N83SP
Registered owner: KELBEL AVIATION LLC, TX (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.
1 report on file, 2020-11-05.
Part: STRUT — OUT OF TOLERANCE (NLG) · airframe 5,020 hrs · 3,879 cycles
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KEYW (KEY WEST FL) ON A PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT TO PLS (PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS). ON CLIMB OUT WHEN SELECTING THE LANDING GEAR UP, THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY, BUT WHEN FULLY UP THE RED UNLOCKED ANNUNCIATOR REMAINED ON. THE CREW CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES, BUT COULD NOT GET THE LIGHT TO EXTINGUISH. THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO HOME BASE KAPF (NAPLES FL) FOR MAINTENANCE ATTENTION, WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. UPON TESTING AND INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR BY THE MRO, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DIMENSION FOR THE EXTENDED NLG STRUT WAS OUT OF TOLERANCE (TOO LARGE) AND WAS NOT ALLOWING THE NLG UPLOCK HOOK TO LATCH CORRECTLY. A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT WAS OBTAINED TO MOVE THE AIRPLANE TO THE MANUFACTURERS MRO IN MCO (ORLANDO FL) TO DISASSEMBLE AND REPAIR THE NLG ASSEMBLY.