N360SN
Registered owner: TAILWINDS LLC, TX (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN JET INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (A8JA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
ON 11/23/2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 LOCAL, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KHOU TO KOKC. ONCE AIRBORNE, AIRCRAFT FAILED TO PRESSURIZE WITH NO WARNING INDICATION EXCEPT THE CABIN WAS CLIMBING WITH AIRCRAFT. CREW INITIATED CHECKLIST AND SWITCHED PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER TO MANUAL, AND REQUESTED FROM ATC TO LEVEL OFF AT FL100. ONCE LEVELED OFF, PRESSURIZATION BEGAN FUNCTIONING NORMAL AND THEY CONTINUED CLIMB. AT APPROXIMATELY FL110, CREW OBSERVED "L BLEED AIR" ANNUNCIATOR AND FOLLOWED CHECKLIST. REDUCING POWER TO LT ENGINE EXTINGUISHED LIGHT. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO KHOU AND LANDED UNEVENTFUL. POST INSPECTION REVEALED "LT PYLON" OVERHEAT INDICATOR LATCHED. FURTHER T/S BY GROUND TECHNICIANS REVEALED A LEAK IN A PYLON BLEED SEAL. SEALS WERE REPLACED WHICH RESOLVED BLEED LIGHT. PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM TESTED NORMAL ON GROUND WITH NO FAULTS. SUSPECT INTERMITTENT SQUAT SWITCH NOT ALLOWING COMPUTER TO ENTER AIR MODE. BOTH LT AND RT WOW SWITCHES ARE CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED UPON COMPLETION.
AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HRS LOCAL, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KHOU ENROUTE TO KAUS. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 10,000 FT, ALL SYSTEMS WERE NORMAL. AT APPROXIMATELY 17,000 FT, CREW OBSERVED THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE âPRESS SYSâ LIGHT CAME ON. CREW IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO LEVEL OFF AND THE FO ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE PRESSURIZATION BUT THE SYSTEM HAD FAULTED. MOMENTS LATER THE âEMER PRESSâ LIGHT CAME ON AND THE EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION VALVES OPEN. CREW ALSO NOTED THAT THE CABIN ALTITUDE HAD SPIKED TO 12,000FT ACCORDING TO THE GAUGE. THE FLIGHT CREW INITIATED AN IMMEDIATE DESCENT AND NOTIFIED HOUSTON CENTER THAT THEY NEEDED LOWER FOR A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM. ATC BEGAN TO GIVE THE CREW VECTORS BACK TO KHOU AND ASKED IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE. BY THAT TIME THE CREW HAD RUN THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE AND DETERMINED THAT THEY DID NOT REQUIRE ANY OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE. AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL APPROACH AND LANDING BACK AT KHOU AT 1126 CST.
ON OCTOBER 29TH, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KHOU FOR KBHM AND CLIMBED THROUGH IMC HEAVY RAIN CONDITIONS. AS THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED TO APPROXIMATELY FL380, THE CREW EXPERIENCED A NUMBER OF BUMPS AND BOTH ENGINE COMPUTER LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. FLIGHT CREW CONTINUED TO MONITOR ENGINE INDICATIONS, AND OBSERVED NORMAL READINGS. CREW CONTACTED ATC AND CHOSE TO DIVERT TO KBPT TO AVOID THE RAIN. UPON EXAMINATION, ENGINE COMPUTERS CAPTURED ADC-P1 WHICH WE SUSPECT WAS CAUSED BY THE HEAVY RAIN AND FREEZING AIR AT FL380. TECHNICIANS CHECKED BOTH CHIP COLLECTORS AND OIL FILTERS WHICH CHECKED GOOD. BOTH ENGINES WERE ALSO BORESCOPED, NO DAMAGE FOUND. GROUND RUNS CHECKED GOOD, SO AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KHOU ON 10/31 AFTER FLYING TO ALTITUDE TO VERIFY PROPER OPERATION. NO FURTHER FAULTS FOUND.