N621VA
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.
6 reports on file, 2011-07-18 – 2020-09-15.
Part: FLOOR PANEL — DELAMINATED (MAIN CABIN) · airframe 45,439 hrs · 14,287 cycles
MAIN CABIN FLOOR PANEL 231VF TOP SURFACE DELAMINATED. GROUNDED-YES. REPAIRED MAIN CABIN FLOOR PANEL 231VF TOP SURFACE DELAMINATION, IAW A320SRM 53-02-00-300-03 PARA 2A AND SRM 53-02-00-283-001.
Part: CONNECTOR — DAMAGED (CABIN)
2 ADJACENT EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROW 2 LT WERE DISCOVERED INOPERATIVE DURING AN OPS CHECK OF THE SYSTEM. A DAMAGED CONNECTOR 7260VC1 WAS FOUND AT THE FLOOR OTBD DISCONNECT. THE CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED IAW ESPM 20-44-11 AND THE SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED IAW AMM 33-51-00-710-001-A WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.
Part: STRUT — UNDERSERVICED (MLG) · airframe 29,147 hrs · 8,630 cycles
ACFT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT RELEASE AND MOVE TO THE UP POSITION. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE, THE GEAR HANDLE RELEASED AND THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUES. THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY AND THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. UPON ARRIVAL, THE ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. TECHS FOUND BOTH MLG SHOCK ABSORBERS UNDERSERVICED. THE SHOCK ABSORBERS WERE SERVICED IAW AMM 12-14-34 AND THE RELEVANT PROXIMITY SENSORS WERE INSPECTED IAW AMM 32-31-73. A GEAR RETRACTION TEST WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. AN ACCEPTANCE FLIGHT WAS SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED.
Part: COMPUTER — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT)
DURING FLIGHT, CREW REPORTED A VERY BRIEF ELECTRICAL SMOKE ODOR IN THE COCKPIT ALONG WITH DATA LINK ATSU FAULT. THE INFLIGHT TEAM LEADER ALSO NOTED THE ODOR MOMENTARILY IN THE FWD GALLEY AREA. CONTRACT MX CALLED OUT AND NOTED THE WRITE UP IN LOGBOOK AS : DATA LINK-ATSU FAULT WITH ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR THAT DISSIPATED. THE CONTRACT MX TECH INSPECTED THE ACFT TSM 24-00-00-810-823-A AND BASED ON THE INBOUND WRITE UP, PULLED AND PLACED ON MEL 46-21-01. THE ACFT WAS SIGNED OFF AND DISPATCHED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
Part: FLOORBEAM — CORRODED (FUSELAGE)
REMOVED CORROSION AT MAIN CABIN AFT FLOOR SUPPORT FR 66, RBL 55 AND FOUND WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 51-22-00. REMOVED CORROSION AT RBL 49, FR 66, ORIGINAL MATERIAL .100, MATERIAL LOSS .020, MATERIAL REMAINING .080 FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW A320, SRM 53-41-15. R & R SEAT TRACK BEAM AT FR 66, RBL 49 IAW 53-41-15.
Part: SPRING — UNSERVICEABLE (L2 DOOR) · airframe 15,705 hrs · 4,691 cycles
ACFT WAS UNDERGOING RON MX ON 7/18/2011. DURING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EC527100-01-1, OPS CHECK OF THE DOOR WARNING SYS, THE L2 DOOR LOCK/UNLOCK INDICATION WAS FOUND SHOWING INACCURATELY WHEN IN THE CLOSED AND LOCKED POSITION, THUS NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO BE ARMED. DURING INVESTIGATION OF THE ISSUE, IT WAS FOUND THAT BY ASSISTING THE LOCKING SHAFT MECHANISM SPRING, THE INDICATOR WOULD GO TO ITS COMMANDED POSITION AND INDICATE CORRECTLY. IT WAS DECIDED TO REPLACE THE SPRING ASSY, PN D5211119220000, FRE AIPC 52-13-11, ITEM 90. ONCE THE PART WAS PROCURED, INSTALLED AND CHECKED IAW AMM 52-13-21-020-057, THE SYS CHECKED OK AND THE ACFT WAS PLACED BACK IN SERVICE ON 7/19/2011 AT 0400 LOCAL. THERE WAS NO INBOUND DISCREPANCY NOTED. THE LAXT MX ITEM ON THIS DOOR WAS A DOOR SLIDE REPLACEMENT ON 8/6/2010. NO FURTHER ISSUES WITH THIS DOOR HAVE BEEN NOTED.