N5000K
Registered owner: COWLEY CURT J, OR (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.
28 reports on file, 1995-04-07 – 2005-06-12.
Part: BLADE — PEELING (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 22,021 hrs
AT CRUISE SPEED AT 105 KTS, PILOT FELT SOMETHING IN CONTROLS AND AIRCRAFT STARTED SHAKING UP AND DOWN SEVERLY. PILOT IMMEDIATELY LOWERED COLLECTIVE AND REDUCED AIRSPEED. THE AMOUNT OF SHAKING SUBSIDED WITH THE CHANGE IN AIRSPEED. AIRCRAFT WAS FLYABLE WITH VERTICAL VIBRATION. PILOT RETURNED AND LANDED AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN. UPON POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AN OUTSIDE TRIM TAB LOWER BONDING HAD PEELED AWAY FROM BLADE. NO DAMAGE ELSEWHERE. REPLACED MAIN ROTOR BLADE.
Earlier reports · 1995–2003 · 27 reports
2003
Part: FACEPLATE — MISSING (GPS SYSTEM) · airframe 17,611 hrs
GPS FACEPLATE MISSING.
1999
Part: SWASHPLATE — WORN (MAIN ROTOR)
SWASHPLATE EXPERIENCED GENERAL PREMATURE WEAR, DUE TO OPERATIONS IN HIGH DUST ENVIRONMENT. ONE SPHERICAL BEARING ON OUTER RING EXCEEDED LIMITS IN ADDITION TO COLLECTIVE PIVOT BUSHINGS AT LIMITS. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE SWASHPLATE ASSY.
1998
Part: TRANSCEIVER — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT)
CHANNEL MEMORY ON TRANSCEIVER WILL NOT HOLD FREQUENCY.
Part: PUMP — FAILED (M/R GR BOX)
SHAFT BUSHING WORN.
Part: CARTRIDGE — FAILED (FUEL SYS)
FUEL CARTRIDGE INOPERATIVE.
Part: GPS 150 — FAILED (COCKPIT)
GPS WILL NOT RECEIVE SIGNAL FROM SATELLITES, ALSO INTERNAL BATTERY DEAD.
1997
Part: ACTUATOR — FAILED (DROOP COMP)
ACTUATOR ELECTRICALLY INTERMITTENT.
Part: ACTUATOR — INTERMITTENT (DROOP COMP)
ACTUATOR INTERMITTENT.
Part: GYRO — CORRODED (COCKPIT)
GYRO EXCESSIVE CORROSION AND LOOSE MALE GUIDE PIN.
Part: CARTRIDGE — LEAKING (FUEL SYS)
CARTRIDGE LEAKING AROUND INNER RINGS.
Part: INDICATOR FTNG — LOOSE (XMSN PRESS)
PRESSURE FITTING LOOSE ON REAR OF INDICATOR. RANGE MARKING FADED.
Part: ACTUATOR — FROZEN (M/R CONTROL)
ACTUATOR SHAFT FROZEN. ROD END HAS PLAY.
Part: ACTUATOR — SHAFT FROZEN (M/R CONTROL)
ACTUATOR SHAFT FROZEN, NO TRAVEL, ROD END HAS PLAY.
Part: INDICATOR — DEFECTIVE (FUEL QTY)
FLUID LEAKING OUT AND INDICATOR READS LOW OUT OF TOLERANCE.
1996
Part: GPS 150 — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT)
GPS NOT ACCEPTING DATA CARD. TIME SINCE REPAIR 0:00.
Part: GPS 150 — FAILED (COCKPIT GPS)
DATA CARD FAILURE ON DISPLAY.
Part: LINK ASSY — WORN (M/R XMSN)
LINK ASSY WORN ELASTOMER.
Part: FLOAT BOTTLE ASS — DEFECTIVE (EMERG FLOAT)
SUSPECT WRAPPING FAILURE. WHEN THE FLOAT BOTTLE ASSEMBLY IS DEPRESSURIZED, HEAR A LOUD CRACKING NOISE. FURTHER MORE UPON INSPECTION OF THE CYLINDER NOTICED BULGES AND DEFORMATION OF THE LINER.
Part: ANTENNA — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT GPS)
GPS ANTENNA WILL NOT PICK UP SATELLITE.
1995
Part: BEARING — CRACKED (T/R)
INBOARD BEARINGS CRACKED. REMOVED FROM T/R HUB S/N AFS5139, T.T. 3119:20. ALSO REMOVED 2 EACH SLEEVES P/N 206-010-733-003. PARTS SCRAPPED LOCALLY. 87.
Part: BEARING — CRACKED (T/R)
OUTBOARD BEARINGS CRACKED. REMOVED FROM T/R HUB S/N AFS5139, T.T. 3119:20. ALSO REMOVED 2 EACH SLEEVES P/N 206-010-733-003. PARTS SCRAPPED LOCALLY.
Part: VOLT REGULATOR — MALFUNCTION (DC SYS)
GENERATOR WOULD NOT COME ON LINE. REPLACED CR8 DIODE P/N 3056 ON CIRCUIT BOARD A1. BENCH CHECK GOOD.
Part: STICK ASSY — MIS MFG (CO-PILOT CYCLIC)
CO-PILOT'S QUICK DISONNECT CYCLIC STICK NOT FULLY SEATED IN MOUNT. FOUND LOWER KNURL NUT BINDING ON LEVER ASSEMBLY BEFORE STICK FULLY SEATED. APPEARS THREADS IN NUT NOT MFG PROPERLY. STICK ASSEMBLY RECEIVED IN KIT P/N 206-706-127-117.
Part: FITTING ASSY — CORRODED (CROSSTUBE)
CORROSION BEYOND LIMITS ON TOP SIDE AND WHERE CROSS TUBE RIDES. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE FITTING ASSEMBLY.
Part: INDICATOR — NEEDLE LOOSE (COCKPIT A/S)
NEEDLE APPEARS TO BE LOOSE ON HANDSTAFF.
Part: SUPPORT — REQ REPLACEMENT (SWASHPLATE)
PER ASB 206L-93-89 REV. B (REPLACEMENT OF -109 SUPPORT WITH -113 SUPPORT) HELD FOR CSR SIGNATURE. PHI REQUESTS FOR PRO-RATED WARRANTY CREDIT AS OUTLINED IN BULLETIN.
Part: WINDSHIELD — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT)
WINDHSIELD IS SHORT ON EDGE DISTANCE ON THE UPPER OUTBOARD CORNER.