N3188P
Registered owner: MARKS AVIATION GROUP LLC, 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
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.
4 reports on file, 1995-03-20 – 2005-09-17.
Part: BEARING — SPALLED (TRANSMISSION) · airframe 15,896 hrs
TRANSMISSION ASSY HAD METAL IN OIL, DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND DUPLEX BEARING BREAKING DOWN. REMOVED AND REPLACED DUPLEX BEARING PN:206-040-032-105.
Part: TRANSMISSION — MAKING METAL (MAIN ROTOR)
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT LANDED ASAP AND PERFORMED CHIP PLUG CHECK IAW THE OPS MANUAL PROCEDURE, WHILE IN COMMUNICATION WITH MAINTENANCE. UPON COMPLETION OF 30 MINUTE PENALITY RUN AND LEAK CHECK, AC WAS FLOWN. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED CHIP PLUGS AND FILTER.. METAL FOUND DURING THIS INSPECTION GROUND AC FOR TRANSMISSION CHANGE MM. (K)
Part: BLADE — CORRODED (MAIN ROTOR)
DURING DAILY INSPECTION, FOUND TRAILING EDGE EXTRUSION CORRODED.
Part: SUPPORT ASSY — DEFECTIVE (TAIL BOOM)
FOUND ON INCOMING INSPECTION, 90 DEGREE GEARBOX ALIGNMENT HOLES IN SUPPORT, ELONGATED BEYOND LIMITS. HOLES HAVE A VERY TIGHT TOLERANCE (.253 INCH - .255 INCH) AND COME FROM FACTORY AT .254 INCH. A STEEL PIN GOING THROUGH CAST ALUMINUM MAY AGGRAVATE THE PROBLEM.