N898PA
Registered owner: AVIATION INVESTMENT GROUP INC, DE (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
IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT FL400 âL FUEL PRESSâ AMBER ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. CREW INITIATED RELEVANT CHECKLIST. LEFT ENGINE ROLLBACK OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 2 MIN AFTER ANNUNCIATION. AN INFLIGHT ENGINE RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED BUT UNSUCCESSFUL. IN THE PROCESS OF TROUBLESHOOTING AND CHECKLIST PROCEDURES IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LEFT JET PUMP SWITCH WAS IN THE âOFFâ POSITION, WAS NOT ANNUNCIATING CORRECTLY AND WOULD NOT LATCH IN THE âJET PUMPâ POSITION. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. TROUBLESHOOTING ON THE GROUND CONFIRMED THE FAILURE OF THE JETPUMP SWITCH PART NUMBER: 4702-1. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED.
ON LANDING AFTER TOUCHDOWN PILOTS STATE THAT THRUST REVERSER LEVERS WERE PULLED BUT NEITHER THRUST REVERSER UNLOCKED. ON SECOND ATTEMPT PILOT STATES THAT RT REVERSER UNLOCKED & DEPLOYED PRIOR TO LT REVERSER UNLOCKING & DEPLOYING. ACFT YAWED TO THE RT & STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE RT WING BEFORE REGAINING FULL CONTROL OF ACFT & MOVING BACK TOWARDS THE CTR LINE. THE ACFT WAS STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY BY THE TOWER, AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL CAME OUT & INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE, WHICH WAS THEN RELEASED & TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY UNDER THEIR OWN POWER. FURTHER INSPECTION AFTER SHUTDOWN REVEALED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE RT HAND FLAP.
ACFT DEPARTED, AFTER SHORT VECTOR TO FINAL, CAPTAIN CALLED FOR GEAR DOWN AND NO INDICATION OF EXTENSION OCCURRED. CREW REQUESTED VECTOR TO SAFE AREA TO ASCERTAIN & DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. AFTER SERVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CYCLE GEAR, THE LOWERED GEAR USING " ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION" CHECKLIST AND LOWERED GEAR. AFTER LOW APPROACH & VERIFICATION BY TOWER OF GEARDOWN, CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY. ANALYSIS FOUND BROKEN WIRE AT RT MAIN GEAR DOWN & LOCK SWITCH. REPAIR COMPLETED. WIRE REPAIRED, ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
DURING FLIGHT, LOST NR 1 HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, DIVERTED INTO AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOOT AND FOUND RUPTURED HYDRAULIC FLEX LINE, PN 605700311 WHICH IS MOUNTED ON THE PRESSURE SIDE OF THE HYDRAULIC EDP. INSTALLED NEW HYDRAULIC FLEX LINE WITH PN 605700311. (K)