Shade Track
No failure report names the shade track. 6 FAA approvals let 4 companies make a replacement shade track, Vaupell Northwest Molding and Tooling holding the most (2).
Approved replacement parts 6 parts manufacturer approvals
A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a shade track and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a shade track:
For these models most: Boeing 747 (6).
| Maker | Part | Replaces | Fits | Granted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaupell Northwest Molding and Tooling | SHADE TRACK 411U1251-4 | 411U1251-4 | Boeing 747-400 SERIES, 747-400D SERIES | 2014-03-23 | current |
| Vaupell Northwest Molding and Tooling | SHADE TRACK 411U1251-1 | 411U1251-1 | Boeing 747-400 SERIES, 747-400D SERIES | 2014-03-23 | current |
| Aws (USA) INC | SHADE TRACK 411U1251-4 | (411U1251-4) | Boeing 747-400 SERIES, 747-400D SERIES | 2009-07-26 | current |
| Gemini Engineering | SHADE TRACK 411U1251-1 | 411U1251-1 | Boeing 747-400 Series, 747-400D Series | 2009-06-03 | current |
| Spirit Aerosystems INC | SHADE TRACK 411U1251-4 | 411U1251-4 | Boeing 747-400 SERIES, 747-400D SERIES,... | 2009-03-30 | current |
| Gemini Engineering | Shade Track 411U1251-4 | 411U1251-4 | Boeing 747-400 Series, 747-400D Series | 2007-08-27 | current |
Sources: the FAA's service difficulty reports since 1995 (a report is a part that failed and was fixed, as filed by an airline, repair station or owner; the count shows reporting as much as reliability) and the parts manufacturer approvals in the FAA's Dynamic Regulatory System. The part name is the reporters' and the approval holders' own words, reduced to the first plain words so that spellings meet.