N937AE
Registered owner: BANK OF UTAH TRUSTEE, UT (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.
6 reports on file, 1997-04-03 – 2005-09-23.
Part: PISTON ROD — CRACKED (STEERING JACK)
AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING FROM THE GATE FOR TAKEOFF. THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE AREA INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING JACK SHAFT HAD SHEARED AT THE ROD END ATTACH AREA THE JACK WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. AD RELATING TO THIS PART WERE COMPLIED WITH DURING OH. AD, LUB AND SHIMMING OF THE JACK WAS COMPLIED WITH. THE JACK IS LUBRICATED ON ALL ODD (B) CHECK INSPECTIONS. (K)
Part: FLEX LINE — RUPTURED (RT NACELLE)
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED STL, WHEN BOTH HYDRAULIC PRESSURE GAUGES WENT TO ZERO. THE CREW ACTUATED BOTH MAIN HYDRAULIC SHUTOFF COCKS. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO STL AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE LANDING GEAR WAS MANUALLY LOWERED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE RT HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE STEEL BRAIDED FLEX LINE HAD RUPTURED CAUSING LOSS OF FLUID. THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FLEX LINE AND BOTH LEFT AND RT HYDRAULIC PUMPS WERE REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WILL FERRY TO MQY FOR SYSTEM BLEED AND SERVICE BEFORE RETURNING TO SERVICE. A FLEET CAMPAIGN IS IN PROGRESS TO REPLACE ALL P/N 1379305-A77 LINES AND TO DETERMINE IN LIFE LIMIT. (M)
Part: PROPELLER — MISREPAIRED (RT ENGINE)
DURING DESCENT TO ROU RT PROPELLOR RPM BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. PROPELLOR RPM WENT TO 104 PERCENT. CREW WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE RPM TO 100 PERCENT WITH THE SPEED LEVER. A PRECAUTIONARY RT ENGINE SHUT OFF WAS PERFORMED. A/C LANDED AND TAXIED TO GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS. THE RT PROP WAS REPLACED AND A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE. PROPELLER WAS RETURNED TO VENDOR FOR EVALUATION. TEAR-DOWN REPORT WAS RECEIVED 10/26/00 CAUSE OF UNCONTROLLABLE PROPELLOR RPM WAS IMPROPER BLADE SHIMMING. ALL BLADES WERE SHIMMED TO CORRECT BLADE TORQUE.
Part: CONTROLLER — FAILED (RT PROPELLER)
DURING DESENT TO RDU, THE RIGHT PROPELLER RPM BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE, PROPELLER RPM WENT TO 104 PERCENT. THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO REDUCE THE RPM TO 100 PERCENT WITH THE SPEED LEVER. A PRECAUTIONARY RIGHT ENGINES SHUT DOWN WAS PERFORMED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS. THE RT PROPELLER WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: VALVE — FAILED (HYD NON RETURN)
BNA - FLT 102 - TOTAL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC POWER. MANUALLY PUMPED GEAR DOWN. REPLACED CRACKED NON-RETURN VALVE. ACFT TT: 8,453 HOURS.
Part: NON RETURN VALVE — CRACKED (WING CTR SECTION)
BNA - FLT 937 - AFTER TAKEOFF FROM TYS ON TRAINING FLIGHT, SELECTED GEAR UP HYDRAULIC PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO AND RETURNED TO NORMAL. HYDRAULIC PRESSURE STARTED TO FLUCTUATE, CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND NOSE STRUT INDICATED SAFE. CREW PERFORMED MANUAL EXTENSION OF MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BNA AND MADE UNEVENTFUL LANDING. FOUND NON-RETURN VALVE FOR RIGHT HAD HYDRAULIC PUMP CRACKED, REPLACED VALVE AND PERFORMED FUNCTION CHECK OF LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)