N876FE
Registered owner: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, TN (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Airlines, Inc. (COEA) | 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, 1999-08-26 – 2025-06-24.
Part: SWITCH — STUCK (PTT) · airframe 14,576 hrs · 18,824 cycles
FLIGHT 8675 ENROUTE PDX-LMT, DURING FLIGHT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A STUCK MIC AND LOST RADIO COMMUNICATION. SHOWS TX ON BOTH GNS530 AND GNS430. THE PILOT FOLLOWED LOST COMM PROCEDURES AND LANDED SAFELY AT LMT. ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES MET THE AIRCRAFT UPON LANDING. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT, WAS ABLE TO FREE THE STUCK PUSH TO TALK BUTTON AND DEFER THIS ISSUE. THE DEFERRAL WAS CLEARED BY REPLACING THE PUSH TO TALK SWITCH.
Part: CABLE — OUT OF ADJUST (TRIM) · airframe 11,482 hrs · 14,845 cycles
ELEVATOR TRIM WHEEL WOULD NOT OPERATE IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED THE RIGHT TRIM ACTUATOR CABLE. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: CHAIN — TWISTED (ELEVATOR TRIM) · airframe 10,059 hrs · 13,172 cycles
ON CLIMB OUT THE ELEVATOR TRIM CONTROL JAMMED. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO RETURN & SAFELY LANDED. NO EMER WAS DECLARED. INSPECTED THE ACFT & FOUND THAT THE TRIM CHAINS WERE BINDING WHEN ROTATED IN THE NOSE UP POSITION & THE TRIM CHAIN HAD SOME TWIST AT BOTH ACTUATORS. RELEASED THE TENSION, TWIST CLEARED IMMEDIATELY & FOUND NO BROKEN STRANDS ON CABLES. FREE RAN TRIM ACTUATORS, ROTATED PULLEYS & TORQUED THE ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE. PERFORMED MULTIPLE OPERATIONS CHECKS & RIG CHECKS. ALL CHECKED GOOD. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: OIL SYSTEM — OVERHEATED (ENGINE) · airframe 9,541 hrs · 12,628 cycles
DURING CLIMBOUT, OIL TEMPERATURE WENT TO RED LINE WITH AN ASSOCIATED DROP IN OIL PRESSURE BELOW THE GREEN ARC, OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 112 DEGREES F. ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WAS ADJUSTED TO A HIGHER VALVE IAW MM.
Part: GENERATOR — TRIPPED (ENGINE)
RETURN TO BLOCKS. FLT NR 8774 ABQ TO DRO. DURING TAXI TO THE RUNWAY THE GENERATOR TRIPPED TO STANDBY AND WOULD NOT RESET. PILOT TAXIED A/C BACK TO BLOCKS. REMOVED AND REPLACE THE GENERATOR. (K)
Part: SHIMMY DAMPENER — FAILED (NLG)
ABORTED TAKEOFF: DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, AS SPEED INCREASED, THE NOSE GEAR BEGAN TO SHAKE. TAKEOFF ABORTED DUE TO THE VIBRATION. THE NOSE GEAR VIBRATION SUBSIDED AS THE ACFT SLOWED AND WAS NOT FELT ON THE TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE LANDING GEAR SHIMMY DAMPENER ASSY. (S)
Part: CONTROL UNIT — MALFUNCTIONED (FIRE DETECTOR)
FIRE WARNING HORN AND LIGHT ACTIVATE INTERMITTENTLY IN-FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED FIRE DETECTOR CONTROL. TESTED OK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)