N738R

No registry detail on file · not in current registry

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.

1 report on file, 2003-04-09.

SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS · 2003-04-09 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3197

Part: TERMINAL BLOCK — BURNED (INSTRUMENT PANEL)

PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN COMING FROM CO-PILOT INSTRUMENT PANEL UPON INSPECTING FOUND PRIMARY WIRES TO BELLY TERMINAL BLOCK BELOW CENTER PEDESTAL WAS LOOSE DUE TO SECURING NUT ON BLOCK HAD BACKED OFF CAUSING WIRES TO GET HOT AND BURN INSULATION. REPLACED TERMINAL BLOCK AND FOUR WIRES, TWO WIRES WENT TO NR 1 BUSS AND TWO WIRES WENT TO MAX HEAT 150 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER AT PILOTS FEET. PERFORMED STATISFACTORY GROUND RUS AND FUNCTION CHECKS OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT PLANE HAD A PREVIOUS HISTORY OF THE GENERATORS NOT STAYING ON LINE OR IN PARALLEL. SWAPPED GENERATORS AND VOLTAGE REGULATORS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING AND CLEANED SHUNTS, HEAT SINKS AND DIODES IN WHEEL WELLS.

Source: SDR VQM2003F00000