N720TA
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, 2005-08-21 – 2007-07-20.
Part: BEARING — MISSING (WING)
DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE BEARING CAP CRACKED. THE BEARING, BEARING HOUSING, AND CAP WERE REPLACED.
Part: WIRE HARNESS — DAMAGED (MLG INDICATOR)
ON APPROACH, THE CREW RECEIVED NO GEAR INDICATION (TRANSIT OR DOWN AND LOCKED) WHEN SELECTING THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED IN FLIGHT. THE SECONDARY INDICATORS DID INDICATE THE GEAR WAS DOWN. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NOSE GEAR WIRE HARNESS CONTACTING THE MANUAL DOOR RELEASE STRUT DURING EXTENSION AND RETRACTION. THE WIRES WERE INSPECTED, WRAPPED AND REROUTED. OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: SELECTOR VALVE — INOPERATIVE (MLG) · airframe 7,084 hrs · 4,417 cycles
THE CREW REPORTED ON APPROACH INTO KUGN THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN, BUT THERE WAS NO GEAR MOVEMENT. NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED WHEN THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND HYDRAULIC FLUID INDICATIONS WERE CHECKED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AN ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE IN KUGN AND CFR RESPONSE WAS GIVEN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR SELECT / DUMP VALVE. ALL OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS THAT WERE PERFORMED WERE SATISFACTORY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: SWITCH — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG)
THE CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING. THE INDICATION WAS THREE RED OVER THREE GREEN. THREE FLYBYS WERE PERFORMED AND THE TOWER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR THE CREW. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT.