LONGHORN AVIATION, LLC
Also recorded as: LONGHORN AVIATION, LLC, SKYSHARE, SKYSHARE, LLC
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
No NTSB accidents or incidents linked to this operator.
FAA enforcement actions
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Maintenance disclosure history
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6 reports on file.
Part: UPLOCK HOOK — CRACKED (ZONE 700) · airframe 5,977 hrs · 5,319 cycles
CLARITY OF DISCREPANCY: "GEAR NOT LOCKED AFTER POSITIVE RATE GEAR UP CALL" MEANING SPECIFICALLY THAT THE GEAR DID RETRACT, AND AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS THE CREW EXPERIENCED THE GEAR UNLOCKED LIGHT ILLUMINATING AND THEN FELT THE HYD SYSTEM ACTIVATE. AGAIN. THIS IS WHEN THEY CHOSE TO RETURN TO APA. AGAIN, THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, OR THE GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM. ROOT CAUSE: WEST STAR AVIATION FOUND THE L/H MLG UPLOCK HOOK HAD CRACKED THROUGH ABOUT 80% OF ITS MATERIAL THICKNESS. THIS ALLOWED THE GEAR TO "DROOP" DOWN AND AWAY FROM THE UPLOCK SWITCH CAUSING THE GEAR UNLOCKED LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, AND A SUBSEQUENT HYD SYSTEM ACTIVATION TO "RAISE THE GEAR". WEST STAR REMOVED AND INSTALLED A NEW UPLOCK HOOK ASSEMBLY. AND PERFORMED SEVERAL GEAR SWINGS.
Part: UNKNOWN — UNKNOWN (UNKNOWN) · airframe 8,226 hrs · 5,902 cycles
CLIMBING THROUGH FLIGHT LEVEL 240 THE DV WINDOW STARTED TO WHISTLE VERY LOUDLY. UPON REACHING FLAT LEVEL 270 THERE STARTED TO BE AIR LEAKING AROUND THE DV WINDOW WHICH INCREASED TO AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT, CAUSING THE CABIN ALTITUDE TO EXCEED 10,000 FEET BY THE TIME CREW PUT ON THEIR OXYGEN MASS CABIN WAS AT 15,000 FEET AT THIS TIME AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN A RAPID DESCENT WAS PERFORMED.
Part: CIRCUIT BREAKER — TRIPPED · airframe 3,350 hrs · 2,113 cycles
EFIS 1 FAILURE FOLLOWED BY A STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. EFIS 1 WENT BLACK AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT HND WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Part: WINDSHIELD — CRACKED (COCKPIT LEFT) · airframe 7,581 hrs · 5,707 cycles
PILOTS WINDSHIELD CRACKED DURING ACCENT. ONLY THE OUTER PANE CRACKED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN IDAHO FALLS WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Part: PULLEY BRACKET — CRACKED (NLG STEERING) · airframe 7,578 hrs · 5,701 cycles
DURING THE INSPECTION DOCUMENT MF 05-12-MF A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE NOSE STEERING PULLEY BRACKET PART NUMBER 5565618-851.
Part: LINE — FAILED (HYD SYSTEM)
CREW REPORTED THAT LANDIND GEAR EXTENSION TOOK LONGER THAN NORMAL TO EXTEND. WHEN DOWN AND LOCKED WAS ACHIEVED, CREW NOTICED COMPLETE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE USING EMERGENCY BRAKES. JACKED AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS. FOUND CAUSE TO BE A PIN HOLE IN LT SPOILER DOWN LINE ON TOP OF CENTER WING SECTION. CORROSION IS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR PIN HOLE. (K)