N510GS
Registered owner: AMDEL HOLDING LLC, TX (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameritex Airways Inc. (X9YA) | 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.
1 report on file, 2011-09-15.
Part: WIRE — BROKEN (NLG) · airframe 1,876 hrs · 1,835 cycles
CREW NOTICED NOSE GEAR LIGHT DID NOT INDICATE GREEN. CREW CHECKED BULB IT WAS GOOD. DID NOT HAVE A "RED" UNSAFE LIGHT AND WHEN FLAPS PUT TO "FULL" DOWN, NO GEAR WARNING HORN. TOWER SAID GEAR APPEARED DOWN BUT COULD NOT VERIFY IF IT WAS LOCKED. DIVERTED WHERE THERE WAS BETTER MX FACILITIES AND EMERGENCY CREWS IN CASE OF A GEAR COLLAPSE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, AND TAXIED TO THE FBO. MX DETERMINED GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED, A BROKEN WIRE WAS DISCOVERED ON NLG DOWNLOCK INDICATOR SWITCH. WIRE REPAIRED. ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE STEERING BOLTS WERE INSTALLED BACKWARDS, AND THAT DURING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION THERE WAS CHAFING ON THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR SWITCH WIRE. MX REMOVED AND PROPERLY REINSTALLED THE STEERING BOLTS AND PERFORMED MAIN GEAR RETRACTION/ EXTENSION TEST; NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THE ACFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.