N680SC
Registered owner: COTTON ROW AVIATION LLC, SC (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. J. ASSOCIATES, INC. (ZESA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE CASS MESSAGE APPEARED (TRU FAIL L)THE PILOTS KNOWING THE SCHEDULED AIRPORT DID NOT HAVE MAINTENANCE DIVERTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE NEAREST SERVICE CENTER LOCATION, THEY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
PRIOR TO LANDING, THE PILOTS SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR INDICATION WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED, THE LEFT GEAR MISCOMPARE LIGHT WAS ON. THE PILOTS FOLLOWED THEIR CHECK LIST PROCEDURES AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A DOWNLOAD OF THE ARES SYSTEM AND THE CAUSE WAS THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPLOCK SWITCH.
DURING FLIGHT AND DECENT, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATION WAS NOT INDICATING IN THE DOWN POSITION, AFTER FOLLOWING THE AFM PROCEDURES, CONTACTED THE TOWER AND HAD THEM VISUALLY VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
DURING A WALK AROUND INSPECTION OF THE ACFT, IT WAS NOTICED THAT BOTH OF THE WING ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS HAD WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BLACK PLASTIC REFLECTOR AS PART OF THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY, MELTED AND HANGING FROM THE LED LIGHT ASSEMBLY.