N73157
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, 1995-03-30 – 1996-01-26.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
DURING SCHEDULED CHECK, NUMEROUS EXTERNAL EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS WERE FOUND INOPERATIVE. THE ASSOCIATED SYSTEM BATTERY PACKS WERE REMOVED AND CHARGED, THEN REINSTALLED. SUBSEQUENT SYSTEM CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (FORWARD GALLEY)
DURING SCHEDULED CHECK, THE FORWARD ENTRYWAY/GALLEY INTERNAL EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. THE EXIT LIGHT BASE WAS REPLACED. SUBSEQUENT SYSTEM CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (FORWARD GALLEY)
DURING SCHEDULED CHECK, THE FORWARD ENTRYWAY/GALLEY INTERNAL EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. THE EXIT LIGHT BASE WAS REPLACED. SUBSEQUENT SYSTEM CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY.
Part: CYLINDER — LOW PRESSURE (REAR SERV DOOR)
DURING PREFLIGHT, THE EVACUATION SLIDE CYLINDER PRESSURE WAS FOUND TO BE BELOW LIMITS. THE EVACUATION SLIDE/CYLINDER ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED.
Part: SWITCH — DEFECTIVE (RT MLG)
DURING APPROACH INTO LAS WHEN LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN, THE RED GEAR UNLOCKED LIGHT REMAINED ON WITH ALL THREE GEAR SAFE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE RT MAIN GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE. THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND ADJUSTED PER THE CV-580 MM.
Part: GARLOCK SEAL — DETERIORATED (LT GEAR BOX)
ON A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM MCI TO AVW, THE LEFT ENGINE REDUCTION GEAR BOX OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE FOLLOWED BY A LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT. THE LEFT OIL QUANTITY INDICATION DROPPED TO ZERO. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO DDC. RUN UP CHECK REVEALED OIL LEAKING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE STARTER CASE DRAIN. THE REDUCTION GEARBOX STARTER DRIVE GARLOCK SEAL WAS REPLACED. SUBSEQUENT LEAK CHECK WS SATISFACTORY. (W)