N272SM
Registered owner: EUROTEC VERTICAL FLIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC, KS (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
WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF DEPARTURE, RECEIVED NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND BEGAN APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST. DUE TO CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AIRPORT COMPLETED CHECKLIST THROUGH ENGINE SHUTDOWN. REQUESTED AND RECEIVED NEGATIVE INDICATION OF ANY SIGNS OF FIRE FROM TOWER WHILE ON FINAL. NO INDICATION OF FIRE ON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION.
ON PREFLIGHT INSP, FOUND THE INBD BLADE SPOILER SEPARATED ABOUT 6 INCHES FROM THE OTBD SECTION OF SPOILER, PILOT SAID ON HIS WAY, THAT HE FELT A THAT THE FLIGHT WAS NOT AS SMOOTH, AFTER REACHING DESTINATION, ON INSP OF THE BLADE FOUND THE SEPARATION ON THE BLADE SPOILER, DOM WAS CALLED AND THE ACFT WAS GROUNDED UNTIL A NEW BLADE COULD BE INSTALLED ON THE ACFT. MFG WAS INFORMED AND THINK THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE SPOILER MAY HAVE COME FROM PERSONS PULLING OR PUSHING THE BLADE IN THE SPOILER AREA WHEN INSPECTING THE HEAD. PART IS BEING SENT FOR REPAIRS.