N527AL
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.
23 reports on file, 1999-07-27 – 2012-11-07.
Part: CHIP DETECTOR — CONTAMINATED · airframe 16,672 hrs
DURING CLIMB, TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND RETURNED TO BASE. MX FOUND INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF METAL ON LOWER CHIP PLUG. COMPLIED WITH GROUND RUNS, NO DEFECTS.
Part: BEARING — CORRODED (MAST) · airframe 15,976 hrs
MAIN ROTOR MAST HAS BEARING CORROSION BEYOND LIMITS.
Earlier reports · 1999–2005 · 21 reports
2005
Part: PITCH LINK — BINDING (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 8,187 hrs
BINDING AND AXIAL PLAY BEYOND MAX. / REPLACED BY FIELD MAINTENANCE.
Part: CHIP DETECTOR — CONTAMINATED (TRANSMISSION)
DURING TAKE OFF, TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT CAME ON DURING TAKEOFF, RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED ALL CHIP PLUGS, FOUND NORMAL WEAR LINT LIKE PARTICLE ON LOWER PLUG. CLEANED PLUGS AND A 30 MINUTE PENALTY RUN WAS PERFORMED ALL CHECKS WERE GOOD. WORK WAS DONE IAW MM. (K)
2004
Part: MOUNT — WORN (ENGINE)
DURING TIME CHANGE OF ENGINE ASSEMBLY. REAR ENGINE MOUNT BEARING ON THE SUPPORT HAS EXCESSIVE WEAR, ALSO THE BEARING HOUSING HAS EXCESSIVE PLAY WHICH IS BEYOND LIMITS.
2003
Part: UNIVERSAL — ROUGH (ROTOR HEAD) · airframe 5,735 hrs
BEARING ROUGH AND RATCHETY, REMOVED IAW 407 M/M. REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW ASSY. BY FIEL MAINT.
Part: GEAR — DEFECTIVE (PTO GEAR) · airframe 5,721 hrs
REMOVED PTO GEAR IAW EXTEX MANDATORY BULLETIN NR T-075 REMOVED AND REPLACED.
Part: PINION GEAR — SPALLED (GEARBOX) · airframe 5,721 hrs
DUE TO IMPROPER MESHING OF GEARS, PINION GEAR HAD EXCESSIVE SPALLING ON GEAR TEETH. REMOVED AND REPLACED.
2002
Part: UNIVERSAL — WORN (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 5,414 hrs
FOUND BEARINGS WORN. BEARINGS HAS A 5000 HR RETIREMENT LIFE.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
FRAME, CRACKED, CORRODED, NO REPAIRABLE.
Part: STRINGER — BROKEN (FUSELAGE)
STRINGER BROKEN BY CENTER AND FORWARD HINGES.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
FRAME, CRACKED, CORRODED, NO REPAIRABLE.
Part: FRAME — CORRODED (FUSELAGE)
FRAME, CORRODED AND CRACKED BEYOND REPAIR.
Part: STRINGER — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
STRINGER, CRACKED AND CORRODED BEYOND REPAIR.
Part: STRINGER — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
STRINGER CRACKED AND CORRODED BEYOND REPAIR.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
FRAME, CRACKED, CORRODED, NO REPAIRABLE.
Part: STRINGER — BROKEN (FUSELAGE)
STRINGERS BROKEN BY CENTER AND FORWARD HINGES.
2001
Part: PANEL — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
UPON DAILY, OIL COOLER DECK P/N IS CRACKED IN FORWARD SIDE AT STATION 192-204. (M)
2000
Part: DUCT — CRACKED (EXHAUST) · airframe 2,777 hrs
DURING DAILY INSPECTION FOUND DUCT ASSY CRACKED IN CORNERS. (X)
1999
Part: BEARING — FAILED (MAIN ROTOR)
FOUND ON AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN. (STRANGE NOISES). FORWARD BEARING COMPLETE FAILURE, BEARING IS NOT RUNNING TRUE (OFF CENTER) CAUSING BEARING TO RUN HOTTER AND SLINGING ALL OF ITS GREASE BEFORE NEXT SCHEDULED SERVICING (100 HOURS).
Part: HOUSING — CRACKED (T/R BLOWER)
DURING DAILY INSPECTION, FOUND CRACKED BLOWER HOUSING AND WORN SPLINES.
Part: SUPPORT — CRACKED (TAIL BOOM)
DURING DAILY INSPECTION. CRACK IN RADIUS OF ANGLE DUE TO POOR QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES AND STRESS ON PART WHEN INSTALLED.
Part: SUPPORT — CRACKED (TAILBOOM)
CRACK IN RADIUS, POOR QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES WHEN FABRICATING AND POSSIBLE PRE-LOADED CONDITION. BETTER QUALITY WHEN FABRICATING SUPPORT AND POSSIBLE SHIM TO PREVENT PRE-LOAD. (X)