N830CA
Registered owner: VALIAIR LC TRUSTEE, WY (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
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.
9 reports on file, 1995-05-27 – 2004-02-12.
Part: GEAR — SLIPPED (ELE TAB DIAL) · airframe 6,168 hrs · 8,478 cycles
WHILE CHECKING ELEVATOR TRIM FOR FCD BE2703 DISCOVERED ELEVATOR TAB DIAL MECHANISM MOUNT ASSY HAD SLIPPED CAUSING THE TRIM INDEX MARK CALIBRATION TO CHANGE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SLIPPAGE WAS CAUSED BY A PRESSED ON GEAR IN THE ELEVATOR TAB DIAL MECHANISM MOUNT ASSY THAT HAD SLIPPED ON ITS SHAFT.
Part: BOLT — LOOSE (CONTROL HORN) · airframe 3,889 hrs · 5,458 cycles
DURING DETAIL NR 6 INSPECTION, FOUND RUDDER TORQUE TUBE TO CONTROL HORN MOUNT BOLTS LOOSE. REPLACED HORN AND HARDWARE.
Part: LINK — BROKEN (NLG)
NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. UPON INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, NOSE GEAR CENTERING LINK ASSEMBLY FOUND BROKEN. REPLACED NOSE GEAR CENTERING LINK ASSEMBLY WITH NEW ASSEMBLY. PERFORMED INSPECTION OF NOSE GEAR CENTERING LINK ASSEMBLY ON ALL AIRCRAFT IN FLEET. (X)
Part: POWER PANEL — FAILED (RT NACELLE)
RIGHT GEN INOP. REPLACED POWER PANEL.
Part: DEICE BOOT — MISSING (RT PROPELLER)
DURING INSPECTION, FOUND NR 1 RT PROPELLER DEICE BOOT MISSING.
Part: HYD HOSE — LEAKING (RT MLG)
HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAK, RIGHT WHEELWELL.
Part: RIVETS — LOOSE (VERT STAB)
DURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION, LOOSE FASTENERS ON BOTH SIDES OF VERTICAL STABILIZER FORWARD SPAR WERE NOTED. ALTHOUGH A SIMILAR PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED IN SB 2004 ON EARLIER MODEL 1900S, ADDITIONAL EVALUATION AND STUDIES ARE RECOMMENDED AS OTHER PREVIOUS IDENTIFIED AREAS OF CONCERN IN THE EMPENNAGE SECTION MAY BE RELATED. REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER BEECHCRAFT RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE.
Part: BEARINGS — WORN (AILERONS)
DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, BOTH AILERONS WERE DISCOVERED AS HAVING EXCESSIVE FREE PLAY. UPON INSPECTION OF COMPONENTS, ALL THREE ATTACHMENT BEARINGS AND MOUNTING HARDWARE WAS FOUND WORN AND LOOSE. BEARINGS AND HARDWARE REPLACED WITH NEW. (M)
Part: ELT TRAY — CRACKED (AFT FUSELAGE)
DURING DETAILED PHASE NR 6 INSPECTION, ELT MOUNTING TRAY WAS DISCOVERED AS BEING CRACKED. UNIT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ELT ASSEMBLE.