N408AL
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, 2002-12-24 – 2014-10-06.
Part: SPRING — BROKEN · airframe 11,877 hrs
BROKEN SPRING & INTERNAL DAMAGE.
Part: DRIVE SHAFT — CRACKED (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 10,822 hrs
SEGMENTED TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT CRACKED AT DRIVE FLANGE NEXT TO BOLT HOLE.
Part: SPRING — BROKEN (FRAHM DAMPER)
FRAHM DAMPER HAS BROKEN SPRINGS.
Part: BEARING — SEPARATED (ZONE 200) · airframe 10,172 hrs
MAIN ROTOR HUB HAS A SEPARATED BEARING.
Part: BEARING — SEPARATED (ZONE 200) · airframe 10,172 hrs
MAIN ROTOR HUB HAS A BEARING SEPARATED.
Part: BEARING — BINDING (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 1,346 hrs
EXCESSIVE AXIAL WEAR AND BINDING. REPLACED WITH NEW PART, BY FIELD MAINT.
Part: STUD — CRACKED (M/R HUB ASSY) · airframe 2,885 hrs
FOUND 8 CRACKED STUDS. REPLACED WITH NEW STUDS.
Part: YOKE — DELAMINATED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 2,885 hrs
FOUND DELAMINATION ON YOKE ARM. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE PART.
Part: COMBUST CHAMBER — CRACKED (ENGINE) · airframe 1,653 hrs
CRACKED. EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON ARMPIT AT PATCH AREA, POSSIBLY CAUSED BY BRAZE FILLER MATERIAL. CRACK FOLLOWS WELD SEAM AND EXTENDS INTO PATCH. SCRAPPED PART. HOLDING FOR FINAL DISPOSITION.
Part: BLADE — PEELING (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 1,653 hrs
FOUND PAINT PEELING FROM NEW TAIL ROTOR BLADES. TIME SINCE NEW ON BLADES IS 23.7 HOURS.
Part: BEVEL GEAR — SCORED (M/R GEARBOX) · airframe 1,184 hrs
BEVEL GEAR CRACKED AT BOLT HOLE. THIS IS THE 1ST TIME THIS GEARBOX WAS OPENED UP FOR MAINT. SHAFT SCORED. REMOVE AND REPLACED.