N866D
Registered owner: AIR 1ST AVIATION COMPANIES INC, SC (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.
2 reports on file, 2009-02-20 – 2013-08-05.
Part: DOOR — FAILED (MAIN CREW) · airframe 15,410 hrs
DURING CRUISE, CREW DOOR BLEW OPEN CAUSING THE ACFT TO DEPRESSURIZE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DESCENDED, AND RETURNED TO POINT OF TAKEOFF. A SAFE LANDING WAS MADE. ON INVESTIGATION DOOR WAS FOUND TO IN THE LATCHED-LOCKED POSITION. AS OF YET NO REASON FOR FAILURE HAS BEEN DETERMINED.
Part: LATCH — FAILED (NACELLE)
ACFT ON FINAL APPROACH, WHEN PILOT HEARD A THUD. STATED HE THOUGHT HE HAD HIT A BIRD. UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. PILOT DEPARTED AC AND FOUND LT ENGINE TOP COWLING HAD COME OPEN. MX FOUND OUT, BAD LATCHING MECHANISM BROKE. SUSPECT LATCH BROKE AND THE COWLING BLEW OPEN ENOUGH FOR THE OTHER LATCH TO OPEN, ALLOWING TOP COWL TO BLOW BACK IN AIRSTREAM. THE BACK HINGE AND ALL LATCHES WERE REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PARTS. (K)