N8004Q
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, 2000-12-18 – 2012-06-29.
Part: MOTOR — INOPERATIVE (ACM) · airframe 7,198 hrs · 5,690 cycles
FOUND ON GROUND, VAPOR CYCLE AIR CONDITIONER SMOKING BADLY. WHILE FUELING ACFT WITH A GPU CONNECTED, WITNESSED WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE ACFT IN FRONT OF THE SINGLE POINT REFUELING DOOR. PERSONNEL CLEANING THE INTERIOR AND DID NOT SEE OR SMELL ANY SMOKE. AFTER SECURING THE AIR CONDITIONER, VISUALLY INSPECTED THE HELL HOLE AND FOUND THE VAPOR CYCLE UNIT SMOKING PROFUSELY. NO FLAMES OR SCORCHING NOTED. R & R INOPERATIVE DRIVE MOTOR R & R INOPERATIVE COMPRESSOR (PN 1134160, SN 6607). INSTALLED A NEW DRYER (1134182-3 NSN) DUE TO COMPRESSOR REPLACEMENT. SERVICED SYS AND LEAK CHECKED. OPS & LEAK CHECKS GOOD. ALL WORK DONE IAW CMM 21-00-07 AND MM 12-10-02.
Part: CYLINDER — CRACKED (ENGINE)
PILOT NOTICED RT ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. SHUT DOWN ENGINE, DURING INSPECTION FOUND THAT NR5 CYLINDER WAS COLD, WITH COMPRESSION TEST, RESULTS WAS 0/80. FOUND EXHST STUD AND NUT MISSING, ALSO REVEALED BURN MARKS FROM EXHST AND MANY CRACKS AROUND EXHST PORT AND SPK PLUG HOLE. RMVD EXHST SYSTM AND CYL, EXHST VLV WAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE SEAT WITH LOOSE SEAT BECAUSE OF CRACKS THROUGH SEAT AREA. POOR COND. OF CYL PRIOR TO O/H . EXTENT OF RECOND REQUIRED TO REPAIR PREVIOUS DAMAGE EVIDENT BY WELD AROUND SPK PLUG HOLES AND PORTS WAS TO MUCH FOR CYLINDER IN THIS COND. DAMAGE AROUND EXHST PORT., IMPROPER INSTALL OF STUD OR REPAIR OF HOLES ARE WHERE CRKS STARTED THEN EXHST BURN THRU.