N958SP

CESSNA 208B · 2014 · Fixed-wing single-engine · 1 engine · 12 seats · Valid Registration

Registered owner: SOUTHERN AIRWAYS PACIFIC LLC, FL (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
SOUTHERN AIRWAYS EXPRESS, LLC (141A)Certificate holderMatched by certificate designator

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, 2019-08-08 – 2025-08-12.

AFFECT SYSTEMS · 2025-08-12 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3400

Part: GUIDE — MISSING

FOUND G1000 GUIDE MISSING, RETURNED TO GATE AND MX REPLACED

Source: SDR 2025F00211
FLT CONT AFFECTED · 2025-05-08 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2210

Part: SERVO — DEFECTIVE (YAW) · airframe 15,826 hrs · 12,607 cycles

DURING FLIGHT PILOT AUTOPILOT HAD A PROBLEM AND AFTER THE AUTOPILOT WAS SHUT OFF THE RUDDER WENT FULL RIGHT. USING THE RUDDER CONTROLS THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO THEIR PLANNED DESTINATION OF IAD. MX DISCOVERED THE YAW SERVO WAS DEFECTIVE. MX REPLACED GSA-80 WITH PN: 011-00877-20 SN: 19Z018546 OVERHAULED UNIT. MX RELOADED SW0767.25 AND APPLICABLE YAW FILES. OPS CHECK GOOD.

Source: SDR 2025F00125
SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS · 2023-02-14 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2120

Part: BLOWER — SHORTED (ZONE 500) · airframe 12,715 hrs · 9,633 cycles

VENTILATION FAN INOPERATIVE WITH A LIGHT ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE VENTS WHEN TURNED SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION. SMELL DISSIPATED WHEN SWITCHED OFF

Source: SDR 2023F00056
OTHER · 2019-08-08 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2822

Part: PUMP — FAILED (FUEL BOOST)

FUEL BOOST PUMP FAILED ON ENGINE RUN UP. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND FUEL BOOST PUMP IMPELLERS NO LONGER INTACT. ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE WAS INITIATED BY A LOW FUEL PRESSURE WARNING. A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COULD BE HEARD WHENEVER THE FUEL BOOST SWITCH WAS MOVED TO EITHER THE NORMAL OR ON POSITION. INSPECTION OF THE FUEL RESERVOIR SHOWED NO FOD THAT COULD OF INITIATED THE FAILURE OF THE PUMP IMPELLERS. INSPECTION OF THE FUEL INLET FILTERS AND SCREENS SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF IMPELLER MATERIAL.

Source: SDR 2020FA0000036