N687AE
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.
3 reports on file, 2001-08-10 – 2002-01-08.
Part: PIN — SHEARED (TRUNNION)
DUE TO SLOTTED PIN FAILURE OF 4410175 THIS AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE BOTH FORWARD SLOTTED PINS ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNION PIVOT PINS PARTIALLY SHEARED. PINS LOCATED ON FORWARD POSITION LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION.
Part: FCU — FAULTY (LT ENGINE)
ENGINE WOULD NOT REDUCE FUEL FLOW IN EITHER COMPUTER MODE OR MANUAL MODE TO ALLOW A NORMAL LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE LANDED SINGLE ENGINE INSTALLING A REPAIRED FUEL CONTROL UNIT CURED THE FAULT.
Part: FCU — MISREPAIRED (LT ENGINE)
UNIT WAS INSTALLED AFTER REPAIR BY MFG. UPON APPLYING POWER TO THE FUEL CONTROL AIRCRAFT HAD THE LEFT MONOPOLE FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOUND THE WIRING AT THE FUEL CONTROL ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MISSOLDERED, RESOLDERED WIRING AT THE CONNECTOR UNIT OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD.