N86VS
Registered owner: PLOTKIN AVIATION LLC, FL (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.
3 reports on file, 1999-06-23 – 2025-11-26.
Part: SUPPORT — CORRODED (ZONE 300) · airframe 7,633 hrs · 2,544 cycles
DURING A PREFLIGHT WALKAROUND, SURFACE CORROSION WAS OBSERVED ON THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AFT SECTION. AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION SEVERE DELAMINATION WAS SEEN ON THE AFT VERTICAL SUPPORT ANGLES AND AFT STAB BULKHEAD SECTION. THE RUDDER TRIM TAB BRACKET ALSO HAD SIGNIFICANT DELAMINATION AS WELL.
Part: ANGLE — CORRODED (ZONE 300) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 7,633 hrs · 2,544 cycles
DURING A PREFLIGHT WALK AROUND CORROSION WAS OBSERVED ON THE AFT SPAR ANGLE CHANNEL OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION SIGNIFICANT INTERGRANULAR CORROSION WAS FOUND RESULTING IN EXFOLIATION OF THE SURFACE OT THE SPAR ANGLE. THIS RESULTED IN A MAJOR REPAIR. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE
Part: FENDER — BROKE (NLG)
PILOT REPORTED HEARING A 'BANG' SHORTLY AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN. NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. INVEST REVEALED THE NOSE WHEEL FENDER LODGED ABOVE NOSE GEAR IN THE WHEELWELL. THIS JAMMED THE UPLOCK MECHANISM. THE NOISE WAS CAUSED BY THE RETRACT ROD FITTING BREAKING AS GEAR WAS EXTENDED. EVIDENCE OF A PRE-EXISTING CRACK COULD BE SEEN IN THE FENDER WELDS AND IT EVIDENTLY FAILED WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED BOTH PROPELLERS. NOSE TIRE, NOSE GEAR RETRACT LINKAGE, NOSE GEAR DOORS, RADOME, AND NOSE STRUCTURE BETWEEN THE RADOME AND NOSE WHEELWELL.