# Incident 20031114036279I: Raythn 390, Van Nuys, CA, November 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2003, 03:19 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205BC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHN 390
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031114036279I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AFTER LANDING AT RENO, NEVADA ON 11/13/2003 AND BLOWING OUT THE MAIN TIRES DUE TO A WOW SWITCH RIGGING PROBLEM THAT RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING SQUAWKS (NO BRAKES, LIFT DUMP, LEFT AND RIGHT STALL FAILER, SPEED BRAKE FAILER, ANTI-SKID FAILER). MAINTENANCE CREWS WERE DISPATCHED TO CHANGE THE TIRES AND BRAKE ASSY. AND TROUBLE SHOOT THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS. THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS WERE NOT SIGNED OFF BY THE MAINTENANCE CREW BEFORE N205BC WAS TEST FLOWN FROM RENO. DURING THE TEST FLIGHT TAKE OFF ALL OF THE PREVIOUS PROBLEMS REAPPEARED ALONG WITH THE INABILITY TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR. INSTEAD OF LANDING AT RENO FOR FURTHER TROUBLE SHOOTING MR. SCHILLER ELECTED TO FLY N205BC STIFF LEGGED WITH THE ABOVE DEGRADED SYSTEMS TO RAYTHEON VAN NUYS, CA FACILITY FOR FURTHER T/S. MR. SCHILLER DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY BUT DESCRIBED THE DEGRADED SYSTEMS TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THE VAN NUYS TOWER, INSPIRING THE VNY TOWER TO CLOSE VANOWEN AVE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRPORT AND ROLL THE FIRE TRUCKS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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