N222LN
Registered owner: METRO AVIATION INC, LA (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.
5 reports on file, 2011-05-02 – 2012-10-30.
Part: TRANSMISSION — CONTAMINATED · airframe 5,499 hrs
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, LOWER TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED . PRESSURE AND TEMPERTURE WERE NORMAL RANGE. CHIP WOULD NOT BURN OFF.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 5,478 hrs · 3,977 cycles
DURING AIRWORTHINESS CHECK, A CRACK IN A PRE-EXISTING SKIN REPAIR LOCATED ON THE TOP DECK OF THE HELICOPTER BETWEEN THE SYS 1 AND 2 HYD FILTER MANIFOLDS AT APPROX BS 233. ON REMOVAL OF CRACKED PATCH, A TWO PART CRACK APPROX 5 INCHES RUNNING FORE & AFT WAS UNCOVERED IN THE ACFT SKIN UNDERNEATH. OPEN
Part: SHAFT — SHEARED (BLOWER) · airframe 5,342 hrs
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, NR 2 ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE JUMPED FROM 80 DEGREES C TO OVER 120 DEGREES C. THE FLIGHT WAS ABORTED AND RETURNED TO BASE USING MINIMUM POWER FROM THE ENGINE UNTIL LANDING, APPROXIMATLY 10 MINUTES LATER. OIL PRESSURE REMAINED IN THE GREEN DURING THE FLIGHT. THE ENGINE WAS NOT SHUTDOWN DUE TO PERFORMANCE LIMITS AT 7000 FT MSL. FOUND BLOWER SHAFT SHEARED ON NR 2 ENGINE.
Part: DOOR FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 5,194 hrs
INTERMITTENT FLICKERING OF DOOR LIGHT ON CAUTION/ADVISORY PANEL MADE ME INITIATE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF CABIN DOOR FRAMES DUE TO PAST EXPERIENCE WITH CRACKS IN THESE AREAS CAUSING THIS LIGHT TO FLICKER. FOUND RIGHT CABIN DOOR FRAME, EXTRUSION, AND SKIN CRACKED APPROX. 6" ABOVE THE DOOR STRIKER.
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (BS 270) · airframe 5,155 hrs
DURING SCHEDULED MX, FOUND A CRACK ALONG STA 270 BULKHEAD, BUTTLINE 8.5 LT, WATERLINE 81.6. CRACK ORIGINATED FROM LOCK FASTENER JOINING LT AFT NODAL BEAM SUPPORT, PN 222-031-592-103 AND STA 270 BULKHEAD. NO PREVIOUS REPAIRS IN THIS AREA. ACFT OUT OF SERVICE.