N806SA
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Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
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12 reports on file, 2000-04-21 – 2015-12-08.
Part: RUDDER — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 11,261 hrs · 11,196 cycles
DURING CLIMBOUT, WITH YAW DAMPER ENGAGED, THERE WAS A RUDDER TRIM RUNAWAY. PILOTS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED.
Part: STARTER GEN — INOPERATIVE · airframe 19,950 hrs · 20,811 cycles
#2 D.C. GENERATOR DROPPED OFF LINE. DUE TO #1 D.C. GENERATOR BEING PREVIOUSLY MEL'D CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO PIT. REPLACED #2 STARTER/GENERATOR.
Part: BATTERY PACK — WEAK
BUF/RON - DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE, AFT AND RIGHT OUTSIDE EMERGENCY LIGHT WERE INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED ROW 11 NR 2 EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK IAW DMM 33-51-00. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (COCKPIT)
FLT 202 - TTN-BED - DURING CLIMB-OUT, A STRONG HOT RUBBER ODOR WAS NOTICED IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. CREW RETURNED TO TTN WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION AND OPS CHECK OF BLEED AIR SYSTEM AND ENGINE GROUND RUNS IAW DHMM 21-11-00 AND 71-00-00 AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. PERFORMED MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT THAT WAS SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT RELEASE TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: CABLE — BROKEN (PAX DOOR)
FLT 256 - LGA-BED - WHEN THE MAIN PASSENGER DOOR WAS OPEN TO DEPLANE THE PASENGERS IN BED. THE PASSENGER DOOR SUPPORT CABLE SNAPPED. NOBODY WAS HURT, ALL PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED NORMALLY. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE PASSENGER DOOR SUPPORT CABLE. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED. OPS CHECKED GOOD. (M)
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
FLT 200 - TTN-BED - ON PREFLIGHT, INSPECTION EXIT SIGNS AT FORWARD CABIN AND AT FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE CLEANED CONTACTS ON BATTERY PACKS, OPS CHECK GOOD IAW DHMM 33-51-00. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK AS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE IN BUF. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
BUF-RON - DURING MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, SEVERAL EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT BULBS WERE BURNED OUT. BULBS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW DMM 33-51-03. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: BATTERY — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
CREW NOTICED EMERGENCY PATHWAY LIGHTING WAS NOT ILLUMINATED ON THEIR MORNING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION. A/C WAS FERRIED TO BUF. MX REMOVED/REPLACED ALL EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLIES AND THE SYSTEM OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: INDICATOR — INTERMITTENT (COCKPIT)
FLT 24 - TTN-BED - DURING LEVEL FLIGHT, NOTED AILERON TRIM INDICATOR SHOWING FULL DEFECTION TO THE LEFT. PILOT REPORTED UNABLE TO RECENTER. AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT WHEN AUTOPILOT WAS DISENGAGED WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS TRIMMED FULL RIGHT WHICH WAS INDUCED BY CREW. AIRCRAFT WAS RETRIMMED TO LEVEL FLIGHT. LANDED IN BED SAFELY. BED MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE AILERON TRIM TAB SYSTEM AND FOUND THAT THE TRIM TAB INDICATOR WAS INTERMITTENTLY FAILING TO THE FULL LEFT POSITION. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE AILERON TRIM INDICATION AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED. (M)
Part: GASKET — FAILED (NR 1 ENGINE)
FLT 35 - BED-TTN - AFTER TAKEOFF AT ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 300 FT, NR 1 ENGINE TORQUE WENT TO 40 PERCENT. ENGINE FAILURE CALLED AND AT 400 FT, TORQUE RAISED THEN WENT TO ZERO ON AFFECTED ENGINE. SECURED ENGINE. WENT THROUGH CHECKLIST/QRH, DECLARED EMERGENCY, LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED AND AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED. HIGH PRESSURE BLEED SHUTOFF VALVE GASKET AND NR 1 MFC WERE REPLACED. NEW MFC LEAKED. DEFECTIVE FROM STOCK. OLD MFC WAS REINSTALLED AND POWER ASSURANCE RUNS WERE COMPLETED WITH ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL. AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO BUF. NEW MFC WAS INSTALLED ON NR 1 ENGINE IAW PWA MM 72-01-40. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. REF WO3430. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. (M)
Part: PSEU — FAILED (MLG)
DURING CLIMB-OUT, ALL THREE GEAR DOORS OPENED ACCOMPANIED BY GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHTS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BUF. WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED GEAR DOWN, GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATORS DID NOT SHOW GEAR DOWN. ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. RECYCLED THE ALTERNATE GEAR INDICATION CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ALTERNATE EXTENSION INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED ON ALL THREE GEAR. CAPTAIN ASKED FOR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT TO STANDBY AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT EVENT. T/S REVEALED BAD PSEU. LOOSE SCREW CONTACTED AND SHORTED LOGIC BOARD. NOTE THAT SCREWS SECURING THE HANDLE COME FROM INSIDE WITH THE NUT ON THE OUTSIDE. (M)
Part: SENSOR — INOPERATIVE (RT MLG)
FLT 31 - BED-BUF - AFTER TAKEOFF WITH GEAR UP, CREW NOTICED RIGHT MAIN GEAR RED AND YELLOW DOOR LIGHTS FLASHING OFF AND ON. FLIGHT ATTENDANT VERIFIED RIGHT AFT GEAR DOOR WERE OPENING AND CLOSING. CREW RETURNED TO FIELD AND MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED AND PROXIMITY SENSORS WERE CLEANED AND PSEU WAS RERACKED. MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED AND WAS UNSATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO BUFFALO. RIGHT MAIN GEAR UPLOCK PROX SENSOR WAS REPLACED, RIGHT GEAR DOOR ADJUSTED AND GEAR OPS CHECKED GOOD. (M)