N730FL
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.
8 reports on file, 2012-07-30 – 2017-07-13.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (EMER EXIT DOOR) · airframe 14,995 hrs · 9,683 cycles
EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR FRAME CRACKED IN TWO SPOTS. REMOVED DOOR AND SENT FOR REPAIR. THREE POINTS OF DAMAGE WERE REPAIRED. INSTALLED REPAIRED DOOR WHEN RECEIVED. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.
Part: PDU — FAILED (TE FLAPS) · airframe 14,732 hrs · 9,499 cycles
DIVERTED DUE TO A FLAP FAIL CAS POSTING DURING APPROACH. TOWER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED FLAP PDU, OUTBOARD FLAP OUTBOARD FLAP ACTUATOR AND MIDDLE FLAP OUTBOARD, ACTUATOR GEARBOX, AND FLEXSHAFT. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD.
Part: UNKNOWN — SMOKE (RT MLG) · airframe 14,560 hrs · 9,377 cycles
DIVERTED DUE TO TOWER REPORTING SMOKE COMING FROM AIRCRAFTâS RT MLG. AIRCRAFT WAS INFORMED AFTER TAKEOFF AND GEAR WAS ALREADY RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO ANOTHER AIRFIELD THAT WAS MORE SUITABLE TO HANDLE THE SITUATION. EMERGENCY VEHICLES RESPONDED TO THE SITUATION, BUT NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE CREW. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED MLG BRAKES AND FOUND NO LEAKS OR DEFECTS. ENSURED WHEELS TURNED FREELY. OPS CHECK GOOD.
Part: COALESCER BAG — DIRTY (AC BAY) · airframe 13,696 hrs · 8,753 cycles
A STRONG ODOR OF HOT PLASTIC ON DESCENT. RAN ENGS & OPERATED BLEED SYSTEMS WITH NO ABNORMAL ODORS NOTED. CLEANED BOTH COALESCE SOCKS & RETURNED THE ACFT TO SERVICE.
Part: ACM — FAULTY (COCKPIT) · airframe 13,467 hrs · 8,603 cycles
WHILE IN CRUISE, THE CREW SENSED A HOT BURNING SMELL FROM THE COCKPIT PACK IN THE COCKPIT. THEY DID NOT DIVERT OR DECLARE AN EMER & LANDED AT THE DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE ACM & DECIDED TO R & R THE COCKPIT ACM IAW AMM 21-51-00 & 750-21-02. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: CONNECTOR — DIRTY · airframe 13,439 hrs · 8,581 cycles
WHILE IN CLIMB OUT PHASE AT FL 240, AURAL WARNING TONE SOUNDED MULTIPLE TIMES, ACFT PITCHED UP UN-COMMANDED & VERTICAL SPEED INCREASED BY 2200 FPM. CREW SWITCHED TO VS MODE & REDUCED PITCH. NO EMER DECLARED, NO FURTHER INCIDENT. CLEANED & RESEATED THE NR 1 & 2 IAC CONNECTORS & PURGED THE PITOT LINES. LEAK CHECKS ON THE PITOT & STATIC SYSTEMS IAW FAR 91.411. ALSO PERFORMED FGC VERTICAL SPEED TESTING & AUTOPILOT TO FGC INTEGRATION TESTS IAW MM 34-25-01. TESTS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 13,195 hrs · 8,398 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MX CHECK, AFTER REMOVAL OF THE NR 1 VHF COMM, SKIN CORRODED BEYOND MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. REMOVED CORROSION & ANTENNA DOUBLER & REPLACED WITH LARGER UNIT IAW ERO-716780. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: ACM — SEIZED · airframe 10,502 hrs · 6,723 cycles
ON THE GROUND, CREW NOTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. SMOKE WAS EMANATING FROM THE CABIN AIR VENTS. MX FOUND THE CABIN AIR CYCLE MACHINE FAILED. THE UNIT WAS REPLACED.