N889B
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, 2008-05-12 – 2015-07-20.
Part: LANDING GEAR — MALFUNCTIONED (RIGHT) · airframe 5,402 hrs · 5,351 cycles
ON APPROACH, DURING DESCENT THE PILOT OPERATED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN & THE RT MLG LOCK LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WITH NO OTHER WARNING INDICATIONS. CHECKLIST PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED & THE PILOT RETURNED TO BLOCK. ACFT WAS FLOWN WITH THE GEAR DOWN & ON ARRIVAL, THE TOWER WAS ASKED IF THE GEAR LOOKED DOWN & LOCKED AS WELL, THEY AFFIRMED THIS & THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Part: SWITCH — OUT OF ADJUST (THRUST REVERSER) · airframe 4,084 hrs · 4,147 cycles
RT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER ARM AND HYD PRESS ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON IN FLIGHT DURING CLIMB. INSPECTION FOUND SWITCH TO BE ON THE EDGE OF ADJUSTMENT FOR ACTIVATION.
Part: FMU — FAULTY (ENGINE) · airframe 2,613 hrs · 2,689 cycles
CREW WROTE UP THE LT ENGINE FOR ACCELERATING MUCH SLOWER THAN THE RT ENGINE. TROUBLESHOT TO THE HMU. REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT. RAN ACFT AND COMPLETED A MAINT CHECK FLIGHT. ALL CHECKED OK. TWO FLIGHTS LATER, CREW WROTE UP LT ENGINE NOT MAKING POWER AT ALTITUDE. .5 THROTTLE KNOB SPLIT AT FL 350- LT ENGINE SLOW TO ACCELERATE. REPLACED THE HMU WITH A SERVICABLE ASSY, RAN AND COMPLETED CHECK FLIGHT. ALL CHECKS OK.
Part: AIR DUCT — DISCONNECTED (TAILCONE) · airframe 2,506 hrs · 2,579 cycles
UPON LEVELING OFF AT FL 390, CREW NOTED THAT THE EMER PRESS ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON FOR 2 SEC, THEN EXTINGUISHED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND BOTH ENDS OF THE RAM AIR DUCT DISCONNECTED FROM THE ELBOW IN THE TAIL CONE. A CHECK FLIGHT WAS COMPLETED SATISFACTORILY.