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
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.
4 reports on file, 2016-02-24 – 2019-04-24.
Part: ALTERNATOR — FAILED (ZONE 400) · airframe 1,723 hrs · 1,142 cycles
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.
Part: UPLOCK SWITCH — DEFECTIVE (MLG) · airframe 1,496 hrs · 981 cycles
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.
Part: UPLOCK SWITCH — FALSE INDICATION (MLG) · airframe 711 hrs · 470 cycles
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.
Part: LIGHT — DEFORMED (ANTICOLISION) · airframe 621 hrs · 416 cycles
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.