N496AE
Registered owner: AIR EVAC EMS INC, MO (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Evac EMS, Inc. (EVCA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
| Air Evac EMS, Inc. (EVCA) | Operator | on 2015-11-02 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
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.
8 reports on file, 2012-07-16 – 2020-09-24.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (LOWER FUSELAGE) · airframe 10,551 hrs · 35,973 cycles
DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE LOWER SKIN OF THE FUSELAGE NEAR TAILBOOM ATTACHMENT WAS FOUND CRACKED APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES LONG FORWARD AND AFT AND AN INCH-AND-HALF RUNNING OUTBOARD. FS 75, WL 61.77, RBL 2.0.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 9,856 hrs · 34,460 cycles
SKIN CRACKED LH AIRFRAME JUST BELOW BAGGAGE DOOR. REPAIRED DAMAGE USING SPECIFICATIONS AS OUTLINED IN BHT ALL SRM CH 4 PARA 4-4-9 APPLICATION B.
Part: FLOOR SKIN — DEBONDED (COCKPIT) · airframe 9,856 hrs · 34,460 cycles
DURING INSPECTION AT OUR SWRMO. CORROSION METAL DEBONDING FOUND ON CO-PILOT FLOOR, UNDER INVERTOR.
Part: STIFFENER — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 9,856 hrs · 34,460 cycles
DURING INSPECTION AT OUR SWRMO, FOUND BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT OVERHEAD STIFFENER CRACKED/MISSING NUT PLATES. REMOVED DAMAGED STIFFENER AND REPLACED WITH NEW STIFFENER PN 206-032-309-095 AND DAMAGED SUPPORT WITH NEW SUPPORT PN 206-032-309-113 . ALL MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED WITH REFERENCE TO BHT ALL SRM CH 3
Part: BULKHEAD — CORRODED · airframe 8,685 hrs · 31,737 cycles
SEVERE CORROSION WAS FOUND IN SHELF LOCATED INTERNALLY TO THE 145-155 ROLLOVER BULKHEAD ON THE LT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE SHEETMETAL SHELF THAT SITS INSIDE OF THE ACCESS PANEL AND ACTS AS THE BOTTOM OF THE CAVITY WAS FOUND TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED. THIS AREA CONTAINED INSULATION. THE DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO THE SHELF AND THE FORWARD FACE OF TEH FS155 BULKHEAD.
Part: DRIVE SHAFT — SHEARED (TAILROTOR) · airframe 7,939 hrs · 29,886 cycles
UPON TAKING OFF THE ACFT EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED YAW. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY LANDED & SHUTDOWN THE ACFT. UPON MX INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TAIL ROTOR SEGMENTED DRIVESHAFT LOCATED ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ON THE TAIL BOOM HAD SHEARED CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER TO THE TAIL ROTOR & SUBSEQUENT UNCOMMANDED YAW OF THE ACFT.
Part: BLOWER — INOPERATIVE (AC SYSTEM) · airframe 7,161 hrs · 28,029 cycles
AFT AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER INOPERATIVE.
Part: BLADE — DAMAGED (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 5,581 hrs · 24,297 cycles
ON DAILY INSPECTION, MECHANIC FOUND RIVET MISSING FROM THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE TIP.