SERVANT AIR, INC.
Also recorded as: SERVANT AIR, INC., Servant Air, Inc.
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
Operated by Servant Air Inc. (per NTSB report)
FAA enforcement actions
FAA enforcement records haven't been loaded into GroundCheck yet, so none can be shown — a gap in our data, not evidence of a clean enforcement history.
Maintenance disclosure history
Service Difficulty Reports are self-reported maintenance findings. The NUMBER of reports is not a measure of reliability — diligent operators file more, not fewer. These are shown for transparency, not as a negative signal.
4 reports on file.
THE MAGNETO IMPULSE COUPLER LOCKED UP AND BROKE THE GEARS INSIDE THE BACK OF THE ENGINE. THIS SHEARED THE DOWEL PIN IN THE BACK OF THE CRANKSHAFT CAUSING ENGINE STOPPAGE.
ON DEPLOYING LANDING GEAR, COULD NOT GET A NOSE GEAR INDICATION. RAN THROUGH EMERGANCY PROCEDURES SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL (ALSO NOTED GEAR WOULD NO LONGER RETRACT). PERFORMED LANDING AND ON ROLL OUT, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEILED ELECTRIC MOTOR ON HYDRAULIC POWER PACK BRUSH FAILURE AND SUSBIQUENT INOP PUMP.
VALVE THAT IS ACTUATED BY NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE DEPRESSING A PLUNGER WHEN NOSE GEAR IS RETRACTED. HYDR ACT TO CLOSE SEC NOSE GEAR DOOR. WHEN GEAR IS EXTENDED, PLUNGER EXTENDS RELEASING PRESSURE ON ACTUATOR, DOOR IS SPRING LOADED TO OPEN. PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN ORING ON PLUNGER FAILED DUMPING HYDR FLUID OVERBOARD, MANUAL EXTENSION OF LANDING GEAR. PLUGER REMAINED IN DEPRESSED POSITION THUS TRAPING PRESSURE IN DOOR ACTUATOR WHICH HELD DOOR CLOSED. THIS CAUSED DIFFICULTY IN MANUALLY EXTENDING GEAR AND EXCITED PILOT. VALVE WHICH FAILED AND SECONDARY (FWD) NOSE GEAR DOOR ARE BOTH PARTS INSTALLED VALVE WITH STC SA00953AT. VALVE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, SYSTEM TESTED SATISFACTORY AND AC RETURNED TO SERVICE.
DEFECT - BAFFLES IN MUFFLER ARE MISSING. APPARENTLY, PARTIALLY BLOCKING EXHAUST. OCCURRENCE - POWER LOSS AT 6,500 FEET, 75 PERCENT POWER AT CRUISE. ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND LOSS OF POWER. COULD NOT DUPLICATE OCCURRENCE ON GROUND. SUBMITTER STATED THIS PART HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE PURCHASED. HARD TO DETECT PREMATURE FAILURE.