N480K
Rockwell International 690B · built 1976
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on October 5, 1972.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- June 17, 1999Accident
The failure of maintenance personnel to properly adjust the drag brace preload during recent landing gear maintenance, which resulted in the overload failure and separation of the hydraulic cylinder attach boss. Full accident record
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1976 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N480K.
- December 27, 1971Accident
Failure of both engines in flight due to fuel exhaustion. The following factors were reported: - Mismanagement of fuel, - Miscalculated fuel consumption, - Fuel exhaustion, - Failure of both engines, - Pilot stated fuel totalizer showed 387 lbs while fuel gauges showed zero. Full accident record