N243AM
Registered owner: AIRMED INTERNATIONAL LLC, AL (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.
3 reports on file, 2009-08-10 – 2016-04-06.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 4,008 hrs · 13,690 cycles
DURING AN AIRFRAME INSPECTION, A CRACK IN FRAME 5 AROUND THE TAIL CONE AREA WAS DISCOVERED. AN APPROVED REPAIR IS CURRENTLY IN WORK. THIS ACFT REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION.
Part: TRANSMISSION — MAKING METAL (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 2,424 hrs · 7,676 cycles
MAIN TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT INDICATION ON START UP. PILOT SHUT AIRCRAFT DOWN. MECH INSPECTED CHIP DETECTOR, OIL FILTER, CHIP DETECTOR SCREEN. FOUND SLIVER ON CHIP DETECTOR, METALIC FUZZ IN OIL FILTER, AND GEAR TOOTH BEHIND CHIP DETECTOR SCREEN.
Part: CONNECTOR — MELTED (AFT EVAP BLOWER) · airframe 987 hrs
DETECTED AN UNIDENTIFIED SMELL. PROBLEM DETERMINED TO BE AIR CONDITIONER FAN WIRING FOR AFT EVAP BLOWER.