N754DL
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.
30 reports on file, 1995-01-28 – 2000-09-26.
Part: COOLING FAN — SEIZED (COCKPIT) · airframe 79,465 hrs · 16,020 cycles
AIRBORN SMELLED ELECTRICAL ARCING WITH AN UNUSUAL MOTOR NOISE ORIGINATING FROM BEHIND F/E PANEL. FOUND INSTRUMENT COOLING FAN LOCKED UP AND VERY HOT. REPLACED FAN, INSPECTED ALL WIRING IN AREA.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (ROW 12) · airframe 78,414 hrs · 15,625 cycles
EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS AND FUSELAGE LIGHTS INOP B ZONE LT SIDE ROW 13 - 21. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY.
Earlier reports · 1995–1999 · 28 reports
1999
Part: UNSERV (R-2 DOOR)
WHILE TRYING TO CRANK R-2 DOOR SHUT DOOR SLIDE DEPLOYED. REPLACED SLIDE.
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (NR 3)
NR 3 MOTOR SUFFERED CONTINOUS INFLIGHT STALLS JUST AFTER LIFTOFF. REPORTED AGL WAS APPROX 400 FT. ENG PARAMETERS WAS FLUCUATING WITH STALLS. STALLS WERE VERY LOUD AND NOTICABLE IN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE. UPON INSPECTION OF ENG INLET AND EXHAUST, METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND IN TAIL PIPE AND RT CORE COWL. BLOWOUT PANEL WAS FOUND IN THE OPEN POSITION. INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN REPORT WAS FILLED OUT AND FORWARDED. REPLACED NR 3 ENG.
Part: RETRACT MECH — MALFUNCTIONED (LANDING GEAR)
ON APPROACH GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND NORMALLY. NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS NOTED. EXTENDED GEAR USING MANUAL EXTENSION HANDLES. INITIAL INDICATIONS INTRANSIT LIGHT AND GEAR DOOR LIGHTS ONLY.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (BS 886)
THE FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN AT FS 886 BETWEEN STR 33 AND 32 WAS FOUND WITH AN AREA OF CORROSION. THE CORROSION WAS REMOVED WITH A 3.7 X 5 CUTOUT. THE CUTOUT WAS NEAR AN EXISTING BELLY SKIN REPLACEMENT REPAIR. AN ALUMINUM DOUBLER AND TRIPLER WERE INSTALLED TO REPAIR THE CUTOUT AND INCORPORATE THE EXISTING SKIN REPAIR PER ER/A 368027-14, REV A.
Part: SENSOR — FAILED (NR 2 PACK)
ON DESCENT, SMOKE ODOR IN CABIN. NR 2 PACK COMPRESSOR DISCHARGE TEMP OFF SCALE HIGH. ACM TEMP 40 DEGREES. REPLACED COMPRESSOR DISCHARGE TEMP SENSOR.
Part: SWITCH — BROKEN (RT LANDING LIGHT)
ELECTRICAL SMOKE ODOR IN COCKPIT ISOLATED A/C AND D/C POWER. NO EXCESSIVE LOADS ON ANY BUSS. FOUND RT WING LANDING LIGHT SWITCH BROKEN. REPLACED SWITCH.
Part: INTERCOSTAL — CRACKED (L3 DOOR)
A .25 INCH TYPICAL CRACK WAS FOUND IN A RELIEF RADIUS OF THE NR 4 INTERCOSTAL AT THE L3 DOOR CUT OUT AFT DOOR JAMB. THE ADJACENT FITTING INTERCOSTALS WERE UNDAMAGED. THE CRACK WAS ALLOWED TO CONINUE INSERVICE PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF LACO S/B 93-53-270 AND WILL BE REPAIRED WITH A NEW INTERCOSTALS. THE REPAIR WAS DOCUMENTED PER E/R/A 367019-14.
1998
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (BS 840)
FUSELAGE/SKIN, FS 829-846, STRG 33-34, REPAIR FOR CORROSION CUTOUT. THE FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN BETWEEN FS 829 AND 846 WAS FOUND CORRODED AT STRINGER 33. THE CORRODED ARE OF SKIN WAS REMOVED WITH A 10 BY 9.5 CUTOUT. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER PER ER/A 365086-14, REV A.
Part: LINE — BROKEN (CENTER HYD SECT)
C-SYSTEM HYD RESERVOIR QTY SLOWLY DROPPED TO ZERO, ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS. SWITCHING OFF PUMPS DID NOT STOP GAUGE DROP. LOW QTY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOUND BROKEN LINE IN HYD BAY. REPLACED LINE.
Part: PBE — DAMAGED (CABIN)
PBE IN AFT LEFT CABIN FOUND DAMAGED. REPLACED PBE UNIT.
Part: ENGINE — MALFUNCTIONED (NR 1)
NR 1 ENG ROLLED BACK DURING ENG START AND HAD SUBSEQUENT TAILPIPE FIRE. INSPECTED ENG, NO DEFECTS NOTED. STARTED NR 1 ENG WAS SUCCESSFUL.
Part: HYD LINE — RUPTURED (NR 2 ENGINE)
A/C REJECTED T/O DUE TO C-SYS LOST. FOUND NR 2 ENG RT HYD PUMP PRESS LINE BAD. REPLACED SAME, GROUND OPS NORMAL.
1997
Part: LUG — CRACKED (LT MLG)
LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACT PIN LUG CRACKED (P/N 1642699-101), (S/N 176A). REPLACED PIN.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
L2 CABIN DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, CHECKS NORMAL.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
F/C EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING INOP.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
AFT EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTS INOP.
1996
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (BS 1212)
THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE CENTER WING SKIN BETWEEN RBL AND LBL 94.5 AND 115.8 WAS FOUND CORRODED FROM THE FRONT SPAR TO THE REAR SPAR AT FS 1212. THE CORROSION WAS BLENDED OUT AND SHOWN GOOD.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (BS 983)
THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND CRACKED UNDER THE RT EXTERNAL FUSELAGE TO WING BOX LONGERON. THE CRACK IS THROUGH TWO ATTACHMENT HOLES COMMON TO THE STA 983 BULKHEAD CAP. THE CRACK WAS STOP DRILLED AND REPAIRED WITH DOUBLERS.
Part: SPAR — CRACKED (WS 320)
SEVERAL HOLES IN THE RT REAR SPAR, UPPER CAP AND UPPER WING SKIN WERE FOUND CRACKED FROM THE FASTENER HOLES.
Part: FRAME — CORRODED (PRESS DOME)
THE P-DOME ZEE FRAME BETWEEN S-29 AND S-37 WAS FOUND CORRODED AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. A NEW SECTION WAS SPLICED IN.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (BS 639)
THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS SEVERLY CORRODED AND CRACKED BETS FS 629 TO 659 AND STR 32 TO 34, DIMENSIONS: 30 X 20. THIS WAS REPAIRED BY TRIMMING THE SKIN TO REMOVE ALL CORROSION AND REPAIRING SKIN AND STRAPS SIMILAR TO L1011 SRM 53-31-00.
Part: PRESS DECK — CRACKED (BS 378)
THE FUSELAGE HORIZ PRESSURE DECK PANEL WAS FOUND WITH A 1 INCH LONG CRACK AT RBL 102, JUST AFT OF FS 378. THE CRACK WAS CUTOUT AND REINFORCED WITH DOUBLERS.
Part: BULB — FAILED (CABIN)
AFT SECTION E PASS LIGHTS ARE INOP. RELAMPED 2 AFT LIGHTS, CKS GOOD.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP AT 2L DOOR. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY, CHECKS OK.
1995
Part: FITTING — CORROSION (C1 CARGO DOOR)
DURING COMPLETION OF SI 7-58-181-12AD, SURFACE CORROSION WAS FOUND IN THE UPPER WELL LOWER WEBS ON EACH OF THE EIGHT FITTINGS. IN ADDITION THE NR 1 LATCH FITTING HAD A CORRODED ATTACH BOLT HOLE AND FITTINGS HAD CORROSION IN THE LOCKING PIN BORE. ALL SURFACE CORROSION WAS BLENDED AWAY AND THE BOLT HOLES WERE OVERSIZED TO REMOVE THE DAMAGE.
Part: WIRE — SHORTED (FWD CARGO)
DURING LAYOVER, WHILE WORKING DEFERRED ITEM FOR TRIPPED GALLEY POWER BREAKERS, FOUND FWD GALLEY FEEDER WIRES BURNED BELOW FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT FLOOR. WIRES WERE DAMAGED BY RUBBING ON EDGES OF LIGHTNING HOLE BETWEEN PANEL 132CR AND THE CARGO FLOOR. THE CLAMP HOLDING THE WIRES WAS FOUND BROKEN. ALL THREE CABLES WERE FOUND COMPLETELY BURNED THROUGH. WIRE NR 567A8A, 568A8B, 569A8C. DAMAGED SECTIONS OF WIRE WERE REPLACED AND SECURED.
Part: PAN — CRACKED (NR 3 PYLON)
CRACK IN NR 3 ENG PYLON BOX PAN FWD OF HYD SUPPLY LINE. REF SRM 54-11-00 ITEM 37. CRACK IS TO BE WELDED PER SRM 54-11-00 PG 812.
Part: OVEN — FIRE (GALLEY)
DURING CRUISE, HAD DEBRIS IN GALLEY OVEN CATCH FIRE. EXTINGUISHED FIRE USING HALON BOTTLE. REPLACED OVEN AND FIRE BOTTLE. RETURNED TO SERVICE.