N78GA
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.
4 reports on file, 2003-12-07 – 2005-10-14.
Part: PUMP — MALFUNCTIONED (FUEL BOOST) · airframe 7,747 hrs
IN FLIGHT RT ENG SHUTDOWN. PILOT ATTEMPT AIR RESTART, UNABLE TO AIR START, SECURED ENG, LANDED, 1 ENG OPERATING. OBSERVED FUEL STREAMING OFF OF RT WING, OBSERVED FUEL IND (QTY) DROPPING FASTER THAN LT IND, R ENG SPUTTERED, SHUTDOWN. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKAGE, RESIDUE. MAINT INSP RT ENG, FUEL SYS OPS NML. PERFORMED NML GROUND START OF RT ENG AND OPS RUN UP, ENG RUN UP NML. SUMPED RT OB FUEL TANK LESS THAN 1 GAL FUEL REMAINING. R IB EST .1250 REMAINING, L IB EST .3750 REMAINING, L OB FULL JUST BELOW FILLER. FUEL SYS FILTERS FREE OF CONT. L FUEL LOW BOOST PUMP INOP MEL EXISTED AT TIME OF INCIDENT 28-1C (M) PROCEDURE. NO NONROUTINE MAINT PERFORMED. AC RELEASED FOR TEST FLIGHT, SYS CK NORMAL.
Part: ALTERNATOR — FAILED (ENGINE)
ALTERNATOR NOT CHARGING.
Part: ALTERNATOR — FAILED (ENGINE)
ALTERNATOR FAILED.
Part: ENGINE — CONTAMINATED (LEFT)
DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL AND INITIAL CLIMB PASSENGERS NOTIFIED PIC OF SMOKE/HAZE IN THE CABIN. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DEICED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT DEICE FLUID HAD BEEN SPRAYED SUCH THAT IT WAS ALLOWED TO ENTER THE AUX HEATER MUFF AIR INLETS. THIS AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH STC NR SA240CH AUXILLARY HEATING INSTALLED ON LEFT ENGINE. CAUSE OF SMOKE/HAZE DETERMINED TO BE INGESTION OF DEICE FLUID IN AUX HEATER INLETS. FURTHER OPERATION OF HEATING SYS AFTER CLEARING DEICE RESIDUE NORMAL AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.