N79DH
Registered owner: CARIS SCIENCE INC, TX (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, 2025-03-06.
Part: CABLE — DAMAGED (ZONE 100) · airframe 2,005 hrs · 1,060 cycles
AT CRUISE AUTOPILOT KICKED OFF DUE TO CAS MESSAGE: AP 1-2 FAIL-ELEV SRVO ALONG WITH STICK PUSHER FAIL. FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED ELEVATORS WERE VERY STIFF TO MOVE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ONE HOUR OUT OF KPHX, AND LANDED UNEVENTFUL INTO KPHX. GULFSTREAM FAST TECHNICIANS (UNDER THEIR WORK ORDER: FA34577) TROUBLESHOT AIRCRAFT DISCREPANCIES AND FOUND ELEVATOR AUTOPILOT SERVO HARD FAILED. ALSO, FOUND FORWARD R/H UPPER ELEVATOR CABLE P/N: 30P530011501-501 (IPC ITEM 170A) ROUTED INCORRECTLY OVER SPACER P/N: NAS42DD6-202N (IPC ITEM 320). ELEVATOR CABLE CUT THROUGH SPACER AND WAS NOW GRINDING AGAINST THE SPACER ATTACHING BOLT P/N: NAS1580A3T54 (IPC ITEM 325). REFERENCE GULFSTREAM G280 IPC 27-00-00 FIGURE 1, ITEM 170A, 320, 325. ELEVATOR ROUTING OVER SPACER LIKELY CAUSED ADDITIONAL FRICTION ON ELEVATOR AUTOPILOT SERVO MOTOR CAUSING IT HARD FAILURE.
Part: CABLE — DAMAGED (ZONE 100) · airframe 2,005 hrs · 1,060 cycles
AT CRUISE AUTOPILOT KICKED OFF DUE TO CAS MESSAGE: AP 1-2 FAIL-ELEV SRVO ALONG WITH STICK PUSHER FAIL. FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED ELEVATORS ARE VERY STIFF TO MOVE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ONE HOUR OUT OF KPHX, AND LANDED UNEVENTFUL INTO KPHX. GULFSTREAM FAST TECHNICIANS (UNDER THEIR WORK ORDER: FA34577) TROUBLESHOT AIRCRAFT DISCREPANCIES AND FOUND ELEVATOR AUTOPILOT SERVO HARD FAILED. ALSO, FOUND FORWARD R/H UPR ELEVATOR CABLE P/N: 30P530011501-501 (IPC-170A) ROUTED INCORRECTLY OVER SPACER P/N: NAS42DD6-202N (IPC-320). ELEVATOR CABLE HAS CUT THROUGH SPACER AND WAS NOW GRINDING AGAINST THE SPACERS ATTACHING BOLT P/N: NAS1580A3T54 (IPC-325). REFERENCE GULFSTREAM G280 IPC 27-00-00 FIGURE 1, ITEM 170A, 320, 325. ELEVATOR ROUTING OVER SPACER LIKELY CAUSED ADDITIONAL FRICTION ON ELEVATOR AUTOPILOT SERVO MOTOR CAUSING IT'S FAILURE.