N258AE
Registered owner: AIR EVAC EMS INC, MO (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.
2 reports on file, 2010-12-12 – 2017-02-28.
Part: CONNECTOR — DAMAGED (COCKPIT) · airframe 27,501 hrs · 27,799 cycles
DURING A NIGHT RECURRENCY FLT, BACKLIGHT ON THE TURN AND SLIP INDICATOR BECAME INOPERABLE, USED THE MAP LIGHT TO PROVIDE LIGHTING TO THE INSTRUMENT WHILE FINISHING THE FLT, ON THE LAST TAKEOFF AND JUST RIGHT BEFORE ALIGNING FOR APP TO THE BASE PAD NOTICED A BRIGHT LIGHT BY THE COLLECTIVE, NOTICED A SMALL SPARK FOLLOWED BY A SMALL FIRE, ABOUT THE SIZE WHEN YOU TURN ON A LIGHTER COMING FROM THE PLASTIC CONNECTOR THAT IS HALF WAY DOWN ON THE MAP LIGHT WIRING, IT QUICKLY WENT AWAY BUT IT LEFT SOME SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, NOT ENOUGH TO HINDER VISIBLY, PULLED THE WIRE DISCONNECTING THE PLASTIC PLUG AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. AFTER LANDING NOTICED THE PILOT LIGHTING CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD BEEN PULLED OUT, ASSUMING DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. REPLACED CONNECTORS PN: 01-0430011-00 AND 01-0410823-00 ON MAP LIGHT WIRING. NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND WITH WIRING OR CIRCUIT.
Part: BLADE — LEAKING (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 23,774 hrs · 18,147 cycles
CONSTANT WEEPING FROM THE (RED) MAIN ROTOR BLADE VENT HOLE - CONSTANT STREAK.