N176AL
Registered owner: ALLEN LUND CO LLC, CA (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.
12 reports on file, 1995-11-14 – 2005-11-15.
Part: ENGINE — NOISY
LOUD HOWLING NOISE AT FLIGHT IDLE FROM THE ENGINE TRANSMISSION AREA. REPLACED ENGINE ASSEMBLY. (K)
Part: STARTER GEN — NOISY
PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. REMOVED STARTER GEN AND INSTALLED A SERVICEABLE TSO GENERATOR. RAN AC FOR 30 MINUTES AT GROUND IDLE AND 100 PERCENT RPM FOR 10 MINUTES WITH NO NOISE OCCURRING. REMOVED AND INSPECTED ENGINE CHIP PLUGS, CHECKED GOOD. REMOVED FUEL PUMP AND INSTALLED A SERVICEABLE FUEL PUMP. C/W A VIBRATION CHECK. VIBE CHECK GOOD. AC RETURNED TO SERVICE. (K)
Part: SLEEVE — WORN (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 10,606 hrs
BEARING AXIAL PLAY BEYOND MAX. INSTALLED NEW BEARINGS AND SLEEVES BY O/H SHOP
Part: BEARING — WORN (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 10,606 hrs
BEARING AXIAL PLAY BEYOND MAX. INSTALLED NEW BEARINGS AND SLEEVES BY O/H SHOP.
Part: BEARING — WORN (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 10,606 hrs
BEARING AXIAL PLAY BEYOND MAX. INSTALLED NEW BEARINGS AND SLEEVES BY O/H SHOP.
Part: SLEEVE — WORN (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 10,606 hrs
BEARING AXIAL PLAY BEYOND MAX. INSTALLED NEW BEARINGS AND SLEEVES BY O/H SHOP.
Part: CYCLIC CONTROL — OUT OF RIG (MAIN ROTOR)
DURING APPROACH, PILOT WROTE (LANDED INTO WIND AND BACK TAXIED WITH TAILWIND TO PARKING, RAN OUT OF AFT CYCLIC, DID A GO-AROUND AFTER CHECKING TO MAKE SURE NOTHING WAS BLOCKING THE CYCLIC, RETURNED FOR A SLOW, SHALLOW APPROACH, SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. VISUALLY CHECKED CYCLIC AND LANDED) UPON LANDING PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CYCLIC CONTROL WAS OUT OF RIG.
Part: COLLAR — BROKEN (COLLECTIVE)
DURING HOVER ATTEMPT, NOTICED UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF COLLECTIVE INPUT WITH VERY LITTLE RESPONSE(LOCATION OFFSHORE VERMILION 250). COLLAR BROKE INBOARD OF CLAMP UP BOLT. COMPONENT AT BELL HELICOPTER FOR EVALUATION. PREVENTATIVE RECOMMENDATION TO BE DETERMINED UPON RECEIPT OF BELL REPORT.
Part: BLADE — CORRODED (MAIN ROTOR)
TRAILING EDGE EXTRUSION CORRODED BEYOND REPAIRABLE LIMITS. (INTERGRANULAR CORROSION).
Part: BLADE — CORRODED (MAIN ROTOR)
DISCOVERED DURING DAILY INSPECTION, SKIN CORRODED, SEPARATED AND TORN ON LOWER SIDE TIP.
Part: DRIVE SHAFT — WORN (FUEL PUMP)
DURING 1500 HOUR FUEL PUMP DRIVE SHAFT INSPECTION FOUND P/N 216002 DRIVE SHAFT WORN AND P/N 215988-1 GEAR WORN BEYOND LIMITS. THIS UNIT WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE MADE OVERHAUL WITHOUT RAILING.
Part: PC TUBE ASSY — B-NUT BURRED (COMP SCROLL)
DURING REMOVAL OF LINE TO C/W ENGINE POWER RECOVERY WASH. NOTICED THE B-NUT WAS HARD TO TURN WHEN REMOVING THE LINE. B-NUT THREADS BURRED.