N9993R

PIPER PA-31-350 · 1979 · Fixed-wing multi-engine · 2 engines · 8 seats · Valid Registration

Registered owner: CSC DELAWARE TRUST CO TRUSTEE, DE (owner ≠ operator)

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.

2 reports on file, 2013-11-29 – 2014-04-11.

WARNING INDICATION · 2014-04-11 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3230

Part: CENTERING CAM — MALFUNCTIONED (ZONE 700) · airframe 13,682 hrs

PILOT REPORTED THAT NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND VIA NORMAL EXTENSION PROCEDURES. EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE USED TO EXTEND MLG. MX FOUND NOSE GEAR CENTERING CAM WORN & THEREFORE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT CENTERING DURING RETRACTION & BINDING IN WW. CAM WAS REPLACED & SYS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

Source: SDR KY7A20140411001
AFFECT SYSTEMS · 2013-11-29 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3250

Part: BOLT — BROKEN (NLG) · airframe 13,474 hrs

PILOT REPORTED NLG FAILED TO EXTEND ON APPROACH. ATTEMPTED TO MANUAL EXTEND GEAR WITH NO RESULT. GEAR EXTENDED DURING POS G MANEUVERING & ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED NG SYS & FOUND SCUFFING INSIDE WW & ON GEAR DOORS, SUGGESTING GEAR WAS NOT CTR WHEN RETRACTED. NG STEERING SYS WAS INSPECTED & FOUND THE THREE AN3 BOLTS HOLDING THE NG STEERING PLATE ASSY TO THE NG STRUT HAD SHEARED. SUSPECT THAT THE NG WAS OVER STEERED DURING TOWING OPERATIONS & NOT REPORTED. LACKING SOLID ATTACHMENT OF THE STEERING PLATE ASSY, THE NG STEERING ARM WOULD NOT HAVE ACTUATED THE NG TO THE CTR POS DURING GEAR RETRACTION, CAUSING THE GEAR TO BIND IN THE WW. ALL DEFECTIVE PARTS WERE REPLACED & THE REST OF THE SYS WAS INSPECTED & TESTED.

Source: SDR KY7A20131129001