N8783
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.
7 reports on file, 2008-02-19 – 2015-11-12.
Part: ACTUATOR — MALFUNCTIONED (NLG) · airframe 7,201 hrs · 5,770 cycles
WHILE EN ROUTE, DIVERTED DUE TO NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT COME UP ON RETRACT. CAME BACK DOWN & SHOWED GREEN LIGHT WITH GEAR HANDLE UP. MAIN GEAR HAD TWO INTERMITTENTLY ONE RED, UNSAFE LIGHTS. TOWER & CREW DECLARED EMER. REMOVED NLG RETRACT & GEAR UPLOCK ACTUATORS, RESEALED & REINSTALLED BOTH. RECURRENCE NEXT FLIGHT, NOSE GEAR UNLOCKED AT 4000' 250 KNOTS AFTER 50 MINS OF FLIGHT TIME. ACFT IN MX NOW.
Part: STARTER GEN — FAULTY (RT ENGINE) · airframe 7,093 hrs · 5,696 cycles
DIVERT DUE TO VIBRATION FELT IN RT ENG. R & R RT STARTER GENERATOR IAW AMM 24-30-01. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: SKIN — DENTED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 6,183 hrs · 5,067 cycles
DENT ON FUSELAGE BELOW LT NR 2 WINDOW. INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW 60006-23252.
Part: ENGINE — SHUTDOWN (RIGHT) · airframe 5,387 hrs · 4,494 cycles
WITH CLEARANCE TO DESCEND FROM 10000' TO 6000' THE CREW SLOWED FROM 320KNTS TO 250KNTS AND DESCENDED. AT 7500' IN DESCENT WITH A POWER SETTING JUST ABOVE IDLE THE CREW NOTICED A RIGHT ENGINE LOW FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT. AT 6-8 SECONDS LATER A OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ALSO ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE NR 2 OR RIGHT ENGINE GAUGES CONFIRMED THE ENGINE WAS NO LONGER RUNNING. THE CREW AT THAT TIME DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KGYY FROM ORIGINAL DESTINATION OF KMDW. NO ENGINE COMPUTER LIGHTS CAME ON JUST THE MASTER CAUTION, LOW FUEL PRESSURE AND LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHTS TO ALERT THE CREW. ENGINE WAS RUN ON GROUND WITH NO PROBLEMS. ENGINE COMPUTER WAS DOWNLOADED AND SENT TO PRATT & WHITNEY FOR ANALYSIS.
Part: SWITCH — FAILED (FUEL SYSTEM) · airframe 5,367 hrs · 4,480 cycles
AT CRUISE FLIGHT RIGHT ENGINE LOW FUEL PRESSURE WARNING CAME ON. TURNED ON STANDBY AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. LANDED AT BUFFALO, NY AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND RT JET PUMP SWITCH BAD. REPLACED SWITCH AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
Part: PUMP — FAILED (LT ENGINE) · airframe 4,849 hrs · 4,113 cycles
PILOT REPORTED LT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON IN CRUISE. PRESSURE SLOWLY STARTED TO DROP. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND STARTED DESCENDING. LOWERED FLAPS AND GEAR VIA NORMAL EXTENSION. LANDED AT ATL WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Part: SQUAT SWITCH — FROZEN (MLG) · airframe 4,500 hrs · 3,857 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF FROM GYY THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AND THE CREW RETURNED FOR LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT TO GYY.