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Part: ALTERNATOR — FAILED (RT ENG GEARBOX)

ON CLIMB OUT, RT ALTERNATOR FAIL LIGHT CAME ON. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT ALTERNATOR. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERIVCE.

Part: INDICATOR — MALFUNCTIONED (TGT)

DURING CLIMB-OUT FROM SEA, NR 2 TGT INDICATOR FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 0 AND 8000 DEGREES. FLIGHT RETURNED TO SEA FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NR 2 TGT INDICATOR. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

Part: CIRCUIT BREAKER — TRIPPED (DC SYSTEM)

AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FSD, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A DC ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. CREW SELECTED EMERGENCY POWER AND RETURNED TO FSD, NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. TROUBLESHOT DC POWER SYSTEM, FOUND REVERSE CURRENT RELAY CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER. OPS CHECKED GOOD, AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

Part: PIN — FAILED (MLG)

PILOT REPORTED, HAD TO RECYCLE LANDING GEAR C/B TO GET THE LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT (ALL GEAR). MAINTENANCE REPLACED PIN CONNECTING LANDING GEAR LOCK SOLENOID TO LOCKING PAWL. PERFORMED GEAR SWING. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

Part: WIRE — BROKEN (COCKPIT)

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AFTER FIRST OFFICER REPORTED SMELL OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE THAT CONTROLS LIGHTING TO VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR (VSI). (M)

Part: GASKET — WORN (NR 2 ENGINE)

NR 2 ENGINE GEAR BOX OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. PILOT PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY IN FLIGHT SHUTDOWN ON NR 2 ENGINE. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM AROUND MOUNTING PAD OF PNEUMATIC COMPRESSOR. GASKET AND OIL TRANSFER BOBBIN SEALS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. GEARBOX OPERATION AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. AC RETURNED TO SERVICE.

Part: PUMP — FAILED (FUEL BOOST)

ON ATTEMPTING TAKEOFF FROM OAK AT APPROXIMATELY 0200 (L), PILOT REPORTED THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE LEFT NR 2 FUEL BOOST PUMP ILLUMINATED. AS THE NR 1 PUMP FOR THIS ENGINE WAS ALREADY DEFERRED, PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND RETURN TO THE RAMP FOR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM DURING A STATIC GROUND RUN, AND AIRCRAFT AGAIN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF. DURING ACCELERATION THE LEFT NR 2 PUMP WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND THE TAKEOFF RUN WAS AGAIN ABORTED. BOTH FUEL BOOST PUMPS WERE REPLACED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, DMI CLEARED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

Part: GASKET — FAILED (RT PROP CONTROL)

PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE WAS CLIMBING THROUGH, 10,000 FT HE OBSERVED THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO 9 PSI AND THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AT THIS TIME HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. THE PILOR REPORTED HE WAS ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE ARRIVED FROM RAPID CITY AND AFTER AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE HE FOUND A GASKET ON THE LOCK LIMIT SWITCH FAILED, CAUSING THE LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. GASKET WAS REPLACED AND ENGINE RUNS WERE PERFORMED. (M)

Part: GASKET — UNSERVICEABLE (PROP CONTROL)

PILOT REPORTED DROP IN RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DURING CLIMB THROUGH 10,000 FT AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FSD. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. PILOT RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO FSD WHERE MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A FAILED PROPELLER LOCK LIMIT SWITCH GASKET; CAUSING THE LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. CORRECTIVE ACTION: PROPELLER LOCK LIMIT SWITCH GASKET WAS REPLACED ENGINE RUNS WERE PERFORMED WITH UNSATISFACTORY RESULTS. RIGHT ENGINE WAS REPLACED, GROUND RUNS COMPLETED, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

Part: SKIN — DENTED (BS 19180)

LAS VEGAS - A/C WAS HIT BY A UPS CARGO CONTAINER WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE AIRPORT RAMP. THE CONTAINER WAS BLOWN ACROSS THE RAMP BY A HIGH WIND. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE REAR SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED FRAME STATION 19180. REPAIRED SKIN DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

Part: SKIN — DENTED (LT WING)

DURING POST FLT INSPECTION MX OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A 'DENT' ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE L/E OF THE LT WING IN ZONE 632. UPON FURTHER INSPECT MX DETERMINED THE 'DENT' TO BE 140MM IN HEIGHT AND 185MM IN LENGTH. FOKKER STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL STATES THE MAX ALLOWABLE DAMAGE ALLOWED BY THE OPERATOR IS 120 MM BY 180 MM. EMPIRE MX CONTACTED FOKKER A/C ENGINEERING, DISCUSSED THE AREA DAMAGED BY WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE A SMALL BIRD STRIKE. FOKKER ENGINEERING ALLOWED A THREE FLIGHT DAY VARIANCE DATED 11-05-97 PENDING THE ARRIVAL OF PARTS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING AIRCRAFT IS NOT TO BE FLOWN IN ICING CONDITIONS. MX RECEIVED, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE L/E ON 11-6-97 IAW MANF INSTRUCTIONS. A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVI

Part: TRIM TAB — LIGHTNING STRIKE (LT AILERON)

UPON COMPLETION OF FLT 8604 INTO OKC, MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A RAMP CHECK AND DISCOVERED EVIDENCE OF LIGHTNING STRIKE. BOTH AILERON TRIM BALANCE TABS WERE DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LT AND RT OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE AILERON TRIM BALANCE TABS. OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT PERFORMED, NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. REFERENCE: OPERATOR CONTROL NR COEA9701702.

Part: TRIM TAB — LIGHTNING STRIKE (RT AILERON)

UPON COMPLETION OF FLT 8604 INTO OKC, MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A RAMP CHECK AND DISCOVERED EVIDENCE OF LIGHTNING STRIKE. BOTH AILERON TRIM BALANCE TABS WERE DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LT AND RT OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE AILERON TRIM BALANCE TABS. OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT PERFORMED, NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. REFERENCE: OPERATOR CONTROL NR 97ZZZX2705. (X)

Part: TQ IND — FAILED (LT ENGINE)

NR 1 LT TORQUE PRESSURE INDICATOR FAILED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT RNO. DURING START UP, TAXI AND INITIAL TAKEOFF POWER SETTING INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. AFTER INITIAL TAKEOFF POWER WAS SET AND THE ROLL BEGAN, BOTH DIGITAL AND ANALOG TORQUE INDICATIONS FAILED. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. MX REPLACED THE NR 1 TORQUE PRESSURE INDICATOR. OPS CHECK NORMAL. AIRCRAFT RELEASED. (M)

Part: COMPRESSOR — LEAKING (RT ENGINE)

DURING CRUISE OF REPOSITIONING FLIGHT TO MAF, RT GEARBOX LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW SHUT DOWN ENGINE PRECAUTIONARY AND LANDED IN TCC WITHOUT INCIDENT. EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE CHECKED GEARBOX OIL CONTENT AND SERVICED. ENGINE RAN, OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. OIL LEVEL CHECKED OKAY. AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR FLIGHT. UPON ARRIVAL INTO MAF, EMPIRE MAINTENANCE INSPECTED GEARBOX AND FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL IN THE RT MOISTURE SEPARATOR. MAINTENANCE PLACARDED RT COMPRESSOR PER MEL 36-10-1. RT COMPRESSOR REMOVED AND REPLACED IN DFW, OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. (X)