N825LJ
Registered owner: ROYAL AIR FREIGHT INC, MI (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
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.
6 reports on file, 2003-11-14 – 2015-06-02.
Part: WASHER — MISINSTALLED (ZONE 400) · airframe 13,405 hrs · 12,347 cycles
RIGHT ENG FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CLIMB. LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED UNTIL IT REMAINED CONSTANT. PILOT FOLLOWED CHECKLIST & IT STARTED ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY AGAIN. AFTER THE CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED THE LIGHT STAYED ON, AT WHICH POINT THE PILOT ACTIVATED ENG FIRE EXTINGUISHING PROCEDURE & LANDED SAFELY.
Part: FIRE LOOP — OUT OF POSITION (LT NACELLE)
DURING CLIMB, LT ENGINE FIRE T-HANDLE ILLUMINATED. ALL ENGINE GAUGES INDICATED NORMAL. REDUCED POWER ON LT ENGINE. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED IN ABOUT 3 SECONDS AND FIRE LOOP TESTED NORMALLY. RAN THE APPROPRIATE CHECK LIST AND CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE. WROTE UP THE DISCREPANCY, ADVISED MX AND DISPATCH. MX FOUND THE FIRE LOOP TOO CLOSE TO THE REAR FLANGE. THE FIRE LOOP WAS RESET TO THE CORRECT DISTANCE FROM FLANGE.
Part: THROTTLE CABLE — BINDING (NR 1 ENGINE)
NR 1 ENGINE FORWARD THROTTLE CABLE DISCOVERED TO HAVE A VERY ROUGH GRINDING FEEL. REPLACED FORWARD AND AFT NR 1 ENGINE THROTTLE CABLE ASSEMBLIES AND RIGGED IAW MM, OPERATION CHECKED NORMAL. DURING RESOLUTION OF THIS CONDITION. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BOTH CABLE ASSEMBLIES MUST BE CHANGED AS A SET CONTRARY TO WHAT MFG AND MM STATES. (K)
Part: FIRE LOOP — DEFECTIVE (LT ENGINE)
LT ENGINE FIRE T-HANDLE WAS FLASHING. NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF FIRE. PERFORMED RESISTANCE CHECK OF LT ENGINE FIRE LOOPS AND FOUND CENTER CONDUCTOR RESISTANCE OF ACCESSORY GB LOOP READING HIGH. REPLACED LT ENGINE ACCESSORY GB LOOP. FUNCTIONAL CHECK AND GROUND RUN OK. (K)
Part: HYDRAULIC SYSTEM — LOW (HYDRAULIC SYS)
WHILE ARRIVING, NOTICED LOW HYDRAULIC QUANTITY. CREW DIVERTED, DUE TO INCREASED RUNWAY LENGTH. (EA25200504599)
Part: CONTROL VALVE — INTERMITTENT (FLOW CONTROL)
CREW REPORTED NO CABIN AIR AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM TEB. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ABE BELOW 10,000 FOR SWAP OUT WITH ANOTHER. AIRCRAFT GROUND RUN BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND OPERATED THROUGH NORMAL AND EMERGENCY MODES. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FLOW CONTROL VALVE WAS INTERMITTENT. FLOW CONTROL VALVE IS TO BE CHANGED.