# Paraplane 120 - Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry) - Registry code: 05636PA - Manufacturer (registry): PARAPLANE - Model: 120 - Aircraft type: Powered parachute - Engines: 1 · Reciprocating - Seats: 1 - Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb - Certification: Not type certificated - Registered aircraft: 0 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/paraplane-120 Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs) Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment. None matched. ## Registered aircraft None registered with this model now. ## NTSB investigations None matched to aircraft with this model. ## FAA accident and incident reports None matched to aircraft with this model. ## Service difficulty reports (108, newest 50) As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report. - [SDR DXTA2022092771200](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092771200), Sep 27, 2022: BATTERY PACK. ABNORMAL. EMER LIGHTS OFF AMBER CAS: ON PREFLIGHT SEAT 3 FLOOR AND OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP WITH ON AND ARMED POSITION AS WELL AS RIGHT WING ICE LIGHT. LIGHTS ALL W - [SDR DXTA2022092771210](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092771210), Sep 27, 2022: BATTERY PACK. DEFECTIVE. CABIN EMERG LIGHT: EMERGENCY LIGHTING OVERHEAD LIGHT SEAT 7 AND PATH LIGHTING UNDER SEAT 5 AND SEAT 8 ARE OUT. // SIGNOFF// TROUBLESHOT TO BAD BATTERY PACK#3 RE - [SDR DXTA2022092771120](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092771120), Sep 26, 2022: NONE. DEFECTIVE. FLOOR EMERG EXIT LIGHT: LEFT FORWARD EMERGENCY PATH WAY LIGHTING IS INOP // SIGNOFF// REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LEFT FORWARD POSITION 1 AND LEFT FORWARD POSITION - [SDR DXTA2022092671140](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092671140), Sep 26, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERG LIGHT SWITCH: WITH BATTERIES CONNNECTED AND BATT SWITCHES OFF, EMER LIGHTS WERE NOT OPERATIONAL WITH THE EMER LTS SWITCH IN THE ARM POSITION. // SIGNOFF// - [SDR DXTA2022092671080](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092671080), Sep 25, 2022: NONE. ABNORMAL. MAIN DOOR: SCREW CAME OFF OF MAIN DOOR CONTROL ARM. CONTROL ARM IS SEPARATED AND CANNOT LIFT DOOR.// SIGNOFF// REMOVED WORN FWD DOOR LIFT LINK ASSY PN: 7411323- - [SDR DXTA2022092370950](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092370950), Sep 22, 2022: BATTERY PACK. ABNORMAL. EMERG EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: EMER LIGHTS WORKED ON INITIAL POWER UP PRE FLIGHT BUT ARE FAILING TO ILLUMINATE ON SHUT DOWN. // SIGNOFF// REMOVED AND REPLACED EMERGENCY - [SDR DXTA2022092370960](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092370960), Sep 22, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR: CANNOT GET THE MAIN CABIN DOOR TO LATCH. DOOR COMES UP NORMALLY BUT THRE IS A PRONOUNCED CLUNK AS THE DOOR COMES SHUT AND THE LATCH WILL NOT LATCH. N - [SDR DXTA2022092270900](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092270900), Sep 22, 2022: WIRE. SHORTED. CABIN DOOR OPEN AMBER CAS: WHEN CLOSING MAIN CANIN DOOR, YELLOW DOOR HANDLE LOCK LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. ALSO AMBER CAS CABIN DOOR OPEN WAS ILUMINATED. FOLL - [SDR DXTA2022092170810](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092170810), Sep 20, 2022: NONE. NONE. CABIN EMERG LIGHT: EMERGENCY LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON WITH THE PAX SAFETY ON OR WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN ARM POSITION WITH NO DC POWER APPLIED. WITH THE EMERGE - [SDR DXTA2022092070760](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092070760), Sep 19, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR: UNABLE TO LOCK THE MAIN CABIN DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. WE WERE ABLE TO LOCK THE DOOR ONCE BUT HAD A VENT DOOR AND LOCKING HANDLE LIGHT INLLIMINATED ON T - [SDR DXTA2022092070800](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092070800), Sep 19, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERGENCY EXIT OPEN AMBER CAS: AMBER EMERGENCY EXIT OPEN CAS MESSAGE CAME ON APPROX ONE HOUR INTO FLIGHT AT FL410. EXTINGUISHED DURING DESCENT BELOW FL180 // SI - [SDR DXTA2022091970710](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091970710), Sep 18, 2022: NONE. DEFECTIVE. MAIN DOOR LOCK: DURING THE ROTARY TEST OVERSPEED DETENT, THE DOOR LOCK SOLENOID DID NOT MAKE A CLICK. WE CLOSED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR AND TRIED THE OVERSPEED TEST - [SDR DXTA2022092070770](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022092070770), Sep 18, 2022: NONE. DEFECTIVE. FLOOR EMERG EXIT LIGHT: LEFT FOWARD EMER FLOOR PATHWAY LIGHTS ARE INOP. // SIGNOFF// REMOVED INOP LH MOST FWD LOWER LED LIGHTING STRIP P/N: 9919040-9, AND INSTA - [SDR DXTA2022091970730](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091970730), Sep 18, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: MAIN DOOR EXIT SIGN LIGHTS REMAIN ON REGARDLESS OF SWITCH POSITION. // SIGNOFF// FOUND #1 EMERGENCY LIGHTING INERTIA SWITCH TO BE TRIPPED. - [SDR DXTA2022091970640](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091970640), Sep 17, 2022: PUMP. DAMAGED. IN FLIGHT, AMBER CAS HYD PRESSURE LOW RT. LATER AN AMBER CAS HYD VOLUME LOW. RAN QRH. HYD FLUID DRIPPING FROM RT ENG ON POST FLT. FOUND RT HYD LINE & CLAMPS SHE - [SDR DXTA2022091970670](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091970670), Sep 17, 2022: NONE. NONE. CABIN EMERG LIGHT: WITH THE BATTERIES OFF AND THE EMER LIGHTS OFF THE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN (WHITE) OVER THE MAIN CABIN DOOR IS ILLUMINATED. ALSO THE 2 EXIT SIGNS - [SDR DXTA2022091670530](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091670530), Sep 16, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: MAIN EXIT SIGN/LIGHT AND PATH LIGHT REMAIN ON AFTER POWERED OFF. // SIGNOFF // GAINED ACCESS TO #1 INERTIA SWITCH AND RESET SWITCH REF CE6 - [SDR DXTA2022091970570](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091970570), Sep 16, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR: MAIN DOOR FREE FALLS OPEN WHEN UNLATCHED. BOTH DAMPENERS ON DOOR ARE WEAK AND MAY REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. //SIGNOFF// OPERATED DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES AND N - [SDR DXTA2022091970590](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091970590), Sep 16, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR PRECATCH: WILL NOT RELEASE WHEN AIR ON. // SIGNOFF// CONDUCTED OPS CHECK ON MAIN DOOR IAW CE-560XL AMM 52-10-00. NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. MCC APPROVED - [SDR DXTA2022091970560](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091970560), Sep 16, 2022: DOOR SEAL. DEFECTIVE. EMERG EXIT DOOR SEAL: DURING FLIGHT AT 23,000FT PAX NOTIFIED US THAT THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE LAV. I WENT BACK TO LAV AND THERE WAS A LOUD HIGH PI - [SDR DXTA2022091570440](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091570440), Sep 15, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERG EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: WHEN THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS TOGGLE IS SWITCHED TO ON, ABOUT HALF OF THE EXIT LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. WHEN THE TOGGLE IS IN THE ARMED POSITION AN - [SDR DXTA2022091570400](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091570400), Sep 14, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR HANDLE: WHEN CLOSING DOOR FROM INSIDE THE OUTSIDE HANDLE DOES NOT STOW - [SDR DXTA2022091470350](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091470350), Sep 13, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR PRIMARY SEAL: RUBBING DAMAGE BY MAIN CABIN DOOR HANDLE OBSERVED ON AND AROUND PRIMARY AND ACOUSTIC DOOR SEAL AREA. - [SDR DXTA2022091370340](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091370340), Sep 13, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERGENCY LIGHTING: WHEN BATTERY SWITCHES ARE OFF AND EMER LIGHT SWITCH IS ON, THE GALLEY LIGHT, THE LIGHT BETWEEN SEATS 1 AND 3, LIGHT BETWEEN SESTS 5 AND 7, A - [SDR DXTA2022091370290](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091370290), Sep 12, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR HANDLE: ADVISED UPON LANDING FROM GROUND PERSONNEL THAT MAIN CABIN DOOR HANDLE WAS "OUT AND AT AN ANGLE" WE CONFIRMED WITH CREWMEMBER OUTSIDE THAT HAN - [SDR DXTA2022091270130](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091270130), Sep 10, 2022: NONE. DEFECTIVE. MAIN HYDRAULICS: DURING A CLIMB GOING THROUGH 11,500 FEET WE HAD A STAB-MIS-COMP ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT COME ON , AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS THE AUTO PILOT DISCONNECTED - [SDR DXTA2022091270160](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091270160), Sep 10, 2022: NONE. DEFECTIVE. FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ABOVE RIGHT WING IS MUCH DIMMER THAN THE OTHER EMERGENCY LIGHTS. // SIGNOFF// REMOVED AND REPLACED FOWARD EMER EXIT LIGHT ABOVE RIG - [SDR DXTA2022091270070](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091270070), Sep 9, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR PRECATCH LEVER: MAIN CABIN DOOR PRECATCH WILL NOT RETRACT. MOVES WITH DOOR OPENING BUT SEEMS LIKE IT SKPPED A NOTCH ON THE GEAR. DOOR SECURES CORRECTL - [SDR DXTA2022091270080](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091270080), Sep 9, 2022: NONE. NONE. RIGHT MLG BRAKE: RIGHT MAIN BRAKE IS VERY SOFT. HARD TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. // SIGNOFF// BLED AIR FROM THE RH IB BRAKE. NO AIR FOUND IN RH - [SDR DXTA2022090970010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090970010), Sep 8, 2022: BATTERY PACK. DEFECTIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHTING: REPEAT WRITE UP. WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION AND BOTH AIRCRAFT BATTERY SWITCHES OFF, THE FOLLOWIMG EMER LIGHTS ARE - [SDR DXTA2022090970000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090970000), Sep 8, 2022: NONE. DEFECTIVE. MAIN DOOR: RED PREASURE WARNING LIGHT ON MAIN CABIN DOOR WITH DOOR IN OPEN OR CLOSES POSITION. UNABLE TO CLEAR WITH POWER CYCLE. // SIGNOFF// REMOVED AND REPLAC - [SDR DXTA2022090970020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090970020), Sep 8, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERG EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: ON POST FLIGHT THE EMER EXIT SIGN OVER THE MAIN CABIN DOOR AND THE FLOOR LIGHTING INDER SEAT 10 IS ILLUMINATED. // SIGNOFF// RESOLUTION: - [SDR DXTA2022090969990](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090969990), Sep 8, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR: WITH BATTERIES CONNECTED, MAIN CABIN DOOR DOES NOT OPEN WHEN UNLATCHED. DOOR MUST BE MANUALLY MOVED TEN INCHES (TOP EDGE) BEFORE DOOR BEGINS TO OPEN. - [SDR DXTA2022090969970](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090969970), Sep 8, 2022: NONE. DIRTY. COCKPIT ODOR: JUST AFTER LEVEL OFF AT FL 380 A FAINT BUT DISTINCT ODOR WAS NOTICED. IT WAS INTERMITTENT WHILE IN CRUISE BUT BECAME STRONGER DURING THE DESCENT. - [SDR DXTA2022090769850](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090769850), Sep 7, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR: RECEIVED CABIN DOOR OPEN MESSAGE AFTER LANDING. RAN CHECKLIST MULTIPLE TIMES MESSAGE WOULD NOT CLEAR. AMBER LIGHT ON MAIN CABIN DOOR REMAINED ON . - [SDR DXTA2022090669820](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090669820), Sep 6, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERG EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: FORWARD - MAIN CABIN DOOR EXIT SIGN INOP. ALL OTHER LIGHTS ILLUMINATE WITH THE EMER LTS ARM SWITCH IN ON. - [SDR DXTA2022090669800](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090669800), Sep 6, 2022: GALLEY. DEFECTIVE. CABIN EMERG LIGHT: EMER LIGHTS REMAIN ON WITH SWITCH IN ARMED POSITION//CORRECTIVE ACTION// REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAIN SIDE EMER BATTERY G-SWITCH. PERFORMED S - [SDR 2022F00345](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022F00345), Sep 6, 2022: NONE. NONE. TR FLANGE REPLACEMENT DRILL START. ACCOMPLISHED NORDAM FIELD ENGINEERING DISPOSITION NTRSD-22TP-238; TR FLANGE REPLACEMENT DRILL START REPAIR. - [SDR DXTA2022090769490](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090769490), Sep 2, 2022: APU. DAMAGED. APU BLEED AIR: AFTER NORMAL STARTUP WHEN APU BLEED AIR SELECTED SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN AND COCKPIT (PER CREW, POST FLIGHT, NO PAX ON BOARD) // SIGNOFF// REPLACE - [SDR DXTA2022090669500](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090669500), Sep 2, 2022: NONE. DEFECTIVE. COCKPIT ODOR: DURING EACH DESCENT WHEN THE THROTTLES/POWER WERE REDUCED THE CREW NOTICED A HOT OIL SMELL. THE SMELL WAS THE STRONGEST WHEN THE THROTTLES WERE AT - [SDR DXTA2022083169340](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022083169340), Aug 31, 2022: NONE. NONE. CABIN EMERG LIGHT: EMER LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE SWITCH IS PLACED IN ARM POSITION WITH THE BATTERY OFF - [SDR DXTA2022090169380](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022090169380), Aug 31, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR: MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR REQUIRES MORE FORCE THAN NORMAL TO OPEN AND CLOSE. REQUEST EVALUATION.// SIGNOFF// TESTED DOOR AND WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE PILOT WRI - [SDR 2022FA0000486](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022FA0000486), Aug 31, 2022: NONE. FAILED. THE PILOT REPORTED DURING TAKEOFF FROM MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL (MEM), AT ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT FELT LIKE A SIDE LOAD TO THE RIGHT WAS ENCOUNTERED POSSIBLY DUE TO - [SDR DXTA2022083169320](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022083169320), Aug 30, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERG EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ABOVE MAIN CABIN DOOR IS LATCHED ON. - [SDR DXTA2022083069280](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022083069280), Aug 30, 2022: NONE. NONE. LAV EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: LAV EXIT SIGN WILL NOT ILLUMINATE WITH MAIN SHIP BATTERIES OFF AND EMER LIGHT SWITCH IN ON OR ARM POSITION. WHEN MAIN SHIP BATTERIES ARE ON - [SDR DXTA2022083069250](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022083069250), Aug 29, 2022: NONE. NONE. CABIN EMERG LIGHT: ON POST FLIGHT DISCOVERED BATTERY 2 AND BATTERY PACK 4 INOP - [SDR DXTA2022082969200](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022082969200), Aug 28, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERG EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: REMAINED ON AFTER BATTERY SWITCH OFF AND EMER LIGHT SWITCH IN OFF POSITION - [SDR DXTA2022082969090](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022082969090), Aug 27, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERG EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHT SWITCH IN THE ARM POSITION, AND THE PASS SAFETY SWITCH OFF ALL THE EMER LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED. - [SDR DXTA2022082969060](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022082969060), Aug 27, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERG EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: MAIN CABIN DOOR EXIT LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF SUSPECT G SWITCH TRIPPED // SIGNOFF // RESET INERTIA SWITCH PER CE 680A AMM 33·50·00. EMERGENC - [SDR DXTA2022082968980](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022082968980), Aug 26, 2022: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR: MAIN CABIN DOOR VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCK/UNLOCK FROM INSIDE. All 108: https://openairdocs.org/model/paraplane-120/reports.md ## The same model under other registry codes Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes. - [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120): 660 registered aircraft, registry code 2071402 - [Mcdonnell 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-120): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05642XC - [Cessna/Beck 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-beck-120): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 2071403 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.