N415BH
Registered owner: CENTRAL AIRLINES INC, KS (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Air Southwest, Inc. (ZJWA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched 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.
3 reports on file, 2010-02-16 – 2010-02-17.
Part: SHAFT — WORN (NLG DRAG BRACE) · airframe 23,281 hrs
AFTER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR THERE WAS NO NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LOCATION. THE PILOT DID A FLY-BY AND THE TOWER THOUGHT ALL 3 GEAR LOOKED DOWN. AFTER LANDING AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING THE NOSE TO SKID ON THE GROUND. IN DOING SO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS INTERFERED WITH THE GROUND CAUSING THEM TO ENTANGLE IN THE NOSE GEAR AND WHEEL WELL. ONCE THE REAR NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE UNENTANGLED THE NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WAS ON. SINCE THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE AN INDICATION AND THE TOWER THOUGHT IT LOOKED DOWN IT MUST HAVE BEEN NEARLY DOWN BUT NOT LOCKED. THE DRAG BRACE MECHANISM WAS REMOVED AND NOTED THE DRAG BRACE SHAFT SHOWED SIGNS OF WEAR.
Part: SHAFT — WORN (NLG DRAG BRACE) · airframe 23,281 hrs
AFTER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR THERE WAS NO NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LOCATION. THE PILOT DID A FLY-BY AND THE TOWER THOUGHT ALL 3 GEAR LOOKED DOWN. AFTER LANDING AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING THE NOSE TO SKID ON THE GROUND. IN DOING SO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS INTERFERED WITH THE GROUND CAUSING THEM TO ENTANGLE IN THE NOSE GEAR AND WHEEL WELL. ONCE THE REAR NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE UNENTANGLED THE NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WAS ON. SINCE THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE AN INDICATION AND THE TOWER THOUGHT IT LOOKED DOWN IT MUST HAVE BEEN NEARLY DOWN BUT NOT LOCKED. THE DRAG BRACE MECHANISM WAS REMOVED AND WE NOTED THE DRAG BRACE SHAFT SHOWED SIGNS OF WEAR.
Part: SHAFT — WORN (DRAG BRACE) · airframe 23,281 hrs
AFTER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. A FLY BY WAS DONE AND THE TOWER THOUGHT THE GEAR LOOKED DOWN. THE ACFT LANDED NORMALLY BUT WHEN TAXIING OFF THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING THE NOSE TO SKID ON THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO ENTANGLE IN THE NOSE GEAR DOORS BENDING THEM AND BREAKING LINKAGE. AT THE SIGHT THE NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED NORMALLY ONCE THE GEAR DOORS WERE OUT OF THE WAY. SINCE THERE WAS NO LIGHT, THE NOSE GEAR COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FULLY DOWN. AFTER FURTHER INSP THE DRAG BRACE SHAFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE WEAR AND SOME CORROSION ALTHOUGH IT STILL OPERATED FREELY.