N974TW
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.
53 reports on file, 2000-03-27 – 2014-08-10.
Part: PLACARD — PEELING (R4 DOOR) · airframe 42,663 hrs · 20,930 cycles
RIGHT NR 4 DOOR ARROW PEELED. REPLACED RT NR 4 DOOR ARROW. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CREW REST) · airframe 42,663 hrs · 20,930 cycles
EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN IN FLIGHT ATTENDANT CREW REST AREA INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMER EXIT SIGN POWER SUPPLY. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.
Part: UPLOCK SENSOR — FAILED (RT MLG) · airframe 42,413 hrs · 20,797 cycles
RIGHT MLG RED WARNING LIGHT REMAINS ON AFTER THE GEAR IS RETRACTED & AUTO SPOILERS WOULD NOT ARM FOR LANDING. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED RT MLG UPLOCK SENSOR D1-25. SYS GND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION CLOSED.
Earlier reports · 2000–2013 · 50 reports
2013
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 40,618 hrs · 19,868 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHT ST STATION 1400 AT AFT WALKWAY INOPRATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.
Part: BATTERY — DIRTY (CABIN) · airframe 39,461 hrs · 19,205 cycles
RT CENTER CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS BETWEEN AFT LAVATORIES INOPERATIVE. CLEANED RT CENTER CEILING ENERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES . OPS CHECK NORMAL.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 38,707 hrs · 18,794 cycles
LEFT ALTERNATE STATIC PORT AREA SKIN CORRODED. REPAIRED LEFT ALTERNATE STATIC PORT SKIN PER SRM 53-04-00 FIGURE 12C.
2012
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 37,049 hrs · 17,943 cycles
AFT OVERWING EXIT SIGN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY B5-105. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
Part: LENS — MISSING (CABIN) · airframe 37,049 hrs · 17,943 cycles
EMERGENCY PROXIMITY LIGHT AT 26D MISSING LENS. REPLACE LENS FOR PROXIMITY LIGHT AT SEAT 26D. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
Part: HEAT EXCHANGER — CRACKED (AC BAY) · airframe 36,501 hrs · 17,647 cycles
LAX - INFLIGHT PSP-ORD CREW REPORTED TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER TAKEOFF. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. FOUND RIGHT PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER CRACKED. REPLACED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HEAT EXCHANGER FOR RIGHT PACK. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (AC BAY) · airframe 36,485 hrs · 17,640 cycles
TAIL COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY LIGHTS ABOVE CATWALK INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR TAIL COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY LIGHTS ABOVE CATWALK. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
2011
Part: MOUNT — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
G2 GALLEY FORWARD OUTBOARD MOUNT CRACKED STATION 215 RIGHT BUTTLINE 56. REPLACED MOUNT PER SRM -51-30-2.
Part: FLOORBEAM — DAMAGED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
DEEP WEAR IN BOTTOM OF CABIN FLOORBEAM, STATION 389 BUTTLINE 0. REPAIRED PER AARD 53-20-00-21.
Part: CUSP WEB — DAMAGED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
THREE EACH ELONGATED HOLES IN LEFT CUSP STATION 848. REPAIRED PER BOEING DRAWING SG09530019.
Part: CUSP WEB — DAMAGED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
ELONGATED HOLE IN LEFT CUSP STATION 842. REPAIRED PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
Part: CUSP WEB — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
CORROSION ON RIGHT CUSP, ABOVE CARGO DOOR CUTOUT, STATIONS 380 TO 400. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
Part: CUSP WEB — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
RIGHT CUSP SHEET CORRODED STATIONS 380 TO 400. REPAIRED CUSP PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
Part: CUSP WEB — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
RIGHT CUSP SHEET CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS AT STATIONS 389 TO 408. REPLACED RIGHT CUSP SHEET AT STATIONS 389 TO 503 PER AARD 51-10-00-5.
Part: STRUCTURE — DAMAGED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
LEFT SIDE STATION 845 ELONGATED HOLES IN HORSE COLLAR. INSTALLED NEW HORSE COLLAR PER AARD 51-10-00-5.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
NUMBER 6 SEAT TRACK CORRODED AT STATIONS 790 TO 793. ACCOMPLISHED PLUG REPAIR PER SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 4A.
Part: CUSP WEB — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
RIGHT CUSP CRACKED AT LIGHTENING HOLE STATION 285. REPAIRED CUSP PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
NUMBER 6 SEAT TRACK OUT OF LIMITS AT STATIONS 215 TO 588. REPLACED SEAT TRACK PER AMM 53-40-01-2.
Part: SKIN — GOUGED (ENTRY DOOR) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
FORWARD ENTRY DOOR SKIN GOUGED AT GUST LOCK CUTOUT. BLENDED OUT DAMAGE ON FORWARD ENTRY DOOR AT GUST LOCK CUTOUT. DYE CHECKED AND NO CRACKS FOUND. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 52-05-00 FIGURE 20A.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
NUMBER 5 SEAT TRACK CORRODED AT STATIONS 202 TO 207 OUTBOARD UPPER FLANGE. ACCOMPLISHED SPLICE REPAIR PER SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 4F.
Part: CUSP WEB — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
CORROSION ON RIGHT CUSP SHEET STATIONS 218 TO 237. INSTALLED NEW CUSP SHEET PER AARD 51-10-00-5.
Part: WEB — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
INNER WEB CRACKED STATION 218 LONGERON 15 LEFT. ACCOMPLISHED DOUBLER REPAIR PER AARD 53-10-00-11.
Part: CUSP WEB — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
LEFT CUSP STATION 706 CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16.
Part: SKIN — DAMAGED (ENTRY DOOR) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
CABIN FORWARD ENTRY DOOR SKIN BENT SEVERAL PLACES ALONG LOWER EDGE. STRAIGHTENED LOWER SKIN, DYE CHECKED OK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 52-10-00-2 FIGURE 1.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
SEAT TRACK NUMBER 6 CORROSION BLEND OUT BEYOND LIMITS, STATION 1122. REMOVED DAMAGED MATERIAL PER AARD 53-20-00-10. ALODINED AND PRIMED PER SRM 51-10-03. INSTALLED REPAIR PLUG PER AARD 53-20-00-10.
Part: INTERCOSTAL — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
AFT CARGO HAS CRACK IN CEILING INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN STATIONS 1287 AND 1309 NEAR CENTERLINE. INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL IN CEILING BETWEEN STATIONS 1287 AND 1309 NEAR CENTERLINE PER SRM 51-01-00.
Part: PAN — CRACKED (WINDOW) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
STATION 1041, LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE, UPPER AFT EAR IS CRACKED ON WINDOW PAN. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA AND INSTALLED WINDOW PAN PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
SEAT TRACK NUMBER 6, CORROSION BLEND OUT BEYOND LIMITS AT STATIONS 1182 AT 1185. ROUTED OUT CORRODED AREA AND INSTALLED REPAIR PER AARD 53-20-00-10 AND SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 4A.
Part: PAN — CRACKED (WINDOW) · airframe 35,313 hrs · 17,036 cycles
STATION 1079, LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE, UPPER AFT EAR IS CRACKED ON WINDOW PAN. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA AND INSTALLED PAN PER AARD 53-10-00-25.
2010
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 32,465 hrs · 15,583 cycles
SEAT EMERGENCY LIGHT AT POSITION 12D INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LAMP FOR SEAT EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 12D. OPS CHECKS NORMAL.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 31,615 hrs · 15,182 cycles
CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT FASTENER, STATION 1380, ABOVE RIGHT ENGINE PYLON. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-01-00, 53-30-00 AND AARD 51-60-00-04.
2009
Part: CONNECTOR — DISCONNECTED (CABIN) · airframe 29,781 hrs · 14,324 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 17D INOPERATIVE. RECONNECTED CONNECTOR AT SEAT 17D.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 29,781 hrs · 14,324 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT SEAT ROWS 8 TO 16 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 29,781 hrs · 14,324 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHT ON CEILING PANEL IN AFT GALLEY IS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LAMP.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 29,781 hrs · 14,324 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHT AT FORWARD SEAT 5E INOPERATIVE. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (ZONE 200) · airframe 28,655 hrs · 13,832 cycles
15D SEAT MOUNTED ESCAPE PATH LIGHT INOPERATIVE DURING TEST. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY.
Part: FUEL CONTROL — MALFUNCTIONED (NR 1) · airframe 28,402 hrs · 13,721 cycles
DFW - CREW REPORTED DURING DESCENT HAD NO THROTTLE CONTROL. EMERGENCY DECLARED, LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED NUMBER ONE ENGINE FUEL CONTROL AND PUMP. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: CONTROL UNIT — INOPERATIVE (WEATHER RADAR) · airframe 28,121 hrs · 13,589 cycles
DEN INFLIGHT SEA-ORD. WEATHER RADAR FAILED IN FLIGHT. LANDED DEN WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED RIGHT CONTROL UNIT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION. (CLOSED)
Part: LONGERON — CRACKED (BS 1418 L2R) · airframe 27,107 hrs · 13,145 cycles
LONGERON NR 2 RIGHT, CRACKED AFT OF STATION 1418 OUTBOARD LEG. APPLIED LONGERON NR 2 SPLICE REPAIR PER AARD 53-30-00-2.
2008
Part: SHROUD — MISSING (EMERGENCY LIGHTS)
DFW - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 17D HAS MISSING SHROUD. REPLACED SHROUD FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 17D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: LENS — MISSING (EMERGENCY LIGHTS)
DFW - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 17D HAS MISSING LENS. REPLACED LENS FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 17D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: SHROUD — DAMAGED (EMERGENCY LIGHTS)
DFW - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 10D HAS DAMAGED SHROUD. REPLACED SHROUD FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT 10D. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
2004
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
SEA - EMERGENCY EXIT SIGNS ABOVE LEFT AND RIGHT FORWARD OVERWING EXITS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT B5103 FOR EMERGENCY EXIT SIGNS ABOVE LEFT AND RIGHT FORWARD OVERWING EXITS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
DEN - FORWARD ENTRY DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR FORWARD ENTRY DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT)
OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROWS 10 THROUGH 14 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT B5-101 FOR OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROWS 10 THROUGH 14. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (CLOSED)
2003
Part: WIRE — LOOSE (AFT AIRSTAIRS)
DFW - FOUND AFT STAIRWAY HAS ONE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. FOUND WIRES TO SOCKET ASSEMBLY OF LIGHT LOOSE. SECURED WIRES. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (LAVATORY)
MULTIPLE AFT CABIN EMERGENCY CEILING LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED AFT BATTERY PACK IN LEFT AFT LAVATORY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)
Part: LAMP · airframe 10,037 hrs · 5,580 cycles
THE AFT OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE LAMP. CHECK-C 9-4-02 STL. --CLOSED--
2001
Part: LIGHT — BURNED OUT (CABIN) · airframe 4,417 hrs · 2,365 cycles
THE EGRESS LIGHT AT CABIN ROW 1 WAS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE LAMP. CHECK-C 9-20-00 STL.
2000
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 1,667 hrs · 905 cycles
THE CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROWS 24, 26 AND 28 LT SIDE WERE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK.