N709FL
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, 2011-10-03 – 2015-11-20.
Part: FLAP SYSTEM — FAILED · airframe 12,678 hrs · 7,770 cycles
ENCOUNTERED A FLAP FAILURE WHEN SELECTING FLAP 10 FROM 0 ON DESCENT. PERFORMED ONE RESET WITH NO CHANGE. DECLARED AN EMER FOR PRIORITY HANDLING & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING & FOUND FLAP CONTROL HANDLE NEEDED CLEANED. PERFORMED CLEANING & OPERATIONS CHECKED SYS WITH NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES FOUND. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: BRAKE — DIRTY (MLG) · airframe 10,052 hrs · 6,102 cycles
CREW REPORTED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT WHEN THE LT BRAKE IS APPLIED NOTHING HAPPENS INITIALLY, THEN AFTER CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE IS APPLIED THE LT BRAKE, GRABS PRETTY HARD AND PLANE YAWS TO THE LT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE BRAKE SYS AND TAXI CHECKED THE ACFT, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAULT. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY RECENT HISTORY FOR THE BRAKE SYS ON THIS ACFT.
Part: HINGE — CRACKED (LT ELEVATOR) · airframe 8,735 hrs · 5,269 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, MX FOUND THE LT INBD ELEVATOR HINGE CRACKED. THE HINGE WAS REPLACED IAW DWG (EIDS) 6732030.
Part: HOSE — RUPTURED (HYD SYSTEM) · airframe 8,336 hrs · 5,020 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF, CREW NOTED THE (A) SYS HYD VOLUME LOW CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. UPON CHECKING THE HYD SYS STATUS, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE (A) SYS HYD FLUID QUANTITY WAS CONTINUALLY DECREASING. CREW REPORTED THE EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY BUT RUPTURED BOTH OF THE LT MLG TIRES ON THE RUNWAY. MX INSP FOUND THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING CENTERING LINE FAILED. THE LINE WAS REPLACED.