N707LX
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.
8 reports on file, 2007-07-16 – 2010-02-21.
Part: ACM — SEIZED (LEFT) · airframe 7,947 hrs · 5,187 cycles
AFTER LANDING CREW REPORTED SMOKE FROM THE FLOOR HEATING DUCTS. PAX HAD LEFT THE ACFT AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. MX WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CABIN ACM PAC WAS AT FAULT AND DUPLICATED THE SMOKE. THE CABIN PAC WAS REPLACED.
Part: ACM — ODOR
AFTER LANDING CREW REPORTED SMOKE FROM THE FLOOR HEATING DUCTS. PAX HAD LEFT THE ACFT AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. MX WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CABIN ACM PAC WAS AT FAULT. THE PAC WAS DEFERRED. SDR WILL BE UPDATED UPON COMPLETION OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTION.
Part: BEARING — WORN (SPOILER) · airframe 7,514 hrs · 4,941 cycles
ON CLIMB OUT, AFTER TAKE-OFF, CREW REPORTED THE COPILOTS YOKE BECOMES DISCONNECTED FROM THE PILOTS YOKE IN RT TURNS. ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY. CREW REPORTED NO EICAS MESSAGE INDICATING A PROBLEM. UPON ARRIVING AT MX, CONFIRMED THE YOKE WAS DISCONNECTED. MX WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY REPEATEDLY; WHEN TURNING FULL RT ON THE GROUND, THE COPILOTS YOKE BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE PILOTS YOKE; THEN WHEN TURNING THE COPILOTS YOKE TO THE LT, IT RECONNECTED AUTOMATICALLY. ADDITIONALLY, MX FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO MANUALLY DISCONNECT THE COPILOTS YOKE ONCE RE-CONNECTED USING THE MANUAL DISENGAGE MECHANISM. ULTIMATELY, MX FOUND THE SPOILER DISCONNECT BEARING WORN AND THE MECHANICAL DISCONNECT MECHANISM OUT OF RIG.
Part: HINGE BRACKET — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 7,182 hrs · 4,724 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MX INSP, TECHS FOUND A CRACK IN THE RT INBD HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HINGE BRACKET. THE REQUIRED NDT INSP WAS PERFORMED AND CRACK WAS FOUND TO BE LESS THAN 0.49", THEREFORE A 50 HOUR RECURRING INSP HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS ACFT.
Part: ACM — SEIZED (A/C BAY) · airframe 6,381 hrs · 4,210 cycles
WITH APU ONLY, OPERATING, SMOKE ENTERED COCKPIT/CABIN WEMAC VENTS HOT TO TOUCH. MAINT TROUBLESHOT SYS TO SEIZED AIR CYCLE MACHINE (FORWARD). REMOVED ACM, INSTALLED REPAIRED ACM, AND NEW COALESCER SOCK.
Part: O-RING — RUPTURED (HYDRAULIC SYS)
CREW REPORTED LOSS OF HYD PRESS AND SMOKE IN COCKPIT DURING TAXI. MAINTENANCE FOUND A HYDRAULIC LINE IN THE RT PYLON RUPTURED CAUSING HYD FLUID TO BE INGESTED IN THE RT ENGINE. FLUID MOVED THROUGH THE BLEED AIR SYS CAUSING SMOKE AND FOWL ODOR. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LT/RT COALESCER WATER SEPARATOR BAGâS REF: AMM 21-52-00. CLEANED AND INSPECTED HEAT EXCHANGERS AND ACM PLUMBING AS REQUIRED. RAN APU WITH BLEED AIR ON HIGH HEAT AS NECESSARY FOR APPROX 3.0 HOURS WITH NO RESIDUAL ODOR OF HYD FLUID REMAINING.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (LT PYLON) · airframe 5,370 hrs · 3,598 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A RIB IN THE LT PYLON CRACKED. THE RIB WAS CRACKED AT THE UPPER AND LOWER FLANGES. BOTH CRACKS WERE APPROX. 2 INCHES LONG. THE RIB WAS REPLACED.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (RT PYLON) · airframe 5,370 hrs · 3,598 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A RIB IN THE RT PYLON, CRACKED. THE RIB WAS CRACKED AT THE UPPER AND LOWER FLANGES. BOTH CRACKS WERE APPROX 2 INCHES LONG. THE RIB WAS REPLACED.