N715TA
Registered owner: 715 AVIATION LLC, MA (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.
6 reports on file, 2001-11-13 – 2007-08-19.
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (LEFT)
DURING CLIMB 34,000 TO 40,000 HEARD A LOUD BANG & NOTICED LT ENGINE SPOOLING DOWN. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & DIVERTED. RESTART ATTEMPT FAILED. 1 ENGINE LANDING NORMAL, NO PROBLEMS. MX FOUND SEVERE DAMAGE IN AFT PORTION OF ENGINE INCLUDING DAMAGED TURBINE BLADES. INLET SECTION SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE. ENGINE SEIZED. MX REPLACED ENGINE.
Part: WIRE HARNESS — CHAFED (COCKPIT) · airframe 7,665 hrs · 6,271 cycles
TRIP NR 1130219 ON TAKEOFF ROLL CREW NOTED FLUCTUATION IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOLLOWED BY EMERGENCY BUS FAIL AND BATT CUTOFF CAUTION LIGHTS. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED WIRE HARNESS ROUTED ON LT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT RUNS OVER THE PILOTS PFD AND WAS CHAFING ON THE UPPER LT CORNER OF THE PFD MOUNT. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE HARNESS PROTECTED AND SECURED TO PREVENT FURTHER CHAFFING.
Part: LINK — BROKEN (THRUST REVERSER) · airframe 7,591 hrs · 6,207 cycles
KTEB-KHPN TRIP# 1118794 ON LANDING THE CREW OBSERVED THAT THE LEFT THRUST REVERSER WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPLOY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFT LOWER OUTBOARD IDLER ARM CRACKED AND BROKEN AT THE TR DOOR END BUSHING. THE FAILIED ARM CAUSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE TR DOOR AND ATTACHING STRUCTURE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE TR ASSEMBLY AND STANG.
Part: LINE — CHAFED (HYDRAULIC SYS) · airframe 7,331 hrs · 5,985 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A (D) LEVEL INSPECTION A BRAKE RETURN LINE WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFING FROM A SCREW THAT SECURES THE CENTER COCKPIT TO CABIN FLOORBOARD. INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF THIS AREA IS OUTLINED IN MFG SB 53-3511. THE CHAFED PORTION OF THE BRAKE LINE (P/N 128-580101-1) WAS CUT OUT AND A NEW SECTION OF BRAKE LINE WAS INSTALLED USING A D10036-06 UNION.. THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS BLED AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD. THE SCREW HOLE THAT ALLOWED THE CHAFING WAS RELOCATED. ALL WORK WAS COMPLETED IAW SB 53-3511.
Part: BULB — BURNED OUT (MLG INDICATOR) · airframe 6,278 hrs · 5,041 cycles
KIND - KACY TRIP ID NR 815740 CREW REPORTED THAT WHILE PREPARING FOR LANDING THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE LEFT MAIN GEAR GREEN INDICATION. FIRE/RESCUE RESPONSE AND PRIORITY HANDLING WAS GIVEN. AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A FLY-BY PAST THE TOWER TO CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE CREW LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE INDICATOR BULBS FOR THE LEFT GEAR INDICATION TO BE BURNED OUT AND THE BULBS WERE REPLACED. A LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH NO NOTED DEFECTS. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: MOUNT BRACKET — CRACKED (LT ENGINE) · airframe 3,107 hrs · 2,394 cycles
WHILE PERFORMING A ROUTINE SCHEDULED INSPECTION, INSPECTORS NOTED THE LT FORWARD ENGINE MOUNT BRACKET TO BE CRACKED APPROX 80 PERCENT THROUGH THE LOWER HALF.