N8488D
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.
26 reports on file, 2002-09-16 – 2012-12-27.
Part: INVERTER — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 26,325 hrs · 23,420 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHT FLOOR STRIP WILL NOT LIGHTUP FROM ROW 5CD-8CD. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 3 INVERTER IAW AMM 33-51-07. OPS CHECKS GOOD, AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE.
Part: LIFE VEST — UNSERVICEABLE (COCKPIT) · airframe 26,318 hrs · 23,414 cycles
FIRST OFFICER'S LIFE VEST BAG TORN. REMOVED AND REPLACED FIRST OFFICER'S LIFE VEST IAW AMM 25-61-03.
Part: LIGHT — IMPROPER PART (CABIN) · airframe 25,971 hrs · 23,071 cycles
EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS FLOOR TRACK ROW 8 NOT ORANGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLOOR TRACK EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 8 IN ACCORDANCE WITH CRJ AMM 33-51-01. OPS CHECK GOOD. OK FOR SERVICE.
Part: FLASHLIGHT — INOPERATIVE (COCKPIT) · airframe 25,971 hrs · 23,071 cycles
CAPTAIN`S FLASHLIGHT INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAIN'S FLASHLIGHT IAW AMM 25-61-04. OK FOR SERVICE.
Part: BULB — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHTS) · airframe 25,618 hrs · 22,725 cycles
RIGHT FORWARD AFT EMERGENCY LIGHT OVERWING INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT EXTERIOR LIGHT BULB IAW AMM 33-51-21. OPS CHECKED GOOD, REMOVED FROM MM02.
Part: SKIN — DENTED (TE FLAP)
FLAP LOWER SKIN DENTED. REPAIRED IAW EA CRJ257-00733 AND ASSOCIATED 8110-3.
Part: ATTACH FITTING — CORRODED (BS 484) · airframe 25,561 hrs · 22,667 cycles
FS 484 INTERCOSTAL ATTACH FITTING AT RBL 27 AND RBL 36 CORRODED. REPAIRED IAW REO 601R-53-41-059B.
Part: ACTUATOR — INOPERATIVE (YAW DAMPNER) · airframe 25,455 hrs · 22,558 cycles
YAW DAMPNER NR 2 WILL NOT ENGAGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED YAW DAMPNER ACTUATOR IAW AMM 22-22-01. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: BATTERY — EXPIRED (ELT) · airframe 25,052 hrs · 22,177 cycles
FOUND ELT BATTERY TO BE EXPIRED. REMOVED AND REPLACED ELT BATTERY IAW AMM 25-62-09. OPS CHECK GOOD. OK FOR SERVICE.
Part: BATTERY — DISCHARGED (FLASHLIGHT) · airframe 24,691 hrs · 21,816 cycles
CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER`S EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT NOT BLINKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAIN AND F/O'S EMERGENCY BATTERY FLASHLIGHT IAW AMM 25-60-00.
Part: FLOORBEAM — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 24,684 hrs · 21,810 cycles
LBL 9 FLOORBEAM CAP CORRODED AROUND NUT PLATE HOLES FROM FS 574 TO FS 621. REPAIRED IAW BOMBARDIER REO 601R-53-00-005.
Part: SKIN — CHAFED (TE FLAP VANE) · airframe 24,684 hrs · 21,810 cycles
LEFT INBOARD FLAP VANE LEADING EDGE CHAFED 3 PLACES: FLPS55, 103, 142. REPAIRED IAW BOMBARDIER REO 601R-57-52-004 REV C.
Part: FLOORBEAM — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 24,684 hrs · 21,810 cycles
LBL 27 FLOORBEAM CAP CORRODED BETWEEN FS 574.5 AND FS 621. REPAIRED IAW BOMBARDIER REO 601R-53-61-3778.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 24,656 hrs · 21,788 cycles
MID SECTION FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTING INTERMITTANT. OPC FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT IAW AMM 33-51-01 OPC NORMAL.
Part: SECU — FAULTY (SPOILER) · airframe 24,652 hrs · 21,784 cycles
SPOILER WILL NOT RESET. REMOVED AND REPLACED SECU 2, OPS CHECK GOOD.
Earlier reports · 2002–2011 · 11 reports
2011
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABNI) · airframe 24,540 hrs · 21,744 cycles
EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR PATH LIGHTING INOP FROM SEAT 6C TO SEAT 9C. OP CHECK EMER FLOOR LIGHTS IAW AMM 33-51-19. OP CHECK GOOD, OK FOR SVC.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 24,476 hrs · 21,683 cycles
FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP ROW 6-8. FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT OPS CHECK GOOD IAW AMM 33-50-00.
Part: TRIM SWITCH — DIRTY (AILERON) · airframe 24,335 hrs · 21,476 cycles
AILERON TRIM ONLY TRIMS LEFT WING DOWN. OPERATIONAL TEST OF AILERON TRIM NORMAL. CLEANED AILERON TRIM SWITCH. OK FOR SERVICE PER CRJ AMM 27-11-00.
Part: UNKNOWN — MALFUNCTIONED (LANDING GEAR) · airframe 23,985 hrs · 21,145 cycles
ON APPROACH, SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN AT 180KTS WITH FLAPS AT 20 DEGREES, GOT A GEAR DISAGREE UP MASTER WARNING MESSAGE WITH BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS IN THE UP POSITION AND THE NOSE WHEEL DOWN. FOLLOWED QRH , RECEIVED DOWN AND 3 GREEN ON ALL THREE GEAR POSITIONS. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND LANDED WITH NO OTHER MALFUNCTIONS.
Part: UNKNOWN — MALFUNCTIONED (LANDING GEAR) · airframe 23,552 hrs · 20,735 cycles
CREW PERFORMED AIR RETURN FOR GEAR DISAGREE "NO" EMERGENCY DECLARED. A/C LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DEFERRED LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM IAW MEL 32-30-01 DM-45995.
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 22,821 hrs · 20,070 cycles
FRAME STATION 559.00 SEMI-PRESSURE BULKHEAD HAS CRACK INDICATION AT CAP ANGLE LBL 9.0, CAP ANGLE RBL 18.0, WEB OUTBOARD OF RBL 9.0 AND WEB CHEM MILL RBL 18.0. REPAIR FROM LBL 23.0 TO RBL 23.0 IAW BOMBARDIER REO 601R-53-41-260 REV E, REO 601R-53-41-609 REV B, DEVIATION E AND BSC EO 601R-53-20748.
2010
Part: BUSHING — MIGRATED (LT WING) · airframe 21,993 hrs · 19,282 cycles
LEFT WING MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) AFT TRUNNION BUSHING WAS FOUND MIGRATED FROM ITS INSTALLED POSITION ON THE WING REAR SPAR. THE BUSHING MIGRATION WAS RECORDED AS 0.038 INCH. INSPECTION IAW STS EA 5-2010-202 WITH FLY ON TO NEXT C CHECK NOT TO EXCEED 4000 FH WITHIN WHICH TIME REPLACE THE MIGRATED BUSHING AND REWORK THE MLG TRUNNION FITTING IAW BOMBARDIER GREO 601R-57-21-003.
Part: BUSHING — MIGRATED (MLG TRUNNION) · airframe 21,993 hrs · 19,282 cycles
THE RIGHT WING MAIN LANDING GEAR AFT TRUNNION BUSHING WAS FOUND MIGRATED FROM ITS INSTALLED POSITION ON THE WING REAR SPAR. THE BUSHING MIGRATION WAS RECORDED AS 0.048 INCH. INSPECTED IAW STS EA 5-2010-203 WITH FLY ON TO NEXT C CHECK NOT TO EXCEED 4000 FH WITHIN WHICH TIME REPLACE THE MIGRATED BUSHING AND REWORK THE RIGHT MLG TRUNNION FITTING IAW GREO 601R-57-21-003.
2009
Part: APU — FAILED (APU BAY) · airframe 20,293 hrs · 17,715 cycles
DURING PASSENGER BOARDING AT KDTW, GATE B6, THE APU BEGAN TO MAKE A HIGH PITCH WHINE, FOLLOWED BY AN AUTO SHUTDOWN. SMOKE WAS REPORTED COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT CREW HALTED BOARDING AND DEPLANED THE PASSENGERS. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE APU HAD FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND THE APU DEFERRED PER MEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. THE APU WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED AT THE NEXT HANGAR VISIT.
2006
Part: APU — MALFUNCTIONED (APU BAY) · airframe 12,368 hrs · 11,009 cycles
APU CAUSED SMOKE IN THE CABIN WHEN THE ECS WAS TURNED ON. CREW SHUT DOWN THE APU. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE ECS SYSTEM AND APU. THIS APU HAS A HISTORY OF STARTING PROBLEMS. THE APU WAS DEFERRED PER MEL 49-10-11 AND RELEASED FOR SERVICE.
2002
Part: CONTROL UNIT — FAULTY (FIRE DETECTION)
ON TAXI OUT, CREW RECEIVED AN APU/ENGINE FIRE FAIL MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY AN LEFT ENGINE AND APU FIRE INDICATION. UPON INVESTIGATION FALSE INDICATION WAS CAUSED BY FAULTY FIRE DETECTION WARNING CONTROL UNIT. UNIT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND FUNCTIONALLY CHECK GOOD. (M)