N132HN
Registered owner: HEALTHNET AEROMEDICAL SERVICES INC, WV (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
7 reports on file, 2014-07-16 – 2024-09-14.
Part: HEATER — SMOKE (CABIN) · airframe 9,947 hrs · 27,200 cycles
CREW ANNOUNCED SMOKE IN THE CABIN UPON TURNING HEATER ON
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (ZONE 200) · corrosion level 3 · airframe 9,939 hrs · 27,173 cycles
CRACK FOUND RH SIDE OF FRAME FIVE LOWER SHEET EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 1.18 . CRACK WAS FOUND DURING 500 HOUR AIRFRAME INSPECTION.
Part: UNKNOWN — UNKNOWN (UNKNOWN) · airframe 9,401 hrs · 25,902 cycles
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AROUND 60KIAS THE LOW ROTOR WARNING SOUNDED. THE #1 ENGINE SHOWED LOWER N2 AND TORQUE THAN THE #2. #1 ENG N2 WAS APPROXIMATELY 90% AND #1 NEEDLE ON FLI WAS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 MARKINGS. I MADE THE DECISION TO ABORT THE FLIGHT TO KCRW. AS I BEGAN THE TURN THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE STARTED OPERATING NORMALLY. SHORTLY AFTER TURNING INBOUND THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE FLAMED OUT. #2 ENG OPERATED NORMALLY IN OEI CONDITIONS NO LIMITS WERE EXCEEDED. WE COMPLETED A RUN-ON LANDING TO TAXIWAY A AT KCRW. COMPLETED NORMAL SHUT DOWN OF #2 ENGINE.
Part: UNKNOWN — UNKNOWN (UNKNOWN) · airframe 9,396 hrs
#1 ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT
Part: UNKNOWN — SMOKE (CABIN) · airframe 3,010 hrs · 8,723 cycles
AFTER TAKE OFF , SMOKE IN CABIN OCCURRED, SUSPECT DEMISTER. MECHANIC INSPECTED HEATING AND DEMISTING SYSTEM. NO DEFECTS OR DISCREPANCIES NOTED. PERFORMED NUMEROUS GROUND RUNS. NOTE: NEW DEMISTER DUCT WAS INSTALLED DURING 600 HR INSP. MAY BE BREAKING IN, COULD NOT DUPLICATE.
Part: COVER — CRACKED (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 2,974 hrs · 8,613 cycles
DISCOVERED CRACK ON MAIN ROTOR HUB ANTI VIBRATOR. CRACK WAS ON SIDE BRACKET COVERING SPRING. FOUND DURING AIRWORTHINESS CHECK.
Part: DUCT — CONTAMINATED (DEFOG SYSTEM) · airframe 76 hrs · 220 cycles
APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES FROM LANDING THE DEFOG SYS & NOTICED A STRANGE SMELL, NOT BURNING ELEC, RUBBER, ETC. WHEN CLOSER TO LANDING HE COULD NOTICE A FAINT WISPS OF SMOKE IN THE NVG LIGHTING. THE DEFOG SYS WAS TURNED OFF & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO THE BASE. AFTER MEDCREW EXITED ACFT, TURNED DEFOG SYS BACK ON TO CONFIRM PRESENCE OF LIGHT SMOKE, SMOKE WAS CONFIRMED. ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN. ACFT WAS AGAIN RUN UP & DEFOG SYS TURNED BACK ON TO TROUBLESHOOT. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM DEFOG SYS & NOT THE HEATER. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FIRE WAS FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE ACFT. NO SOURCE OF SMOKE OR ODD SMELL HAS BEEN FOUND. REMOVED CABIN & MEDICAL INTERIOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO DUCTING FOR THE DEFOG SYS. DUCTS WERE REMOVED & CLEANED, RE-INSTALLED, & THE ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY GND RUN WITH DEFOG SYS OPERATIONAL. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.