N518TM
Registered owner: LIGHT IN THE STAR AVIATION LLC, AL (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, 2007-04-19 – 2007-08-14.
Part: ROCKER SHAFT — BROKEN (ENGINE)
LEFT ENGINE PILOT NOTICED PARTIAL POWER LOSS. AFTER LANDING THERE WAS A LARGE OIL LEAK FROM THE NR 6 EXHAUST PUSHROD TUBE WHICH HAD BEEN JARRED LOOSE AND UNCLIPPED. THE CAM FOLLOWER WAS BROKEN. THE TANG ON THE ROCKER COVER THAT HOLDS THE EXHAUST ROCKER SHAFT IN WAS BROKEN POSSIBLY LODGING IN THE VALVE SPRING CAUSE EXCESSIVE VALVE LASH.
Part: SPACER — BROKEN (NLG STEERING ACT) · airframe 9,110 hrs
PILOT REPORTED A VIOLENT NOSE SHIMMY ON LANDING. THE LINK STUD ON THE SPACER ASSEMBLY P/N ES10119 HAD BROKEN CAUSING THE STEERING ACTUATOR TO NO LONGER BE ATTACHED TO THE NOSE COLLAR.