N898TA

ATA 5610

Part: WINDSHIELD — CRACKED (ZONE 200) · airframe 6,473 hrs · 5,554 cycles

ON FINAL APPROACH PILOTS WINDSCREEN GLASS OUTER PLY CRACKED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY. 45 MINUTES AFTER LANDING, THE COPILOTS WINDSHIELD ALSO CRACKED. OPEN

ATA 5511

Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 6,448 hrs · 5,532 cycles

DURING A SCHEDULED MAINT VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER INSP OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER INBD RIB AND BRACKET ASSEMBLIES, THE RT INBD RIB WAS FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSP INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN COMMUNIQUE' NR 70. THE LT AND RT RIB ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED.

ATA 7230

Part: SEAL — LEAKING (COMPRESSOR)

TRIP NR 1141843 CREW REPORTED A NOXIOUS OILY SMELL WHEN ENGINE IS AT HIGH POWER SETTINGS CONTINUING THROUGH CLIMB THEN DISSIPATING DURING CRUISE. MAINTENANCE FOUND BROWN RESIDUE INTO BLEED DUCT WITH SOME CRYSTALLIZATION AND SUSPECTS LEAKING AT CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR SEAL ON THE NR 2 ENGINE. ENGINE IS BEING CHANGED. TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A CRACK AT THE NR 3 BEARING SCAVENGE OIL TUBE. RESIDUAL OIL WAS FOUND ON THE GAS GENERATOR ASSEMBLY NEAR THE CRACKED LINE.

ATA 2422

Part: PRINTED CKT BOARD — SHORTED (COCKPIT) · airframe 5,037 hrs · 4,239 cycles

KRWI - WHILE ON CLIMBOUT THE NR 1 INVERTER FAILED AND WAS FOLLOWED BY PUNGENT FUMES FROM THE LOWER CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO KRWI WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE FOUND CONTACTS A2 AND A1 OF THE K5 RELAY ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD A192 TO BE SHORTED TOGETHER. PCB A192 WAS REPLACED. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED WHEN OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED WHILE RUNNING THE ENGINES ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

ATA 5531

Part: RIB — CRACKED (VERTICAL STAB) · airframe 4,934 hrs · 4,141 cycles

DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT A VERTICAL STABILIZER SUPPORT RIB WAS FOUND CRACKED. SUPPORT RIB PART NUMBER 45A23324-003 WAS REPLACED REFERENCING THE BEECHJET 400A STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL.

ATA 5511

Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 4,934 hrs · 4,141 cycles

DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER BRACKET INSPECTION AS PART OF THE A / B LEVEL INSPECTION THE RIGHT INBOARD HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER BRACKET RIB STRUCTURE WAS FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN BEECHJET COMMUNIQUE' NUMBER 70.

ATA 2700

Part: UNKNOWN — UNKNOWN · airframe 4,747 hrs · 3,965 cycles

NORMAL YOKE BACK PRESSURE WAS BEING APPLIED AT ROTATION, DID NOT SEEM TO RESPOND. FURTHER FORCE WAS APPLIED, STILL DID NOT RESPOND. PAST V1 SPEED, FELT CERTAIN AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING TO LIFT OFF. TAKEOFF ABORTED. HEAVY BRAKING APPLIED, THRUST REVERSERS DID NOT RESPOND DURING ABORTED TAKEOFF, RESULTED IN DEFLATION OF LEFT TIRE, NEED TO REPLACE BRAKE ASSEMBLIES. MX CHECKED NEUTRAL POSITION & CABLE TENSION OF ELEVATOR, FOUND WITHIN MM LIMITS. TIME & TRAVEL CHECKS OF HORIZ STAB & ELEVATOR ASSY FOUND WITHIN LIMITS. NO DISCREPANCIES ON ELEVATOR OR T/R CHECK. ENG RUN PERFORMED TO CHECK PWR, PITOT SYS RUN, NO DISCREPANCIES. LT & RT BRAKE & WHEEL ASSY REPLACED. SATISFACTORY TEST FLIGHT COMPLETED.

ATA 3260

Part: DOWNLOCK SWITCH — FALSE INDICATION (NLG) · airframe 4,249 hrs · 3,522 cycles

ON APPROACH, CREW RECEIVED 2 GREEN & NO RED GEAR INDICATIONS. NLG LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE, BUT LIGHT WOULD TEST. NO CHANGE IN GEAR DOWN INDICATION WHEN CREW CYCLED MLG TWICE. TOWER HAD CONFIRMED NLG DOWN DURING A LOW APPROACH, BUT AURAL "TOO LOW GEAR" WARNING CAME ON. NLG GREEN INDICATION DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN USING THE "EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR DOWN" HANDLE. AFTER PUSHING THE "EMERGENCY DOOR CLOSE" HANDLE BACK IN, RED LIGHT DID EXTINGUISH. "TOO LOW GEAR" AURAL WARNING SOUNDED THROUGHOUT FINAL APPROACH & ALL THE WAY TO TOUCHDOWN. AFTER STOWING THRUST REVERSERS, BOTH THRUST REVERSER ARM LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. MX R & R NLGE DOWNLOCK SWITCH. ALL OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE A/C TURNED TO SERVICE.

ATA 7500

Part: BELLOWS — CRACKED (BLEED AIR) · airframe 3,594 hrs · 2,960 cycles

CREW REPORTED AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT INCREASE SPEED WITH INCREASED POWER AND AT 190 KTS STICK SHAKER WAS ENCOUNTERED. ABQ CENTER WAS ADVISED THAT AIRCRAFT HAD TO DESCEND. ENGINES WOULD NOT DEVELOP PUBLISHED TAKEOFF POWER. MAINTENANCE FOUND 2 BLEED AIR BELLOWS CRACKED AT ATTACH TUBE WELDS ON RIGHT ENGINE. FUNCTION CHECK AND SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD FOR DISCREPANCY OF STICK SHAKER BEING ENCOUNTERED WHILE AT INDICATED AIRSPEED OF 190 KNOTS. BLEED AIR DUCT TUBES/BELLOWS WERE REPLACED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.