N88FA

BEECH B100 · 1979 · Fixed-wing multi-engine · 2 engines · 11 seats · Valid Registration

Registered owner: XFINITY AIR GROUP LLC, TX (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
Crow Executive Air, Inc. (DRUA)Certificate holderMatched 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.

3 reports on file, 2004-12-21 – 2005-02-14.

FALSE WARNING · 2005-02-14 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 7714

Part: DRIVE SHAFT — STRIPPED (TACH GEN) · airframe 9,218 hrs · 9,424 cycles

LT ENGINE FAILED TO START NORMALLY. IN MANUAL MODE START WAS SUCCESSFUL. SUBSEQUENT START, GENERATOR WAS INOPERATIVE. EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING FINALLY DETERMINED THAT THE STARTER-GENERATOR HAD SIEZED, STRIPPING PLASTIC DRIVE ADAPTER IN ENGINE. DRIVE ADAPTER WAS REPLACED, ALONG WITH A SERVICEABLE STARTER-GENERATOR, SYSTEMS FUNCTION NORMALLY.

Source: SDR 2005F00038
ELECT. POWER LOSS-50 PC · 2005-01-04 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2435

Part: STARTER GEN — FAILED (LEFT ENGINE) · airframe 9,204 hrs · 9,399 cycles

LEFT ENGINE FAILED ROTATE DURING START SEQUENCE INITIATION. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED BRUSHES BURNT, APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT LENGTH/LIFE REMAINING. STARTER/GENERATOR WAS REPLACE, ALONG WITH DC VOLTAGE REGULATOR. NR 1 INVERTER HAD FAILED COUPLE DAYS PRIOR, NO INDICATION ONE FAILURE CONTRIBUTED TO OTHER.

Source: SDR 2005FA0000009
WARNING INDICATION · 2004-12-21 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3233

Part: MOTOR — DAMAGED (MLG)

DURING TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT, THEN FAILED TO EXTEND, WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED VIA EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED, MOTOR ITSELF SUFFERED INTERNAL HEAT DAMAGE. TIME IN SERVICE SINCE OVERHAUL, 78 HOURS.

Source: SDR 2004F00439