N789DL
Registered owner: TJ AIR HOLDINGS INC TRUSTEE, 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.
17 reports on file, 1995-08-05 – 1997-07-04.
Part: CONTROLLER — INTERMITTENT (NR 2 ENGINE)
NR 2 ENGINE A LOOP FIRE DETECTION CAME ON DURING CLIMB-OUT. LIGHT WENT OUT WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED. FOUND CONTROLLER INTERMITTENT, REPLACED CONTROLLER AND SYS CHECKS NORMAL.
Part: SPAR WEB — CRACKED (BS1043/1103/1163)
THE FS 1043, 1103 AND 1163 SPAR WEBS WERE FOUND TO BE MISSING A ROW OF ATTACH FASTENERS AT THE LBL AND RBL 116 END RIB ATTACH ANGLE. ONLY ONE ROW WAS INSTALLED SURING MANUFACTURE OF THE AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT DYE PENETRANT INSPECTIONS REVEALED NUMEROUS CRACKS IN THE ATTACH FASTENER HOLES IN THE WEB AT LBL AND RBL 116 AT EACH OF THE ABOVE MENTIONS STATIONS. THE CRACKED SECTIONS OF THE WEB WERE TRIMMED OUT AND NEW WEB SECTIONS WERE SPLICED IN. ALSO, THE MISSING FASTENER ROWS WERE ADDED. THIS REPAIR WAS APPROVED BY FAA/DER FORM 8110-3, DER DESIGNATION SO-831, DTD 6-12-97.
Part: PACK — FAILED (NR 1)
OVERHEAT LIGHT IN PACK NR 3 FOLLOWED BY AREA -C- OVERHEAT WITH PACKS 1 AND 2 RUNNING SMOKE STARTED ENTERING CABIN. TURNED NR 2 PACK OFF AND OPENED DOORS SMOKE SEEMED TO DISSIPATE SOME. UNABLE TO DETERMINE SOURCE OF SMOKE. LOCKED OUT NR 3 PACK ISOLATION VALVE PER MEL 21/21/01A.
Part: PACK — MALFUNCTIONED (NR 3)
WHEN NR 3 PACK TURNED ON STRONG SULFUR SMELL IN AFT CABIN. DEFERRED NR 3 PACK, AIR OUT A/C, CKED PACK COMPT AND PACK CONTRL VLV AND ALL CKED OK.
Part: COMPRESSOR — DAMAGED (NR 1 ENGINE)
CRUISE AT FL330, EXPERIENCED A YAW TYPE JOLT WITH POPPING SOUNDS FROM CAPTS SIDE OF AIRPLANE. ENG NR 1 VIBS WENT FROM 1.0 TO 1.8 FLIGHT ATTENDANT THEN REPORTED BASEBALL SIZE SPARKS COMING OUT OF ENGINE NR 1 AND THAT THEY WERE GETTING WORSE ENG NR 1 SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT AT 33,000 FT. FOUND HP COMPRESSOR DAMAGE, WILL REPLACE ENGINE.
Part: ENGINE — TAILPIPE FIRE (NR 1)
NR 1 ENG TAILPIPE FIRE. INSPECTED NR 1 ENG, FOUND OK. RAN ENG, CHECKED OK.
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (NR 3)
ON DESCENT, WHEN IDLING BACK THE CABIN FILLED WITH AN ODOR OF KEROSENE. REPLACED NUMBER THREE ENGINE.
Earlier reports · 1995–1996 · 10 reports
1996
Part: SUPPORT FITTING — CRACKED (BS 449)
FURTHER CRACKING WAS FOUND IN BOTH THE LT AND RT NLG SHOCK STRUT SUPPORT FITTINGS.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (GALLEY)
G-CK, OPN78100 OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS BATT PACK DOES NOT TEST PROPERLY WITH SW ON PACK, COMES ON BUT GOES DIM IMMEDIATELY. REPLACED PWR SUPPLY, TEST GOOD PER OPN 78100.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS BATT PACK ADJACENT TO L4 DOOR DOES NOT TEST PROPERLY WITH SW ON BATT PACK, LIGHTS COMES ON BUT GOES DIM IMMEDIATELY. REPLACED PWR SUPPLY, TEST OK PER OPN 78100.
Part: BULKHEAD — BUCKLED (BS 1809)
DURING LTR CHK, THE AFT PRESSURE BLKH AT FS 1809 WAS FOUND TO BE BUCKLED. THE DAMAGED SECTION WAS CUT OUT AND A NEW PART WAS SPLICED IN.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (R1 DOOR CORNER)
DURING A LETTER CHECK INSPECTION, A SMALL CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE UPPER AFT CORNER OF THE R1 DOOR. THE CONDITION WILL BE REPAIRED PER L1011 SRM 53-15-00, FIG 806 AND WILL ALSO INCORPORATE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ER/A 266553-14.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (R1 DOOR CUTOUT)
AN EXISITNG REPAIR WAS REMOVED FOR INSPECTION AND FOUND TO HAVE FURTHER DAMAGE. THIS REPAIR HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO ER/A 359868-14. NO FURTHER WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED PER THIS ER/A.
Part: SKIN — DENTED (BS 489-509)
JETWAY HIT A/C CAUSING SKIN DAMAGE 1.5 BY 8 BETWEEN FS 489 AND 509 AND STR 15 AND 15. THE DAMAGE WAS CUT OUT AND A FILLER WAS INSTALLED AND REINFORCED. REV A REVISED DRAWING TO ACCURATELY REFLECT FILLER CONFIG REV B REVISED REPAIR DESCRIPTION AND DWG TO ACCURATELY REFLECT EXTERNAL SKIN THICKNESS AND REPAIR INSTALLATION. REV C ADDED FAA APPROVAL.
Part: BULB — FAILED (L 1 EXT SLIDE)
L-1 EXTERIOR SLIDE LIGHT HAS ONE BULB IS INOP. RELAMPED, OP CKS GOOD.
Part: BATTERY CHARGER — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
L4 EMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHT INOP. REPLACED BATTERY/CHARGER, OPERATION NORMAL.
1995
Part: EEL — MALFUNCTIONED (CABIN)
EMERGENCY LIGHTS FAIL L/O TEST STEPS 13, 14 AND 15, ONLY C-ZONE LIGHTS CAME ON. RESET EMERGENCY LIGHTS, CHARGE C/B'S, TEST OK.