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
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.
#2 (RIGHT) HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILURE.
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.
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.