N626AA
Registered owner: WINGS OVER TEXAS HOLDINGS LLC, TX (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (AALA) | Operator | on 2010-10-26 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Operated by AMERICAN AIRLINES INC (per NTSB report)
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.
23 reports on file, 1999-05-16 – 2011-01-04.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 63,500 hrs · 22,627 cycles
SEAT 29D ESCAPE PATH LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR SEAT 29D ESCAPE PATH LIGHT. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
Earlier reports · 1999–2010 · 22 reports
2010
Part: SKIN — DAMAGED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 63,009 hrs · 22,450 cycles
AIRCRAFT EN ROUTE EXPERIENCED DEPRESSURIZATION AT APPROXIMATELY 31000 FEET. O2 MASKS DEPLOYED, CREW O2 NOT DEPLETED. FLIGHT RETURNED MIA LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING A HOLE ON TOP OF AIRCRAFT JUST AFT OF LEFT NUMBER 1 ENTRY DOOR WAS DISCOVERED. AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY OUT OF SERVICE PENDING NTSB INVESTIGATION. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 62,949 hrs · 22,429 cycles
FORWARD EMERGENCY LIGHTS DIM. REPLACED BATTERY PACK M731. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 62,509 hrs · 22,278 cycles
SEAT EMERGENCY LIGHTS FROM ROWS 9 TO 16 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR SEAT EMERGENCY LIGHTS FOR ROWS 9 TO 16. OPS CHECKED NORMAL.
Part: FAN — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 62,202 hrs · 22,162 cycles
RSW - INFLIGHT MIA-LAX. CREW REPORTED ELECTRICAL ODOR IN CABIN. EMERGENCY DECLARED DIVERTED RSW LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED RIGHT RECIRCULATION FAN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: ENGINE — FAULTY (RIGHT) · airframe 61,954 hrs · 22,070 cycles
BNA - INFLIGHT BOS-DFW. CAPTAIN REPORTED OIL FILTER BYPASS MESSAGE AND THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST OIL QUANTITY. CAPTAIN SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE SINGLE ENGINE TIME WAS 30 MINUTES. EMERGENCY DECLARED, LANDED BNA WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: ENGINE — BIRD INGESTION (RIGHT) · airframe 35,810 hrs · 12,242 cycles
SAL - CREW REPORTED UPON LANDING AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED BIRD STRIKE ON RIGHT ENGINE RESULTING IN COMPRESSOR STALL. FLIGHT LANDED SAL WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. ACCOMPLISHED BOROSCOPE AND ENGINE CHANGE WAS DECLARED. RIGHT ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT SAL 01/31/2010. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: CONTROLLER — INOPERATIVE (CABIN PRESSURE) · airframe 60,692 hrs · 21,569 cycles
CUN - INFLIGHT SJO-MIA. CREW REPORTED UNABLE TO CONTROL CABIN PRESSURIZATION. EMERGENCY DECLARED, DIVERTED CUN LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED CABIN PRESSURE SELECTOR PANEL AND BOTH CABIN CONTROLLERS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION.
2009
Part: LOCK — MISSING (GIRT BAR) · airframe 60,294 hrs · 21,424 cycles
FOUND BAR LOCK ASSEMBLY MISSING AT FORWARD POSITION ON AFT SERVICE DOOR 4L EMERGENCY EXIT SLIDE GIRT BAR. REPLACED BAR LOCK ASSEMBLY.
Part: INDICATOR — INOPERATIVE (EVAC SLIDE) · airframe 60,294 hrs · 21,424 cycles
EMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHT INDICATOR BURNED OUT AT LEFT NUMBER FOUR DOOR. REPLACED LAMP.
Part: SLIDE — INOPERATIVE (L1 DOOR) · airframe 59,392 hrs · 21,094 cycles
BWI - INFLIGHT MIA-LGA. LEFT NUMBER ONE DOOR WAS OPENED WHILE STILL ARMED AND DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED. SLIDE FELL FROM HOUSING WHEN OPENING DOOR. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REINSTALLED DOOR SLIDE AT LEFT NUMBER 1 DOOR AND REPLACED DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: CONTROL UNIT — INOPERATIVE (RT ENGINE) · airframe 58,695 hrs · 20,833 cycles
DFW CREW HEARD A SMALL BANG FROM THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE. AS A PRECATION CREW SHUTDOWN NUMBER TWO ENGINE. SINGLE ENGINE TIME 37 MINUTES. EMERGENCY DECLARED LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED BLEED VALVE CONTROL UNIT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION. (CLOSED)
2008
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 56,743 hrs · 56,743 cycles
LGA - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT MID CABIN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT MID CABIN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (S)
Part: LAMP — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
MIA - EMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHT AT RIGHT NUMBER ONE DOOR INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LAMP FOR EMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHT AT RIGHT NUMBER ONE DOOR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: RESERVOIR — INOPERATIVE (R1 DOOR SLIDE)
SAL - RIGHT NUMBER ONE DOOR SLIDE DEPLOYED BY CABIN SERVICE. SLIDE REPORTEDLY TOOK 25 MINUTES TO INFLATE. REPLACED RIGHT NUMBER ONE DOOR SLIDE AND RESERVOIR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: DRAIN — CRACKED (HYD SYSTEM) · airframe 55,274 hrs
ORD INFLIGHT T538/21JAN - RIGHT HYDRAULIC QUANTITY INDICATION ILLUMINATED SHOWING DECREASE IN FLIGHT. LANDED ORD WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND HYDRAULIC DRAIN ON NR 2 ENGINE CRACKED. REPLACED HYDRAULIC DRAIN ON NUMBER TWO ENGINE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2007
Part: SHROUD — BROKEN (EMERGENCY LIGHTS) · airframe 55,056 hrs
DFW - SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 9D HAS SHROUD BROKEN. REPLACED SHROUD FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 9D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2005
Part: CABLE — DEFECTIVE (R1 DOOR)
TUL - RIGHT NUMBER ONE PASSENGER DOOR GIRT BAR FAILED TO DISENGAGE WHEN DOOR WAS ARMED THEN OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. DISARM CABLE WAS ADJUSTED TO THE MAXIMUM POSITION AND STILL WOULD NOT DISARM GIRT BAR. REPLACED DISARM CABLE AND RIGGED DOOR MECHANISM IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAINTENANCE MANUAL 52 11 20 3.
2003
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (FUSELAGE)
TUL - FOUND CORROSION IN SEAT TRACK CHANNEL AND AROUND FASTENERS TRACK. REMOVED CORRODED SECTION OF NR 4 SEAT TRACK AND SPLICED IN NEW SECTION PER SRM 53-00-52-2 AND PER ESP 90309. (M)
Part: WIRE — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT 6E INOPERATIVE. SECURED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WIRE HARNESS AT SEAT 6E. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
1999
Part: CONTROLLER — FAILED (E/E BAY)
ORD - FLT 84 - ON APPROACH, LEADING EDGE SLAT DISAGREE 20 DEGREES. EMERGENCY DECLARED LANDED ORD WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED FLAP/SLAT ELECTRONIC UNIT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION. FLAPS WERE NEVER OVER SPED. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (L2 DOORWAY)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, PORTABLE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT L2 DOORWAY INOPERATIVE. REPLACED PORTABLE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT L2 DOORWAY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED, NORMAL OPERATION. (X)
Part: CONNECTOR — CORRODED (NLG)
DFW - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, SEVERAL EXTERIOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. REPAIRED CORRODED PIN ON CONNECTOR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED, NORMAL OPERATION. (X)