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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.
8 reports on file, 1995-03-03 – 1995-08-29.
Part: TRANSMISSION — INOPERATIVE (TE FLAPS)
FLT NR 0219 - EWR - THE OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAPS FAILED TO EXTEND ON APPROACH TO EWR. USE OF FLAP ALTERNATE DRIVE SYSTEM WAS NO HELP. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE OUTBOARD NR 8 FLAP TRANSMISSION AT FAULT. THE NR 8 FLAP TRANSMISSION WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED PER MM 27-51-41 AND OPERATION CHECKED GOOD. (M)
Part: GPWS COMPUTER — INOPERATIVE (E/E RACK)
FLT NR 0219 - EWR - THE GPWS SOUNDED AT 300 FEET WITH FLAPS SET AT 30 DEGREES WHILE ON APPROACH TO EWR. A 'GO AROUND' WAS PERFORMED AND ON THE NEXT APPROACH THERE WAS NO GPWS WARNING WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS. THE GPWS COMPUTER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 34-52-11 AND SYSTEM OPERATION CHECKED GOOD. (M)
Part: PWR CONTROL UNIT — INOPERATIVE (RUDDER)
FLT NR 0354 - SJU - WHILE CRUISING AT FL 280 THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A 'FISHTAILING' MOTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 270 AND BOTH YAW DAMPERS WERE CYCLED OFF, BUT THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SJU. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE UPPER RUDDER POWER CONTROL UNIT AT FAULT. THE UPPER RUDDER PCU WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED PER MM 27-20-141, PAGE 201. AN OPERATIONAL TEST AND ADJUSTMENT OF THE SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED PER MM 27-20-141, PAGES 206-210 AND THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. (M)
Part: LOCK ACTUATOR — INOPERATIVE (NLG)
IAH - FLT 9864 - THE AIRCRAFT HAD A BRIEF HISTORY OF SLOW NLG EXTENSION. WHEN MAINTENANCE SWUNG THE NOSE GEAR, NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND. THE NOSE GEAR LOCK ACTUATOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SWUNG AGAIN AND OPERATION CHECKED NORMAL. A NOSE GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 32-33-0 AND THE GEAR OPERATED WITHIN SPECIFIED TIMES. IN ADDITION, NLG WAS LUBRICATED. (X)
Part: HYD MOTOR — CRACKED (LT TE FLAP)
IAH - FLT 0777 - THE A-HYDRAULIC SYSTEM QUANTITY WAS LOST ON LANDING AT IAH. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE INBOARD FLAP DRIVE POWER UNIT HYDRAULIC FLAP MOTOR HOUSING CRACKED. THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. IN ADDITION, BOTH THE NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMPS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SERVICED AND OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD. (X)
Part: DUCT — RUPTURED (NR 1 ENGINE)
EWR - FLT 0288 - THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT AND BELL ACTIVATED AT CLIMB POWER AND 6,000 FEET. THE NR 1 ENGINE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED AND THE WARNING CEASED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 1 ENGINE HIGH PRESSURE DUCT TO NOSE COWL ANTI-ICE VALVE RUPTURED. THE DUCT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE ENGINE WAS RUN AND NO LEAKS WERE NOTED. (X)
Part: HYD TRANS CYL — INOPERATIVE (NLG)
FLT NR 0777 - IAH - THE NLG TOOK APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS LONGER TO EXTEND THAN THE MLG, ON APPROACH TO IAH. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR DID EXTEND IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A BANG. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NLG HYDRAULIC TRANSFER CYLINDER AT FAULT. THE TRANFER CYLINDER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE DRAG BRACE WAS LUBRICATED. OPERATION OF THE NLG CHECKED GOOD. (W)
Part: DOOR — OUT OF ADJUST (RT NLG)
FLT NR 0702 - EWR - THE NLG WOULD NOT EXTEND WHEN GEAR WAS LOWERED FOR LANDING ON APPROACH TO EWR. THE NOSE GEAR DOOR LIGHT DID NOT INDICATE OPEN AND THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED AND THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RT NOSE GEAR DOOR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. THE RT NOSE GEAR DOOR ROD ASSEMBLY AND SAFETY WERE ADJUSTED PER MM 32-22-1. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SWUNG SEVERAL TIMES AND ALL OPERATION CHECKED GOOD. (Z)