N606SM
Registered owner: TECHNICAL EDUCATION SERVICES INC, VA (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, 2010-03-31 – 2011-03-08.
Part: ENGINE — FLAMED OUT (RIGHT) · airframe 11,435 hrs · 10,804 cycles
MX PERFORMED AN ADJUSTMENT ON THE FUEL DENSITY AND IDLE RPM ON THE LT ENGINE, WHICH REQUIRES A MAX ALTITUDE ACCELERATION CHECK IAW THE MM CHAP 72-00. FLIGHT CREW LT RDU FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING THIS CHECK. FLIGHT CREW CLIMBED AND STARTED THE CHECK AT FL410 FIRST AS CALLED OUT IN THIS PROCEDURE. THE CHECK PASSED WITH NO ISSUES AT FL410. FLIGHT CREW PROCEDED TO CLIMB TO FL450 IAW THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CHECK. UPON CLIMBING THROUGH FL443, THE RT ENGINE FLAMED OUT. FLIGHT CREW INITIATED A DESCENT INTO THE ENVELOPE FOR AN AIRSTART. CREW LEVELED AT FL200 AND PERFORMED AN AIRSTART ON THE RT ENGINE. RT ENGINE STARTED UP NORMALLY AND THE FLIGHT CREW PROCEDED BACK TO AND LANDED AT RDU WITH NO FURTHER OCCURENCES. MX LIMITED THE MAX ALTITUDE TO FL410 IAW THE MM 72-00, FIG 509 AND INSTALLED PLACARDS NEXT TO THE PILOTS AND COPILOTS ALTIMETERS STATING "DO NOT CLIMB ABOVE FL410".
Part: MOTOR — SHORTED (BLOWER)
CABIN BLOWER MOTOR SHORTED OUT, CAUSING ELECTRICAL SMOKE TO BE EMITTED INTO THE CABIN. SMOKE STOPPED WHEN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED.