N840LX
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.
2 reports on file, 2005-06-22 – 2006-06-04.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CRACKED (COCKPIT) · airframe 2,275 hrs · 1,422 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CO-PILOTS RT COCKPIT SEAT RAIL WEB BETWEEN FRAMES 5 AND 7. THE CRACK WAS REPAIRED IAW MFG DRAWING FR-HK-02921 REVISION. 2. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: O-RING — LEAKING (NR 2 HYD SYS) · airframe 1,254 hrs · 785 cycles
AT FL290 THE NR 2 HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED AND THEN EXTINGUISHED. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 2,000 TO 3,000 PSI FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BOTH HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE ANNUNCIATORS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CREW THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND HAD TO MANUALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO KPHX AND A UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED AN O-RING ON THE NR 1 SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE SWITCH SNUBBER. THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SERVICED AND ENGINES WERE RAN. A SATISFACTORY LEAK CHECK OF THE SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.