N510NE
Registered owner: AIRSWISS INC, DE (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, 2001-07-25 – 2016-07-12.
Part: LINE — CRACKED (LT ENGINE OIL)
OIL LINE, FROM EXHAUST BYPASS VALVE TO VARIBLE ABSOLUTE PRESSURE CONTROLLER CRACKED AT ATTACHMENT FLARE. THIS CAUSED OIL LEAK THAT GOT WORSE DURING FLIGHT. DUE TO OIL LOSS, NR 4 PISTON CONNECTING ROD FAILED FROM OIL STARVATION DURNG TAXI.
Part: CYLINDER HEAD — SEPARATED (NR 5 CYLINDER) · airframe 21,479 hrs
THE NR 5 CYLINDER HEAD SEPARATED FROM CYLINDER BARREL APROX .1250" ON RIGHT ENGINE.
Part: SEALANT — DETERIORATED (FUEL CELL)
THE WINGS WERE OPENED TO COMPLY WITH A 1200 HOUR INSPECTION AND THE FOLLOWING SITUATION WAS FOUND: 1) SEALANT: TURNING BROWN/TAN, TEXTURE: SOFTER THAN NORMAL WITH FUEL DRAINED AND TANK PLATES OPEN, AFTER 4 DAYS EXPOSED TO AIR, SEALANT TEXTURE WAS RETURNING TO NORMAL. 2) OB END OF TANK, ABOVE FULL FUEL LEVEL LINE, SEALANT SURFACE WAS CRACKING ACROSS FACE AND ALONG EDGES, SEPARATEING FROM TANK SURFACE AT EDGE OF CRACKS. SEALANT WAS THIN AT EDGES, NO RUBBER CONSISTENCY LEFT, IT SCRAPED OFF LIKE DRY DIRT. WHERE SEALANT WAS THICK, TEXTURE WAS GUMMY AND WAS GRAYER IN COLOR AS WITH SEALANT AFTER AIR EXPOSURE. BEGAN TO STIFFEN BUT WAS TOO FAR GONE TO SAVE. GRAY POWDER WAS FOUND INSIDE TANK, SUSPECT DETERIORATING