N640QS
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| NETJETS AVIATION, INC. (DXTA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
THE MAIN CABIN DOOR HANDLE REQUIRES EXCESS FORCE TO PLACE IN THE LOCKED POSITION. DOOR LOCKS AS NORMAL AFTER THAT. ARRIVED TO ACFT & PREPPED FOR MAINTENANCE. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING DOOR FOUND THAT WHEN PRESSURE APPLIED TOWARDS TOP OF DOOR WHILE IT CLOSED MOST OF RESISTANCE WENT AWAY. CLOSED DOOR FROM INSIDE HANDLE & VERIFIED FAULT THROUGH INTERIOR AS WELL. INSPECTED DOOR STOP RIGGING WHILE DOOR CLOSED & SAW THAT DOOR TOUCHING THE STOP. REMOVED DOOR STEP MAT, THE MEASUREMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BETWEEN ,02 & .06, ADJUSTED DOOR STOP AS REQUIRED TO GO BACK INTO LIMITS & RE-ISNTALLED DOOR MAT. PERFORMED SEVERAL OPS CHECKS FROM IAW INTERIOIR AND EXTERIOR OF THE ACFT & ALL OPS CHKD GOOD. WORK DONE IAW AMM 52-10-00.
AFTER TAKEOFF WITHIN A FEW MINUTES DURING THE CLIMB OUT, WE NOTICED A VERY STRONG, ACRID SMELL IN THE COCKPIT WHICH LASTED THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT. NO SMELLS WERE NOTICED ON THE GROUND RUNNING THE APU WITH THE AIR ON FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN SMELL IS STILL SLIGHTLY PERSISTENT. SMELL IS STRONG AND ACRID TO ME, OTHER PILOT THINKS IT SMELLS LIKE A CHEMICAL. COMPLIED WITH TC-68A-21-181006M COMPLIED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM BLEED DUCT BURN PROCEDURE IAW THE NJA TC-68A-21-181006M R3. OS TESTED GOOD, NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. REMOVED WORN HEPA CABIN AIR FILTER AND REPLACED WITH NEW HEPA CABIN AIR FILTER IAW CE-680A AMM 21-70-10 NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME
SEAT NINE FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. NO FAULT FOUND. OPS CHECK GOOD. IAW AMM 35-50-00.
LEFT EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP REPLACE FUSE . SUPPLIED BY NET JETS. ALL WORK DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CE-680A SPM 20-30-00. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF EMERGENCY LIGHTING. ALL WORK DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH C6 AM 33-50-00. OPS CHECK GOOD.
DURING CLIMBOUT PRESSURIZATION, THERE IS A NOTICABLE MAIN DOOR SQUEAL LEADING TO A THUNK NEAR 12000 FEET. DURING DESCENT AND DEPRESSURIZATION THERE IS A THUNK AND THEN A NOTICABLE DOOR SQUEAL BEGINNING SOMEWHERE BELOW 10000 FEET. CLEANED AND INSPECTED MAIN DOOR SEAL, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE SQUEAL COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED MALN DOOR SEAL IAW CE68OA AMM 52-10-35, LEAK CHECK OF SEAL GOOD.
CABIN DOOR OPEN AMBER CAS: AMBER CABIN DOOR OPEN MSG ILLUMINATED ON GROUND, RAN QRH PROCEDURE. MSG DID NOT CLEAR. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED PROXIMITY SWITCH REF CE680A AMM 52-70-10. OPS CHECK GOOD.
SEVERE TURBULENCE: ON APPROACH INTO KGPT AT 2000 FEET. ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE. AIRSPEED WAS INITIALLY AT 220 SLOWED TO 200 WHEN TURBULENCE GOT WORSE. AND CONTINUED SLOWING BACK TO 190 KNOT. GEAR WAS UP AND FLAPS WERE AT 1. AS WE PROCEEDED ON FINAL AND STARTED TO CONFIGURE AIRCRAFT TURBULENCE DECREASED AND WE MADE THE APPROACH AND LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING THE WORST OF THE TURBULENCE ALTITUDE DEVIATIONS WERE +/- 20 KNOTS, ALTITUDE DEVIATIONS WERE +/- 200 FEET WITH ABRUPT HEADING DEVIATIONS OF +/- 30 DEGREES. ON POSTFLIGHT NO VISUAL SIGNS OF DAMAGE. CORRECTIVE ACTION; COMPLIED WITH SEVERE TURBULANCE INSPECTION REF CE680A AMM 5-50-00. NO DEFECTS OR DAMAGE NOTED AT THIS TIME.
EMERG EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: THE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN LIGHT OVER PASSENGER ENTERY DOOR REMAINS ON EVEN AFTER TURNING THEM OFF. PER MAINTENCE, I RESET THE G SWITCH YESTERDAY AND THEN AGAIN TODAY HAD THE SAME ISSUE. RESETTING THE G SWITCH DOES TURN OFF THE LIGHT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: PERFORMED EMERGENCY LIGHTING OPERATIONAL CHECK. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. NO FAULTS NOTED. CE-680A MM 33-50-00
LANDING GEAR HANDLE: REPEAT WRITE-UP VERY DIFFICULT TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR. REMOVED AND INSTALLED LANDING GEAR CONTROL MODULE DUE TO DIFFICULT OPERATION. C/W OPS CHECKS WHICH ARE GOOD. ALL WORK C/W IAW CE 680A MM CH 32-30-30
EMERGENCY LIGHTS REMAIN ILLUMINATED AFTER ACFT SHUTDOWN. RESET CONSOLE 5G SWITCH DID NOT WORK. ARRIVED AT ACFT NOTING NO EMERGENCY TIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITH POWER OFF. WITH POWER OFF PLACED EMER LIGHT SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION NOTING ALL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, IN ARM POSITION NOTING ALL LIGHTS STAYED ON UNTIL POWER WAS APPLIED TO ACFT IAW AFM. PERFORMED OPS CHK OF THE EMER LIGHTS IAW MM 33-50-00, DEFECTS NOTED. COMPLIED WITH TC FLT-33-1001 NOTING EMER LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR OVER 10 MIN WHICH CONSIDERS THE EMER BATTERIES AIRWORTHY IAW CMM 33-50-03. CONTACTED MCC AND WAS ADVISED NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS TIME, PERFORMED FINAL TOP CHARGE OF EMER BATTERIES IAW TC-FLT-33-1001 WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.
MAIN DOOR HANDLE: MAIN CABIN DOOR HANDLE MUST BE FORCEFULLY PUSHED DOWN IN ORDER TO CLOSE DOOR FULLY AND EXTINGUISH CABIN DOOR OPEN CAS MESSAGE. *** CORRECTIVE ACTION*** INSPECTED THE DOOR HARNESS UNDER THE TOP STEP, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE MAIN CABIN DOOR IAW CE680A AMM 52-10-00, OPS CHECK GOOD. CYCLED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.
GEAR DISAGREE L AMBER CAS: LEFT, RIGHT, AND NOSE DISAGREE MESSAGE CAME ON AFTER TAKEOFF DURING GEAR RETRACTION. LANDING GEAR INDICATIONS ON EICAS WERE ALL AMBER AND BOXED. QRH PROCEDURES WERE ACCOMPLISHED. LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED.//CORRECTIVE ACTION// T/S SYSTEM TO FAULTY LANDING GEAR HANDLE. R/R GEAR HANDLE AND PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS. NO DEFECTS NOTED. PN OFF 9912750-2 SN OFF 661 PN ON 9912750-2 SN ON 291
DURING TAXI AFTER FLIGHT, APU WAS STARTED, AND AND ONCE THE APU BLEED WAS SELECTED ON, NOTICED SMOKE FILLING THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. APU BLEED SELECTED OFF AND AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN. EVACUATION CHECKLIST FOLLOWED, SMOKE DISSIPATED. STARTED APU AND TURNED ON BLEED AIR, NOTICED LIGHT ODOR AND HAZE THAT DISSIOATED QUICKLY CONTINUED TO LET BLEED AIR RUN FOR 1 HOUR NO FURTHER ODOR OR HAZE OBSERVED. REMOVED APU ENCLOSURE PANELS AND INSPECTED APU, OBSERVED BLACK SUBSTANCE SEEPING OUT AT THE 6 O`CLOCK POSITION BETWEEN INTAKE PLENUM AND HOUSING. CLEANED OFF, CHECKED APU OIL LEVEL AND FOUND TO BE AT MINIMUM LINE, SERVICED OIL AS REQUIRED, INSPECTED EXHAUST, NO DEFECTS NOTED, STARTED APU AND AS SOON AS BLEED AIR IS TURNED ON NOTICED SLIGHT ODOR, WITH NO HAZE. ODOR DISSIPATED QUICKLY, RAN FOR ANOTHER HOUR, NO FURTHER ODOR OR HAZE OBSERVED. BOROSCOOE AND INSPECTED INTAKE AND DID NOT OBSERVE ANY SIONS OF BURNED OIL OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANCE, RAN APU AGAIN FOR 2 HOURS DID NOT NOTICE ANY ODOR OR SIGNS OF SMOKE, STARTED APU AND TURNED ON BLEED AIR, NO ODOR OR HAZE, SHUT OFF BLEED AIR AND STARTED BOTH ENGINES, LEFT APU BLEED AIR OFF AND RAN ON ENGINE BLEEDS ONLY FOR 30 MINUTES, NO ODOR OR HAZE, TURNED APU BLEED AIR ON, NO ODOR OR HAZE, RAN FOR 30 MIN AND SHUT DOWN, CHECKED APU OIL LEVEL, FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. ALL DONE IAW MM 12-20-20, AND 49-10-00.
DURING TAXI AFTER FLIGHT, APU WAS STARTED, AND AND ONCE THE APU BLEED WAS SELECTED ON WE NOTICED SMOKE FILLING THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. APU BLEED SELECTED OFF AND AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN. EVACUATION CHECKLIST FOLLOWED, SMOKE DISSIPATED.
CORROSION ON THE RT AFT LOWER SPAR CAP INSIDE WHEEL WELL BOX, REPAIRED.
GROUND IDLE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY MASTER CAUTION AFTER TAKEOFF. EXTINGUISHED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION.
LARGE CHAFE AND GOUGES IN THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR SKIN AT THE FWD COUNTERBALANCE REEL LOCATION. COMPLIED WITH ERO-868632 IR. INSTALLING A REPAIR DOUBLER AT THE DAMAGED AREA OF THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR.
RIGHT INBD FLAP LOWER SURFACE HAS AN AREA OF DE LAMINATION CAUSED BY IMPACT DAMAGE LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE MAIN TIRE. COMPLIED WITH ERO-868488 REV IR.
TOP ELEVATOR TRIM FORWARD CABLE UNDER CENTER PEDESTAL IS FRAYED. R & R FWD ELEVATOR TRIM CABLES IAW MM 27-32-02. CABLE ASSEMBLY CONSISTS OF CABLE, PN: 6660002-33, CABLE PN: 6660002-34, AND CHAIN, PN: S2295P25-249.
IN FLIGHT CREW NOTICED RT SIDE MAP LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. ON APPROACH TO DESTINATION CREW SMELLED AN ELEC SMOKE ODOR. CB RT PANEL, LT SIDE LIGHTS, POPPED & ODOR WENT AWAY. DID NOT RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER. REMOVED RT CB PANEL & FOUND CHART LIGHT RHEOSTAT ONLY WORKED ON HIGH & GROOVES BETWEEN SEGMENTS FULL OF BRUSH MATERIAL. CHART LIGHT INNER ASSEMBLY WOULD TWIST IN HOUSING MAKING RUBBER COVER TO BE REMOVED & CONTACT TO BE MADE WITH STRUCTURE DISENGAGING THE RT PANEL CB. NO DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE NOTED. REMOVED CO-PILOT CHART LIGHT RHEOSTAT PN E-125-R1-351, SN N/A & INSTALLED NEW RHEOSTAT IAW MM 20-21-03. PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK FOUND GOOD.
LEFT BRAKE LINE IN COCKPIT ON FWD PRESSURE BULKHEAD FWD OF COPILOT'S RT RUDDER PEDAL CHAFED. INSTALLED NEW BRAKE LINE, PN 6617118-1 AT ORIGINAL LOCATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH SB560XL-27-33, SQ. 274 AND IAW MM CHAP. 20-00-00.
COPILOTS LT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HOSE DAMAGED FROM RUDDER TORQUE TUBE BRIDGE CONTACT. INSTALLED NEW BRAKE LINE IAW MM 32-42-02.
LIGHT CHAFING FOUND ON FWD SIDE OF VERTICAL STAB SPAR UNDER PIVOT FITTING CLIP. REPAIRED IAW REPAIR DEFINITION S-560XL-5240/05RD AND SRM 51-70-08.
VERTICAL SPAR PIVOT FITTING LOWER LT SIDE BOTTOM STRINGER CLIP CRACKED. R & R VERTICAL STABILIZER PIVOT CLIP REF SRM 55-30-01 AND REPAIR DEFINITION S-560XL-5240/05RD DATED 04/10/15.
VERTICAL SPAR PIVOT FITTING LOWER LT SIDE BOTTOM STRINGER CLIP CRACKED. R & R VERTICAL STABILIZER PIVOT CLIP IAW SRM 55-30-01.
RT THRUST REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DESCENT TO DESTINATION. PERFORMED APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY/ABNORMAL PROCEDURES CHECKLIST. AFTER RUNNING THE CHECKLIST THE UNLOCK LIGHT EXTINGUISHED INITIALLY BUT THEN STARTED FLICKERING ON AND OFF UNTIL LANDING. REPLACED THRUST REVERSER WIRE HARNESS WITH NEW. WORK PERFORMED IAW CMM 78-30-11, OPS CHECK NORMAL.
FOUL ODOR COMING OUT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM. ITS A MUSTY ODOR AND ITS MOST NOTICEABLE AT A RELATIVELY WARM OUTSIDE TEMP WITH CABIN SET TO COOL. WITH THE APU BLEED ON THERE WAS BLUE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE WEMACS. KBNA-KSAT.
FOUL ODOR COMMING OUT OF ENVIROMENTAL SYS. REMOVED APU IAW MM 49-10-00. BUILT UP NEW APU IAW MM 49-10-00. OK TO INSTALL REPAIRED APU. INSTALLED APU AND APU STARTER/GEN. IAW MM 49-10-00.
(REF CWQR200806) WHILE WORKING AN UNSCHEDULED NOSE GEAR VIBRATION, POPPING, DISCREPANCY. FOUND BEARING PN MS2464268G TO BE ROUGH WHEN TURNING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND CORROSION AND PITTING BETWEEN STEEL BEARINGS AND ALUM NLG TRUNNION ASSY. NLG TRUNNION SHOULD BE TREATED TO PREVENT DISSIMILAR METAL CORROSION. FILED SLR NR 363322. (K)
LANDING GEAR GREEN (NO) NOSE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER LANDING GEAR RETRACTION. REPLACED NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR WITH NEW IAW MM 32-30-03. OPERATION & LEAK CHECK NORMAL.
WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR DEVELOPED IN THE COCKPIT DURING LEVEL FLIGHT WITH THE ANTIICE SYSTEM (ON) LASTING APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. FOUND BAD ACM AND HEAT EXCHANGER ASSY. REMOVED THE ECU ACM S/N AND HEAT EXCHANGER AND INSTALLED NEW HEAT EXCHANGER AND AN OVERHAULED ACM WITH A NEW PLENUM. PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE ECS SYSTEM. OPS CHECKS AND LEAK CHECKS PASS. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED IAW MM 21-51-00 AND THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SOURCE DATA REPORT 4-401 ECU.
STAB MISCOMPARE CAME ON AFTER LANDING, DIVERTED. 09-28-07 REMOVED & REPLACED FAULTY SWITCH IAW C560XL MM 27-40-00. OPS CHECK GOOD.
UPON ADDING TAKEOFF POWER, CREW HEARD VERY LOUD EXPLOSIVE SOUND. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND AS WE TAXIIED OFF OF RUNWAY, CREW HEARD EXTREMELLY LOUD FLUTTER BANGS THAT WERE CONSTANT. CREW SHUTDOWN RIGHT ENGINE. [07-12-07] RAN ENGINE AND NOISE STOPPED. RAN BOTH ENGINES AND TURNED CABIN FLOW OFF AND NO BANG. TURNED ON AND 2-3 MINS GOT BANG AT 28% N1. DOWNLOADED BOTH EEC'S AND SENT FILE TO PRATT & WHITNEY, NO DEFECTS OR FAULTS NOTED. INSPECTED INLETS AND EXHAUSTS OF BOTH ENGINES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTED PLUMBING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM IN TAILCONE WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. FOUND WATER SEPERATOR FULL OF WATER & CONDENSER DIRTY. REMOVED SEPERATOR AND CLEANED. REMOVED AND REPLACED CONDENSER WITH NEW.
ENROUTE AT FL 390, WE RECEIVED A R WINDSHIELD FAULT LIGHT. OUTER WINDSCREEN ON THE FO SIDE OF PLANE THEN COMPLETELY SHATTERED. DID AN ENERGENCY DECENT & PASSING ABOUT FL350 RECEIVED LT WINDSHIELD FAULT. AFTER INSPECTION NO DEFECTS NOTED. REMOVED COCKPIT TRIM, DISCONNECTED ELEC. CONNECTIONS FROM RT WINDSHIELD ASSEMBLY AND REMOVED. REPLACED RT WINDSHIELD ASSEMBLY WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. REPLACED WINDSHIELD TEMP CONTROLLERS P/N 856-1-1. PERFORMED DISCONNECTION CHECK & FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF TEMP. CONTROLLERS. CHECK GOOD AT THIS TIME. NEW HARDWARE WAS ALSO INSTALLED ONTO WINDSHIELD ASSY. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT. NO LEAKS NOTED AT THIS TIME IAW CE560XL MM 21-30-00, 30-40-00 REINSTALLED TRIM.
DURING A PHASE B-INSPECTION, OPERATOR REQUESTED WE INSPECT THE AFT ELEVATOR TRIM CABLES. UPON INSPECTION WE FOUND BROKEN WIRES, TOOK CABLE TENSIONS, FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS AND CABLE WAS CENTERED IN PULLEY. THE CABLE WAS REMOVED AND LOOP TEST SHOWED MORE BROKEN WIRES. THE WEAR ON THE CABLE APPEARS TO BE IN THE SAME LOCATION THAT WE FOUND ON THE PREVIOUS SDRS SUBMITTED. THAT BEING 0 TO 2 DEGREES TAB DOWN AND FRAYED AREA CENTERED ON PULLEY. AN SCR HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO MFG UNDER NR 250170.
DURING TAKEOFF ROLL FOR THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY, WHILE APPROACHING 40 KNOTS THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE BYPASS ANNUNCIATOR AND MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED, ABORTED TAKEOFF. INSPECTED RT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT AND VISUALLY CHECKED OIL FILTER ALL FOUND SATISFACTORY, INSTALLED A NEW ENGINE OIL FILTER AND SEALS. RAN ENGINE AT TAKEOFF AND CRUISE POWER FOR 5 MINUTES, FILTER LEAK CHECK SATISFACTORY. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW PW 545A MM CHAPTER 79-20-01 AND CESSNA 560XL MM CHAPTER 12-11-02.