N989
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.
1 report on file, 2010-09-10.
Part: AILERON SYS — BINDING · airframe 9,221 hrs · 5,857 cycles
PLAY IN AILERON CONTROL & BINDING WHEN MOVING BOTH LT & RT OF NEUTRAL. BINDING NOTICABLE AT SPEEDS ABOVE 210 KIAS & BECAME WORSE AS SPEED INCREASED. AS SPEED DECREASED, BINDING & PLAY DECREASED. NOTHING ABNORMAL NOTICED DURING FLT CONTROL CHECK BEFORE & AFTER FLT. MOVED AILERONS BY HAND. NOTED A LEAK. GAINED ACCESS & NOTED HARDWARE ON PUSHROD & LT ACU SPOILER OVERTORQUED. CLEANED, LUBED & REINSTALLED HARDWARE. LUBRICATED ROLL SPOILERS & AILERONS. NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACCESSED AILERON INSPECTION AREA. NO DEFECTS NOTED. CHECKED TENSION. TENSION WITHIN LIMITS. PERFORMED OPS & TRAVEL CHECK. OPS CHECKED NORMAL, ALL TRAVEL WITHIN LIMITS. CLOSED ALL ACCESS WORK DONE IAW MM 27-10-00.