N8683C
Registered owner: DIRT STRIP LLC, MT (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.
1 report on file, 2009-06-15.
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (BS 202) · airframe 15,706 hrs · 13,607 cycles
5 CRACKS WERE FOUND ALL APPROX .125 INCH IN LENGTH ON FS 202.75 BL 23.71 WL 69.684 AT THE PARKING BRAKE CUT-OUT HOLE DURING AN "A" CHECK INSPECTION OF THE NOSE WHEEL WELL AND HYDRAULIC COMPARTMENT IAW AMM 32-43-00-210-801. WHILE WORKING ON THIS REPAIR, FOUND THE FWD BULKHEAD IS ALSO CRACKED AROUND THE SECOND HYDRAULIC UNION FROM OUTBOARD AT APPROX THE 2 O'CLOCK POSITION. THE CRACK IS 0.030 INCH IN LENGTH. EDDY CURRENT SHOWS NO ADDITIONAL CRACKS AROUND ANY OF THE REMAINING HYDRAULIC UNIONS. THIS CRACK THIS IS LOCATED ON THE BULKHEAD FS 202.75 AT WL 65.00. TOTAL=6 CRACKS ON FWD PRESSURE BULKHEAD FS 202.75. REPAIR IS UNDERWAY IAW 601R-53-11-1676.