N436AL
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, 2003-09-05 – 2012-09-21.
Part: BEARING — WORN (TRANSMISSION) · airframe 17,627 hrs
LARGE QUANTITY OF METAL ON LOWER TRANSMISSION CHIP DETECTOR. FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF MAKING METAL. PERFORMED A 4500 HR O/H. CHANGED OUT BEARING, DUE TO WORN ROLLERS.
Part: LONGERON — CRACKED (ZONE 200) · airframe 15,995 hrs
DURING 50 HR, LT UPPER AFT LONGERON CRACKED AT STA 204.92. INSPECTED AND REPLACED LT UPPER AFT LONGERON PN 206-031-314-237, C/W ASB 407-11-95 PART III, INSTALLATION OF 3 EXTERNAL STRAP DOUBLERS, PART V, TERMINATING ACTION TO RECURRING INSPECTION.
Part: BEARING — BINDING (PITCH CONTROL) · airframe 13,823 hrs
BEARING HAS BINDING, AXIAL PLAY, AND RATCHETING BEYOND LIMITS.
Part: BEARING — WORN (ANTIDRV LINK BRG)
IN CRUISE FLIGHT, FELT BUMP IN AIRFRAME, ALL INSTRUMENTS INDICATED NORMAL. AFTER DESCENDING TO 500 FT, PROBLEM REPEATED. AFTER LANDING, NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE. ANTI-DRIVE LINK BEARINGS WORN. REMOVED AND REPLACED ANTI-DRIVE LINK. (K)
Part: INDICATOR — ODOR (TORQUE)
IN CRUISE FLIGHT, 4 MINUTES FROM LANDING, THE TORQUE INDICATOR WENT BLANK, 1 MINUTE LATER THE PILOT COULD SMELL PLASTIC BURNING IN THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT LANDED AND NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE. MECHANIC REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TORQUE GAUGE AND AC WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE, UPON COMPLETION OF THE OPERATIONAL CHECK. (K)
Part: PITCH LINK — BINDING (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 8,699 hrs
BINDING AND RATCHETY / REPLACED WITH NEW BY FIELD MAINTENANCE.
Part: PRESSURE SWITCH — INOPERATIVE (XMSN OIL PRESS)
FOLLOWING LIFT OFF, AND AT HOVER TO FLYWAY THE TRANSMISSION PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. RETURNED TO AIRCRAFT TO PAD AND CALLED MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION OIL PRESSURE SWITCH AND COMPLIED WITH GROUND RUN, OPS AND LEAK CHECK, NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED. (K)
Part: DISC PACK — CRACKED (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 7,890 hrs
FOUND ONE CRACKED DISC REPLACED ASSY BY FIELD MAINT.
Part: BEARING — RATCHETING (UNIVERSAL) · airframe 7,748 hrs
EXCESSIVE AXIAL PLAY AND RATCHETY.REPLACED WITH NEW PART.
Part: UNIVERSAL — RATCHETING (M/R DRIVE) · airframe 7,611 hrs
ROUGH AND RATCHETY. REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW PART.
Part: BLADE — DEFECTIVE (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 7,016 hrs
DURING TRACKING PROCEDURE, TRIM TAB FAILED TO REMAIN AT SET POSITION. SHORTLY AFTER SETTING TAB TO REQUIRED POSITION,TAB WOULD RETURN TO +5 DEGREE SETTING. BLADE WILL BE SENT O.O.H FOR WARRANTY REPAIR PER B.H.T.I. P.S.E.