N2064S
Registered owner: AGRICULTURAL AIR SERVICES LLC, FL (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
FOUND SUBJECT STIFFENER AND WEB CRACKED DURING MAINTENANCE EVENT. GAINED ACCESS AND FOUND RIGHT HAND BEAM ALSO CRACKED. BEAM AREA WAS HIDDEN UNTIL DISASSEMBLY SHOWED FURTHER DAMAGE. SUGGEST THAT BETTER ATTENTION IS PAID TO THIS AREA ON INSPECTIONS, ESPECIALLY IF HELICOPTER IS SUBJECTED TO A HARD LANDING OR IS USED FOR EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATIONS. MANUFACTURER COULD MODIFY STIFFENER IN THE CURVED AREA TO STRENGTHEN THE ASSEMBLY.
ON PART 135 FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED HIGH ENGINE OIL PRESURE AND FLICKERING TRANS OIL PRESS LOW LIGHT. AFTER REDUCING POWER, LIGHTS WENT OUT. PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT FOR 10 MINUTES WHEN TRANS OIL PRESS LIGHT CAME ON STEADY. PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AND THEN FOUND NO OIL VISIBLE IN TRANS OIL SIGHT GLASS, AND ENGINE OIL LEVEL HIGH. PILOT CALLED MAINT AND MECH FLEW TO ACFT. MECH DETERMINED A FREEWHEELING UNIT SEAL FAILED ALLOWING TRANSMISSION OIL TO TRANSFER FROM TRANSMISSION TO THE ENGINE. MECH DRAINED OIL FROM ENGINE AND RE-SERVICED BOTH ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. ACFT WAS FLOWN TO BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON TEAR-DOWN INSPECTION, AFT FREEWHEELING UNIT SEAL WAS FOUND UNSERVICEABLE AND REPLACED.