HEARTLAND AVIATION, LLC
Also recorded as: HEARTLAND AVIATION, HEARTLAND AVIATION, LLC, Heartland Aviation Inc., Heartland Aviation, LLC.
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
FAA enforcement actions
FAA enforcement records haven't been loaded into GroundCheck yet, so none can be shown — a gap in our data, not evidence of a clean enforcement history.
Maintenance disclosure history
Service Difficulty Reports are self-reported maintenance findings. The NUMBER of reports is not a measure of reliability — diligent operators file more, not fewer. These are shown for transparency, not as a negative signal.
3 reports on file.
AFTER TAKEOFF, GEAR WAS SELECTD UP AND THE GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT ILLYMINATED. CYCLED THE GEAR ONCE WITH THE SAME EFFECT. AT LANDING, GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN WITH 3 GREEN. MAINTENANCE FOUND MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR BROKE FROM WING ATTACH POINT. COMPONENT HAD 6016 LANDINGS AND LIFE LIMIT FROM CESSNA IS 22,300 LANDINGS. PILOT NOTED LANDING SURFACE AT KASX TO BE IN ROUGH SHAPE.
WHILE LANDING NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH NOSE GEAR UP, BOTH MAINS DOWN AND LOCKED. FOUND NOSE GEAR PUSH PULL TUBE JUST FWD OF THE GEAR BOX TO BE BROKEN BY THE BEARING ATTACH POINT AT THE IDLER BELLCRANK. PROBABLE CAUSE: AGE, HOURS, CYCLES. TO PREVENT THIS RECURRENCE, SUGGEST REPLACING THIS PART AT 15,000 HRS. (K)
NOTICED NUMEROUS OF OUR MFG BRAKE DISC, PN 164-00806 BEING CRACKED. THE CRACKS BEGIN WHERE MFG NAME IS STAMPED ON THE BRAKE DISC. FOUND 3 CRACKS WHERE THE LETTER (P) IS STAMPED AND ONE CRACK WHERE THE LETTER (R) IS STAMPED. PROBABLE CAUSE IS THE STAMPING LOCATION SETS UP A STRESS POINT. RECOMMEND DIFFERENT STAMPING LOCATION TO PREVENT RECURRENCE. (K)
Linked aircraft
| N-number | Make / model | Year | Status | Link basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N458RM | CESSNA 650 | 1995 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N4Y | — | — | Matched by certificate designator | |
| N583SD | CESSNA 650 | 1993 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N651CC | CESSNA 650 | 2000 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N726RF | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B16 | 2000 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N9631C | PIPER PA-28-181 | 1978 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |