N944AE
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, 1996-03-23 – 2005-02-11.
Part: LINE — BURST (HYD SYSTEM)
AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE, THE CREW NOTICED ONE HYDRAULIC GAUGE FLUCTUATING AND FINALLY GOING TO ZERO AND THE OTHER GAUGE AT ZERO. THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCEDURES FOR HYDRAULIC FAILURE. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. THE NOSE INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE MAINS WERE PUMPED DOWN USING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES. FLAPS WERE LOWERED USING THE HAND PUMP. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND SHUTDOWN ON THE RUNWAY. THE PASSENGERS WERE BUSSED TO TERMINAL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BY MAINTENANCE BACK ONTO RAMP. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RT ENGINE HYDRAULIC LINE HAD BURST. THE LINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. LT AND RT HYD PUMPS WERE ALSO REPLACED, LEAK AND OPS CHECKED.
Part: HOSE — RUPTURED (RT MLG)
ALT - FLT 1647 - LOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ON FINAL APPROACH TO ALT FROM CAE. AN EMERGENCY MANUAL GEAR AND FLAP EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. REPLACED BOTH ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMPS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. REPLACED THE RUPTURED STEEL FLEX LINE TO THE RT MLG RADIUS ROD. THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SERVICED AND BLED. THE ARICRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE FAILED HYDRAULIC LINE SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF CHAFING. THE RUPTURE OCCURRED WHERE THE STEEL BRAIDED LINE WAS SWAGED TO THE END FITTING. IT APPEARS NORMAL EXTENSION AND RETRACTION ACTION OF THE RADIUS ROD WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. PART TC: 16,556. (X)
Part: LINE — CHAFED (RT NACELE)
ORF - FLT 1044 - LOST ALL HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IN-FLIGHT EN ROUTE TO ORF. AN EMERGENCY MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED ON APPROACH. ACFT LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT ENGINE PUMP HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FLEX LINE. THE LINE HAD A PIN HOLE CHAFED THROUGH THE STEEL BRAIDED SIDE OF THE LINE WHERE IT CHAFED AGAINST THE SS COMBUSTION DRAIN LINE. THE DRAIN LINE WAS REPLACED. ALSO, THE RT HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SERVICED WITH MIL 5606, AND BLED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (RIGHT)
FLT NR 4567 - BNA - DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE RIGHT ENGINE TORQUE DROPPED TO 20 PERCENT AND THE RPM ROSE TO 120 PERCENT. THE CREW SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO BNA WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED ENGINE. (M)