N799TA
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.
3 reports on file, 2004-12-05 – 2005-09-24.
Part: TERMINAL — LOOSE (HEATER SWITCH) · airframe 5,690 hrs · 4,692 cycles
KBNA - THE CREW REPORTED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD HEATER SWITCHES DURING CLIMB-OUT. THE SWITCHES WERE TURNED OFF. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO KBNA AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE FOUND A LOOSE TERMINAL SCREW ON THE WING INSPECTION LIGHT SWITCH/CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: TRANSFER TUBE — MALFUNCTIONED (FUEL SYS) · airframe 5,411 hrs · 4,439 cycles
CREW FOUND FUEL CROSSFEED NOT MAINTAINING A BALANCED CONDITION AS RT WING TANK CONTINUED TO DEPLETE. CROSSFEED SWITCHES CYCLED & CIRCUIT BREAKERS CHKD. REPORTED FUSELAGE FUEL NOT TRANSFERRING TO WING TANKS. ACFT PREVIOUSLY ISSUED MEL 28-2-2 FOR DISCREPANCY OF RT FUEL XFER PRESS LOW LIGHT. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & DIVERTED. MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WITH 600 LBS OF FUEL IN RT WING TANK. MX OPERATED FUEL CROSSFEED SYS IN BOTH POSITIONS OF LT & RT TANK. CROSSFEED SYS OPS NORMAL. OPS CHECK OF LT FUSELAGE FUEL TRANSFER PROVED SATISFACTORY. NOTED BY MX THAT RT FUSELAGE FUEL TRANSFER SYS CURRENTLY UNDER MEL & LT TANK TO BE SELECTED ON FUEL CROSSFEED TO MAINTAIN FUEL BALLANCE. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: ODOR — DETECTED (CABIN) · airframe 5,046 hrs · 4,138 cycles
CREW REPORTED THAT THE CABIN HAD FILLED WITH AN ELECTRICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL SMELLING SMOKE. AIRCRAFT HAD DIVERTED TO KSAV. MAINTENANCE RAN BOTH ENGINES AND OPERATED THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM. THE FREON AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS ALSO RAN. NO SMOKE NOR ELECTRICAL SMELL COULD BE NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.