N741TA
Registered owner: TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT INC, NV (owner ≠ operator)
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.
3 reports on file, 2005-05-09 – 2007-12-13.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZ STAB) · airframe 7,762 hrs · 6,483 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER IB RIB AND BRACKET ASSEMBLIES, THE RT IB RIB WAS FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN COMMUNIQUE' NR 70. MAINT REPLACED THE RIB ASSEMBLY.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 7,281 hrs · 6,032 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER INSPECTION, THE LT AND RT IB HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, BOTH LT AND RT RIBS WERE FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN MFG COMMUNIQUE' NR 70. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIB ASSEMBLIES.
Part: SPEED BRAKE — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 5,939 hrs · 4,823 cycles
CREW REPORTED; ON APPROACH ABOVE 10,000 FT SPEEDBRAKES WERE EXTENDED & A YAWING / ROLLING MOVEMENT OF ACFT OCCURRED WITH NOSE MOVING 15-20 DEG. SPEEDBRAKES RETRACTED & CREW DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT & PERFORMED A CONTROL CHK OF ACFT. ACFT THEN BEHAVED NORMAL. AT APPROX 4,000 FT THE SPEEDBRAKES EXTENDED, & SAME OSCILLATION OBSERVED. SPEEDBRAKES AGAIN RETRACTED & OSCILLATION CEASED. FLT CONTINUED & ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED SPEEDBRAKES, & PERFORMED AN OPS CHK. OPS CHK NORMAL. A CHK FLT COMPLETED & SPEED BRAKES EXTENDED AT 200-KTS, WITH AUTOPILOT ON & IN TURNS WITH AUTOPILOT ON & OFF. NO UNUSUAL TURNS OR ROLLS NOTED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.