N406PH
Registered owner: PHI AVIATION LLC, LA (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHI AVIATION, LLC (HEEA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, CHIP XMSN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RETURNED TO HMAE.
ENGINE REMOVED 7-13-16 FOR TURBINE OVERHAUL. NR 5 BEARING EXHIBITED SPALLING AT OUTER RACE SPLIT. INSTALLED A NEW NR 5 BEARING.
ENGINE REMOVED 9-13-15 FOR TURBINE O/H. NR 5 BEARING EXHIBITS PROBABLE SPALLING AT OUTER RACE SPLIT. PART WILL BE RETURNED TO MFG FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.
FWD LOWER SHELL ASSY WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. REPAIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAA-APPROVED REPAIR DATA.
INNER CABLE BROKE APPROX 9 INCHES FROM FORWARD END. THIS IS WHERE CABLE MAKES A SHARP BEND UNDER THE PILOTS SEAT. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THIS PART IS ORIGINAL. INSTALLATION FROM OEM. REPLACED CABLE WITH NEW PART.
ENGINE REMOVED DUE TO METAL IN OIL. NR5 BRG OUTER RACE AND BALLS ARE SPALLED, SEPERATOR IS WORN AND CRACKED. INSTALLED REPLACEMENT PARTS.
SKIN CRACKED, REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE SKIN. NOTE: PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED ON 1/20/09.
TRANSMISSION ASSY HAS CORROSION AT LOWER CASE MATING FLANGE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PART.
BLEED VALVE MAKING ENGINE RUN HOT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PART.
LEFT BOOST LIGHT ILLUMINATED. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PART.
LIFE VEST LEAKING. REPLACED.
CONNECTOR CORRODED AND BURNED. SCRAPPED.
HORIZON GYRO WILL NOT STAY ERECT. REPAIRED.
FUEL QTY INDICATOR DISPLAY DIM. TO BE SENT TO MFG FOR CREDIT.
TRANSMISSION OIL TEMP INDICATOR LIGHT DIM. SENT TO MFG FOR CREDIT.
SEPARATION ON TRAILING EDGE AT THE TIP. REPAIRED.
SHOWED BAD ON PLA DATA. SENT FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR.
ANTI ICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. REPLACED.
CAUSING START/AUTO RELIGHT CAUTION LIGHTS TO NOT ILLUMINATE.
SIGNAL COND UNIT READS 23 POUNDS LOW OF PROPER RANGE AT FULL LEVEL.
STEP PITTED BEYOND LIMITS.
RT REAR MAIN ROTOR GEARBOX MOUNT IS WORN.
MAIN ROTOR GEARBOX OIL SYSTEM BYPASS VALVE INDICATOR BUTTON WILL NOT STAY IN.
GEARBOX OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR SCALE IS BLANK, NO BARS ILLUMINATED.
UNABLE TO BALANCE TAIL ROTOR HEAD. REPAIRED.
MAIN ROTOR HEAD FRAHM ASSY HAS TWO BROKEN SPRINGS.
ENGINE BIPOD MOUNT HAS A WORN BEARING.
MLG CROSSTUBE SPREAD.
FILTER BYPASS INDICATOR POPPED. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PART.
BYPASS INDICATOR POPPED. SCRAPPED.
HYD PUMP MAKING NOISE INTERMITTENTLY.
FUEL HOSE KINKED.
WEATHER RADAR INDICATOR ERRATIC DURING FLIGHT.
FUEL HOSE ASSY KINKED.
BATTERY HAS LOW CHARGE. REPAIRED.
DATA BOX SKYWATCH UNREADABLE CAUSING FALSE TARGETS TO DISPLAY. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. BENCH CHECK GOOD.
DATA BOX SKYWATCH UNREADABLE CAUSING FALSE TARGETS TO DISPLAY. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. BENCH CHECK GOOD.
MAIN ROTOR MAST HAS DAMAGE IN CONE SEAT AREA.
WINDSHIELD CRAZED.
WINDSHIELD CRAZED.
EXHAUST STACK CRACKED ON AFT SEAM.
FRAME CRACKED UPPER RT CORNER.
HIGH TOT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE BLEED VALVE.
BOTTOM HOLE ON SUPPORT IS ELONGATED.
ROTOR BRAKE WEAK - MASTER CYLINDER LEAKS INTERNALLY.
BOOST PUMP CARTRIDGE IS INTERMITTENT WITH LOW PRESSURE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PART.
LANDING GEAR CROSSTUBE SPREAD OUT OF LIMITS.
CROSSTUBE IS SPREAD ON RT SIDE.
INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE FUEL NOZZLE.
TAIL ROTRO DISC PACK IS CRACKED.
MOUNT COLLAPSED, DELAMINATED ON TAIL ROTOR.
LANDING GEAR CROSSTUBE SPREAD OUT OF LIMITS.
TAIL ROTOR LINK HAS A WORN BEARING.
VALVE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE VALVE.
MAIN ROTOR HUB HAS A SHEAR BEARING ON ORANGE BLADE SEPARATED.
MAIN ROTOR STOPS WORN, TORN, DELAMINATED.
LINK ASSY HAS WORN BUSHINGS.
FIRE SHIELD TO FUEL NOZZLE HOSE KINKED. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE HOSE.
EMERGENCY FLOAT COVER IS DETERIORATED. END CAPS TORN.
BEARING HAS WORN ELASTOMER.
EMERGENCY FLOAT COVER HAS A TORN END FLAP.
TAIL SKID ASSY IS CRACKED.
DETERIORATED. SENT TO BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON FOR CREDIT AGAINST REPLACEMENT PART PURCHASED. REFERENCE: DMR#72948902.
LINK ASSY HAS WORN BUSHINGS.
MAIN ROTOR LEVER ASSY HAS WORN BUSHINGS.
MAIN ROTOR LEVER ASSY HAS WORN BUSHINGS.
LINK ASSY HAS WORN BUSHINGS.
DETERIORATED, END CAP TORN.
PRECESSES 50 DEGREES IN 6 MINUTES. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PART.
SAFEGUARD ENABLED AND NOT DATA BASE INDICATED. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PART.
COMPASS CARD ON DIRECTIONAL GYRO SPINS OCCASSIONALLY WITHOUT STOPPING. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PART.
TAIL ROTOR LINK HAS WORN BEARINGS.
EMERGENCY FLOAT PRESSURE GAUGE STICKING.
ROD END ON MAIN ROTOR IS WORN.
ROD END ON MAIN ROTOR IS WORN.
ROD END ON MAIN ROTOR IS WORN.
SWITCH STICKING.
FUEL SYSTEM IS SEEPING FROM VALVE ASSY.
ROD END ON MAIN ROTOR IS WORN.
END COVER VELCRO WILL NOT HOLD. SENT TO BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON FOR CREDIT AGAINST REPLACEMENT PART PURCHASED. REFERENCE: DMR#744642.
MAIN ROTOR DRIVE CAP LEAKS.
LOW LEVEL LIGHT COMES ON WHEN WIRES TO SWITCH ARE MOVED.
INTERNAL LIGHTING TOO DIM. DIFFICULT TO READ IN DAYLIGHT.
MAIN ROTOR BEARING RUNNING HOT. LABEL TURNED BLACK.
TORQUE INDICATOR HAS DIM LIGHTING.
MIC SPRING TABS WORN. REPORTED STICKING ICS.
INSULATION CHAFED THROUGH.
DUAL TACH INOPERATIVE.
RED BLADE PITCH ROD UNIVERSAL BEARING IS WORN.
UPPER BEARING GREASE SEAL LEAKING ON UNIBALL.
BEARINGS WORN.
BEARING WORN.
WORN SPLINES.
ATTITUDE INDICATOR STAYS IN LEFT TURN. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE ATTITUDE IND.
FLAG DOES NOT PULL AND GAUGE DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO ATTITUDE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE ATTITUDE IND.
MAIN ROTOR BLADE IS CRACKED.
EXTERNAL FUEL FILTER DRAIN VALVE LEAKING AROUND HANDLE WHEN DRAINING FUEL.
WEAR BEYOND ALLOWABLE LIMITS.
OIL COOLER DUCT CRACKED.
BLOWER HOUSING CRACKED.
VELCRO TEARING ON FLOAT COVER ASSY.
SKID TUBE ASSY WORN.
SKID TUBE ASSY WORN.
VELCRO TEARING ON FLOAT COVER ASSY.
VELCRO TEARING ON FLOAT COVER ASSY.
VELCRO TEARING ON FLOAT COVER ASSY.
FLOAT COVER ASSY WORN.
FLOAT COVER ASSY WORN.
HOSE ASSY KINKED.
MOUNT WORN. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE LK-0799, LK-0855, LK-0817 AND LK-0860. REPLACED WITH SERIAL NUMB NR 68244501, LP-1869; DMR NR 68244503, LP-1859; DMR NR 68244500.
POWER SUPPLY, INTERMITTENT OPERATION.
BEARING WORN.
PRESSURE GAUGE NEEDLE STICKS AND SAND IN GAUGE.
BEARINGS WORN.
HIGH TEMP INDICATIONS. REFERENCE: DMR NR 686425.
LOW LIGHT WOULDN'T GO OUT.
SWAGED AREA OF PITCH LINK REMOVED.
BELL SENT BLOWER HOUSING ASSY TO USE WHAT IS NEEDED SO ORIGINAL AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT BE GROUNDED. PHI USED THE HOUSING BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL WAS CRACKED AND THE INSIDE SHAFT ASSY HAD ROUGH BEARINGS.
BURNT CELL IN BATTERY.
PRESSURE SWITCH INTERMITTENT AND INOPERATIVE.
SKIN ON TAILBOOM CRACKED.
T/R TRUNNION FROZEN ON OUTPUT SHAFT AND INPUT SEAL LEAKS.
HUB FROZEN TO T/R GEARBOX SHAFT; USED 5 TONS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO FREE.
LINK BEARINGS WORN BEYOND LIMITS. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE NHFS-3122 AND NHFS-3123.
MGT FAILED IN FLIGHT, FULL DEFLECTION.
300 HOUR INSPECTION. FOUND BRUSHES WERE EXCESSIVELY WORN AND END BELL HAD SURFACE CORROSION.
MGT INDICATOR, INTERMITTENT; ERRATIC.
HYDRAULIC VALVE STICKS.
LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY ON PRESSURE SWITCH.
SHOWS 5 DEGREE RIGHT TURN AND 3 DEGREE BAR RISE WHEN SETTLING.
NR FAILED TO TEST.
ROTOR TACHOMETER FAILED.
CLOCK WILL NOT STAY READABLE.
MGT INDICATOR ERRATIC, THEN WENT TO ZERO DEGREES.
ERRATIC M/R INDICATIONS.
AIRCRAFT WILL NOT START. FOUND STARTER/GENERATOR BRUSHES EXCESSIVELY WORN AND HANGING UP. REPLACED BRUSHES.
CLOCK DOESN'T RESET FOR TIMES.
GAUGE READS ZERO OIL PRESSURE.
ROUGH BEARINGS. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE C97-2195 AND C97-2206. PARTS AND LABOR WILL BE INVOICED...WO#9800152-99.
TRANSPONDER WILL NOT IDENT AND WILL NOT TEST. PERFORMED PRELIMINARY INSPECTION AND FOUND SWITCH BOARD INTERMITTENT. REPLACED SWITCH BOARD. ALSO FOUND PHOTOCELL NOT DIMMING PROPERLY. REPLACED PHOTOCELL. UNIT BENCH CHECK GOOD.
BENCH CHECK NEEDED. REPLACED WEAK V301 PHOTODETECTOR, DETERIORATED R477 RESISTOR, INSTALLED MISSING IDENT PUSH BUTTON AND INSTALLED HEAT SINK FOR Q415. ADJUSTED AS NEEDED AND BENCH CHECK GOOD.
TORQUE SLOWLY WENT UP, THEN FELL TO ZERO.
WHILE HOVERING AT 68-71% TORQUE, TORQUE GAUGE STARTED INCREASING UNTIL REACHING FULL SCALE READING AND THEN WENT TO 0%.
WHILE HOVERING AT 68-71 PERCENT TORQUE, TORQUE GAUGE STARTED INCREASING UNTIL REACHING FULL SCALE AND THEN WENT TO ZERO PERCENT INDICATION.
TRANSPONDER DOESN'T POWER UP. PERFORMED PRELIMINARY INSPECTION. FOUND UNIT NOT RECEIVING AND IDENT LIGHT BLINKS. SWAPPED V101 CAVITY TUBE. NO HELP.
TORQUE INDICATOR WILL NOT COMPLETE SELF TEST. BAR GRAPH STARTS HALFWAY UP.
PILOT UNABLE TO MOVE CYCLIC AFT AFTER TAKEOFF. APPROXIMATELY 40 POUNDS FORCE-FREED CYCLIC. CYCLIC CENTERING SWITCH HAD CONTACTED TARGET PLATE. LEAD SEAL FROM MANUFACTURER STILL INTACT. FLEET INSPECTIONS FOUND ONE OTHER AIRCRAFT HAVING CLEARANCE BELOW THE .030 INCH MINUMUM.
PILOT REPORTED AT 1320, UNABLE TO MOVE CYCLIC STICK AFT AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PLATFORM. PILOT EXERTED APPROXIMATELY 40 POUNDS PRESSURE, CYCLIC FREED UP. LANDED ON WC-522. AFTER LANDING, CYCLIC AGAIN COULD NOT BE MOVED AFT. FOUND CYCLIC CENTERING SWITCH CONTACTING TARGET PLATE. RE-RIGGED PER MM SPECS TO 030 INCH - 070 INCH. NOTE: LEAD SEAL APPLIED BY MANUFACTURER STILL INTACT PRIOR TO ADJUSTMENT. REF: BHT 407 MM CHAPTER 67-00-00, FIG 67-11, PAGE 45, IPB CHAPTER 96-99-00, PAGE 40, ITEM NR 31.