N708TA
Registered owner: TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT INC, NV (owner ≠ operator)
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, 2001-11-13 – 2008-03-21.
Part: HMU — FAILED (NR 2 ENGINE)
ON TAXI FOR TAKE-OFF, WHILE PERFORMING THE EFC TEST, THE NR 2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN UNCOMMANDED. MAINTENANCE CHECKED RIGGING AND PERFORMED SEVERAL OPERATIONAL CHECKS. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE HMU REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE HMU AND FLOW DIVIDER WERE REPLACED.
Part: CONNECTOR — DIRTY (ENGINE) · airframe 8,337 hrs · 6,925 cycles
ON TAXI TO TAKEOFF, DURING EFC TEST, CREW EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED SHUTDOWN OF THE NR 2 ENGINE. MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE EFC CONNECTOR AND PERFORMED SEVERAL GROUND RUNS, EFC TESTS, AND A T/R CHECK WITHOUT FAILURE.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (CABIN) · airframe 8,119 hrs · 6,733 cycles
THE CREW REPORTED HOT ODOR FROM CABIN DUCTING. RT SIDE TABLE FELT HOT AFTER SHUTDOWN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE SIDEWALL PANEL AND INSPECTED DUCTING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RUN IN FULL HOT. NO DEFECTS OR LEAKS WERE NOTED. NO (HOT) OR BURNING ODOR NOTED DURING GROUND RUN.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 7,300 hrs · 6,030 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER RIBS AND ROLLERS, THE LEFT INBOARD HORIZONTAL STABILIZER NOSE RIB STRUCTURE WAS FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN BEECHJET COMMUNIQUE' NUMBER 70.
Part: LINE — RUPTURED (LT HYD SYSTEM) · airframe 6,404 hrs · 5,215 cycles
ON LANDING ROLL AS THE A/C SLOWED THROUGH 55 KTS BRAKE PRESSURE WAS LOST AND THE THRUST REVERSERS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. THE EMERGENCY BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO STOP THE A/C. AT THAT POINT, THE HYD PRESSURE WAS INDICATING ZERO. WHILE AWAITING PARKING INSTRUCTIONS, THE HYD AND NITROGEN PRESSURE RETURNED TO NORMAL. DURING A POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION THE CREW DISCOVERED THE LEFT AFT SECTION OF THE A/C WAS COVERED IN HYD FLUID. MX DISCOVERED THE PRESSURE LINE TO THE LEFT THRUST REVERSER HAD RUPTURED. THE PRESSURE AND RETURN LINES LEADING TO THE NR 1 ENG THRUST REVERSER WERE REPLACED. NORMAL AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS FOR THE BRAKES WERE BLED. BOTH LT AND RT ENGINE DRIVEN HYD PUMPS WERE REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. THE A/C WAS
Part: ACTUATOR — UNSERVICEABLE (TAIL) · airframe 6,395 hrs · 5,203 cycles
THE CREW REPORTED, AFTER LEVELING OFF AT 11,000 FT, ATTEMPTED TO TRIM THE NOSE OF THE A/C DOWN. WHILE PASSING 200 KTS, IT WAS NOTED THAT NO FURTHER TRIM WAS AVAILABLE AND THE CREW HAD REDUCED POWER. THE CO-PILOT HAD ATTEMPTED TO TRIM THE NOSE DOWN WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE CAPTAIN HAD FULL TRIM AUTHORITY WHEN USING THE EMERGENCY PITCH TRIM WITH THE AUTOPILOT ON, BUT NOT WITH THE PRIMARY PITCH TRIM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO KMCC AND HAD LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. MX REPLACED THE PITCH TRIM ACTUATOR. OP`S CHECKS WERE NORMAL AND THE TEST FLIGHT WAS SATISFACTORY. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: CABLE ASSY — BINDING (POWER LEVER) · airframe 5,991 hrs · 4,865 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT WHILE AT CRUISE FL390 FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES, THEY WERE UNABLE TO ADJUST THE LEFT POWER LEVER AS IT WOULD NOT MOVE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO KELP. WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH FL220 THE LEFT POWER LEVER HAD COME LOOSE. CREW MADE A NORMAL 2 ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDING IN KELP. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT AFT POWER LEVER CONTROL CABLE. RUN UP CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: MOUNT BRACKET — CRACKED (LT ENGINE) · airframe 3,367 hrs · 2,609 cycles
WHILE PERFORMING A ROUTINE SCHEDULED INSPECTION, INSPECTORS NOTED THE LT FORWARD ENGINE MOUNT BRACKET TO BE CRACKED APPROX 50 PERCENT THROUGH THE LOWER HALF.