N68JV
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.
4 reports on file, 2008-02-22 – 2009-08-17.
Part: BRACKET — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 3,332 hrs · 2,945 cycles
DURING SCHEDULED A, B, AND C INSP FOUND ROLLER BRACKETS CRACKED ON LT AND RT INBD FWD HORIZ STAB RIBS. NEW RT INBD RIB ASSY HAD BEEN INSTALLED 1190.3 HRS PREVIOUSLY FOR REPLACEMENT OF CRACKED ROLLER BRACKETS. INSTALLED NEW IMPROVED PN RIBS AND BRACKET ASSY. IAW COMMUNIQUE 83. RECOMMEND MFG ISSUE A RECOMMENDED TYPE SB OR KIT TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL TYPE BRACKET ASSY AND RIBS WITH IMPROVED TYPES. HAVE NOTED NUMEROUS WITH THIS CONDITION, IN SOME CASES THE REPLACEMENT ORIGINAL PN COMPONENTS ALSO CRACKING FOLLOWING REPLACEMENT.
Part: BRACKET — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 3,332 hrs · 2,945 cycles
DURING SCHEDULED A, B, AND C INSP FOUND ROLLER BRACKETS CRACKED ON LT AND RT INBD FWD HORIZ STAB RIBS. REPLACED INBD RIB COMPONENTS WITH IMPROVED PN COMPONENTS IAW MFG COMMUNIQUE 83. RECOMMEND MFG ISSUE A RECOMMENDED SB OR KIT TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL PN COMPONENTS WITH THE IMPROVED PN COMPONENTS. HAVE FOUND THESE ORIGINAL PN ROLLER BRACKETS CRACKED ON NUMEROUS OF THESE ACFT, INCLUDING REPLACEMENT ORIGINAL PN BRACKETS.
Part: ADAPTER — FAILED (LT STARTER GEN) · airframe 2,794 hrs · 2,385 cycles
AFTER DEPARTING MKE THE LEFT GENERATOR DROPPED OFF LINE AND RESET WITHOUT ANY ACTION FROM CREW. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MKE. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. INSPECTION OF LEFT STARTER/GENERATOR FOUND THE THREADS ON THE STARTER/GENERATOR GROUND TERMINAL ADAPTER HAD FAILED ALLOWING THE GROUND LEAD TO LOOSEN. GROUND TERMINAL ADAPTER WAS REPLACED WITH NEW. OPERATIONS CHECKS GOOD.
Part: COMPUTER — FAILED (AUTOPILOT) · airframe 2,788 hrs · 2,377 cycles
ON CLIMBOUT FROM DSM CREW RECEIVED AUTOPILOT PITCH TRIM FAIL ANNUNCIATOR. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DSM, LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. AFTER LANDING, CREW PERFORMED PREFLIGHT OPS CHECKS OF AUTOPILOT SYSTEM AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAILURE. REPOSITIONED AIRCRAFT FROM DSM TO EMERY AIR-RFD. FAULT MESSAGE DID NOT RE-OCCUR. DURING INITIAL TROUBLESHOOTING EMERY AIR COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAILURE. EMERY AIR LEFT AIRCRAFT SIT OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT TO COLD SOAK. AFTER COLD SOAK EMERY AIR WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE FAILURE. EMERY AIR REPLACED NR 2 AUTOPILOT COMPUTER WITH OVH UNIT. OPERATIONS CHECKED OK.