N818LX
Registered owner: N818LX LLC, DE (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| M & N EQUIPMENT LLC (MY5A) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
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, 2009-01-25 – 2023-12-27.
Part: CONTROLLER — FAILED (COCKPIT) · airframe 14,059 hrs · 9,119 cycles
ON CLIMB OUT FROM DENVER, CENTENNIAL, (KAPA), THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE. THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE WAS SUMMONED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER HAD FAILED. AN OVERHAULED PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER WAS INSTALLED AND WAS OPERATIONALLY TESTED ON THE GROUND. AN EVALUATION FLIGHT WAS DONE, AND THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO OPERATE SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: PUMP — FAILED (#2, RIGHT ENGINE) · airframe 13,158 hrs · 8,440 cycles
#2 (RIGHT) HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILURE.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — BINDING (CABIN TEMP) · airframe 11,706 hrs · 7,443 cycles
CREW WAS AT CRUISE FLIGHT AND HEARD AS THUMPING SOUND IN THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CABIN BEGAN TO CLIMB UNCONTROLLED. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DESCENDED AND DIVERTED. CREW ALSO REPORTED THAT THE AUTOTEMP SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING AND THE DUCT TEMP WAS CLOSE TO ZERO AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS COLD. AFTER DESCENT TO LOWER ALTITUDE AND WARMER AIR THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM BEGAN TO WORK. THE TEMP CONTROL VALVE WAS DETERMINED TO BE STUCK IN THE FULL COLD POSITION CAUSING THE WATER SEPARATOR TO FREEZE CAUSING THE LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION AIR.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (COCKPIT) · airframe 7,628 hrs · 4,864 cycles
ON DESCENT, CREW NOTED A HOT ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. NO SMOKE WAS SEEN AND ACFT LANDED SAFELY. MX PERFORMED A THOROUGH INSP OF THE ACFT SYS BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY.