N544LM
Registered owner: CORSAIR TWO LLC, OR (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aero Air LLC (O9IA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
| Aero Air LLC (O9IA) | Operator | on 2012-03-05 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Operated by AERO AIR LLC (per NTSB report)
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, 2011-06-25 – 2018-04-29.
Part: LANDING GEAR — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG) · airframe 17,879 hrs · 13,029 cycles
DURING APPROACH, CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN. ONLY RECEIVED THE GREEN LIGHT ON THE NOSE GEAR AND HAD RED LIGHTS ON THE MAIN GEAR. GEAR WAS CYCLED UP AND ALL LIGHTS WENT OUT AS NORMAL. SECOND ATTEMPT TO LOWER GEAR RESULTED IN NO LIGHTS. TRIED TWO MORE TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS. CREW ALERTED THE TOWER AND ABORTED THE LANDING. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS THEN USED TO LOWER THE GEAR. ON THE ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE GEAR WITH THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION, AGAIN ONLY THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND BOTH MAIN GEAR HAD RED. THEN PERFORMED A FLY BY OF THE TOWER TO CONFIRM GEAR STATUS. TOWER REPORTED THE NOSE LOOKED DOWN, MAIN GEAR DOORS LOOKED OPEN, AND ONLY THE RT GEAR LOOKED LIKE IT WAS PARTIALLY OUT. THE CREW DECLARED THAT THEY WOULD BE LANDING WITH THE GEAR UP. WHEN IN THE PATTERN TO LAND, THE CREW TRIED ONE MORE TIME TO EXTEND THE GEAR UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM AND GOT ALL THREE GREEN LIGHTS. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. OPEN
Part: WARNING LIGHT — FALSE ACTIVATION (RT ENGINE FIRE) · airframe 17,627 hrs · 12,860 cycles
DURING CRUISE, THE RT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ON THE T HANDLE CAME ON IN FLIGHT. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE NOTED. POWER WAS RETARDED AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED RIGHT AWAY. POWER WAS BROUGHT BACK UP AND NO ABNORMALITIES THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINT INSPECTED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOR DAMAGE AND NOTED NONE. INSPECTION OF THE FIRE LOOP SYSTEM ALSO PRODUCED NO FAULTS. AIRCRAFT WAS RUN UP TO CHECK SYSTEM UNDER POWER WITH NO ISSUES. PERFORMED A MAINT CHECK FLIGHT AND NO ISSUES WERE NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: BLOWER — UNKNOWN (VENT) · airframe 17,467 hrs · 12,759 cycles
STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR IN CABIN, DURING CLIMB. FOUND THE VENT BLOWER MOTOR SEIZED. REMOVED THE BLOWER MOTOR AND FOUND IT WAS NOT ROTATING SMOOTHLY. REPLACED THE UNIT WITH AN OVERHAUL UNIT. OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD.
Part: INSULATION — MISINSTALLED · airframe 13,962 hrs · 10,051 cycles
SMOKE SEEN COMING FROM IN FRONT OF DIVAN SEAT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED POOR INSULATION COVERING THE LT WING/STAB HEAT DUCT PIPE. THIS PIPE WAS REWRAPPED WITH INSULATION MATERIAL. RESULTANT CHECK FLIGHT WAS SATISFACTORY.
Part: DUCT — LEAKING (WING ANTI ICE) · airframe 13,958 hrs · 10,046 cycles
WHEN WING AND STAB HEAT TURNED ON, THERE IS A BURNING ODOR IN CABIN AND COCKPIT. GROUND RUNS/CHECKS WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM. CHECK FLIGHT PERFORMED. NO FINDINGS. SECOND IDENTIFIED VERY LIGHT SMOKE FROM LT WING/STAB HEAT PIPE. PIPE HAD BEEN REWRAPPED WITH INSULATION AND A HEAT TAPE UTILIZED TO KEEP IN PLACE. TAPE ADHESIVE WAS GETTING HOT AND EMITTING SMOKE AND FUMES. REWRAPPED DUCT WITHOUT TAPE. SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT CHECKS REVEALED NO DISCREPANCY.
Part: HEAT SHIELD — LOOSE (ANTI ICE DUCT) · airframe 13,675 hrs · 9,782 cycles
PASSENGERS COMPLAINED OF BURNING PLASTIC ODOR WHICH MADE THEM NAUSEAS. FOUND WING ANTI-ICE DUCT HEAT SHIELD OUT OF POSITION ALLOWING HEAT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO PLASTIC. ADJUSTED AND PERFORMED SYS CHECK WITH NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. A SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT HAD A BURNING PLASTIC ODOR AND WHEN A FLIGHT CREW MEMBER STEPPED BACK TO INVESTIGATE A SLIGHT VISUAL AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS SEEN IN AREA OF WING DE-ICE DUCT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE INSULATION BLANKET HOOK AND LOOP STRIP HAD COME IN CONTACT WITH BARE METAL OF DE-ICE DUCT. COVERED DE-ICE DUCT WITH HEAT SHIELD. NO FURTHER FAULTS FOUND.
Part: CONNECTOR — INOPERATIVE (SELECTOR VALVE) · airframe 12,746 hrs · 9,011 cycles
DURING APPROACH, FLIGHT CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN. GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. SECOND ATTEMPT WAS TRIED WITH SAME RESULTS. LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED USING EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES. LANDING . INVESTIGATION REVEALED FAULTY CONNECTOR ON LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE. CONNECTOR REPLACED, LANDING GEAR LINES PURGED, HYD SERVICED AND BLED. GEAR SWINGS PERFORMED WITH NORMAL RESULTS.
Part: BLOWER — BURNED OUT · airframe 12,000 hrs · 8,434 cycles
ON DESCENT, THE FLIGHT CREW SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR IN THE CABIN. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING THE APPROACH CREW HAD DEPLOYED OXYGEN MASKS FOR NURSES/PATIENT ON BOARD ACFT. INVESTIGATION OF ACFT FOUND NO HOT SPOTS. IDENTIFIED CABIN BLOWER FAN AS FAILING. REMOVED FROM ACFT.