N983C
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.
3 reports on file, 2011-08-01 – 2016-11-12.
Part: DOWNLOCK SWITCH — FAULTY (NLG) · airframe 14,320 hrs · 14,680 cycles
PILOT REPORTS, THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION. WE CYCLED THE GEAR THREE TIMES TO NO AVAIL. PROCEEDED TO EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN PROCEDURES VIA CHECKLIST AND GOT A GREEN NOSE GEAR LIGHT. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH. GROUND OPS CHECK SATISFACTORY. OPERATIONAL FLIGHT CHECK SATISFACTORY.
Part: TRANSISTOR — SHORTED (COCKPIT) · airframe 11,968 hrs · 12,323 cycles
ON APPROACH THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. PILOT PUT ON OXYGEN MASK AND LANDED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE FOUND RESISTOR R19, A 100 OHKM 2 WATT RESISTOR, CRACKED FROM HEAT. TRANSISTOR Q7 WAS SHORTED FROM BASE TO EMITTER. ROOT CAUSE WAS TRANSISTOR TO COPILOT INSTRUMENT LIGHTING CIRCUIT SHORTING OUT. REPAIRS ARE UNDER WAY.
Part: INDICATOR — LOOSE (COCKPIT) · airframe 11,319 hrs · 11,644 cycles
RETURNING FROM BFI ON APPROACH TO SIT THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND ONLY GOT A NOSE GREEN LIGHT AND THE GEAR HANDLE WAS INDICATING IN-TRANSIT (RED LIGHT). CYCLED THE GEAR AND GOT THREE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS AND THE IN-TRANSIT LIGHT WENT OUT (NORMAL OPS). MAINTENANCE REQUESTED A FERRY PERMIT AND RELOCATED THE AIRCRAFT TO ANC MAINTENANCE BASE WITH THE GEAR REMAINING IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LANDING GEAR DOWN INDICATOR ASSY LOOSE. REINSTALLED INDICATOR ASSY CLEANED ALL GEAR SWITCHES, CYCLED GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES WITH GOOD RESULTS. FLIGHT CHECK OK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.