FAA incident reports · 1
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N9855F and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.
Service difficulty reports · 14
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR NI6R201707220042Governor · faultedON TAKE OFF ROLL, CAPTAIN SAW THE RT RADIAL ENGINE RPM INDICATING HIGH. ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY TOGGLE THE PROPELLER TO DECREASE THE ENGINE RPM. WHEN NO RPM DROP OCCURRED, ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKE OFF. AS THE CREW HELD REVERSE PROPPELLER LONGER THAN NORMAL WSDR NI6R201706110039Rocker Shaft · failedAFTER RETARDANT DROP, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED OIL STREAMING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE RH RADIAL ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, AND AN IFE DECLARED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE ROCKER ARM FOR NR 12 CYLSDR NI6R201603270032Cylinder · inoperativeLEFT RADIAL ENGINE BEGAN POPPING AND BANGING. FLIGHT CREW CHECKED ENGINE ANALYZER AND FOUND A DEAD CYLINDER INDICATION. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED. UNEVENTFUL LANDING.SDR NI6R201507120029Position Sensor · out of adjustIMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE OFF IN CLIMB THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RAISE. IFE WAS DECLARED, EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED, AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED.SDR NI6R201407200014Engine · making metalDURING CLIMB, THE NR 1 RADIAL ENGINE FRONT CHIP DETECT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE PRESENT. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO JETTISON THE RETARDANT LOAD AND SECURE THE ENGINE. BOTH JETS AND NR 2 RADIAL ENGINE WERE OPERATING NORMALLY. AN ESDR NI6R201306190012Line · rupturedDURING RETURN FLIGHT FROM A RETARDANT DROP MISSION, THE MAIN HYD SYSTEM ACCUMULATOR AIR LINE RUPTURED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF MAIN HYD SYSTEM PRESSURE INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT. THE HYD SYSTEM PRESSURE REMAINED AT NORMAL LEVELS WITH NO LOSS OF CONTROL OR SYS ACSDR NI6R20121220011Skin · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE LT LOWER WING SKIN AT WS 114.5, CONSISTING OF A CRACK MEASURING 0.90" IN LENGTH AND EXTENDING INTO A FASTENER. THE AFFECTED AREA FALLS WITHIN THE AREA COVERED BY THE ORIGINAL AMOC FOR AD2002-19-13. ON-SISDR NI6R20121220010Skin · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED ON LT LOWER WING SKIN AT FUEL SUMP ACCESS PANEL LOCATED AT WS 102.25. ONE MINOR CRACK IN FWD INBD CORNER AND MEASURES .200" IN LENGTH AND IS .050" FROM THE CLOSEST FASTENER. ANOTHER MINOR CRACK IS IN THE AFT OSDR NI6R20121105008Downlock Sensor · out of adjustDURING CLIMB, LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED INTO RETRACT. BOTH MLG RETRACTED NORMALLY, NLG DID NOT. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, CREW DECLARED AND IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY, JETTISONED THE RETARDANT LOAD, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE AN OUT-OF-RSDR NI6R20120913007Cylinder · failedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE LT RADIAL ENGINE NR 2 CYLINDER SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. BOTH FRONT AND REAR OIL SUMP CHIP DETECTOR WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STOPPAGE. THE CREW COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY SHUTDOSDR NI6R20120814003Wing · crackedAT LEFT WING STATION 40, A CRACK IN THE WING SKIN, JUST OUTBOARD OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN, APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES LONG WAS DISCOVERED UNDER AN EXISTING REPAIR USING EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION. THE CRACK RUNS FORE AND AFT BETWEEN STRINGERS 17 AND 18. NO OTHER DAMAGE HSDR NI6R20110817001Filter Housing · rupturedAFTER DROPPING RETARDANT ON A FIRE, WHILE AT CRUISE RETURNING TO BASE, MAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE OCCURRED WITH ASSOCIATED VAPORS IN THE COCKPIT. VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWED NO FLUID PRESENT WITH MAIN SYSTEM PRESSURE READING ONLY ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE. DIVERSSDR 2010FA0001060Regulator Valve · worn(NI6R) ON APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE AIRCREW DISCOVERED THE MAIN HYD SYS WOULD NOT BUILD PRESSURE ABOVE 1,000 PSI. NORMAL IN-FLIGHT OPERATING RANGE IS 1,400 - 1,725 PSI. AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY, AND WAS TOWED FROM THE ACTIVE SDR 97ZZZX4661Casting · crackedWHILE ACCOMPLISHING A FLEET-WIDE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, A CASTING CRACK WAS FOUND ON A SECOND UNIT WITHIN FLEET.