N740AL
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.
14 reports on file, 2003-05-08 – 2007-06-10.
Part: COMPUTER — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 22,522 hrs · 5,950 cycles
ETOPS FLIGHT 442 HNL-OAK - DURING CLIMB, AFTER FLAPS WERE RETRACTED, THE CREW NOTED SPEED AND ALTITUDE ERRORS ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FMC UNITS. CREW RETURNED TO HNL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED FMC BITE CHECK PER FIM 34-61-00-810-801 AND RESET THE FMC, ADIRS AND SMYD CIRCUIT BREAKERS. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. A FLIGHT VERIFICATION OF THE FMC SYSTEM WAS CONDUCTED ON THE NEXT FLIGHT LEG.
Part: SWITCH — MALFUNCTIONED (STARTER) · airframe 22,252 hrs · 5,875 cycles
FLIGHT 473 OAK-OGG, AFTER PUSH-BACK WHEN THE NR 1 ENGINE START SWITCH WAS PLACED IN THE GROUND POSITION, THE SWITCH DID NOT LOCK IN POSITION. THE CREW DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED FIM TASK 80-07-00 AND STARTED ENGINE WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. START SWITCH OPERATED NORMALLY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: OVERHEAT LOOP — DEFECTIVE (RT WING)
FLT 484, OGG-SNA; RIGHT WING-TO-BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON AT 8,000 FEET. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO OGG. UNEVENTFUL LANDING. REPLACED THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE OVERHEAT DETECTION LOOP M269. SYSTEM CHECK GOOD PER TASK 26-18-00-810-801. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: TRANSMITTER — FAILED (HF RADIO) · airframe 20,983 hrs · 5,537 cycles
FLIGHT 483 SNA-OGG. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE CREW NOTED THE NR 2 HF RADIO WOULD NOT CHANNELIZE, BUT RECEPTION AND SELCAL OPERATED NORMAL. CREW CONTINUED TO OGG WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PLACED THE NR 2 HF ON MEL FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO FLY TO HNL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 HF RECEIVER TRANSMITTER PER AMM 23-11-00-5. THE NR 2 HF RADIO PASSED A GROUND OPERATIONAL CHECK AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE NR 2 HF RADIO SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A FLIGHT VERIFICATION CHECK ON THE NEXT FLIGHT LEG.
Earlier reports · 2003–2006 · 10 reports
2006
Part: PRESSURE SWITCH — FAILED (NR 2 FUEL SYSTEM) · airframe 20,610 hrs · 5,435 cycles
FLIGHT 483 SNA- OGG, DURING TAKEOFF, THE NR 2 FUEL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES AND LANDED AT ONTARIO AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 FUEL FILTER PER AMM 73-11-02-04 AND THE NR 2 FUEL DELTA PRESSURE SWITCH PER AMM 73-34-01-000. SYSTEM LEAK CHECKED WITH NO LEAKS DETECTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. A SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT VERIFICATION WAS COMPLETED ON THE NEXT FLIGHT LEG.
Part: FMC — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT) · airframe 20,534 hrs · 5,413 cycles
MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT HAND FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY. MAINTENANCE CYCLED AIRCRAFT POWER OFF AND BACK ON, THEN PERFORMED AN FMC BITE CHECK. RIGHT HAND FMC OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: CONVERTER — MALFUNCTIONED (APU STARTER) · airframe 20,534 hrs · 5,413 cycles
GROUND EVENT, APU FAULT MESSAGE 49-41250 (STARTER CONVERTER UNIT). START SYSTEM INOP. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE STARTER CONVERTER UNIT AND COMPLETED ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. GROUND EVENT- APU FAIL TO START. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE STARTER CONVERTER UNIT TO CHECK THE CONNECTERS THEN REINSTALLED THE SAME UNIT AND COMPLETED ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. GROUND EVENT, APU FAIL TO START. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED FIM PROCEDURE 49-40-00-810-803. REMOVED, INSPECTED AND REINSTALLED BOTH THE STARTER CONVERTER UNIT AND THE STARTER POWER UNIT. TEST STARTED THE APU TWICE AND ALL OPERATIONS NORMAL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. TROUBLESHOOTING THE APU,
Part: OVEN — FAILED (AFT GALLEY) · airframe 20,104 hrs · 5,294 cycles
DURING THE FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED ONE OF THE AFT OVENS EMITTING A BURNING RUBBER SMELL WHILE IN USE. THE NR 2 OVEN WAS NOT USED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT AND THE CREW LANDED IN OGG WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE OVEN HEATING ELEMENT DAMAGED AND PLACED THE OVEN ON MEL 0494000. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE OVEN AFTER THE NEXT FLIGHT LEG AND REMOVED THE MEL.
Part: EAU — MALFUNCTIONED (NR 2) · airframe 19,982 hrs · 5,261 cycles
ETOPS FLIGHT 481 SNA-HNL. ON LANDING, THE CREW NOTED THE NR 2 THRUST REVERSER GREEN (REV) ICON ON THE DISPLAY UNIT ILLUMINATED, HOWEVER THE NR 2 THRUST LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE PAST THE IDLE REVERSE POSITION. CREW COMPLETED THE LANDING AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE RESET THE NR 2 EAU AND VERIFIED OPS CHECK OK IAW FIM 78-34-00-810-803 AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.
Part: FMC — FAILED (NR 2) · airframe 19,041 hrs · 5,012 cycles
ON CLIMB, CREW NOTED FAILURE OF NR 2 FMC. CREW RETURNED TO HNL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 FMC PER AMM 34-61-02. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: ODOR — DETECTED (CABIN)
ETOPS FLIGHT 485, ON LET DOWN, OUT OF 10,000 FEET THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED AN ACRID BURNING SMELL IN THE CABIN. SMELL ONLY PRESENT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN DISSIPATED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED GALLEY AND GALLEY FURNISHINGS, LAVATORIES, AND LIGHTS. NO SMELL OR DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
2004
Part: BLEED VALVE — FAILED (NR 1 ENG) · airframe 11,219 hrs · 3,095 cycles
NR 1 ENGINE BLEED VALVE DOES NOT CLOSE. RETURN TO HNL, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED; REQUESTED PRECAUTIONARY FOR OVERWEIGHT LANDING AND POSSIBLE HOT BRAKES. OVERWEIGHT LANDING (147,000 LBS) WITH MINIMUM SINK RATE. WITH ENGINE NR 1 AT IDLE, VERIFIED NR 1 ENGINE BLEED DOES NOT TURN OFF WITH SWITCH POSITION IN OFF. VERIFIED BLEED AIR REGULATOR INOP, REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW AMM 36-11-03-4. OPS CHECK GOOD. VERIFIED 4 EA BRAKES WARM TO TOUCH. OPS CHECK NORMAL IAW AMM 05-51-35-2. PERFORMED OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION PHASE I IAW AMM 05-51-35-2, NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: CONTROLLER — FAILED (A/C PACKS)
BOTH PACKS TRIPPED WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 10,000 FT. SELECTED WARMER TEMP, RESET, BOTH PACKS TRIPPED AGAIN. LANDING WEIGHT 151,000 LBS. OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION PERFORMED IAW AMM 05-51-35-2, NO DEFECTS NOTED. ISOLATED TO CABIN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER (FIM 21-52-00-810-834, SUBTASK 800-330) CONTROLLER REPLACED IAW AMM 21-61-01-4. OPS CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
2003
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
REPLACED EMERGENCY OVERWING EXIT LIGHT DUE TO INOPERATIVE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)