N139HN
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.
4 reports on file, 2018-12-14 – 2021-04-16.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 4,193 hrs · 14,149 cycles
THERE IS A CRACK IN THE LOWER SKIN(PN:350A23-4218-21) AND THE EXISTING BATTERY DOOR DOUBLER(PN:350A23-4281-20) THE CRACK IS 2.0" IN LENGTH.
Part: FIRE DETECTOR — FALSE ACTIVATION (ENGINE BAY) · airframe 3,910 hrs · 13,416 cycles
ILLUMINATED ENG. FIRE LIGHT, DETECTED 8 MIN INTO A PATIENT FLIGHT FROM A REFERRING FACILITY TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL. PILOT COMPLETED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING, THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND WITHOUT ISSUE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AN ENGINE FIRE AT ANY TIME. MAINTENANCE RESPONDED AND INSPECTED THE A/C. EMERG. LIGHT WAS UNABLE TO BE RE-PRODUCED AND NO ISSUES WITH THE SYSTEM WERE FOUND. ON POST MAINTENANCE GROUND RUNS AND HOVER FLIGHT THE ISSUE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED AS WELL. AFTER THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE, THE REPOSITION FLIGHT WERE ALSO UNEVENTFUL AND NO ISSUES WERE NOTED OR ILLUMINATION OF ANY FIRE INDICATORS. LATER THAT EVENING ON A SEPARATE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND A SECOND PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE. MECHANIC REPLACED ALL 3 ENGINE FIRE DETECTORS AND RETURNED THE A/C TO SERVICE. NO FURTHER ILLUMINATION OF THE FIRE LIGHT OCCURRED ON THE FLIGHT BACK AND THE A/C HAS BEEN RETURNED TO FULL SERVICE.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (ZONE 100) · airframe 2,993 hrs · 10,938 cycles
FOUND CRACK IN RT CORNER OF PICK-UP WEB OF CANOPY FRAME. THE CRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 57 MM IN LENGTH. THIS WAS FOUND DURING THE A 0740.5 INSPECTION.
Part: DATA CARD — UNSERVICEABLE · airframe 2,950 hrs · 10,811 cycles
QVERLIMIT DETECTED MESSAGE ILLUMINATED IN VEMD MESSAGE ILLUMINATED IN THE VEMD MESSAGE WINDOW. THERE WERE NOT SECONDARY INDICATIONS ON THE GAUGES. ACFT WAS FLYING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL AT 4500 FEET AND 8.75 ON FLI. FLEW TO NEAREST AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CAUSE: TROUBLESHOT NR INDICATING SYSTEM FOUND #2 ASU CARD BAD. REMOVED AND REPLACED CARD, OPS CHECKS GOOD.