N7687K
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
DURING A ROUTINE ELT INSPECTION IAW 14 CFR 91.207, THE ELT G SWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THESE BEACONS.
THE OPERATOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING THE SOFTWARE FOR THE EFIS-SV SYSTEM IAW SB WSB IDU-III-6. THE NEW DATA WAS LOADED ONTO THE SMART MEDIA CARDS AND THE CARDS WERE THEN INSTALLED IN THE INTEGRATED DISPLAY UNITS (2 EA.) UPON INITIALIZATION OF THE SOFTWARE UPLOAD, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND COULD NOT BE REINITIALIZED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO RELOAD THE UPGRADE ONTO THE CARDS AND THEN UPLOAD THE INFORMATION INTO THE SYSTEM, THE SMART MEDIA CARDS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW, THE INFORMATION DOWNLOADED ONTO THE CARDS, AND THE SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY REBOOTED AND FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.