N740FE
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.
7 reports on file, 1997-07-16 – 2002-12-11.
Part: SWITCH — FAULTY (FIRE WARNING)
LEFT FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CLIMB OUT DEPARTURE FROM GEG. NO FIRE REPORTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GEG WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE LEFT FIRE WARNING TEST SWITCH. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: GENERATOR — FAILED (RT ENGINE)
FLIGHT CREW REPORTED RIGHT GENERATOR FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL2000. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED LEFT DC GENERATOR. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: MOTOR — LEAKING (NLG STEERING)
ON DEPARTURE FROM GEG, NOSE GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER GEAR SELECTED UP. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LEAKING STEERING MOTOR TO CORRECT PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: VALVE — LEAKING (LT MLG)
DURING LANDING APPROACH TO PSC, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, FLIGHT CREW LOWERED GEAR USING EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM. LANDING GEAR PRESSURE REDUCER VALVE WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — INOPERATIVE (NLG W/W)
NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. MAIN BOTTLE PSI 2000. PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT FLIGHT AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. LANDING GEAR RETRACTION TEST REVEALED MALFUNCTIONING FOLLOW UP CONTROL VALVE. FOLLOW UP CONTROL VALVE REPLACED. NOSE GEAR NOW FUNCTIONS NORMALLY. (M)
Part: OIL SEAL — WORN (NR 2 GEARBOX)
AFTER DEPARTURE FROM LBB, CAPTAIN REPORTS RT ENGINE GEARBOX OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT FEATHERED ENGINE AND RETURNED TO LBB. MX DISPATCHED . UPON INSPECTION, MX FOUND OIL SEAL ON THE GEARBOX SIDE OF DRIVE SHAFT HAD FAILED. MX REMOVED DRIVE SHAFT, REPLACED FAILED OIL SEAL, REPLACED DRIVE SHAFT AND RAN ENG FOR LEAK CHECK. AFTER ENG RUN AT 10,000 RPM FOR APPROX 10 MINUTES, MX FOUND GEARBOX DRY AND OIL LEVEL WAS GOOD. DUE TO THIS BEING AN IDENTICAL DISCREPANCY, AFTER WHICH ACFT FLEW FROM LBB-MAF-LBB WITHOUT INCIDENT, FLEW ACFT FOR 1.5 HRS TO ASSURE THERE WOULD NOT BE A RECURRENCE. AFTER CHK FLT, GEARBOX RE-INSPECTED AND FOUND DRY AND OIL LEVEL FULL. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)
Part: B NUT — LOOSE (NR 2 GEARBOX)
AFTER DEPARTURE FROM LBB, PILOT REPORTED LOW PRESSURE LIGHT FOR RIGHT GEARBOX ILLUMINATED. THE CAPTAIN OBTAINED CLEARANCE AND ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE AND RETURN TO THE LBB AIRPORT. LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. M/C CONTACT LBB AERO, A CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FACILITY. MECHANIC INSPECTED THE RIGHT GEARBOX ASSY. THE MECHANIC REPORTED HE FOUND A LOOSE B-NUT ON THE ROOTS BLOWER THAT WAS SAFETIED, BUT WAS NOT TIGHT. HE TIGHTENED THE B-NUT AND RE-SAFETIED IT, SERVICED THE GEARBOX WITH TWO QUARTS OF OIL. THE ENGINE WAS RUN, THE GEARBOX WAS RE-INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE DRY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)