N917T
Registered owner: NOVNE AVIATION INC, SD (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, 2017-02-03 – 2021-12-02.
Part: MIXER BOX — OUT OF ADJUST (FLAP/ELEV TRIM) · airframe 3,487 hrs · 4,589 cycles
DURING FLIGHT (CLIMBING AT FL220), ELEVATOR TRIM BECAME STIFF AND DID NOT WORK CORRECTLY. AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP ABRUPTLY WITH AUTO PILOT ENGAGED WITH FL240 SET IN THE ALTITUDE ALERTER. WE DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT, LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT AND MANUALLY TRIMMED THE AIRCRAFT AT A SLOWER AIRSPEED. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, USED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND RETURNED TO MEACHAM WITH NO ISSUE. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING THE BREAK OUT TORQUE FOR THE FLAP/ELEVATOR TRIM MIXER P.N. 6565102-15 WAS FOUND TO BE LOW AND WAS ADJUSTED AS NEEDED. VERIFIED FLAP AND ELEVATOR TRIM RIG AND OPERATION.
Part: ELEVATOR — FROZEN
AFTER BEING IN THE COLD, THE ELEVATOR CONTROL BECAME INCREASINGLY HARD TO CONTROL SUSPECTED GREASE IN THE COLD TEMPS.