N733RL

No registry detail on file · not in current registry

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
AVIATION SERVICES GROUP, INC. (W1MA)Operatoron 2005-06-19Operator named in NTSB report

Accident & incident history

Accident · 2005-06-19 Operator named in NTSB report
Cessna 172N No injuries Part 91AVIATION SERVICES GROUP, INC.

Operated by AVIATION SERVICES (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DEN05LA093

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.

1 report on file, 2004-07-01.

FLUID LOSS; WARNING INDICATION · 2004-07-01 Unresolved
ATA 8550

Part: DIPSTICK — DESTROYED (ENGINE) · airframe 8,800 hrs

PILOT CHKD OIL DURING PREFLIGHT, REINSERTED DIPSTICK, TURNED C/W UNTIL SNUG. INSTRUCTOR PILOT CHECKED DIPSTICK AND FOUND SNUG. AFTER T/O OIL BEGAN STREAMING FROM COWL. PILOT RETURNED TO BASE AND MADE UNEVENTFUL LANDING. AMT OPENED COWL AND FOUND THAT DIPSTICK WAS MISSING. REMOVED AND CUT OIL FILTER, FOUND MASSIVE AMTS OF ALUMINUM SUBSTANCE IN FILTER ELEMENT. REMOVAL OF SUMP SCREEN REVEALED PIECES OF ALUMINUM ROD IN BOTTOM OF SUMP. WITH CYLINDER NR 4 NEAR TDC, DIPSTICK COULD BE FULLY INSERTED INTO CRANKCASE ALONG CRANKSHAFT, AND CROSS-THREADED UNTIL SNUG WHEN TILTED SLIGHTLY AFT. LOCATION OF SMALL ACCESS DOOR ON THE TOP OF COWL OF AC IT IS DIFFICULT TO VISUALLY INSPECT DIPSTICK FOR PROPER THREAD ENGAGEMENT.

Source: SDR 2004FA0000553