N729TA
Registered owner: TEXTRON AVIATION INC, KS (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.
3 reports on file, 2001-03-27 – 2006-02-16.
Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — MALFUNCTIONED (CARGO BAY) · airframe 7,295 hrs · 4,482 cycles
THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FIRE LIGHT WAS FLASHING IN FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE CLEANED ALL THREE SMOKE DETECTORS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED DURING OPERATIONAL TESTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: WARNING LIGHT — FALSE INDICATION (CARGO FIRE DET) · airframe 6,184 hrs · 3,810 cycles
CREW REPORTED, AFTER TAKEOFF, BAGGAGE FIRE WARNING LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH APPROX 3 TO 5 TIMES, THEN QUIT. 2 MIN LATER LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH AGAIN, THEN QUIT. AFTER EACH SERIES OF FIRE LIGHTS, AN OPS CHECK OF CIRCUITS WAS MADE BY CREW. OPS CHECKS WERE NORMAL. AFTER THIRD SERIES OF FIRE WARNING LIGHTS, CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO BASE. FIRE WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO FLASH THROUGHOUT REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. AN UNEVENTFUL OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS MADE. NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF SMOKE WERE OBSERVED AFTER LANDING. MAINT INSP SMOKE DETECTION SYS OF FWD BAGGAGE, AFT BAGGAGE, AND LAVATORY. GROUND TESTS NORMAL. A HEAVY WEIGHT LANDING INSP WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ABNORMAL FINDINGS NOTED. AC WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: CONTROLLER — MALFUNCTIONED (CABIN PRESSURE)
MODERATE LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION OCCURED AT FL330. THE CAUSE WAS OBVIOUSLY A MALFUNCTION OF THE CONTROLLERBECAUSE ONCE REPLACED THE AIRCRAFT OPERATED FINE.