N938MA
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.
5 reports on file, 1996-11-08 – 2005-04-27.
Part: ATTACH BOLT — LOOSE (RT PROPELLER)
DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE OF COMPLYING WITH AD (PROP TORQUE) ON THE RT PROPELLER IN ACC`S HANGAR, (3) PROP ATTACH BOLTS WERE FOUND LOOSE, BUT NOT BROKEN. AD STATES WHEN LOOSE BOLTS ARE FOUND THE PROPELLER IS TO BE REMOVED AND INSPECTED, THE FLANGE MATING SURFACES. THE RT PROPELLER AND POWER SECTION WERE REMOVED DUE TO FRETTING BEYOND .0015 LIMITATIONS IAW THE AD. SERVICEABLE POWER SECTION WAS INSTALLED IAW THE MM. THEN AN OVERHAULED PROPELLER WAS INSTALLED IAW THE MM. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. AD WAS COMPLIED WITH IAW MFG SB AND NO DEFECTS FOUND AS WRITTEN UP ON ACC`S MDW. THE AD IS NEXT DUE AT 26280.2 TAT. AC WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (K)
Part: NLG — MALFUNCTIONED (NOSE)
FLYING INTO WILMINGTON, THE CREW EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. CREW TRIED TO HAVE TOWER VERIFY NOSE GEAR POSITION, BUT UNABLE TO. CREW TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO VERIFY POSTION BY MEANS OF EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. NONE OF THESE WERE SUCCESSFUL. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE CREW. LANDING WAS MADE SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO PROBLEMS OR DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED UNDER ITS OWN POWER CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND TO ITS ASSIGNED PARKING SPOT. THE MECHANIC PINNED THE GEAR AND IT HAS BEEN MEL'D.
Part: TURBINE SECTION — LEAKING (LT ENGINE)
A RECURRENCE OF THE LEAKING OIL ON THE LEFT POWER SECTION, PAGE 84101. THE REPAIR DID NOT HOLD. THE POWER SECTION WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. RUN AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD.
Part: FITTING — STRIPPED (LT ENGINE)
WHILE CLIMBING OFF OF CWA, THE CREW NOTICED FLUCTUATION ON THE LEFT OIL PRESSURE. APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS LATER, OIL PRESSURE WAS DROPPING ON THAT SIDE AND TORQUE WAS REDUCED. VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWED OIL EXTRACTING FROM THE DRAINS OF THE LEFT ENGINE. OIL PRESSURE AT THIS POINT WAS APPROX 80 PSI. CREW THEN PROCEEDED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. RETURNED FOR LANDING AT CWA AIRPORT. THE OIL FITTING FOR THE TORQUE TRANSMITTER WAS TIGHTENED AND SAFETY WIRED.
Part: LP BLEED VALVE — WORN (COMPRESSOR)
MKE - ON TAKEOFF, COMPRESSOR STALLED ON START AND TAKEOFF POWER. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO BASE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LOW PRESSURE BLEED VALVE. RAN ENGINE, OPERATIONAL CHECK FOUND NORMAL.