N856UP
Registered owner: WHEELS UP PARTNERS LLC, NY (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gama Aviation LLC (O2GA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched 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.
7 reports on file, 2016-12-15 – 2024-10-26.
Part: B-NUT — LEAKING (HYD POWER PACK) · airframe 5,999 hrs · 5,148 cycles
IN CLIMB AT 16,000 HYD FLUID LOW LIGHT COME ON, AFTER GRABBING CHECKLIST LIGHT DID GO OUT. WE DID HEAR HYD PUMP COME ON BRIEFLY AFTER LIGHT WENT OUT. DIVERTED TO TEB, PUT GEAR DOWN EARLY, GEAR TOOK LONGER THAN NORMAL AND PUMP SOUNDED STRAINED AND WAS SCREAMING. WE DID GET 3 GREEN LND GEAR LIGHTS. EMERGENCY DELCARED. FOUND LEAKING B-NUTS AT THE POWER PACK, RETORQUED, OPS CHECK GOOD. ALL WORK DONE IAW B300 AMM REF 32-30-00.
Part: NOT REPORTED — NOT REPORTED · airframe 4,337 hrs · 3,649 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AND THE "PROP GND SOL" CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED CHECKLIST. PERFORMED A GO AROUND. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. RETURNED TO KYIP. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT MLG SQUAT SWITCH OUT OF RIG. ADJUSTED SAME. PERFORMED SEVERAL GEAR SWINGS AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE PROP GROUND IDLE SYSTEM WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: DOWNLOCK SWITCH — DEFECTIVE (NLG) · airframe 2,394 hrs · 2,081 cycles
AFTER SELECTING LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO DOWN POSITION, THE NLG DOWN AND LOCK ANNUNCIATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE. FOLLOWED CHECKLIST AND PERFORMED EMER GEAR EXTENSION. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NLG DOWN LOCK SWITCH. A SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: ACTUATOR — FAILED (NLG) · airframe 2,060 hrs · 1,799 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF 'HYD LOW' ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NOSE GEAR LIGHT FLICKERED UPON GEAR EXTENSION. MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES PERFORMED. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND DIVERTED TO KLOM. MAINTENANCE REPLACED NLG ACTUATOR, DRAG BRACE DOWNLOCK SWITCH AND RESTORED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM. HYDRAULIC SYSTEM SERVICED AND BLED. A SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED.
Part: COMPUTER — DEFECTIVE (NOSE) · airframe 1,173 hrs · 1,018 cycles
FLIGHT GUIDANCE COMPUTER CIRCUIT BREAKER EXTENDED IN FLIGHT FOLLOWED BY ELECTRICAL-SMOKE ODOR. DIVERTED, UNEVENTFUL. FGC CARDS WERE SWAPPED AND AIRCRAFT FAILED OCF WITH CIRCUIT BREAKER EXTENDING. DISCREPANCY WAS DUPLICATED AND FOUND THE IAPS COMPUTER TO BE DEFECTIVE. COMPUTER WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: UNKNOWN — SMOKE (RT ENGINE) · airframe 904 hrs · 783 cycles
AFTER SHUTDOWN, SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM BOTH ENGINE EXHAUST STACKS ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE RIGHT ENGINE WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ENGINE OIL WAS SERVICED. PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS AT DIFFERENT POWER SETTINGS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: BULB — FAILED (COCKPIT) · airframe 716 hrs · 640 cycles
WHILE PICKING UP CLEARANCE AT NIGHT WITH INSTRUMENT EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN THE ON POSITION. CREW NOTICED SMOKE FROM THE COPILOTS SIDE EMERGENCY INSTRUMENT LIGHT BULBS. LIGHTS WENT OUT AND BATTERY MASTER SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF. MAINTENANCE NOTICED A BURNT INOPERATIVE BULB RUBBER PLASTIC MATERIAL WITH SMALL MINOR BURNT AREAS. REPLACED INOPERATIVE BULB. ALL EMERGENCY INSTRUMENT LIGHTS OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. NO SMOKE NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.