N93021
Registered owner: WARD AIR INC, AK (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARD AIR, INC (HXRA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
| WARD AIR, INC (HXRA) | Operator | 2026-04-16 – 2026-04-16 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Maintenance disclosures
DURING ROUTINE MX, THE RT OTBD AILERON HINGE BRACKET, PN 1220052-18, WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED THROUGH THE BEND RADIUS OF THE LOWER INBD FLANGE. THE PART WAS REPLACED WITH NEW. THIS IS THE 2ND HINGE BRACKET WE HAVE FOUND CRACKED ON THIS ACFT & THE 4TH IN OUR FLEET. BELIEVE THAT IN THIS CASE THAT THE CRACKING IS A RESULT OF SIMPLE FATIGUE DUE TO THE HIGH NR OF HOURS, EXTENSIVE LOW LEVEL OPERATION & HIGH CYCLES PER HOUR. WE HAVE INSTITUTED A REPEATING DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION OF ALL AILERON HINGE BRACKETS ON OUR 206 & 207 FLEET FOR ACFT OVER 10000 HOURS TOTAL TIME.
PILOT REPORTED ENG DIED WHEN IGNITION SWITCH MOVED TO LT POSITION. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED LT MAGNETO INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LT MAGNETO WITH SERVICEABLE, ALL CHECKED SATISFACTORY. PRELIMINARY INSPECTION SHOWED LT MAGNETO POINTS NOT OPENING, POSSIBLY DUE TO EXCESSIVE CAM FOLLOWER WEAR. THE MAGNETO ONLY HAD 107.6 HOURS SINCE 500 HOUR INSPECTION.
DURING A ROUTINE 100 HOUR INSPECTION, THE LT OTBD AILERON HINGE PN 1220052-17 WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED IN THE VERTICAL WEB OF THE OTBD BRACKET THAT ATTACHES THE HINGE ASSEMBLY TO THE AFT WING SPAR. FURTHERMORE, UPON REMOVAL OF THE HINGE BRACKET ASSEMBLY THE AFT WING SPAR CHANNEL PN 1222106-13 WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ADJACENT TO ONE OF THE AILERON HINGE ASSEMBLY ATTACHING RIVETS. BOTH THE WING SPAR CHANNEL & THE AILERON HINGE BRACKET WERE REPLACED WITH NEW PARTS. THE ACFT HAS HIGH TOTAL TIME & THOUGH CYCLES ARE NOT TRACKED, THIS OPERATION HAS A HIGH NR OF CYCLES PER FLIGHT HOUR AS WELL AS FREQUENT TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERS. ALSO THE TWO RIVETS THAT ATTACH THE LOWER FLANGE OF THE AILERON HINGE BRACKET TO THE LOWER FLANGE OF THE SPAR CHANNEL HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN LOOSE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I SUSPECT THAT THIS LOOSENESS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CRACKS IN THE BRACKET & THE SPAR CHANNEL. THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL SIMILAR BRACKETS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND CRACKED ON OUR FLEET, I RECOMMEND THAT OPERATORS OF HIGH TIME & HIGH FATIGUE ENVIRONMENT ACFT CONDUCT A VISUAL & TACTILE INSPECTION OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE AILERON HINGE BRACKETS ON THESE ACFT AT REGULAR INTERVALS.
THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS REMOVED AS PART OF A ROUTINE ANNUAL INSPECTION. DURING INSPECTION THE LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH BRACKET PN 1212128-1 WAS FOUND CRACKED JUST ABOVE THE BOLT HOLE. THE PART WAS REPLACED WITH NEW. NEITHER THE TOTAL TIME NOR THE TOTAL CYCLES ON THE BRACKET COULD BE DETERMINED. SUSPECT EITHER POOR PART FIT, ABUSE OF ACFT BY PUSHING ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TO MOVE & LIFT THE ACFT OR SIMPLE FATIGUE AS FACTORS IN THIS FAILURE. THIS STRUCTURE IS THE SAME AS FOUND ON THE 206, 207 & 210, SIMILAR TO THE 180 & 185. CRACKS IN SIMILAR PARTS ON THE 180 & 185 ARE A KNOWN ISSUE & THIS IS THE SECOND 207 IN OUR FLEET ON WHICH WE HAVE FOUND THESE CRACKS. RECOMMEND PERIODIC INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH STRUCTURE, TO INCLUDE DISASSEMBLY AS NECESSARY ESPECIALLY IN ACFT OPERATED IN HIGH FATIGUE OPERATIONS SUCH AS FREQUENT TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERS, HIGH CYCLES PER HOUR & HIGH GROSS WEIGHT OPERATION.
THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS REMOVED AS PART OF A ROUTINE ANNUAL INSPECTION. DURING INSPECTION THE RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH BRACKET PN 1212128-2 WAS FOUND CRACKED JUST ABOVE THE BOLT HOLE. THE PART WAS REPLACED WITH NEW. NEITHER THE TOTAL TIME NOR THE TOTAL CYCLES ON THE BRACKET COULD BE DETERMINED. SUSPECT EITHER POOR PART FIT, ABUSE OF ACFT BY PUSHING ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TO MOVE & LIFT THE ACFT OR SIMPLE FATIGUE AS FACTORS IN THIS FAILURE. THIS STRUCTURE IS THE SAME AS FOUND ON THE 206, 207, 210 & SIMILAR TO THE 180 & 185. CRACKS IN SIMILAR PARTS ON THE 180 & 185 ARE A KNOWN ISSUE & THIS IS THE SECOND 207 IN OUR FLEET ON WHICH WE HAVE FOUND THESE CRACKS. RECOMMEND PERIODIC INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH STRUCTURE, TO INCLUDE DISASSEMBLY AS NECESSARY ESPECIALLY IN ACFT OPERATED IN HIGH FATIGUE OPERATIONS SUCH AS FREQUENT TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERS, HIGH CYCLES PER HOUR & HIGH GROSS WEIGHT OPERATION.
DURING A CYLINDER CHANGE, THE SMALL END BUSHING IN THE CONNECTING ROD WAS FOUND SHIFTED & ROTATED IN ITS BORE IN THE NR 1 CONNECTING ROD. THE ENG WAS REBUILT TO ZERO TIME, 1290 OPERATING HOURS AGO.