N427GT
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.
7 reports on file, 2005-05-20 – 2009-06-11.
Part: TRANSMISSION — CONTAMINATED · airframe 4,661 hrs
WHILE IN FLIGHT THE TRANSMISSION CHIP RT CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON. PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND AT MO916, ACFT HAD JUST BEEN STARTED AND WAS 2 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, APPX SPEED WAS 80 KNOTS AT 400 FT. AFTER LANDING THE ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN AND MX WAS CONTACTED. A SMALL AMOUNT OF PASTE WAS FOUND ON THE RT CHIP PLUG, NO METAL. DRAINED TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED FILTER. PENALTY RAN FOR 1 HOUR, NO FURTHER LIGHTS. RECHECKED RT CHIP PLUG AND FOUND CLEAN. ACFT RELEASED FOR FURTHER FLIGHT.
Part: ENGINE — MAKING METAL · airframe 3,639 hrs
MAKING METAL, (2) CHIP LIGHTS IN 80 HOURS.
Part: TRANSMISSION — MAKING METAL (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 3,098 hrs
TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. 1 VERY SMALL FLAKE AND 1 SMALL HAIR SLIVER ON LT TRANSMISSION CHIP DETECTOR. CHECKED AND CLEANED PLUG, ALSO CHECKED THE OTHER (2) CHIP DETECTORS AND FOUND TO BE CLEAN. PENALTY RAN AIRCRAFT FOR 1 HOUR WITH NO FURTHER CHIP LIGHTS. RECHECKED ALL CHIP PLUGS WITH NO MORE METAL NOTED. AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR FURTHER FLIGHT.
Part: PUCK — CHIPPED (ROTOR BRAKE) · airframe 1,120 hrs
DURING AN INSPECTION THEY FOUND THE ROTOR BRAKE PUCK CHIPPED/ THE CALIPER WAS REPLACED.
Part: CONTROL ROD — DAMAGED (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 1,120 hrs
DURING A 1200HR INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LONG TAIL ROTOR CONTROL TUBE WAS MISSING A NYLATRON SLEEVE. / BELL SENT A REPLACEMENT.
Part: PRESSURE SWITCH — MALFUNCTIONED (FUEL SYSTEM) · airframe 445 hrs
IMPENDING BYPASS LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT / REPLACED SWITCH.
Part: INTAKE DUCT — TORN (STARTER/GEN) · airframe 264 hrs
NR 2 ENGINE STARTER/GENERATOR INTAKE DUCT FOUND TORN AT SCAT TUBE. DURING A 300 HR INSPECTION/REPLACED DUCT.