N718TA
Registered owner: LEAN OF PEAK AVIATION LLC, TX (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.
7 reports on file, 2001-12-31 – 2007-05-30.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB)
DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A RIB FLANGE CRACKED ON THE RT SIDE OF THE H-STAB APPROX 7 INCH FROM THE AFT EDGE ON THE BOTTOM FLANGE. UPON FURTHER INSP, MX DISCOVERED 14 CRACKS ON 3 RIBS OF THE RT SIDE AND AN ADDITIONAL 7 CRACKS ON 4 RIBS OF THE LT SIDE OF THE H-STAB. ALL CRACKED RIBS WERE REPLACED.
Part: SUPPORT BRACKET — CRACKED (LEFT HORZ STAB) · airframe 7,051 hrs · 5,764 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER INSPECTION THE LEFT INBOARD HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER BRACKET WAS FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN BEECHJET COMMUNIQUE' NUMBER 70. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CRACKED RIB.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 6,504 hrs · 5,231 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING AVIONICS INSPECTION TASKS, THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM ANTENNA WAS REMOVED TO RESEAL THE BASE OF THE ANTENNA. BOTH THE ANTENNA, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIN WHERE THE ANTENNA IS MOUNTED WERE FOUND TO BE CORRODED. THE CORROSION WAS REMOVED AND A REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED OVER THE AFFECTED AREA AT FUSELAGE STATION 169 NEAR THE FUSELAGE CENTERLINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RAYTHEON REPAIR DESIGN OFFICE FIELD REPAIR FR-BJ-00527, REVISION 1. THE GPS ANTENNA WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: UNKNOWN — FUMES (COCKPIT) · airframe 6,374 hrs · 5,112 cycles
KAPA - TRIP ID NR 935454, THE CREW REPORTED SMELLING VERY STRONG FUMES IN THE COCKPIT AFTER TAKEOFF. THE FUMES COMING FROM THE "EYEBALL" VENTS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BURNED THE EYES AND THROATS OF THE CREW. OXYGEN MASKS WERE DONNED, AND A/C WAS RETURNED TO KAPA. AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS MADE IN KAPA W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. MX DISCOVERED THE COCKPIT AND CABIN CONTROL LINES LEADING TO THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL VALVES TO BE SWAPPED. THE LINES AT CONTROL VALVES WERE INSTALLED, AND A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF CABIN AND COCKPIT TEMPERATURE CONTROL WAS PERFORMED. OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO NOTED DEFECTS. AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS PERFORMED WITH NO NOTED DEFECTS. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: LINE — REVERSED (LT & RT BRAKE) · airframe 5,898 hrs · 4,651 cycles
KTEB - KBWI TRIP ID NR 807676 CREW REPORTED THAT WHILE ON LANDING ROLL OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 60 KTS, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY WOULD CATCH AND THE AIRCRAFT WOULD MOVE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE. WHILE AT TAXI SPEEDS THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED AS HARD TO CONTROL WHEN USING THE BRAKES. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE LINES ON THE POWER BRAKE ANTI-SKID CONTROL VALVE TO BE REVERSED. THE LINES WERE CORRECTLY INSTALLED AND THE BRAKE/ANTI-SKID SYSTEM WAS BLED. BRAKING SYSTEMS OPERATIONALLY TESTED GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 5,813 hrs · 4,581 cycles
DURING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING PHASE A AND PHASE B INSPECTIONS A CRACKED RIB WAS DISCOVERED ON THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AT THE LEFT ROLLER ASSEMBLY. THE RIB WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH SUPPORT BRACKETS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: MOUNT BRACKET — CRACKED (LT ENGINE) · airframe 2,992 hrs · 2,278 cycles
CRACK FOUND IN LT FORWARD ENGINE MOUNT BRACKET WHILE PERFORMING FLUORESCENT PENETRANT INSPECTION AS PER RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT SAFETY COMMUNIQUE NR 189.