N768
Registered owner: FLYING D FARM INC, NY (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.
2 reports on file, 2002-04-14 – 2022-09-27.
Part: DRIVE ASSY — INTERMITTENT (GENERATOR) · airframe 68,158 hrs · 47,221 cycles
RT GEN DRIVE INTERMITTENT. AIRCRAFT BACK TO BLOCK AND GROUNDED BY MAINTENANCE.MAINTENANCE DEFERRED RT. GEN. DRIVE. MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES COMPLIED WITH, PLACARD INSTALLED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — FAILED (A/C BAY) · airframe 61,148 hrs · 61,840 cycles
DURING CLIMBOUT, THE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE AND THE RIGHT PACK DUCT TEMP WAS INDICATING ABOUT 150 DEGREES. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO MSP AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT TEMP CONTROL VALVE AND THE CABIN TEMPERATURE CONTROL AMPLIFIER. REPLACED THE WATER SEPARATOR BAGS AND DID A HIGH POWER RUN TO CLEAR ANY RESIDUAL OIL. A CONFIRMED SOURCE OF THE SMOKE WAS NEVER IDENTIFIED. THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.