N903RA
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.
14 reports on file, 1996-09-27 – 2001-01-25.
Part: GCU — FAILED (EE BAY)
SJC - ON SHORT FINAL WHEN DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT, LOST THE GENERATOR AND GOT A L AC POWER FAULT LIGHT. DID NOT ATTEMPT TO RESET. CHECKED EPCU AND FOUND THE LEFT ENGINE GENERATOR CEU FAILED. DEFERRED LEFT ENGINE GENERATOR INOPERATIVE PER ML 24-21-01 DMI NR 24215. ENTERED IN MCI. VERIFIED APU OIL AND ENGINE OIL FULL PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. REPLACED LEFT CHANNEL CEU PER MM 24-21-26. OPS CHECK OK PER MM 24-21-01. REMOVED PLACARD 24-21-01 AUTH 24215, CLEARED MIC. (M)
Earlier reports · 1996–2000 · 13 reports
2000
Part: SLIDE — DISLODGED (AFT GALLEY)
SNA - AFT GALLEY SLIDE PACKAGE FELL OUT. REINSTALLED SLIDE ASSY, CHECKS OK. (M)
Part: PIN — LOOSE (DOOR SLIDE)
LAX - PIN ON FORWARD DOOR SLIDE FALLING OUT. REINSTALLED GIRT BAR ATTACH PIN OK FOR SERVICE. (M)
Part: WIRE — DISCONNECTED (CABIN)
SNA-CCI - EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT AFT VENTRAL STAIR INOPERATIVE. FOUND WIRES DISCONNECTED, RECONNECTED WIRES OPS CHECK OK. (M)
1999
Part: LIGHTS — FAILED (SEATS 9 A/C)
SNA - READING LIGHTS SEAT 9AC EXTREMELY HOT, AND SMOKE OBSERVED BY FLT ATTENDANT. REPLACED 9A AND 9C READING LIGHTS. OPS CHECK NORMAL. NO SMOKE NOTED. (M)
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (PAX DOOR)
SJC - FORWARD ENTRY DOOR EXIT E-PATH LIGHTS BATTERY PACK B5-234 HAS BLOWN INTERNAL FUSE. REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD ENTRY E-PATH LIGHT BATTERY PACK, OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
SJC - FIRST CLASS CABIN EMERGENCY EXIT FLOOR LAMP INOPERATIVE. FOUND SHORT BULB AT 4DEF WHICH BLEW A FUSE AT BATTERY PACK B5-240. REMOVED AND REPLACED BULB AND BATTERY PACK IAW MM 33. E.PAN LIGHTNING OPS CHECK GOOD. (X)
Part: WIRE — DISCONNECTED (BS 1240)
IN SJC, OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE AT STATION 1240. REMOVED CEILING PANEL AND FOUND LOOSE WIRES, RECONNECTED. OPS CHECK NORMAL. (M)
1998
Part: TRANSDUCER — FAILED (NR 2 MLG)
SJC - AUTO SPOILER FAIL AND ANTI-SKID FAULT MESSAGE ANNUNCIATED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF ROLL STARTED. BIT CHECKED ANTI-SKID CONTROL BOX, FOUND NR 2 MAIN ANTI-SKID WHEEL SPEED TRANSDUCER HAD FAILED. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 MAIN WHEEL SPEED TRANSDUCER PER MM 32-45-05. (M)
Part: EPR — MALFUNCTIONED (NR 1 ENGINE)
GATE RETURN DUE TO NR 1 EPR ROLLBACK TO 1.3 EPR. ABORT AT 80 KNOTS. MAXIMUM BRAKE TEMPERATURE, 320 DEGREES. INTERROGATED MCDU, NOTED NO FAULTS. PERFORMED 2 FULL POWER RUN-UPS. OPS NORMAL. VISUALLY INSPECTED AIR INLET AND FAN AREA. CHECKS OK. (X)
1997
Part: FAN — INOPERATIVE (RIGHT)
AIR TURN BACK, AFTER HEARING LOUD VIBRATION AND FEELING IN RUDDER PEDALS, NOISE COMING FROM NOSE WHEEL WELL, PERFORMED NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION. FOUND VSCF CONVERTER COOLING FAN FOR RT GENERATOR TO BE INOP CAUSING VIBRATION TO BE FELT IN RUDDER PEDALS, PLACED ON DMI NR 11818 MEL 21-59-02. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 VSCF COOLING FAN, CLEARED DMI 11818 24-27-01. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: EEC — FAILED (NR 1 ENGINE)
ON TAKEOFF ROLL, SPOOLED ENGINES TO 1.2 EPR, ENGAGED AUTO-THROTTLES RELEASED BRAKES, AT APPROX 70 KTS 1.4 EPR, THE LEFT ENGINE INSTRUMENTS REVERSED TREND (DROPPED TOWARDS ZERO). TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. ENGINE INSTRUMENTS STABILIZED AT IDLE WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS. REPLACED NR 1 ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL (EEC). OPERATION CHECK NORMAL, NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
EMERGENCY FLOOR TRACK LIGHT INOPERATIVE, ROW 11. RE-LAMPED. OPS CHECK OK. (X)
1996
Part: INDICATION — MALFUNCTIONED (NLG)
NOSE LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT DID NOT COME ON UNTIL THE FOURTH ATTEMPT TO LOWER GEAR; EVEN TRIED EMERGENCY GEAR LEVER. NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR ONLY CAME UP 2/3 UNTIL GEAR FINALLY LOCKED DOWN ON FOURTH TRY. INSTALLED BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LOCK PINS. PERFORMED GEAR SWING PER MM 07-11-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED; OPS NORMAL. REMOVED BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LOCK PINS AND STOWED LOCK PINS IN COCKPIT. (X)