N518AL
Registered owner: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC, CA (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.
13 reports on file, 2001-03-22 – 2005-12-03.
Part: INDICATOR — FAILED (COCKPIT)
E-DISPLAYED 730 ON MGT GAUGE ENROUTE. NO FLASH OR CHECK LIGHT. NO PLATFORMS LARGE ENOUGH FOR 2 HELICOPTERS IN VICINITY. NO RECORDED ACCUMULATED FAULTS. MGT GAUGE NORMAL. (K)
Part: CONNECTOR — DIRTY (TRANSMISSION)
FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, TRANSMISSION GAUGE FLUCTUATED AND THEN DROPPED TO ZERO. FOUND TRANSMISSION CONNECTOR PLUG FULL OF OIL AND DIRT. CLEANED CONNECTOR PLUG. GROUND RUN AC WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. (K)
Part: CHIP DETECTOR — MALFUNCTIONED (T/R GEARBOX)
IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE T/R CHIP/HOT CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON, PILOT FOLLOWED EMERGENCY CHECK LIST AND LANDED. THE MECHANIC CLEANED AND INSPECTED THE CHIP PLUG AND COMPLIED WITH PENALTY RUN IAW MM AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (K)
Part: CHIP DETECTOR — CONTAMINATED (NR 2 ENGINE)
DURING FLIGHT, THE NR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED, EMERGENCY CHECK LIST COMPLIED WITH AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED 2 EA CHIP PLUGS FROM THE NR 2 ENGINE, FOUND SMALL CHIP THAT WAS WITHIN LIMITS. REINSTALLED CHIP PLUGS AND COMPLIED WITH THIRTY MINUTE GROUND RUN NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. WORK DONE IAW MM. (K)
Part: WIRE HARNESS — UNSERVICEABLE (NLG)
ON RUN-UP, LANDING GEAR NOSE WHEEL GREEN LIGHT GOES OFF AND RED UNSAFE LIGHT COMES ON (KEEPS REPEATING), GREEN LIGHT COMES ON AND THE RED LIGHT GOES OUT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED LT NOSE WHEEL HARNESS (DOWN AND LOCK) AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE HARNESS, OPS CHECK OF THE SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO BE OK. (K)
Part: FLOAT — DEPLOYED (LANDING GEAR)
AFTER LANDING, ON EI309, WHILE COMPLETING THE (AFTER LANDING CHECK LIST) THE CO-PILOT INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED THE FLOATS. THE MECHANIC DEFLATED ALL FLOATS AND REPACKED FRONT FLOATS AND REPLACED RT AND LT FLOAT GEAR DOORS, ALSO CHANGED ALL 4 FLOAT BOTTLES. (K)
Earlier reports · 2001–2004 · 7 reports
2004
Part: AMPLIFIER — SMOKE (AFCS)
LANDING, ON DOWN WIND APPROACH SMELLED ODOR, ON FINAL THE ODOR BECAME STRONGER, ON LANDING SMOKE CAME FROM OVERHEAD CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL AREA. THE NR 2 PITCH AMP BREAKER POPPED. MAINTENANCE PULLED OVERHEAD AND AFCS CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL, FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. TRACED WIRE BACK TO THE NR 2 AFCS AMP ASSY. REMOVED NR 2 AFCS AMP AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF THE NR 2 AMP HAD SMOKED. REINSTALLED CABIN AND PILOT OVERHEAD TRIM AND THE AFCS CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL, CARRIED THE NR 2 PITCH AMP TO HARDCOVER (MEL) AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. (K)
Part: PROXIMITY SWITCH — OUT OF ADJUST (MLG)
ON TAKE OFF, AFTER RAISING GEAR HANDLE, THE RED LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT. RECYCLED GEAR NO CHANGE, RETURNED TO GET FIXED. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED PROXIMITY SWITCH TO PROPER POSITION, HAD PILOT PULL TO A HOVER AND CYCLE THE LANDING GEAR ALL LIGHTS WENT OUT, RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. (K)
2003
Part: PINION GEAR — SPALLED (GEARBOX) · airframe 8,877 hrs
FOUND SPALLING ON PINION GEAR TEETH. SENT PART TO VENDOR FOR WARRANTY CREDIT.
Part: SEAL — DEFECTIVE (T/R GEARBOX) · airframe 8,609 hrs
FOUND TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX SEAL DEFECTIVE AND LEAKING. REPLACED SEAL WITH A NEW PART.
2002
Part: ENGINE — INOPERATIVE (NR 2)
IN CRUISE FLIGHT, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:40, NR 2 ENGINE NR2 SPED TO 112 PERCENT- 114 PERCENT RIGHT YAW EXPERIENCED, NR 2 ENGINE LEVER WAS RETARTED TO CONTROL N2/NR. NR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER 3-4 SECONDS AFTER ENGINE LEVER WAS RETARTED, AT THIS TIME NR 2 ENGINE LEVER WAS BROUGHT TO IDLE POSITION, NR 2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 45 AND 55 PSI. NR2 ENGINE WAS SECURED, AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO LAND.
2001
Part: CONNECTOR — LOOSE (FIRE DETECTION)
DURING RUN UP CHECKS. CONNECTOR PLUGS FOUND LOOSE IN THE NR 1 ENGINE INTAKE.
Part: CALIPER — STUCK (ROTOR BRAKE) · airframe 7,204 hrs
DURING RUN UP PRIOR TO 135 REVENUE FLIGHT. SMOKE COMING OUT OF INTAKE COWLING AREA, NOTIFIED FLIGHT CREW WHO SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND ONE ROTOR BRAKE PUCK STUCK OUT AGAINST THE DISC CAUSING SMOKE.