N938AE
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.
4 reports on file, 1996-04-03 – 2001-03-02.
Part: COMPUTER — MALFUNCTIONED (RT ENGINE)
RDU - FLT 1524 - AIRCRAFT WAS EN ROUTE FROM EWN TO RDU, WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO HAVE TORQUE AND TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS. NORMAL PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO RDU WERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS. ENGINE GROUND RUNS CONFIRMED THE FLUCTUATING TORQUE AND TEMPERATURE. THE RIGHT SRL COMPUTER WAS TURNED OFF AND THE ENGINE THE MAINTAINED CONSTANT TORQUE AND TEMPERATURE. THE RIGHT ENGINE SRL COMPUTER WAS MEL''D IAW MEL PROCEDURES. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE MEL WAS CLEARED LATER THE DAY BY REPLACING THE RIGHT PROPELLER MONOPOLE. SEVERAL ENGINE RUNS WERE PERFORMED, WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.
Part: PROPELLER — CRACKED (NR 4)
MQY - DURING NDT INSPECTION OF RIGHT PROPELLER IAW AD 2000-15-10 AND MCCAULEY 88234, THE NR 4 PROPELLER BLADE FAILED THE EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION. THIS INDICATES THAT THE BLADE WAS CRACKED. THE PROPELLER ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE ASSEMBLY. NO RECORD OF BLADE S/N NOR ANY MAINTENANCE ACTINO. PROPELLER WILL BE SHIPPED PIEDMONT HAWTHORNE AVIATION, WINSTON-SALEM, NC FOR BLADE REPLACEMENT. (M)
Part: SWITCH — MALFUNCTION (RT MLG)
CHS - FLT 1738 - AFTER DEPARTURE FROM CHS, CREW SELECTED GEAR UP ALL GEAR RETRACTED AND INDICATED SAFE. DURING CLIMB, THE RIGHT GEAR DOWN AND LOCK GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH NO OTHER LIGHTS OR INDICATIONS THE GEAR HAD UNLOCKED. ALL OTHER GEAR INDICATIONS REMAINED NORMAL FOR THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN RDU. MAINTENANCE VERIFIED THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH HAD MALFUNCTIONED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH, PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
Part: EXHAUST PIPE — CRACKED (RT ENGINE)
FLT NR 4675 - CHA - ON POST FLT INSPECTION, THE CAPTAIN NOTICED THE RIGHT ENG COWL HAD THE PAINT DISCOLORED DUE TO HEAT ON BOTH SIDES. THE RIGHT ENG EXHAUST STUB PIPE WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AT THE FLANGE. REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE EXHAUST STUB PIPE. (M)