N55AN
Registered owner: MORRIS JERRY A, OK (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.
3 reports on file, 1995-12-13 – 1998-10-26.
Part: GAS GENERATOR — FAILED (RT ENGINE)
PILOT REPORTED RIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN-FLIGHT. THE PROPS AUTOFEATHERED AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RELIGHT. THE MECHANICS REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RT FUEL PUMP AND FUEL CONTROL UNIT. THEY RIGGED THE ASSEMBLY. OPS CHECK GOOD.
Part: GAS GENERATOR — FAILED (RT ENGINE)
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED, ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER LEVELING OFF, RT ENGINE SPUN DOWN. LANDED BACK AT BASE WITH SINGLE ENGINE, WITHOUT TRYING TO RESTART IT. NOTICED THE RIGHT TORQUE GAUGE DROPPED, BUT DISREGARDED IT BECAUSE ALL OTHER GAUGES WERE NORMAL. MECHANIC DISPATCHED AND INSPECTED ALL LINKAGES AND CONNECTIONS OF ENGINE COMPONENTS. MAXIMUM POWER RUN DONE ON GROUND - NORMAL. DRAINED FUEL OK. FLIGHT CHECK REVEALED PROPELLER TACH AND GG INDICATOR FLUCTUATED. CHANGED. OPS CHECK OK.
Part: FUEL QTY IND — OUT OF CAL (AFT FUEL TANK)
CRW - AIRCRAFT FUELED TO 3,950 POUNDS FUEL. EN ROUTE FROM CRW TO MEM, CREW OBSERVED AN IMBALANCE OF FUEL. CROSSFEED PROCEDURES SELECTED UNTIL IMBALANCE CORRECTED. ON DESCENT INTO MEM (VFR MODERATE TURBULENCE), CROSSFEED LIGHT CAME ON, CROSSFEED WAS VERIFIED CLOSED. ON FINAL, RT ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE, CREW ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN RT ENG AND NOTIFIED MEM THEY WERE SINGLE ENGINE AND THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY. ONCE ON THE GROUND, FUEL TANKS WERE DIP STICKED FINDING THE AFT TANKS NEAR EMPTY. RT ENG RESTARTED AND RAN NORMAL. FUEL GAUGE DEFERRED PER MEL. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MX CHECKED FUEL QTY INDICATING SYS CALIBRATION AND FUEL SYS AFT FUEL TANK INDICATING CORRECTED AND MEL CLEARED.