N83SD

No registry detail on file · not in current registry

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
Aviation Advisor, Inc. (ZDVA)Certificate holderMatched 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.

1 report on file, 2001-03-20.

OTHER · 2001-03-20 Unresolved
ATA 2210

Part: CONTROL PANEL — CONTAMINATED (AUTO PILOT)

AFTER SITTING IN RAIN, ON DEPARTURE, AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 38,000 FT. AFTER APPROX 10 MIN THE AUTO PILOT KICKED OUT. PILOT REPORTED CONTROLS FELT STUCK. PILOT APPLIED PRESSURE TO CONTROLS AND THEY BECAME UNSTUCK AND OPERATED OK. LANDED OK. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AC PANEL AND HAD ABOUT GAL OF WATER DRAIN OUT. THE RIB AT APPROX STA 449.00 DOES NOT HAVE DRAIN HOLE AT BOTTOM TO ALLOW WATER TO FLOW FWD TO FUSELAGE DRAIN PORTS. CONTROL CABLE PULLEYS WERE SETTING IN WATER. BELIEVE WATER FROZE CAUSED CONTROL PROBLEM. ORDER WAS ISSUED TO DRILL HOLE IN RIB SO ANY WATER IN AREA WOULD DRAIN FORWARD TO FUSELAGE DRAIN PORTS.

Source: SDR 20010413CW008