N744TA
Registered owner: ATP AIRCRAFT 7 LLC, DE (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.
5 reports on file, 2005-10-30 – 2007-11-08.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 5,976 hrs · 5,095 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER INBOARD RIB AND BRACKET ASSEMBLIES, THE LT IB RIB WAS FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN COMMUNIQUE' NR 70. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BOTH RIBS WITH IMPROVED PART (RIGHT RIB WAS REPLACED TO PREVENT FUTURE CRACKS).
Part: LANDING GEAR — COLLAPSED (NOSE)
DURING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ENGINE RUN, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE (UP) POSITION. DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS A RESULT OF AN L-BAND ANTENNA BEING PRESSED INTO THE FUSELAGE AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE GROUND. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL WELL AREA WAS NOTED. DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HBC REPAIR ORDER FR-BJ-00688.
Part: STRUT — MALFUNCTIONED (NLG) · airframe 5,009 hrs · 4,220 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF ON A NORMAL CLIMBOUT THE CREW EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED NOSE GEAR EXTENSION AT 4,000 FT AND 220 KTS WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN. POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEVELED OFF AT 7,000 FT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO 200 KTS AND NORMAL INDICATION WAS RECEIVED WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WERE CYCLED DOWN. THE CREW DIVERTED TO KJAX WHERE A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE REPACKED AND SERVICED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT. SATISFACTORY LANDING GEAR OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED. A NOSE LANDING GEAR OVERSPEED INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: GENERATOR — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 4,740 hrs · 3,998 cycles
KPGD - KSGR TRIP ID NR 935498, APPROXIMATELY 125 NM FROM KSGR BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT GENERATORS WERE CYCLING ON AND OFF ONE AT A TIME. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE CREW BEGAN A DESCENT TO DIVERT INTO KBPT. RADIOS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WERE TURNING OFF AND ON AS THE GENERATORS CYCLED. THE CREW TURNED THE RIGHT RADIOS OFF PRIOR TO THE START OF THEIR DESCENT AND WITH THE RADIOS TURNED OFF, THE GENERATORS STAYED ON. THE DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY WAS CANCELLED BY THE CREW. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN DIVERTED TO KHOU AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
Part: BRAKE — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG) · airframe 4,702 hrs · 3,967 cycles
KSJC - THE CREW REPORTED THAT WHILE THEY WERE TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT IN KSJC, THE LEFT BRAKE DEGRADED FROM POOR TO NIL. BRAKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS NORMAL. MAINTENANCE BLED AIR FROM BOTH BRAKING SYSTEMS, AND PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.