N918TC
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.
3 reports on file, 2012-12-29 – 2015-09-04.
Part: FIRE DETECTOR — DEFECTIVE (RT ENGINE) · airframe 10,720 hrs · 10,510 cycles
FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED A RT ENG FIRE LIGHT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 250. THE LIGHT INITIALLY ILLUMINATED FOR NO MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS THEN EXTINGUISHED. THE MASTER WARNING WAS CLEARED & THEN THE LIGHT RE-ILLUMINATED 10 TO 15 SECONDS LATER & REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN & SECURE THE ENG. OBSERVATION OF BOTH ENG INSTRUMENTS PRIOR TO SHUT DOWN & OBSERVATION OF THE ENG SHOWED NO INDICATION OF AN ACTUAL FIRE. TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THE UPPER INBD FLAME DETECT SENSOR TO BE FAULTY.
Part: ENGINE — MALFUNCTIONED (RIGHT) · airframe 9,940 hrs · 9,696 cycles
INFLIGHT , RT ENGINE TORQUE GAGE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE ON THE RETURN LEG BACK TO DEPARTURE. WITHIN TWO MINUTES, RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GAGE STARTED TO FLUCTUATE AS WELL. FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 100PSI, AND 50PSI RAPIDLY. A MINUTE OR TWO LATER THE RT OIL PRESSURE GAGE WAS DIPPING BELOW 50PSI (RED LINE), THEN STOPPED FLUCTUATING AND STAYED BELOW RED LINE. FLIGHT CREW PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN. RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Part: LANDING GEAR — COLLAPSED (NOSE) · airframe 9,742 hrs · 9,459 cycles
ON APPROACH, ACTIVATED GEAR DOWN CYCLE, DISCOVERED THAT THE TWO MAIN GEARS DID EXTEND AND LOCK, NOSE GEAR HAD NOT FULLY EXTENDED OR LOCKED INTO ITS CORRECT POSITION. ASCERTAINED THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED IN FLIGHT, IT WAS DECIDED TO DIVERT FOR A LANDING. LANDING WAS MADE, AT APPROX 1718, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.