N522MT

BELL 407 · 1998 · Rotorcraft · 1 engine · 7 seats · Valid Registration

Registered owner: MED-TRANS CORPORATION, TX (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
Med-Trans Corporation (M3XA)Certificate holderMatched by certificate designator

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.

3 reports on file, 2013-12-26 – 2016-03-31.

FALSE WARNING · 2016-03-31 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3000

Part: WARNING SYSTEM — FALSE ACTIVATION (COCKPIT) · airframe 5,908 hrs · 2,690 cycles

ANTI-ICE LIGHT ON AT 710 W 65% TQ. LOWERED COLLECTIVE & REDUCED TO NORMAL RANGE. PILOT DECIDED TO TRANSPORT PATIENT USING GND & RETURN TO BASE. DURING INSPECTION NO RECORDED EXCEEDANCE, ACFT INSPECTED, GND RUN & OPERATIONS CHECK FLIGHT COMPLETED, NO DEFECTS NOTED.

Source: SDR M3XA2016040103
FALSE WARNING · 2016-01-24 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 7397

Part: CONNECTOR — LOOSE (N2 SENSOR) · airframe 5,769 hrs · 2,415 cycles

PILOT & CREW WERE COMING IN WITH A PATIENT ONBOARD. ENROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL PILOT ENCOUNTERED A FADEC FAULT ILLUMINATION ON THE CWP. TAKING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES, THE PILOT LANDED AT THE MX FACILITY WHICH WAS CLOSER THAN THE HOSPITAL. THE PATIENT WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY GND AMBULANCE. AFTER DOWNLOADING THE FAULT COMPLIED WITH FIM TASK 73-25-04-108, IT WAS THEN THAT A LOOSE CONNECTOR ON THE N2 SENSOR WAS FOUND. THE CONNECTOR WAS TIGHTENED, FAULT CLEARED WITH A GND RUN COMPLETED. NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER LOG BOOK DOCUMENTATION.

Source: SDR M3XA2016012402
WARNING INDICATION · 2013-12-26 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 7200

Part: ENGINE — MAKING METAL · airframe 4,552 hrs · 10,584 cycles

PILOT BEGAN TO PULL UP ON COLLECTIVE & RECEIVED AN ENG CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATION. PULLED BOTH UPPER & LOWER CHIP DETECTORS & FOUND EXCEEDANCE OF CHIPS & FLAKES THAT IS IAW M250-C47B, 72-00-00, 8 E SECTION. ENG CHANGE REQUIRED.

Source: SDR M3XA201312260005