N355AL
Registered owner: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC, CA (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.
11 reports on file, 1995-06-15 – 2003-01-03.
Part: BEARING RACE — GALLED (M/R GEARBOX) · airframe 11,238 hrs
FOUND RACE BREAKING DOWN WHEN GEARBOX DISASSEMBLED FOR OVERHAUL.
Part: GEAR — SPALLED (GEARBOX) · airframe 10,226 hrs
SPALLING AND GALLING ON GEAR TEETH DUE TO IMPROPER MESHING OF TEETH.
Part: GEAR — ROUGH (M/R GEARBOX)
UPON VISUAL INSPECTION OF PARTS. T/M GEAR HAS ROUGH GEAR TEETH EDGES AT RADIUS CAUSING LIGHT GALLING ON PINION GEAR. PTO GEAR ALSO HAS ROUGH EDGES AT RADIUS. ASSURE PROPER MATERIAL, MACHINING AND MESHING OF GEAR TEETH AT FACTORY.
Part: GEAR — SPALLED (GEARBOX)
UPON DISASSEMBLY OF GEARBOX. SPALLING AND GALLING ON GEAR TEETH DUE TO IMPROPER MESHING OF TEETH. ASSURE PROPER MESHING OF GEAR TEETH.
Part: VERTICAL FIN — CRACKED (LT AUXILIARY)
DAILY INSPECTION FOUND CRACK ON LEFT AUXILIARY VERTICAL FIN AT ATTACH POINT (4 INCH) SPIDER. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WAS CORRECTED MANY YEARS AGO ON 206L-1 SERIES.
Part: LEVER ASSY — WORN (PYLON)
DAILY INSPECTION FOUND BEARINGS AND SPACERS WORN BEYOND LIMITS. PARTS REQUIRING REPLACEMENT: 4 EACH 206-010-338-001 SPACERS, 4 EACH 206-010-337-001 BEARINGS, 2 EACH NAS6605DC64 BOLTS. NORMAL USE CAUSES PARTS TO WEAR OUT TOO SOON. WORN PARTS TT 285.1 HOURS.
Part: LEVER ASSY — WORN (PYLON)
DURING DAILY INSPECTION, FOUND BUSHINGS AND BEARINGS WORN BEYOND LIMITS. PARTS REQUIRING REPLACEMENT: 4 EACH 206-010-338-001 SPACERS, 4 EACH 206-010-337-001 BEARINGS, 2 EACH 206-010-338-003 BUSHINGS, 2 EACH NAS6605D64 BOLTS, 1 EACH 206-010-470-101 BEARING. SUBMITTER STATED NORMAL USE CAUSES PARTS TO WEAR OUT TOO SOON. WORN PARTS TT, 449.9 HOURS.
Part: LINK IDLER — WORN (PYLON)
DURING DAILY INSPECTION, FOUND BUSHINGS AND BEARINGS WORN BEYOND LIMITS. PARTS REQUIRING REPLACEMENT: 4 EACH 206-010-338-001 SPACERS, 4 EACH 206-010-337-001 BEARINGS, 2 EACH 206-010-338-003 BUSHINGS, 2 EACH NAS6605D64 BOLTS, 1 EACH 206-010-470-101 BEARING. SUBMITTER STATED NORMAL USE CAUSES PARTS TO WEAR OUT TOO SOON. WORN PARTS TT, 449.9 HOURS.
Part: FRICTION DISC — MISSING (CLUTCH)
OVERHAUL FOUND FRICTION DISC WAS MISSING FROM CLUTCH ALLOWING DRIVESHAFT TO BECOME LOOSE WHEN GENERATOR CAME TO ELECTRIC SHOP.
Part: LINK IDLER — WORN (PYLON)
DAILY INSPECTION FOUND BUSHINGS AND BEARINGS WORN BEYOND LIMITS. PARTS REQUIRING REPLACEMENT: 4 EACH 206-010-338-001 SPACERS, 4 EACH 206-010-337-001 BEARINGS, 2 EACH 206-010-338-003 BUSHINGS, 2 EACH NAS 6605D64 BOLTS, AND 1 EACH 206-010-470-101 BEARING. NORMAL USE CAUSES PARTS TO WEAR OUT TOO SOON. WORN PARTS TT 443.7 HOURS,
Part: LEVER ASSY — WORN (PYLON)
DAILY INSPECTION FOUND BUSHINGS AND BEARINGS WORN BEYOND LIMITS. PARTS REQUIRING REPLACEMENT: 4 EACH 206-010-338-001 SPACERS, 4 EACH 206-010-337-001 BEARINGS, 2 EACH 206-010-338-003 BUSHINGS, 2 EACH NAS 6605D64 BOLTS, AND 1 EACH 206-010-470-101 BEARING. NORMAL USE CAUSES PARTS TO WEAR OUT TOO SOON. WORN PARTS TT 443.7 HOURS,