N3806Y
Registered owner: ONION CREST AIR LLC, NE (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
1 report on file, 2002-02-07.
Part: LINK — FAILED (NLG)
NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND FOR LANDING, DAMAGING ENGINE, PROPELLER, GEAR DOORS AND NOSE TIRE. AFTER JACKING AIRCRAFT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ROLLER ON MECHANICAL LINKAGE FOR NOSE GEAR DOORS HAD MOVED ON MECHANICAL LINKAGE FOR NOSE GEAR DOORS HAD MOVED FORWARD AND LOCKED ITSELF UNDER NOSE GEAR FORK. THIS LINKAGE IS ALSO SPRING LOADED. IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT THIS LINKAGE HAD ANOTHER LINK ADDED TO IT WHICH LOWER ROLLER AND ALLOWED ROLLER TO CONTACT NOSE GEAR FORK EARLY. EXTRA LINK WAS ATTACHED WITH ONLY ONE BOLT AND THIS ALLOWED LINK AND ROLLER TO MOVE FORWARD, GETTING LOCKED UNDER NOSE GEAR FORK WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED.