N829LX

ATA 7261

Part: OIL CAP — MISSING (ENGINE) · airframe 8,531 hrs · 5,360 cycles

DURING FLIGHT NR1 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING ILLUMINATED. CREW SHUT DOWN THE NR 1 ENGINE AND DIVERTED. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. MX FOUND THE OIL SERVICING CAP NOT INSTALLED. THE OIL RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY AND OIL WAS FOUND COVERING THE EXTERIOR OF THE ENGINE. MX SERVICED THE OIL AND IS PERFORMING AN OIL "SOAP" ANALYSIS USING RESIDUAL OIL FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE. ACFT WILL BE RELEASED PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE "SOAP" ANALYSIS.

ATA 3460

Part: EFB — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT) · airframe 8,398 hrs · 5,270 cycles

PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, CREW NOTED BURNING SMELL IN THE COCKPIT THE FOUND EFB INOPERATIVE IN THE COPILOTS SIDE. SUSPECT EFB WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.

ATA 2910

Part: LINE — BENT (HYD SYSTEM) · airframe 7,621 hrs · 4,774 cycles

DURING PREFLIGHT, CREW NOTED CHAFFING ON THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE IN THE LT MLG WHEEL WELL. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE LINE BENT AND MIS-SHAPEN FROM AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. THE LINE APPEARED TO BE ROUTED CORRECTLY BUT AS A RESULT OF THE CONTORTION, THE LINE WAS CHAFING ON THE MLG STRUT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LINE.

ATA 7397

Part: CONNECTOR — LOOSE (FUEL FLOW IND) · airframe 5,849 hrs · 3,645 cycles

CREW REPORTED THAT DURING DESCENT THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN SURGING UP AND DOWN. THE FUEL FLOW RANGED FROM 400 TO 1,300 LBS / HR. PRIORITY HANDLING WAS REQUESTED AND FIRE RESCUE RESPONSE WAS GIVEN FOLLOWING A NORMAL LANDING IN KMSP. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO SURGE THROUGH THE LANDING PHASE, AND STOPPED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TAXIING. MX EXAMINED ALL ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND DISCOVERED A LOOSE CONNECTOR ON THE NR 1 ENGINE TORQUE MOTOR. THE CONNECTOR WAS TIGHTENED AND RESAFETIED. P2T2 SENSORS WERE SWAPPED BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINES. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED WHILE PERFORMING GROUND ENGINE RUNS, AND NO ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED DURING THE TEST FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

ATA 2731

Part: TRIM SYSTEM — OUT OF ADJUST (ELEVATOR) · airframe 5,426 hrs · 3,351 cycles

DURING CLIMB, REACHED THE FORWARD LIMITS OF THE PITCH TRIM AT 190 KTS. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO CYYZ, AN EMERGENCY DECLARED. DURING THE FINAL APPROACH, THE RUDDER PEDALS WERE VIBRATING AND FELT AS THOUGH THEY WERE BINDING. THE CREW PERFORMED A NORMAL LANDING AND ROLL OUT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE ELEVATOR TRIM TO BE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. THE ELEVATOR TRIM SYSTEM WAS RIGGED. THE RUDDER SPRING STRUT WAS SERVICED AND THE SYSTEM WAS EXERCISED THROUGH FULL TRAVEL SEVERAL TIMES. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THE SYSTEM CABLES AND BELLCRANKS WERE INSPECTED IN THE TAIL COMPARTMENT. A SATISFACTORY FLIGHT TEST WAS COMPLETED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.