N555BK
Registered owner: CIRQUE SHOW & EQUIPMENT LLC, FL (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.
1 report on file, 2015-06-29.
Part: DISPLAY — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT) · airframe 4,763 hrs · 5,183 cycles
WHILE EN ROUTE, THE ACFT EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, APPROX 20 MILES FROM DESTINATION. THE CREW SHUTDOWN AVIONICS & DECLARED AN EMER. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY & WAS MET BY FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT VERIFIED NO FIRE OR SMOKE EXISTS. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE COPILOT'S OR RT PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY, PFD WAS CAUSE OF SMOKE. REMOVED FAULTY PFD & INSTALLED AN OVERHAULED UNIT OF LIKE PN WHICH OPERATIONS CHECKED SATISFACTORILY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND NO OTHER ISSUES RELATING TO SMOKE INCIDENT. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE & THE FAULTY UNIT WAS SENT FOR REPAIR. DISPLAY UNITS ARE ON CONDITION ITEMS & MAY NEED AN OVERHAUL LIMITATION TO HELP PREVENT FUTURE INTERNAL COMPONENT FAILURES, WHICH RESULT IN SMOKE IN COCKPIT.