N566VR
Registered owner: R & C AVIATION LLC, WA (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, 2008-05-05 – 2013-12-03.
Part: UNKNOWN — MALFUNCTIONED (CABIN PRESSURE) · airframe 7,374 hrs · 6,308 cycles
DURING A SHALLOW DECENT OUT OF FL430 & AFTER MAKING A SMALL REDUCTION IN POWER THE CABIN RAPIDLY DEPRESSURIZED TO AROUND 14000 CAB ALT. ALL PAX OXYGEN MASKS WERE DEPLOYED. CREW INITIATED EMERGENCY DECENT & LANDED AT KLAS. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT & NO INJURIES TO PAX OR CREW WERE REPORTED.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG) · airframe 5,894 hrs · 5,038 cycles
AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLYING WITH FAA CHECK RIDE, AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO ONLY PARTIALLY RETRACT. FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWED APPROPRIATE CHECK LIST AND RETURN TO DEPARTURE AFTER GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS NOT REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT INTO MAINT AND INSP OF THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE WAS PERFORMED. PIN A HAD A GOOD GROUND AT 4 OHM RESISTANCE. PIN B REFLECTED 28 VOLTS. VERIFIED RIGGING, AND MINOR ADJUSTMENTS OF THE GEAR AUXILIARY/EMERGENCY CONTROL CABLE IAW MM 32-31-08. REMOVED LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE PN 66710 SN 900 AND INSTALLED AN OVERHAULED LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE PN 66710 S/N 232 AND PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL CHECK IAW MM 32-31-02. LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMAL WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION ADJUSTMENT TEST IAW MM 32-31-08. ADJUSTMENT TEST OPERATED NORMALLY WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.