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PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47E · 2011 · Fixed-wing single-engine · 1 engine · 11 seats · Valid Registration

Registered owner: TVPX AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS INC TRUSTEE, UT (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INCOperatoron 2003-11-29Operator named in NTSB report

Accident & incident history

Accident · 2003-11-29 Operator named in NTSB report
Cessna 172S No injuries Part 91EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC

Operated by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case LAX04LA054

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.

1 report on file, 2003-05-21.

FLUID LOSS · 2003-05-21 Unresolved
ATA 8520

Part: PLUG — LOOSE (CAMSHAFT) · airframe 1,401 hrs

WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES, THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED A THIN FILM OF OIL ON THE WINDSHIELD. IT QUICKLY GOT WORSE. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE CRANKSHAFT PLUG HAD COME LOOSE. OIL LEVEL WAS AT 4.5 QTS. REPLACED CRANK PLUG, CHECKED ENGINE BREATHER LINES (CLEAR), CLEANED AIRCRAFT, SERVICED OIL AND PUT AIRCRAFT BACK INTO SERVICE. MFG CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE INCIDENT.

Source: SDR 2003FA0000525