N744CB
Registered owner: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEATH, UT (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.
1 report on file, 2023-11-02.
Part: UPLOCK HOOK — CRACKED (ZONE 700) · airframe 5,977 hrs · 5,319 cycles
CLARITY OF DISCREPANCY: "GEAR NOT LOCKED AFTER POSITIVE RATE GEAR UP CALL" MEANING SPECIFICALLY THAT THE GEAR DID RETRACT, AND AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS THE CREW EXPERIENCED THE GEAR UNLOCKED LIGHT ILLUMINATING AND THEN FELT THE HYD SYSTEM ACTIVATE. AGAIN. THIS IS WHEN THEY CHOSE TO RETURN TO APA. AGAIN, THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, OR THE GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM. ROOT CAUSE: WEST STAR AVIATION FOUND THE L/H MLG UPLOCK HOOK HAD CRACKED THROUGH ABOUT 80% OF ITS MATERIAL THICKNESS. THIS ALLOWED THE GEAR TO "DROOP" DOWN AND AWAY FROM THE UPLOCK SWITCH CAUSING THE GEAR UNLOCKED LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, AND A SUBSEQUENT HYD SYSTEM ACTIVATION TO "RAISE THE GEAR". WEST STAR REMOVED AND INSTALLED A NEW UPLOCK HOOK ASSEMBLY. AND PERFORMED SEVERAL GEAR SWINGS.