N613NA
Registered owner: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC, CA (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.
14 reports on file, 2001-10-17 – 2016-01-25.
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — ACTIVATED (COCKPIT) · airframe 12,790 hrs · 22,304 cycles
NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR INDICATED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE & CAWS INDICATED HYD FAILURE. THE PILOT ACTUATED THE LG HYD HAND PUMP UNTIL ALL LG INDICATORS WERE GREEN. ONCE ON THE GND, PERFORMED A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE LG EXTENSION & RETRACTION SYS. FOUR GEAR SWINGS WERE CONDUCTED WITH NO FAILURES OR DEFECTS NOTED. NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND BUT AS A PRECAUTION, WE ORDERED A REPLACEMENT HYD CONTROL RELAY TO BE REPLACED UPON ARRIVAL OF THE PART.
Earlier reports · 2001–2013 · 13 reports
2013
Part: CONTROL VALVE — INTERMITTENT (ECS) · airframe 11,446 hrs · 19,795 cycles
FLIGHT NURSE NOTIFIED PILOT OF A BURNING SMELL IN BACK OF CABIN. NO FIRE WARNING INDICATIONS OR ENG INSTRUMENT IRREGULARITIES WERE SHOWING & NO SIGNS OF BURNING SMELL OR FIRE IN COCKPIT UNTIL SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. PILOT WAS BESIEGED WITH A NOXIOUS, CHEMICAL BURNING SMELL, THE AFT CABIN WAS FILLED WITH A HAZY, WHITE SMOKE LEADING TO DESTINATION DIVERSION. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING NOTED THAT THE ECS CONTROL VLV WAS INTERMITTENT IN HOT COLD & REPLACED. ECS WAS WORKING CORRECTLY WITH NO FURTHER FAULTS.
2011
Part: STRAKE — CRACKED (RUDDER) · airframe 9,656 hrs · 16,359 cycles
STRAKE ATTATCHED TO THE T/E OF THE RUDDER TRIM TAB CRACKED ALONG RIVET LINE VERTICALLY TO APPROX 3 IN FROM THE BOTTOM, WHERE THE CRACK EXTENDED OUTWARDS TO THE LT EDGE. THE STRAKE IS APPROX 3 IN WIDE AND IS ATTACHED TO THE TABS T/E WITH A RIVET LINE AT THE CTR AND EXTENDS AN INCH ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TAB, WITH NO SUPPORT.
2010
Part: WINDSCREEN — CRACKED (RIGHT) · airframe 9,312 hrs
RT FWD WINDSHIELD CRACKED DURING FLIGHT. ACFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Part: INLET — BURNED (ENGINE) · airframe 8,943 hrs
UPON DEPARTING, PILOT NOTICED A BURNING SMELL FOLLOWING GEAR RETRACTION. PILOT CONFIRMED THE ODOR IN THE CABIN WITH THE CLINICAL CREW MEMBERS AND THEN ELECTED TO RETURN FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. MECHANIC RESPONSE TO DUPLICATE THE ODORS, HAD PILOT RUN THE ENGINE, AND AT TAKEOFF POWER, A BURNING SMELL WAS NOTED COMING FROM THE ECS DUCTING. VISUALLY INSPECTED THE ECS DUCTING, AND TOOK TEMP MEASUREMENTS OF ECS OUTLET AIR IN MANUAL AND AUTO MODE TO VERIFY THAT THE DUCT TEMP SENSOR AND DUCT OVER TEMP SENSOR WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. NO DEFECTS COULD BE FOUND WITH THE ECS DUCTING. INSPECTED ENG INLET AND ENG COMPRESSOR AND FOUND FWD ENG COWL TO HAVE BURNED AND DETERIORATED COMPOSITE MATERIAL ON ENGINE INLET DEICE LIP. INSTALLED A SERVICEABLE LOANER COWL, RAN ENGINE AT TAKEOFF POWER, AND NO ODORS WERE NOTED FROM THE ECS DUCTING. ACCOMPANIED THE PILOT ON AN OPS CHECK FLIGHT, AND NO ODORS WERE NOTED FROM THE ECS DUCTING.
2003
Part: SWITCH — FAILED (DUCT TEMP) · airframe 3,937 hrs · 5,835 cycles
TEMP CONTROL SYSTEM SENT SIGNAL TO TEMP CONTROL VALVE TO GO FULL HOT. DUCT TEMP SWITCH FAILED TO ILLUMINATE ECS LIGHT AND SHUT DOWN SYSTEM. CHANGED DUCT TEMP SWITCH AND TEMP CONTROLLER, SYSTEM OPS GOOD.
Part: CHECK VALVE — FAILED (FUEL SYSTEM) · airframe 3,779 hrs · 5,397 cycles
FUEL TRANSFERS FROM RT TO LT WING WHILE AIRCRAFT IS NOT IN USE.
Part: DRIVE SHAFT — SHEARED (NR 2 GEN) · airframe 3,765 hrs · 5,367 cycles
NR 2 GENERATOR DROPPED OFF LINE. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM, FOUND NR 2 GENERATOR DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED.
Part: SEAL — LEAKING (REDUCTION GB) · airframe 3,750 hrs · 5,354 cycles
OIL LEAKING FROM REDUCTION GEARBOX AREA.
Part: INDICATOR — WORN (ATTITUDE) · airframe 3,709 hrs · 5,512 cycles
STANDBY ATTITUDE INDICATOR WILL NOT CAGE.
Part: SENSOR — FAILED (OAT) · airframe 3,688 hrs · 5,461 cycles
PROP HEAT CAWS ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT.
Part: TRANSDUCER — FAILED (TORQUE INDICATOR) · airframe 3,662 hrs · 5,403 cycles
TORQUE INDICATION SHOWS ZERO TORQUE AT IDLE.
Part: PDU — FAILED (TE FLAPS) · airframe 3,625 hrs · 5,372 cycles
FLAPS STUCK AT 0 DEGREES.
2001
Part: ACTUATOR — LEAKING (RT MLG) · airframe 2,864 hrs · 4,186 cycles
DURING 100 HR INSPECTION, FOUND RIGHT GEAR ACTUATOR SEEPING HYDRAULIC FLUID DURING RETRACTION TESTS. REMOVED AND REPLACED ACTUATOR WITH SERVICEABLE PART IAW AMM CHPT 32 AND OPS CHECK OK.