N409AV
Registered owner: WESTWIND SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS PHOENIX LLC DBA, AZ (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
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
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, 2016-01-06.
Part: LEG ASSY — BROKEN (NLG) · airframe 8,922 hrs · 5,895 cycles
THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ATTACH POINT ON THE NOSE STRUT BROKE OFF DURING GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF. THIS WAS NOTICED BY A THUD AND THE GEAR POSITION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED FOLLOWING TAKEOFF. THE GEAR WAS SELECTED "DOWN" AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED TO LAND BECAUSE THE STEERING TILLER WAS NOT CENTERED. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ATTACH POINT CASTING ON THE NOSE GEAR STRUT HAD BROKEN OFF. UPON REMOVAL OF THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR, THE BEARING ON THE STRUT ATTACH END WAS ALSO NOTED AS BEING SEIZED.