N60ES
Registered owner: ESMARK AVIATION LLC, PA (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Air LLC (XCGA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
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, 2013-07-08 – 2014-03-18.
Part: BONDING — UNSERVICEABLE (FUSELAGE) · airframe 3,452 hrs · 2,539 cycles
PILOT REPORTED COMM RADIOS UNUSABLE BELOW 130.000 MHZ WHILE IN FLIGHT. HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL INTERFERENCE HEARD. BACKUP HANDHELD TRANSCEIVER WAS ALSO AFFECTED IN THE SAME FREQUENCY RANGE. PILOTS SQUAWKED 7600 & PROCEEDED VFR IAW 14 CFR 91.185. PILOTS USED SAT PHONE TO CONTACT KMDW TOWER FOR FREQUENCY ABOVE 130.000 MHZ. RADIO COMM WERE RE-ESTABLISHED 10 MINUTES AFTER FAILURE & A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM, ALL RADIOS OPERATED NORMALLY. FOUND THE RADOME, THE NOSE GEAR & THE NOSE GEAR DOORS BONDING TO THE FUSELAGE TO BE UNSERVICEABLE. AFTER CLEANING THE BONDING SURFACES & REATTACHING THE BONDING HARDWARE THE AIRPLANE PASSED THE PRECIPITATION STATIC TEST.
Part: ACTUATOR — INOPERATIVE (RT GUIDE VANE) · airframe 3,302 hrs · 2,429 cycles
ON DESCENT, THE RIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND THE FADEC FAIL RT CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. PILOTS ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE FADEC WITHOUT SUCCESS AND THEN COMPLIED WITH THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS TURNED OVER TO MX AT THE SERVICE CENTER. MFG`S DETERMINED AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, THE INLET GUIDE VANE ACTUATOR HAD FAILED. THEY REPLACED THE ACTUATOR AND PERFORMED ALL REQUIRED OPS TESTS WITHOUT DISCREPANCY.
Part: ACM — FROZEN (TAIL COMPARTMENT) · airframe 3,217 hrs · 2,364 cycles
SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER LANDING, THE CREW WAS CLEANING THE AIRPLANE INTERIOR WHEN THEY NOTICED HOT AIR AND A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE CABIN VENTILATION SYS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, SMOKE WAS OBSERVED AS A LIGHT HAZE IN THE CABIN. DESPITE BEING SELECTED TO A COOL SETTING, THE SUPPLY TEMPERATURE OF THE CABIN PACK IN THE COCKPIT INDICATED A TEMPERATURE OF OVER 210 DEGREES F WHICH WAS STEADILY CLIMBING UNTIL THE PAC WAS SELECTED OFF. AFTER SELECTING THE PAC OFF, THE SUPPLY TEMPERATURE STEADILY LOWERED AND THE SMOKE SUBSIDED. THE CABIN ACM PAC WAS DEFERRED IAW THE MEL AND THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN TO THE SERVICE CENTER. MX DISCOVERED THE CABIN ACM TO BE FROZEN. THE CABIN ACM WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE FAILURE, WE ALSO HAD THE COCKPIT ACM REPLACED AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE.