N90ME
Registered owner: MONUMENT AVIATION LLC, VA (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, 2009-04-02 – 2009-04-28.
Part: TURBINE — DAMAGED (ENGINE) · airframe 12,037 hrs · 15,635 cycles
APPROX 45 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT AT FLT LEVEL 170 WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT CONDITIONS. RT ENGINE MADE AN UNUSUAL NOISE, FLAMES WERE SEEN FROM THE EXHAUST DUCTS. CREW INITIATED ENGINE SHUT DOWN PROCEDURES. CREW CONTACTED APPROACH CONTROL DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED LANDING AT CLOSED AIRPORT. ACFT MADE UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. THE FAILURE APPEARS TO BE CONTAINED IN THE POWER SECTION OF THE ENGINE. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHICH COMPONENT MAY HAVE FAILED.
Part: ENGINE — FIRE (RIGHT) · airframe 11,973 hrs · 15,598 cycles
APPROX 30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, WHILE CRUISING AT 17,000 MSL, RT ENGINE MADE UNUSUAL NOISE, FLAMES WERE SEEN FROM EXHAUST DUCTS, ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED DUE TO DIFFICULTY WHILE TAXING ON ONE ENGINE. FAILURE IS BELIEVED TO BE CONTAINED IN THE POWER SECTION OF THE ENGINE. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHICH COMPONENT MAY HAVE FAILED. UPON REMOVAL OF ENGINE FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL BE PERFORMED.