N8RY
Registered owner: AVIATION SALES & CHARTER LLC, 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
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.
2 reports on file, 1996-06-03 – 2011-05-30.
Part: CONNECTOR — MELTED (ZONE 200) · airframe 11,030 hrs · 9,956 cycles
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PIC NOTED A HOT ELECTRICAL ODOR AND MINOR SMOKE IN THE RT SIDE COCKPIT AREA. THE PIC EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY DECENT AND DEPRESSURIZED THE CABIN FOR VENTILATION. THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE (CLOSER) AIRPORT AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY MX THAT THE RT STALL HEAT CONNECTOR (E325D) IN THE COCKPIT OVERHEAD SWITCH PANEL HAD MELTED. IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT POOR CONTACT BETWEEN A PIN AND SOCKET AND THE HIGH AMPERAGE DRAW OF THAT SYS CAUSED EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD UP IN THE CONNECTOR. THE CONNECTOR WAS REMOVED, THE WIRES TRIMMED BACK TO GOOD WIRE AND WERE SPLICED TOGETHER, BYPASSING THE CONNECTOR. OPERATION OF AFFECTED SYS WAS CHECKED OK. THE ACFT RETURNED TO HOME BASE.
Part: CONNECTOR — BURNT (PRESS BULKHEAD)
PILOT REPORTED ERRONEOUS RIGHT STALL WARNING AND A MOMENTARY 'PUFF' OF SMOKE FROM RT INSTRUMENT PANEL. INSPECTION REVEALED PRESSURE BULKHEAD AREA BURNED. (CONNECTOR NR E339/439.) CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED AND GOLD PLATED PINS AND SOCKETS INSTALLED.