N509AA
Registered owner: GM LEASING COMPANY LLC, LA (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.
2 reports on file, 2025-03-26 – 2025-05-14.
Part: VENT — BLOCKED (FUEL) · airframe 3,350 hrs · 9,310 cycles
DURING FLIGHT, A DISTINCT FUEL SMELL COMING FROM AFT RIGHT SEAT AREA. SMELL WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE MEDICAL CREW MEMBER WHO IS SITTING IN THAT SEAT NAUSEOUS. PILOT DID NOT SENSE ANY FUEL FUMES. AMT REMOVED STRUCTURAL ACCESS PANELS FOR FUEL SHUT OFF VALVE R/H COMPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE THE FUEL SMELL. NOTED FUEL SMELL COMING FROM FUEL SHUT OFF VALVE R/H COMPARTMENT. NO ACTIVE LEAK NOTED AT THIS TIME. THE AMT REMOVED DEBRIS OBSTRUCTING VENT PORT OF SHUT OFF VALVE. INSTALLED AND SEALED QUANTITY 2 STRUCTURAL ACCESS PANELS WHICH WERE NOT SEALED PROVIDING MINIMAL FUME PROTECTION. A CHECK FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FUEL FUMES.
Part: DUCT — CONTAMINATED (ZONE 200) · airframe 3,292 hrs · 9,160 cycles
JUST A FEW MILES AFTER TAKING OFF FROM BASE, PIC ADVISED OVER RADIO THAT THEY WOULD BE HEADED BACK TO KGRI DUE TO THE CREW SMELLING FUMES IN THE CABIN. ONCE LANDED PIC CONTACTED OCC AND ADVISED CREW WAS SMELLING OIL/EXHAUST LIKE FUMES AND IT STARTED TO MAKE THEM NAUSEOUS. PIC ADVISED SMELL WAS ONLY IN CABIN AREA AS HE DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING IN THE COCKPIT. THE MECHANIC CLEANED AND INSPECTED THE AFT AC SYSTEM DUCTS AND EVAPORATOR. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.