VENTURA AIR SERVICES, INC.

UPON LANDING - CREW REPORTED- LO BRK PRESS & ANTI SKID INOP LIGHT CAME ON DURING TAXI, NORMAL BRAKES COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND USED EMERGENCY BRAKES.

UPON LANDING - CREW REPORTED- LO BRK PRESS & ANTI SKID INOP LIGHT CAME ON DURING TAXI, NORMAL BRAKES COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND USED EMERGENCY BRAKES.

PILOT REPORTED UNSAFE NOSE LANDING GEAR UPON FINAL APPROACH. UPON TOUCHDOWN, NLG COLLAPSED. INVEST REVEALED A LOOSE HYD FITTING UNDER THE FLOOR PANEL HAD LEAKED HYD FLUID WITH SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF HYD PRESSURE. IT APPEARS THE NOSE GEAR NEVER ACHIEVED CENTER, ALTHOUGH THE MAIN GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. FURTHER INVEST REVEALED SB 103, NOSE GEAR OVERCENTER SPRING, HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND SB 100, CHECK OF LANDING GEAR OVERCENTER CONDITION, WAS NOT UTILIZED TO ITS FULLEST. THE LOOSE HYD FITTING WAS INITIALLY CAUSAL. THIS INCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF SB 103 HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND LANDING GEAR RIGGING ACCOMPLISHED IAW SB 100.

KTEB/KBWI - FLT 8038 - AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PRESSURIZING, CABIN WAS CLIMBING WITH AIRCRAFT. FOUND DEFECTIVE OUTFLOW VALVE.

LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO POWER LEVER INPUT. ENGINE RPM INCREASED TO 100 PERCENT WITH POWER LEVER AT IDLE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN (PRECAUTIONARY) VIA NORMAL PROCEDURE. LANDING MADE. T/S, REPLACED DEFECTIVE FUEL CONTROL AND PUMP ASSY. REMOVED P/N 5002T94G42, S/N GAT 60192 AND PUMP ASSY, P/N 37E501242P107, S/N CGW 312740, AND INSTALLED FUEL CONTROL, P/N 5002T94G42, S/N GAT 60015 FUEL PUMP, P/N 9234-AB, S/N CGW 312618. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUND RUN, LEAK CHECKED. OPS CHECKED, NO DEFECTS NOTED.

DURING A PART 91 REPOSITION FLIGHT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 350 FEET, CREW HEARD LOUD BANG AGAINST COPILOT'S WINDSHIELD. CLOSE EXAMINATION REVEALED A CRACK RUNNING DOWN CENTER OF COPILOT'S WINDSHIELD TOP-TO-BOTTOM OF NR 1 MAIN PLY. WHILE DESCENDING TO A LOWER ALTITUDE, A 6 INCH PIECE OF THE OUTER PLY SEPARATED AND DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. CREW DIVERTED TO LAX. WINDSHIELD REPLACED BY GARRETT.