N87HA
Registered owner: FITZSTEPHENS ERIK W, AK (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.
4 reports on file, 1998-11-24 – 2011-10-18.
Part: ATTACH BOLT — SHEARED (VALVE COVER) · airframe 5,810 hrs
THE SINGLE BOLT THAT HOLDS VALVE COVER ON THE NR 2 CYLINDER SHEARED IN FLIGHT. ALL OIL LEFT THE ENGINE. EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD.
Part: CRANKCASE — CRACKED (ENGINE)
AIRCRAFT WAS SQUAWKED FOR OIL LEAKING FROM COWL. UPON INSPECTION THE LEAK WAS DETERMINED TO BE COMMING FROM A CRACK ON TOP OF ENGINE UNDER COOLING SHROUD. (COOLING SHROUD HAS TO BE REMOVED TO INSPECT THIS AREA) THE CRACK WAS APPROXIMATLY 3 INCHES AND IS ORINTATED FORE AND AFT BETWEEN CYLINDERS 1 AND 3.
Part: FORK — BROKEN (LT NLG)
ON LANDING, AIRCRAFT'S NOSE FORK BROKE. UPON INSPECTION AFTER ACCIDENT, IT WAS DETERMINED THE PART CRACKED AT THE SMALLEST SURFACE AREA. IT IS POSSIBLE THE AREA HAD CRACKED PRIOR TO BREAKING. BROKEN NOSE FORK CAUSED PROPELLER STRIKE.
Part: FORK — BROKEN (RT NLG)
ON LANDING, AIRCRAFT'S NOSE FORK BROKE. UPON INSPECTION AFTER ACCIDENT, IT WAS DETERMINED THE PART CRACKED AT THE SMALLEST SURFACE AREA. IT IS POSSIBLE THE AREA HAD CRACKED PRIOR TO BREAKING. BROKEN NOSE FORK CAUSED PROPELLER STRIKE.