N753DA
Operators of this aircraft
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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.
30 reports on file, 1995-08-17 – 2006-10-09.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
(REF NR: 06DA063) DURING C-CHECK, MAINTENANCE TASK 53-02-1000 INSP FS 983 FRAME. A CRACK, 3 INCHES) FOUND AT LT, BY A CLOSE VISUAL INSP AND CONFIRMED BY NDT. NRC NR 546 RAISED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION. (K)
Earlier reports · 1995–2000 · 29 reports
2000
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (LT OVERWING) · airframe 87,272 hrs · 15,923 cycles
EXTERIOR LIGHT BY LT OVERWING EMERGENCY DOOR BURNED OUT. RELAMPED EXTERIOR LIGHT.
Part: TIRE — DEFLATED (MLG) · airframe 86,632 hrs · 15,680 cycles
NR 3 FRONT TIRE DAMAGED AND FLAT UPON ARRIVAL. REMOVED AND REPLACED WHEEL ASSY.
Part: ESCAPE HATCH — OPEN (COCKPIT) · airframe 86,262 hrs · 15,528 cycles
COCKPIT ESCAPE HATCH OPENED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT 100 KIAS. ADJUSTED ESCAPE HATCH LINKAGE AND SAFTIED. DOOR OPS CHECK NORMAL. NOTE: COCKPIT ESCAPT HATCH LIGHT ON S/O WARNIG PNL STRIKER BROKE DURING RIG OF DOOR / FWD TO MCO AND PLA PER MEL 52-72-00A.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — INOPERATIVE (LT WHEEL WELL) · airframe 86,167 hrs · 15,489 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN GEAR HANDLE PUT IN THE UP POSITION, THE RED DOOR LIGHT AND THE RED INTRANSIT LIGHT ON FWD PNL REMAINED ILLUMINATED. ON THE S/O PNL THE LT GEAR DOOR AMBER LIGHT WAS ON. DID POM PROCEDURE, RE-CYC GEAR, NO HELP. REPLACED LT MAIN GEAR PHASE CONTROL VALVE PER MM AND QUALITY CONTROL NONE ROUTINE CARD. CYC GEAR, OPS CKD AND LEAK CKD OK.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (DOOR EXTERIOR) · airframe 86,086 hrs · 15,452 cycles
ON LAYOVER, FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHT ON DOOR L2 EXTERIOR INOP. RELAMPED, CKS GOOD.
1999
Part: LIGHT — INOP (CABIN)
ON L/O, FOUND L-2 EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AND L-2 EXTERIOR LIGHT INOP.
Part: GCU — FAILED (NR 2 ENGINE)
ON TAKEOFF AT 0915 IN MCO FLT STATION BUS 2 FAIL LIGHT ILLUM. ABORTED TAKEOFF AT 125 KTS. APPLIED MINIMUM BRAKES DUE TO LIGHT WGT 332,000 LBS. C/W REPLACED NR 2 GCU, RAN ENG GENERATOR AND BUS OPN NORMAL. ALSO PERFORMED HIGH ENERGY STOP INSPECTION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (LAVATORY)
ON L/O, FOUND AFT LAV EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED RACK FOR AFT A/C E-PATH LIGHTING ON RT AFT B/B.
Part: WIRE — BROKEN (ROW 10-16)
EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP FROM ROW 10G TO ROW 16G. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE IN TRACK AT 10G.
1998
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
F/C CABIN EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTS GO OFF AFTER APPROX 1.5 MINUTES. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (LT WING)
ON DESCENT SPEEDBRAKES WERE USED. WHEN SPEEDBRAKES WERE STOWED THE LT SPOILERS DID NOT RETRACT. AIRCRAFT DID SEVERE ROLL TO LT, TOOK ALMOST FULL CONTROL WHEEL TO RT TO HOLD WINGS LEVEL. WHEN FLAPS WERE EXTENDED THE SPOILERS STOWED. DID NOT USE AUTO SPOILERS FOR LANDING BUT WHEN EXTENDED MANUALLY THE SPOILERS EXTENDED EVENLY. FOUND NR 4 SPOILER LT WING CRACKED AT O/B SIDE OF ACTUATOR FITTING. REPLACED PANEL AND ADJUSTED PER MM 27-61-17.
Part: BRAKE HOUSING — FAILED (NR 1 MLG)
ON L/O, FOUND NR 1F BRAKE HOUSING DAMAGED CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL ASSY. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED THE WHEEL TO SEIZE.
Part: CONNECTOR — DIRTY (NR 3 ENGINE)
DURING CLIMB, NR 3 ENG FIRE WARNING FIRE HANDLE LT, DETECTOR AND BELL CAME ON WITH LOOP -A- SELECTED -B- LOOP INOP. SHUT DOWN ENG, DISCHARGED BOTTLES. CLEANED CONNECTORS ON NR 3 ENG -A- AND -B-. REPLACED BOTTLES, RAN ENG W/BLDS ON AND OFF AT ALL DIFF PWR SETTINGS PER PFHB. ALL INDS NORM. A/C OK FOR SERVICE.
Part: BULKHEAD CAP — CORRODED (FS 983)
THE LOWER CAP OF THE FS 983 BULKHEAD WAS FOUND CORRODED NEAR RBL 42.5 STR 28. THE LOWER FLANGE OF THE CAP WAS CUTOUT TO REMOVE THE DAMAGE. TWO REPAIR ANGLES WERE INSTALLED PER ER/A 364233-14, REV C TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (BS 1083/1103)
REFERENCE N/R CARDS 274 AND 275 FRAME CRACK RT SIDE STA 1083 AND STA 1103 AT WATERLINE 200 AT FLOOR LONGERON ATTACH. REPAIRED PER EO764076-3.
Part: SPAR — CRACKED (LT/RT WING)
DURING INSPECTION OF THE LT AND RT WING REAR SPAR UPPER CAP FASTENER HOLES PER EO 7-59089-3 SEVERAL CRACK INDICATIONS WERE FOUND ON THE RT REAR SPAR. ALL NON CRACKED HOLES WERE COLD WORKED. THE AREA WAS THEN REPETITIVELY INSPECTED. ALL COVERED BY PREVIOUS ERA 304992-14. A DECISION WAS MADE TO ACCOMPLISH REAR SPAR MOD DUE TO REPETITIVE INSPECTION REQ. REPAIR PER ERA 331265-14AD WHICH TERMINATES ACTION FOR SI7-71067-12AD.
1997
Part: VALVE ACTUATOR — FAILED (LT WING)
2L FUEL JETTISION VALVE DID NOT OPEN FOR JETTISION. VALVE ACTUATOR REPLACED, OPS OK.
Part: FIRE DETECTOR — OIL SOAKED (NR 2 ENGINE)
NR 2 ENG SHUT DOWN DUE TO FIRE WARNING. FOUND B LOOP AT FWD GEAR BOX OIL SOAKED. REPLACED A/B LOOPS CLEANED CONNECTORS AND REPLACED NR 2 ENG FDCU. SYS CK GOOD.
Part: FRAME — FATIGUE (BS 983)
A 1.5 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE SHADED AREA OF THE WEB AS SHOWN IN L1011 S/B 093-53-264. THE CRACK RUNS VERTICALLY OUT OF A FASTENER HOLE JUST BELOW THE LOWER HORIZONTAL FLANGE SHOWN IN THE SHADED AREA OF THE MAIN FRAME WEB. DURING CURRENT HMV VISIT, (MARCH 1997) THE CRACK WAS FOUND TO HAVE GROWN TO 2 IN LENGTH.
Part: SPAR CAP — CRACKED (WS 293.58)
SEVERAL HOLES IN THE RT WING REAR SPAR WERE FOUND CRACKED IN THE UPPER SPAR CAP BETWEEN IWS 293.58 AND IWS 346.109. THE HOLES ARE COMMON TO THE SPAR WEB AND SPAR CAP.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (WS 562)
THE LT WING LOWER CENTER SKIN PANEL WAS FOUND CRACKED AT APPROXIMATE IWS 562. THE CRACK IS APPROX .75 LONG AND EXTENDS FROM THE FWD, OUTB'D CORNER OF THE EXTERNAL SPLICE PLATE AT STRINGER 10 IN THE FWD DIRECTION. THE SPLICE PLATE IS NOT CRACKED.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (WS 983-1203)
THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE CENTER WING SKIN BETWEEN RBL AND LBL 94.5 AND 104 WAS FOUND WITH EXTENSIVE CORROSION. THE CORROSION WAS MOSTLY ISOLATED TO THE IMMEDIATE AREA AROUND STRINGER-TO-SKIN FASTENERS AND EXTENDED FROM THE FRONT SPAR AT FS 983 TO THE REAR SPAR AT FS 1203.
1996
Part: RIB — CRACKED (WS 555)
THE LT WING IWS 555 RIB UPPER CAP AT STR 10 HAS A CRACK APPROX .875 INCH LENGTH. THE CRACK WAS STOP DRILLED, COLD WORKED AND EDDY CURRENT INSPECTED. REV B PROVIDES FAA APPROVAL TO ER/A.
Part: SKIN — WORN (NR 3 TE VANE)
NUMBER 3 RT FLAP VANE CAME IN WITH WORN UPPER SKIN 15 TO 57 FROM INBOARD END. REPLACED SKIN SECTION PER SRM CHAPTER 57-53-00 FIG 815.
Part: ACTUATOR — FAILED (RT MLG)
ON APPROACH INTO ATL, WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED THE ACFT LOST C-SYST HYD PRESS. ON INSPECTION FOUND RT MLG RETRACT ACTUATOR LOWER END BLOWN OUT AND THE GEAR DOOR WAS TORN OUT AT THE DOOR ACTUATOR ATTACH STRUCTURE. REPLACED DOOR AND ACTUATOR.
1995
Part: DUCT — DETACHED (NR 3 OUT FLOW VL)
EXPERIENCED LOUD THUMP, UNKNOWN PROBLEM, OUTFLOW VALVE FULL CLOSED. FOUND COMPRESSOR OUTLET DUCT DETACHED. INSP AND REINSTALLED DUCT, LEAK CK OK NR 3 A/C PACK.
Part: HARNESS — SHORTED (NR 2 GCU)
NR 2 GEN DISCONNECTED FROM BUS WOULD NOT RESET, VOLTS AND FREQS NORMAL, DIVERTED JFK. FOUND PIN 55 ON B1A GCU RACK CONNECTOR PUSHED BACK AND FOUND PIN 43 ON J1B SHORTED TO GROUND. REPLACED NR 2 GCU RACK HARNESS, RAN ENGINES AND ALL CHECKS GOOD.
Part: LATCH FITTINGS — CORRODED (CARGO DOOR)
DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF S.I. 7-58181-12AD, THE NR 7 C-1A CARGO DOOR LATCH FITTING HAD SURFACE CORROSION IN THE UPPER WELL. DRAIN HOLES HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE CENTER OF THE LOWER WEB FOR FITTINGS NR 1, NR 2, NR 5, NR 6, NR 7, NR 8. THE SURFACE CORROSION ON THE NR 7 FITTING HAS BEEN BLENDED OUT PER DL ERA 272152-14AD.
Part: EEL POWER SUPPLY — FAILED (FLT DECK)
DURING LAYOVER, COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHTS WOULD NOT TEST. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY, OPERATION NORMAL.