N712CA
Registered owner: CATALYST AVIATION LLC, NJ (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalyst Aviation, LLC. (H4FA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
| Catalyst Aviation, LLC. (H4FA) | Operator | on 2020-11-14 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Operated by CATALYST AVIATION LLC (per NTSB report)
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.
73 reports on file, 1998-06-28 – 2010-01-05.
Part: SKIN — DAMAGED (RT WING) · airframe 27,390 hrs · 24,620 cycles
RIGHT LOWER WING PLANK DRAIN VALVE ATTACH HOLE SHOWS DEFECT INDICATION AT WS 0.0, STRINGER 5. OVERSIZED SCREW HOLE TO REMOVE DEFECTS AND INSTALLED A FREEZE PLUG IAW EA 10-5721-02848.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (RT WING) · airframe 27,390 hrs · 24,620 cycles
RIGHT LOWER WING PLANK DRAIN VALVE ATTACH HOLE SHOWS DEFECT INDICATION AT WS 65.75, STRINGER 15. OVERSIZED SCREW HOLE TO REMOVE DEFECTS AND INSTALLED A FREEZE PLUG IAW EA 10-5721-02848.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (LT WING) · airframe 27,390 hrs · 24,620 cycles
LEFT LOWER WING PLANK DRAIN VALVE ATTACH HOLE SHOWS DEFECT INDICATION AT WS 65.75, STRINGER 15. OVERSIZED SCREW HOLE TO REMOVE DEFECTS AND INSTALLED A FREEZE PLUG IAW EA 10-5721-02848.
Part: SKIN — GOUGED (LT WING) · airframe 27,390 hrs · 24,620 cycles
LEFT LOWER WING PLANK DRAIN VALVE ATTACH HOLE SHOWS DEFECT INDICATION AT WS 0.0, STRINGER 15. OVERSIZED SCREW HOLE TO REMOVE DEFECTS AND INSTALLED A FREEZE PLUG IAW EA 10-5721-02848.
Earlier reports · 1998–2008 · 69 reports
2008
Part: LAMP — BURNED OUT (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 24,746 hrs · 22,451 cycles
FLIGHT 5416. GALLEY EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED LAMPS. (A)
2007
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 23,431 hrs · 21,399 cycles
DURING HMV-5 INSPECTION EDDY CURRENT OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD, FOUND 3 CRACKS AROUND LINTEL ATTACHMENT FITTING. REPAIRED CRACKS TO AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD AROUND LINTEL FITTING AS PER REO 601R-53-61-1230 AND REO 601R-53-61-2463.
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 23,431 hrs · 21,399 cycles
DURING HMV-5 INSPECTION, FOUND CRACK AT LOWER END OF VERTICAL STIFFENER. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW BOMBARDIER REO 601R-53-41-056.
Part: WEB — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 23,431 hrs · 21,399 cycles
DURING 559 EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION FOUND A CRACK ON THE 559 WEB. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW SR10-5341-001 REV A SECTION 1 PERMANENT REPAIR.
Part: BEAM — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 23,431 hrs · 21,399 cycles
CABIN FLOOR LATERAL BEAM CRACKED ON LOWER FLANGE. COMPLIED WITH REO601R-53-11-1308 BY CUTTING OUT DAMAGE AND APPLYING DOUBLER.
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 23,431 hrs · 21,399 cycles
DURING 559 INSPECTION FOUND .6 INCH CRACK ON INBOARD SIDE AND .8 INCH CRACK AT OUTBOARD SIDE OF VERTICAL STIFFENERS. REMOVED DAMAGE AND INSTALLED DOUBLERS PER BOMBARDIER REO 601R-53-41-057.
Part: ATTACH FITTING — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 23,431 hrs · 21,399 cycles
LONGITUDINAL FLOORBEAM ATTACH CLIP CRACKED FS 280, LBL 10 OUTBOARD SIDE OF BEAM. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP IAW CRJ SRM 51-42-21.
Part: ATTACH FITTING — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 23,431 hrs · 21,399 cycles
LONGITUDINAL FLOORBEAM ATTACH CLIP CRACKED AND HAS LOOSE FASTENERS, INBOARD SIDE OF BEAM FS 280, LBL 9. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP IAW CRJ SRM 51-42-21.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 22,692 hrs · 20,800 cycles
FLIGHT 5425 - EMERGENCY LIGHT ON CEILING BY LAV INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED LAMP.
Part: SEAL — MISSING (LT ENGINE) · airframe 22,255 hrs · 20,452 cycles
FLIGHT 4945 - EN ROUTE CVG-OKC RECEIVED A LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATION WITH INTERMITTENT OIL PRESSURE WARNING. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND FLIGHT RETURNED TO CVG LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSTALLED A STARTER MATING SEAL.
Part: PROXIMITY SENSOR — OUT OF ADJUST (MLG) · airframe 21,721 hrs · 20,014 cycles
FLIGHT 5598 - RECEIVED GEAR DISAGREE WARNING AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO SAV AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND MLG UPLOCK PROXIMITY SENSOR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND TARGET LOOSE. ADJUSTED SENSOR AND SECURED TARGET. NO FURTHER DEFECTS.
Part: DRAIN LINE — FAILED (HYDRAULIC SYS) · airframe 21,323 hrs · 19,694 cycles
FLIGHT 5385- HYD SYS NR 2 LOW PRESS (SYS QTY SHOWED 5 PERCENT) A/C DIVERTED TO RIC AND LANDED SAFELY. REMOVED AND REPLACED HYD SYS NR 2 CASE DRAIN TUBE ASSY.
2006
Part: PSEU — MALFUNCTIONED (E/E BAY) · airframe 20,026 hrs · 18,663 cycles
FLIGHT 5885 - DURING TAKEOFF ROLL RECEIVED A PROXIMITY SYSTEM FAULT MESSAGE, CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. PERFORMED SYSTEM TEST ON PSEU, DISCREPANCY COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED BY MAINTENANCE.
Part: CAUTION MESSAGE — FALSE ACTIVATION (RT A/C PACK) · airframe 19,855 hrs · 18,526 cycles
FLIGHT 5500 - DURING TAKEOFF ROLL RECEIVED A RIGHT AIR CONDITIONING PACK HIGH PRESSURE CAUTION, ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE AIR CONDITIONING PACKS, DISCREPANCY COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.
Part: STRUT — WORN (NLG) · airframe 19,491 hrs · 18,231 cycles
FLIGHT 5057 - AFTER TAKEOFF FROM DAY RECEIVED A GEAR DISAGREE/NOSE DOOR OPEN MESSAGE, FLIGHT RETURNED TO THE FIELD. REPLACED THE NLG STRUT LOWER CYLINDER.
2005
Part: TARGET — BENT (NLG) · airframe 18,958 hrs · 17,782 cycles
FLIGHT 5463 - NLG WILL NOT RETRACT. NLG CENTERED, PROX SWITCH TARGET BENT. C/W TEMPORARY REPAIR TO PROX SWITCH TARGET.
Part: PUMP — FAILED (RT ENGINE) · airframe 18,087 hrs · 17,030 cycles
FLIGHT 4998 - NR 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HIGH TEMP AND LOW PRESSURE WARNING. REPLACED THE RT ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP.
Part: STRUT — UNDERSERVICED (NLG) · airframe 17,752 hrs · 16,739 cycles
GEAR DISAGREE. SERVICED NLG SHOCK STRUT, GEAR SWINGS SATISFACTORY.
2004
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 16,214 hrs · 15,370 cycles
FLIGHT 5309 RT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT IS INOP. REPLACED LIGHT BULB.
Part: HANDLE — UNSECURE (PAX DOOR) · airframe 15,845 hrs · 15,053 cycles
FLIGHT 5812 CABIN DOOR HANDLE CAUTION MESSAGE. FOUND DOOR HANDLE NOT STOWED. OPERATIONAL CHECK OF DOOR SATISFACTORY. NO DEFECTS FOUND.
Part: ACM — MALFUNCTIONED (RIGHT) · airframe 15,002 hrs · 14,370 cycles
FLIGHT 5888 RT AC PACK HIGH PRESSURE CAUTION. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. AIR CONDITION SYSTEM OPERATES NORMAL.
Part: SHUTOFF VALVE — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG BRAKE) · airframe 14,928 hrs · 14,315 cycles
FLIGHT 5724 PARKING BRAKE SOV CAUTION MESSAGE. REPLACED THE PARKING BRAKE SOV.
Part: TRANSDUCER — MALFUNCTIONED (RT ENGINE OIL) · airframe 14,859 hrs · 14,250 cycles
FLIGHT 5282 RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNING DURING T/O. REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER.
2003
Part: CONTROL UNIT — FAILED (TE FLAPS) · airframe 13,322 hrs · 13,014 cycles
FLIGHT 5073 FLAPS FAIL CAUTION MESSAGE. REPLACED THE FECU.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (LT WING) · airframe 13,261 hrs · 12,959 cycles
FRETTING DAMAGE ON LEFT HAND LOWER WING PLANK FUEL ACCESS HOLE CUTOUT AT 550EB. BLENDED DAMAGE OUT AND ROTO-PEENED AFT OUTBAORD HATCHED AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH REO 601R-57-21-030.
Part: SEAL — LEAKING (RT ENGINE) · airframe 13,004 hrs · 12,748 cycles
FLIGHT 5803 RT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE IFSD. REPLACED THE RT ACCESSORY GEAR BOX OIL SEALS.
Part: THRUST REVERSER — UNLOCKED (RIGHT) · airframe 12,806 hrs · 12,577 cycles
FLIGHT 5141 RIGHT THRUST REVERSER UNLOCKED CAUTION DURING TAKEOFF. SECURED AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THRUST REVERSER PER MEL.
Part: RESERVOIR — OVERTEMP (NR 2) · airframe 12,252 hrs · 12,132 cycles
FLIGHT 9457 NR 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HIGH TEMP CAUTION. REPLACED THE NR 2 HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR.
Part: AILERON — BINDING (WING) · airframe 12,027 hrs · 11,951 cycles
FLIGHT 5378 CREW REPORTED "AILERONS BINDING". COULD NOT DUPLICATE - NO AILERON BINDING NOTED - C/W COMAIR EO 27-075 FOR TROUBLESHOOTING.
Part: PCU — MALFUNCTIONED (RIGHT) · airframe 11,740 hrs · 11,727 cycles
FLIGHT 5686 UNCONTROLLED MOMENTARY ROLL DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, FOLLOWED BY SPOILERONS FAULT MESSAGE. REPLACED THE RT INBOARD SPOILERON PCU.
Part: COUPLING · airframe 10,643 hrs · 10,770 cycles
FLIGHT 5239 LEFT 14TH STAGE BLEED AIR DUCT WARNING.TIGHTENED LOOSE BLEED AIR COUPLING AT THE T/R PDU
2002
Part: ENGINE · airframe 10,641 hrs · 10,768 cycles
FLIGHT 5848 LEFT ENG FAN VIB WARNING, ITT IN RED. IFSDREPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE.
Part: DOOR · airframe 9,494 hrs · 9,667 cycles
FLIGHT 5575 CABIN DOOR OUTER HANDLE CAUTION MESSAGE.COULD NOT DUPLCITE. OPERATION OF CABIN DORO NORMAL.
Part: APU · airframe 9,063 hrs · 9,230 cycles
FLIGHT 5275 SMOKE IN CABIN AND COCKPIT WHEN BLEEDS SOURCE SELECTED TO APU.PLACED APU ON DEFERRED MAINT LIST PER MEL.
Part: WIRE · airframe 8,795 hrs · 8,958 cycles
FLIGHT 5966 LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNING.REPAIRED CHAFED WIRE AT OIL PRESSURE SWITCH.
Part: COMPUTER — MALFUNCTIONED (AVIONICS) · airframe 8,667 hrs · 8,820 cycles
FLIGHT 5635 UNCOMMANDED RUDDER OSCILLATIONS.REPLACED THE #2 DCU.
2001
Part: DOUBLER — CRACKED (FS718.0) · airframe 7,802 hrs · 7,963 cycles
THE L/H SIDE FRAME AND AFT DOUBLER AT FS718.0 WERE CRACKED BETWEEN STRINGERS 10 AND 12.REMOVED THE CRACKED AFT DOUBLER AND DAMAGED SECTION OF FRAME. INSTALLED NEW SECTION OF FRAME SPLICE AND NEW AFT DOUBLER I/A/W REO 601R-53-61-193 REV A.
Part: BUSHING — FAULTY (L/H VERT STAB LU) · airframe 7,802 hrs · 7,963 cycles
VERTICAL STABILIZER, L/II HORIZONTAL ATTACH LUG BUSHING MIGRATED.REPLACED BUSHING P/N #600-21061-7 IAW SERVICE BULLETIN 601R-55-007, REF MAINT LOG PAGE #243117 AND COMAIR W/O #169071.
Part: PDU — FROZEN · airframe 6,904 hrs · 7,066 cycles
FLAPS FAILED AT 16 DEGREES.REPLACED THE FLAP PDU.
Part: BPSU — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 6,904 hrs · 7,065 cycles
FLAP FAILED AT 17 DEGREES.REPLACED THE LEFT HAND BPSU.
Part: ACTUATOR — BINDING · airframe 6,904 hrs · 7,064 cycles
FLAPS FAILED AT 13 DEGREES.REPLACED THE R/H #4 FLAP ACTUATOR.
Part: FLAP — FAILED (WING) · airframe 6,903 hrs · 7,063 cycles
FLAPS FAILED AT 17 DEGREES. RESET FLAP SYSTEM AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PER AD 98-20-01.
Part: BPSU — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 6,903 hrs · 7,063 cycles
FLAPS FAILED AT 13 DEGREES.REPLACED THE LEFT HAND BPSU.
Part: ACCESS PANEL — CRACKED (WING) · airframe 6,336 hrs · 6,503 cycles
LOWER WING ACCESS HOLES CRACKED AT 550BB WS 188.040 550CB WS 209.040 AND 550EB WS 253.022. BLENDED DAMAGE AND ROTO-PEENED IAW REO 601R-57-21-030.
2000
Part: ENGINE — VIBRATION (NR 2) · airframe 6,052 hrs · 6,214 cycles
LEFT ENGINE N2 VIB WARNING. REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE.
Part: FCU — MALFUNCTIONED (TE FLAPS) · airframe 5,825 hrs · 5,975 cycles
FLAPS FAILED AT 8 DEGREES. REPLACED THE FECU.
Part: WARNING LIGHT — ACTIVATED (TE FLAPS) · airframe 5,757 hrs · 5,907 cycles
FLAPS FAIL MESSAGE. REPLACED THE RT BPSU.
Part: BPSU — MALFUNCTIONED (RIGHT) · airframe 5,760 hrs · 5,910 cycles
FLAPS FAIL CAUTION MESSAGE. REPLACED THE RT BPSU.
Part: UPLOCK SWITCH — LOOSE (RT MLG) · airframe 5,351 hrs · 5,510 cycles
GEAR DISAGREE WARNING, RIGHT HAND MLG INDICATES INTRANSIT. TIGHTENED LOOSE PROXIMITY SENSOR TARGET ON UPLOCK ACTUATOR.
Part: SIGNAL COND UNIT — MALFUNCTIONED (LEFT) · airframe 5,246 hrs · 5,406 cycles
LEFT ENGINE N2 VIB ICON ABOVE 89 DEGREES. REPLACED THE ENGINE SIGNAL CONDITIONER.
Part: LINE — LEAKING (NR 2 HYD SYSTEM) · airframe 5,162 hrs · 5,325 cycles
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM NR 2 LOW PRESSURE CAUTION MESSAGE. REPLACED EDP PRESSURE LINE.
Part: WARNING LIGHT — ILLUMINATED (COCKPIT) · airframe 5,064 hrs · 5,222 cycles
CABIN DOOR OUTER HANDLE CAUTION MESSAGE. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH DOOR. OPERATIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY.
Part: WARNING LIGHT — ILLUMINATED (COCKPIT) · airframe 4,859 hrs · 5,004 cycles
CABIN DOOR OUTER HANDLE CAUTION MESSAGE. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. INSPECTED AND OPERATED DOOR, DOOR OPERATION NORMAL.
Part: UPLOCK TARGET — LOOSE (RT MLG) · airframe 4,842 hrs · 4,988 cycles
LANDING GEAR DISAGREE MESSAGE AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. TIGHTENED LOOSE TARGET ON RIGHT HAND MLG UPLOCK ASSY.
Part: DOOR — NOT CLOSED (PAX DOOR) · airframe 4,718 hrs · 4,878 cycles
PAX DOOR CAUTION MESSAGE AT 15,000 FT. DOOR NOT SHUT ALL THE WAY.
Part: ACTUATOR — JAMMED (NR 3) · airframe 4,616 hrs · 4,764 cycles
FLAPS FAIL MESSAGE. REPLACED THE NR 3 FLAP ACTUATOR.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 4,516 hrs · 4,660 cycles
FORWARD AISLE EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE INOPERABLE. REPLACED LIGHT STRIP.
Part: BATTERY — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 4,491 hrs · 4,636 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE INOPERABLE. REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY.
Part: ACTUATOR — SEIZED (TE FLAP) · airframe 4,491 hrs · 4,637 cycles
FLAPS FAIL MESSAGE. REPLACED THE RIGHT HAND FLAP OUTBOARD ACTUATOR.
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — ACTIVATED (RT ENGINE)
RIGHT HAND ENGINE FAN VIB WARNING. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. GROUND CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: PITOT — BIRD STRIKE (ADC)
BIRD STRIKE AFTER TAKEOFF, ADC NR 3 INOPERABLE. CLEANED DEBRIS FROM THE NR 2 PITOT SYSTEM. C/W BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (BS 718)
WHILE REMOVING CRACKED DOUBLER ON RIGHT FRAME AT FS 718.0 STR 11 AFT SIDE FOUND TWO DAMAGED FASTENER HOLES UNDER DOUBLER. REPAIRED IAW WVAC EO 601R-53-0800A.
1999
Part: BULB — FAILED (CABIN)
1 CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHT IS INOPERABLE. REPLACED LIGHT BULB.
Part: HANDLE — CONTAMINATED (PAX DOOR)
CABIN DOOR OUTER HANDLE CAUTION MESSAGE AFTER DEPARTURE FROM OMA. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD. REMOVED EXCESSIVE CREASE CAUSING HYDRAULIC LOCK IN THE CABIN DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY.
Part: LEVER — MALFUNCTIONED (TE FLAPS)
FLAPS FAIL MESSAGE. REPLACED FLAP CONTROL LEVER.
Part: DOUBLER — CRACKED (BS 718)
RIGHT FRAME AT FS 718, STR 11, HAS A CRACKED DOUBLER ON AFT SIDE. REPAIRED IAW REO 601R-53-61-193 REV A.
1998
Part: ACTUATOR — FAILED (LT TE FLAP)
FLAPS FAILED AT 39 DEGREES. REPLACED LEFT HAND OUTBOARD FLAP ACTUATORS.
Part: WARNING — ACTIVATED (PAX DOOR)
OVERBOARD COOL AND DOOR OUTER HANDLE MESSAGE ON EICAS. INSPECTED DOOR AND FOUND NO DEFECTS. DOOR WARNING AND LATCH MECHANISM OPERATE NORMAL.
Part: LINE — LEAKING (NR 2 HYD SYST)
NR 2 HYDRUALIC SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE WARNING. REPLACED LEAKING PRESSURE HYD LINE ASSY RIGHT HAND PYLON.