N411ET

AERO COMMANDER 500-B · 1966 · Fixed-wing multi-engine · 2 engines · 7 seats · Valid Registration

Registered owner: CENTRAL AIRLINES INC, KS (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
Central Air Southwest, Inc. (ZJWA)Certificate holderMatched by certificate designator

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.

2 reports on file, 2007-04-06 – 2009-05-05.

OTHER · 2009-05-05 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3245

Part: TUBE — SPLIT (NLG TIRE) · airframe 19,182 hrs

NOSE TIRE WENT FLAT ON LANDING. THE PILOT FELT THE NOSE GO FLAT ON ROLL OUT. HE HELD PRESSURE OFF UNTIL HE GOT AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE AND STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. MX PERSONNEL CAME OUT AND REPLACED THE NOSE WHEEL ASSY AND THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE RAMP. AFTER DISASSEMBLY OF THE WHEEL, THE NOSE TUBE HAD 2.2500 INCH TO .1250 INCH SPLITS IN THE TREAD AREA LINED UP IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SEAM OR MOLD LINE. BOTH SPLITS WERE WITHIN 2 INCHES OF EACH OTHER.

Source: SDR ZJWA5509
WARNING INDICATION · 2007-04-06 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 7324

Part: FLOW DIVIDER — LEAKING (FUEL SYSTEM)

THE RT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND INDICATED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FUEL FLOW. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND A THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE AIRPORT. MAINTENANCE REVEALED THAT THE RETURN TO TANK LINE FROM THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER WAS LOOSE AND LEAKING. THIS WOULD CAUSE A MASSIVE INCREASE IN FUEL FLOW. IT WAS A RELATIVELY LOW TIME INSTALLATION AND POSSIBLY SOME TWIST IN THE LINE CAUSED IT TO BACKOFF.

Source: SDR 040607