N866TA
Registered owner: TOP ACES CORP, AZ (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.
5 reports on file, 1995-03-04 – 2002-06-06.
Part: SELECTOR VALVE — LEAKING (NLG)
NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AND LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. NOSE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES. JACKED AIRCRAFT AND INSPECTED NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING SEVERAL CYCLES. FOUND NO MECHANICAL BINDING OR OBSTRUCTIONS. NOTED SMALL HYDRAULIC SEEP ON NOSE GEAR ACTUATING CYLINDER, REPLACED NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR AND AGAIN INSPECTED NOSE GEAR DURING SEVERAL CYCLES. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE IS TO BE CHANGED. A LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE IS ON ORDER AT THIS TIME. AFTER REPLACING THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE AND RECHECKING NOSE GEAR UPLOCK RIGGING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN SEVERAL GEAR RETRACTION WITH SYSTEMS OPERATING NORMALLY.
Part: RELAY — INTERMITTENT (MLG)
CLEANED RELAY WITH BRAKE AND ELECTRIC MOTOR CLEANER, LET SET FOR 5 MINUTES AND APPLIED LIGHT AIR PRESSURE. WHEN SYSTEM WAS RE-ENERGIZED, RELAY IGNITED. USED CABIN 13 LB BOTTLE TO EXTINGUISH. CLEANED FIRE EXTINGUISHER RESIDUE.
Part: SQUAT SWITCH — FAILED (LT MLG)
KHA - FLT 267 - CUU TO ELP - ON APPROACH FOR LANDING AT ELP THE FLIGHT CRWE COULD NOT SELECT GEAR DOWN. ABNORMAL PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. INSPECTION REVEALED A GROUNDED MAIN LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCH, THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS OP CHECKED ON EVALUATION FLIGHT. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: ACC GEAR BOX — LOW OIL (LT ENGINE)
FLT 269 - ON SHORT FINAL INTO EL PASO, LEFT GEAR BOX LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY FOLLOWED BY A STEADY ILLUMINATION. AT THIS TIME THE LEFT ENGINE WAS FEATHERED AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE FOUND LEFT GEAR BOX OIL LEVEL LOW, SERVICED OIL OPERATIONAL CHECKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CV640 MM 71-00-03. NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: ACCESS GEAR BOX — LEAKING (NR 1 ENGINE)
FLT 123 - PILOT NOTED NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING TWO PSI EVERY TEN MINUTES UNTIL OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT 9 PSI, AT THIS TIME THE FLIGHT CREW SHUT DOWN NR 1 ENGINE AND FEATHERED AND PROPELLER USING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, AND EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WHICH DIVERTED THE AIRCRAFT TO (SDF) LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. INSPECTION REVEALED TWO LOOSE NUTS ON ACCESSORY GEAR DRIVE. THE TWO NR 10 NUTS WERE TIGHTENED ENGINE RAN, NO LEAKS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (W)