N419MA
Registered owner: MAXAIR LLC, WI (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.
5 reports on file, 2005-01-17 – 2013-06-16.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (COCKPIT) · airframe 14,036 hrs · 19,154 cycles
ON FINAL, CREW SENSED THE ODOR OF BURNED ELECTRICAL. THERE NO VISUAL INDICATIONS (SMOKE, FIRE OR SPARKS) OF ANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES. ALL COCKPIT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. ACFT WAS LANDED AND SHUTDOWN NORMALLY WITH NO FURTHER INDICATIONS. AIRCRAFT WAS THROUGHLY INSPECTED BY MX AND PIC. NO ISSUES OR ABNORMAILITIES WERE FOUND. ACFT WAS FLOWN AND RETURNED TO BASE WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.
Part: LONGERON — CRACKED (TAIL BOOM) · airframe 13,700 hrs
DURING INSPECTION OF TAIL ROTOR ACTUATOR AND SURROUNDING AREA FOUND CRACK ON LONGERON ABOVE AND TO THE LT OF THE ACTUATOR.
Part: ENGINE — MAKING METAL (NR 2) · airframe 13,142 hrs
NR 2 ENG CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED, FOUND MINOR DEBRIS ON GEARBOX CHIP DETECTOR AT 13137 ACFT TT. CLEANED DETECTOR IAW LTS 101 2.2MM CHAP 72-00-00, RETURNED ACFT TO SERVICE. NR 2 ENG CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED 2ND TIME INTERMITTENTLY WITH TURBINE CHIP LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED AT 13139 ACFT TT. FOUND LIGHT DEBRIS ON GEARBOX AND TURBINE CHIP DETECTORS CLEANED DETECTORS DRAIN AND FLUSH SYS, REPLACED FILTERS IAW LTS 101 2.2 MM CHAP 72-00-00, RETURNED ACFT TO SERVICE. NR 2 ENG GEARBOX CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED 3RD TIME AT 13142 ACFT TT. NR2 ENG REPLACED.
Part: FLEXURE — DELAMINATED (LEFT) · airframe 9,492 hrs
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH 40-50 KTS A MODERATE 1/1 WAS NOTED. IT CONTINUED TO WORSEN WITH AIR SPEED. I TURNED AROUND AT ABOUT 100 KTS. LOWERED COLLECTIVE, AND RETURNED TO BASE. THE SEVERITY OF THE VIBRATION LESSENED WITH LOWER COLLECTIVE SETTINGS. DURING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, FOUND THAT THE LT FLEXURE ASSEMBLY WAS DELAMINATING. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLEXURE ASSEMBLY AND CONTINUED OPERATION CHECK FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: LINE — RUPTURED (HYD SYSTEM) · airframe 9,441 hrs
THE NR 1 HYD SYSTEM CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON. PRESSURE CHECKED AND WAS CONFIRMED TO BE AT ZERO. CYCLED SWITCH, MOVED PEDALS AND VERIFIED ACTUAL FAILURE, SO TURNED HYD SYSTEM #1 OFF, PROCEEDED TO FULLERTON AIRPORT AND MADE LANDING FROM A HOVER TO HELIPAD, NO PROBLEM. FOUND THAT THE NR 1 HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE FROM THE FILTER MODULE HAD RUPTURED.