Aero Charter Inc.

Operated by Aero Charter, Inc (per NTSB report)

The airplane’s collision with a deer during the landing roll.

Operated by AERO CHARTER, INC. (per NTSB report)

Operated by AERO CHARTER (per NTSB report)

Sanction: $8,500 · case closed 2025-04-17

Sanction: $3,500 · case closed 2014-04-17

Sanction: $5,000 · case closed 2014-06-10

Sanction: $32,000 · case closed 2001-08-06

Part: DOWNLOCK SWITCH — FAILED (NLG) · airframe 279 hrs · 221 cycles

NO NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION.

Part: UNKNOWN — MALFUNCTIONED (PITOT/STATIC SYS) · airframe 5,701 hrs · 5,291 cycles

AT 30 MIN CRUISE FLIGHT @ FL400, CAPTAIN (PF) NOTICED LT SIDE PFD IAS FLAG, AND VERBALIZED TO PNF. PF COMPARED PFDS AND STBY ASI. RT SIDE PFD AND STBY ASIS INDICATED APPRX 20KTS FASTER (220KTS) THAN LT SIDE. OVER THE COURSE OF 30SEC, AIRSPEED CONTINUED TO DECAY BELOW 200KTS ON LT SIDE PFD AND DECREASED AT SAME RATE ON BOTH RT SIDE PFD AND STBY. PF DEEMED A DESCENT NECESSARY TO TRADE ALTITUDE FOR AIRSPEED. PNF ASKED ATC FOR LOWER ALTITUDE. PF INITIATED A ~3000FPM DESCENT AND AIRSPEED CONTINUED TO DECAY TOWARD 140KTS ON ALL ASIS. PF QUICKLY REALIZED ALL AIRSPEED INFORMATION WAS ERRONEOUS AND SUSPECTED STUCK PITOT. BOTH PILOTS VERIFIED PITOT HEATS-ON AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS-IN. PF DECREASED DESCENT TO 1000FPM, SET A KNOWN POWER SETTING AND REFERENCED AOA .2. IAS PEGGED AT 40KTS ON BOTH PFDS AND 0KTS ON STBY. PNF DECLARED EMERGENCY AND ASKED FOR VECTORS TO KSLN. PNF RAN LOSS OF AIRSPEED INDICATION CHECKLIST AND REVIEWED LOSS OF AIRSPEED APPROACH CHECKLIST. ALL ASIS RETURNED TO NORMAL @ ~FL260 AND INDICATED SIMILAR AIRSPEEDS. PF FLEW ILS UNEVENTFULLY INTO KSLN.

Part: CONTROL UNIT — FAILED (RT WING) · airframe 5,558 hrs · 4,999 cycles

TCU SYSTEM FAILED DURING TAKE-OFF / CLIMB.

Part: EXHAUST PIPE — BROKEN (CABIN PRESSURE) · airframe 1,970 hrs

PILOT STATED LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION AND DECREASED MANIFOLD PRESSURE. EXHAUST PIPE BROKEN.

Part: TIRE — SEPARATED (MLG) · airframe 2,067 hrs · 1,686 cycles

RIGHT MLG TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, BUT DID NOT GO FLAT. TREAD WHIPPED AROUND AND PUNCTURED THE FLAP, DAMAGED THE FAIRING BETWEEN THE REAR SPAR AND FLAP LEADING EDGE, BENT THE MAIN GEAR DOOR ATTACH ROD, BROKE A BONDING BRAID, DAMAGED THE WIRE BUNDLE PROTECTIVE COATING THAT COVERS THE WIRES FOR THE ANTI-SKID GENERATOR, AND POSSIBLY CAUSED DELAMINATION OF THE GEAR DOOR.

Part: GARLOCK SEAL — LEAKING (OIL SYSTEM) · airframe 1,831 hrs · 1,398 cycles

OIL PRESSURE WARNING ANNUNCIATION, LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. FOUND BREATHER TUBE GARLOCK SEAL TO BE ALLOWING OIL TO BE BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE.

Part: HYDRAULIC SYSTEM — LOW PRESSURE · airframe 10,929 hrs · 10,168 cycles

LOST MAIN HYD SYS PRESSURE INDICATION. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

Part: WINDSHIELD — CRACKED (COPILOT) · airframe 11,091 hrs · 10,827 cycles

CO-PILOTS WINDSHIELD CRACKED.

Part: MAGNETO — FAILED (ENGINE) · airframe 9,723 hrs

MAGNETO FAILURE.

Part: STARTER — INOPERATIVE (LEFT) · airframe 9,719 hrs

LT STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE.

Part: SKIN — CORRODED (ZONE 500) · airframe 15,572 hrs · 11,787 cycles

(UVVR) WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS STRIPPED FOR A PAINT JOB, VISUAL INSPECTION OF LT WING OVERWING FAIRING WAS DELAMANATED. AFTER FUTHER PANEL REMOVAL, FOUND CORROSION EXTENDING UNDER OVERWING FAIRING. CORROSION EXTENDING THROUGH LT WING PLANK AT W.S. 102.5 TO W.S. 107 APPROX. 10 INCHES FROM FRONT SPAR EXTENDING APPROX. 15 INCHES FROM FRONT SPAR (CORROSION FOUND IS EXFOLIATED). THIS AREA IS ONLY INSPECTED BY VISUAL MEANS DURING A 150 HOUR INSPECTION AND THE WING PLANKS ARE COVERED UP BY THE OVERWING FAIRINGS WHICH ARE FIBERGLASS OVERLAYS

Part: CIRCUIT BREAKER — BROKEN (ELECTRICAL SYS) · airframe 15,515 hrs · 11,735 cycles

AIRCRAFT LOST ALL EMERGENCY POWER.

Part: EXCITER — INOPERATIVE (RT ENGINE) · airframe 10,431 hrs · 9,450 cycles

RT ENGINE WOULD NOT START. EXCITER INOPERATIVE.

Part: FUEL CONTROL — HUNG UP (ENGINE)

ON LANDING THE ENG POWER HUNG AT APP 800 LBS OF TORQUE. FOUND FUEL CONTROL UNIT FAULTY.

Part: PROXIMITY SWITCH — DEFECTIVE (ZONE 700) · airframe 10,240 hrs · 9,179 cycles

RT MAIN GEAR, DOWN AND LOCKED GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT, WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH.

Part: LINE — SEPARATED (HYDRAULIC SYS) · airframe 3,900 hrs · 4,789 cycles

LT MLG BEGAN LOWERING OUT OF THE NACELLE DURING FLIGHT.

Part: LINE — CRACKED (OILPRESSURE)

AT CRUISE FLIGHT, AFTER 1 HR 27 MIN INTO FLIGHT, THE LT OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR FLUCTUATED FROM APPROXIMATELY 42-45 PSI DOWN TO 30-35 PSI TWICE PER SECOND CONTINUOUSLY. OIL TEMP REMAINED NORMAL, ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS NORMAL, (N1, ITT, N2). APPROXIMATELY 4-6 MINUTES LATER THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR FLUCTUATED DOWN TO 25-35 PSI, THE LT ENGINE "OIL PRESS LOW" ANNUCIATOR ILLUMINATED. THE SIC REDUCED POWER TO IDLE, EXECUTED SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES IAW CHECKLIST PROCEDURE. THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED . THE LT ENGINE OIL FILTER BYPASS INDICATOR WAS FOUND POPPED, METAL PIECES WERE FOUND IN THE FILTER AND TRANSFER GEARBOX, AND THE NR 6 BEARING, OIL PRESSURE LINE WAS FOUND CRACKED. (K)

Part: PUMP — INOPERATIVE (HYD SYSTEM)

ON AUGUST 16, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 AM, AFTER LANDING, THE CREW HEARD AUDIBLE WARNING OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE. THE AC TAXIED TO THE RAMP OF DESTINATION, WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED. (K)

Part: PUMP — INOPERATIVE (HYD SYSTEM)

ON AUGUST 16, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 AM, ACFT N570R S/N 485-075, AFTER LANDING AT YIP, THE CREW HEARD AUDIBLE WARNING OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE. THE ACFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP OF DESTINATION, WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED. (S)

Part: PUMP — INOPERATIVE (HYDRAULIC SYS)

HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SYSTEM FAILURE, DISCOVERED PUMP INOPERATIVE. (S)

Part: PROXIMITY SWITCH — UNKNOWN (MLG) · airframe 9,828 hrs · 8,697 cycles

RED LIGHT IN MLG HANDLE.

Part: MONOPOLE — INOPERATIVE (LT ENGINE) · airframe 7,565 hrs · 5,271 cycles

N1 INDICATION SHOWED ZERO. NR 1 ENGINE COMPUTER DROPPED OFF LINE.

Part: STARTER GEN — MALFUNCTIONED (LT ENGINE) · airframe 11,521 hrs · 7,091 cycles

LEFT STARTER GENERATOR DROPPED OFF LINE.

Part: HOUSING — CRACKED (STEERING ACTUATO) · airframe 9,439 hrs · 8,284 cycles

NOSE LANDING GEAR STEERING ACTUATOR HOUSING DEVELOPED A CRACK AND LEAKED HYDRAULIC FLUID ON THE RAMP.

Part: HOSE — BROKEN (RT ENGINE) · airframe 9,187 hrs

PILOT NOTICED A DECREASE IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE ON THE RT ENGINE. LANDED AIRCRAFT, AND CALLED DOM FOR INSTRUCTIONS. MAINTENANCE FOUND UPPER DECK PRESSURE HOSE BROKEN. NEW HOSE WAS INSTALLED. RAN AND OPS, CHECKED GOOD.

Part: HOSE — BROKEN (RT ENGINE) · airframe 9,187 hrs

PILOT NOTICED A DECREASE IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE ON THE RT ENGINE. LANDED AIRCRAFT, AND CALLED DOM FOR INSTRUCTIONS. MAINTENANCE FOUND UPPER DECK PRESSURE HOSE BROKEN. NEW HOSE WAS INSTALLED. RAN AND OPS, CHECKED GOOD.

Part: PIN — CRACKED (EMERGENCY EXIT) · airframe 9,230 hrs · 8,075 cycles

RT EMERGENCY EXIT, LOWER AFT ALIGNMENT PIN CRACKED.

Part: FRAME — DAMAGED (BS 298) · airframe 11,860 hrs · 14,542 cycles

TWELVE BROKEN RIVETS IN A ROW RESULTING IN THE SEPARATION OF RIGHT HAND FRAME STATION 298.562 P/N 50-440014-305 AND ANGLE P/N 50-440014-307 JUST AFT OF THE RIGHT SIDE ESCAPE HATCH OPENING.

Part: FRAME — DAMAGED (ZONE 200) · airframe 11,860 hrs · 14,542 cycles

12 BROKEN RIVETS IN A ROW RESULTING IN THE SEPARATION OF RT FRAME STA 298.562 P/N 50-440014-305 AND ANGLE P/N 50-440014-307 JUST AFT OF THE RT ESCAPE HATCH OPENING.

Part: BEARING — WORN (STARTER GEN) · airframe 6,772 hrs · 4,780 cycles

LT ENGINE VIBRATION NOTICED, UPON INVESTIGATION, FOUND THE STARTER/GENERATOR BEARINGS GOING BAD.

Part: PROXIMITY SWITCH — BROKEN (MLG) · airframe 8,918 hrs · 7,742 cycles

WHEN DEPARTING FROM SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT S.U.S., THE CREW RETRACTED THE MAIN GEAR, UPON COMPLETION OF THE UP CYCLE THE CREW HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND THEN GOT A RED LIGHT IN THE GEAR HANDLE. THEY PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND HAD GOOD INDICATION. THEN PERFORMED A FLY-BY AND TOWER SAID ALL LOOKED NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

Part: CARBON SEAL — FAILED (ENGINE) · airframe 13,446 hrs · 10,106 cycles

AFTER DEPARTURE, PLTS NOTICED RT ENG OIL PRESSURE WAS ABOVE THE GREEN ARC INTO THE YELLOW. PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLE AND THE OIL PRESSURE FOLLOWED THE THROTTLE MOVEMENT, AT THAT TIME THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE AND THEY HEARD A POP FROM THE REAR OF THE A/C. THEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPOOL DOWN. CREW BEGAN THE S/D PROCEDURE AND RETURNED TO JAN FOR MX. UPON INVESTIGATION OF PROB, THE MX NOTED OIL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE A/C AND INSIDE THE COWL. THE OIL FILTER BY-PASS INDICATOR WAS POPPED INDICATING FILTER BY-PASS. THE FILTER WAS REMOVED FOR INSPECTION AND SOAP SAMPLE, WHEN IT WAS REMOVED, IT WAS NOTED THAT IT HAD SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF METAL IMPREGNATED IN IT. THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN PRESENTLY.

Part: CONTROL BOX — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 13,013 hrs · 9,789 cycles

DC VOLTAGE "SPIKE", CAUSING MULTIPLE COMPONENT/SYSTEM FAILURES, CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPING.

Part: BEARING — FAILED (STARTER GEN) · airframe 12,147 hrs · 9,149 cycles

PILOT BEGAN FEELING VIBRATION FROM LEFT ENGINE, LEFT GENERATOR HOT LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY GENERATOR FAILURE.

Part: CIRCUIT BREAKER — FAILED (COCKPIT)

NOSE WHEEL STEERING CIRCUIT BREAKER PN 727425, FAILED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE NOSE WHEEL STEERING CONTROL. AS A RESULT OF LOSING NOSE WHEEL STEERING, AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TAXI WAY DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF.