,944 hrs · 8,148 cycles
NG INDICATOR DIGITAL READOUT IS DIFFICULT TO READ IN DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS.