N6095S
Registered owner: ARI BEN AVIATOR INC, FL (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.
110 reports on file, 1995-02-10 – 2001-04-17.
Part: INDICATOR — MALFUNCTIONED (RADAR ALTIMETER)
WILL NOT SELF TEST PROPERLY.
Part: TRANSCEIVER — FAILED (COCKPIT)
DOES NOT TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE. FOUND VCO TO BE BAD.
Earlier reports · 1995–2000 · 108 reports
2000
Part: ALTIMETER — READS LOW (COCKPIT)
ALTIMETER READS 300 FEET LOW.
Part: BLOWER — FAILED (OIL COOLER)
BLOWER NOT WORKING.
1999
Part: ROD — WORN (T/R PITCH LINK)
ROD, PITCH CONTROL WORN.
Part: MOTOR — FAILED (WINDSHIELD WIPER)
WINDSHIELD MOTOR BLOWS FUSES.
Part: FAN — BROKE (OIL COOLER)
FAN BLADE BROKEN.
Part: INDICATOR — MALFUNCTIONED (NG TACH)
BLEED VALVE FLAG WILL NOT PULL.
Part: COMPRESSOR — FAILED (AIR DISTRIBUTION)
COMPRESSOR'S HIGH SIDE PRESSURE LOW SYSTEM NOT COOLING PROPERLY.
Part: CLOCK — FAILED (COCKPIT)
CLOCK WILL NOT KEEP TIME.
Part: PANEL — CRACKED (BAGGAGE)
PANEL HAD NUMEROUS CRACKS.
Part: ROTOR — WORN (BRAKE ASSY)
ROTOR WORN.
Part: COUPLING — CRACKED (ENG/TRANSMISSION)
COUPLING CRACKED. REFERENCE: RMA NR R020829.
Part: INDICATOR — READS HIGH (ENGINE TORQUE)
TORQUE INDICATOR READS HIGH.
Part: BLOWER — DAMAGED (OIL COOLER)
BLOWER HAS BROKEN BRUSH PLUG.
Part: GEARBOX — SEIZED (T/R SPIDER)
TAIL ROTOR SPIDER BEARING SEIZED. ASSEMBLY THEN BROKE AT PIPE.
Part: SPIDER — FAILED (TAIL ROTOR)
AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF TAIL ROTOR CONTROL DURING FLIGHT. PILOT REPORTED HE COULD ONLY SLIGHTLY MOVE TAIL ROTOR PEDALS. PILOT EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL RUN-ON LANDING ON A HARD SURFACE RUNWAY WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE TO ACFT. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THE ROTATING SPIDER (PN 350A33-2129-00) HAD BEEN COMPLETELY SEVERED AND THE TAIL ROTOR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY PITCH CHANGE LINKS. THE SPIDER BEARING (PN 6010-2RS1MT33CA) APPARENTLY SEIZED AND CUT THROUGH THE ROTATING SPIDER. SPIDER ASSY WAS REMOVED FROM ACFT FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. PART TAGGED WITH FAA FORM 8020-2 (ACFT/PARTS IDENTIFICATION AND RELEASE). ROTORCRAFT CERTIFICATION OFFICE (ASW-170) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTION AND PART DISPOSITION.
Part: BLOWER — INOPERATIVE (AIR DISTRIBUTION)
BLOWER INOPERATIVE AND BROKEN.
1998
Part: STARFLEX — CRACKED (ARM)
STARFLEX CRACKED IN ONE ARM.
Part: ROD — LOOSE (PITCH CONTROL)
PITCH CONTROL HAS PLAY IN BEARINGS. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE S1894 AND S1952. REPLACEMENT PART SERIAL NUMBERS ARE S2250 AND S2217.
Part: HANDLE — CRACKED (RT WINDOW)
SLIDE WINDOW HANDLE CRACKED, SLIDE WINDOW CRACKED.
Part: BLOWER — INOPERATIVE (AIR DIST)
BLADE BROKEN AND WILL NOT RUN.
Part: SERVO — LEAKING (MAIN ROTOR)
MAIN ROTOR SERVO LEAKING.
Part: SWITCH — INOPERATIVE (ELT)
ELT G-SWITCH INOPERATIVE.
Part: GPS — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT)
GPS DUMPS MEMORY AND DISPLAY GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY. FOUND NO BACKLIGHTING BEHIND DB BUTTON.
Part: ELT — FAILED (COCKPIT)
G-SWITCH INOPERATIVE ON ELT.
Part: STOP ASSY — SEPARATED (TRANSMISSION)
SEPARATED. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED 11624, 11641, AND 11640. REPLACEMENT PART SERIAL NUMBERS ARE 12668, 12795, AND 12797.
Part: ROD — WORN (T/R PITCH CONT)
PITCH CONTROL ROD WORN BEYOND LIMITS. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE S1317 AND S11117.
Part: SEAL — WORN (ENGINE INTAKE)
SEAL WORN. PARTS SCRAPPED LOCALLY.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (STROBE)
STROBE POWER SUPPLY BLOWS FIRE.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (STABILIZER)
STABILIZER CENTER SKIN CRACKED ON TRAILING EDGE BOTTOM LT HAND AT LAST RIVET IN CENTER ROW.
Part: TRANSMITTER — INTERMITTENT (ENGINE OIL)
ENGINE OIL INDICATOR INTERMITTENTLY GOES TO ZERO.
Part: GPS — FAILED (COCKPIT)
GPS DUMPS MEMORY AND LIGHTS FADE. FOUND AFTER UNIT IS TURNED OFF AWHILE, UNIT LOSES MEMORY AND LIGHTING FADES.
Part: TEMP PROBE — FAILED (ENG OIL TEMP)
TEMP PROBE INOPERATIVE.
Part: CLOCK — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT)
CLOCK SECOND HAND RESET KNOB MISSING.
Part: LIGHT — FAILED (ANTI COLL)
ANTI COLL LIGHT SLOW FLASH.
Part: FLOOR — CORRODED (RT CABIN)
CORRODED. SCRAPPED AT PHI.
Part: BEARING — DEFECTIVE (M/R MOUNT)
LAMINATED BEARING DEFECTIVE. SCRAPPED AT PHI.
Part: GPS — INTERMITTENT (COCKPIT)
GPS "ENT" BUTTON INTERMITTENT. REPLACE FREQUENCY DUE TO CRACKS AROUND HOLE.
1997
Part: FREQ ADAPTER — SEPARATED (M/R)
TOP AND BOTTOM PLATES SEPARATED. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE 5470, 5473, AND 5468.
Part: PROBE — FAILED (TEMP)
TEMP PROBE WILL NOT TEST PROPERLY.
Part: PITOT HEAD — FAILED (TOTALIZER)
HEATED PITOT FAILED
Part: NOSE SECTION — CRACKED (CABIN)
REPAIR FIBERGLASS CRACKS IN CABIN NOSE SECTION. CORRECT PAINT FLAKING FROM FIBERGLASS OF CABIN NOSE SECTION REPAIRED BY PHI. PARTS AND LABOR WILL BE INVOICED...WO#9700618-99.
Part: BLADES — CRACKED (T/R)
POLYURETHANE COATING MISSING ON BLADE. TRANSVERSE CRACK IN SPAR REINFORCEMENT PAD (ACTUAL 27MM). SENT 4 EACH NEW BEARINGS P/N 704A33-633-116 AND ONE EACH NEW KIT P/N 355A09-1142-00 WITH T/R ASSY.
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (OIL SYS)
ENGINE HAS LOW OIL PRESSURE AND LOWER POWER. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE ENGINE.
Part: ENGINE — MAKING METAL (GR BOX)
S.O.A.P SAMPLE SHOWED HIGH IRON AND OTHER METAL CONTENT.
Part: BLOWER — FAILED (AIR DIST)
BLOWER WON'T RUN.
Part: ROD — WORN (PITCH CONTROL)
PITCH CONTROL ROD WORN. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE PMA2760 AND PMA131.
Part: STARFLEX — WORN (M/R)
STARFLEX BALL JOINT WORN BEYOND LIMITS.
Part: SERVO — LEAKING (M/R)
FRONT SERVO CONTROL LEAKING.
Part: HARNESS — FAILED (COCKPIT)
INERTIAL HARNESS SNAP RING BROKEN.
Part: PUMP — FAILED (FUEL BOOST)
FUEL PUMP NOT WORKING. .
Part: HOSE — LEAKS (BLEED AIR)
BLEED AIR LEAKS WHERE BRAIDED LINE ENTERS.
Part: CLOCK — MALFUNCTION (COCKPIT)
CLOCK WORKS INTERMITTENTLY.
Part: BEARING — SEPARATED (T/R)
BEARING SEPARATION.
Part: BEARING — CRACKED (T/R GR BOX)
T/R GR BOX BEARINGS CRACKED.
Part: BEARING — DETERIORATED (T/R)
T/R BEARING DETERIORATED RUBBER.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — DEFECTIVE (STROBE)
STROBE HAS DIM FLASH.
Part: BEARING — SEPARATION (T/R)
BEARING SEPARATION.
Part: PITCH LINK — WORN (T/R CONTROL)
T/R PC LINK WORN. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE 3588 AND M5969.
Part: TRANSMITTER — INTERMITTENT (COCKPIT TACH)
TACH TRANSMITTER INTERMITTENT FLUX BETWEEN 96-97 N1.
Part: STARTER — MALFUNCTION (ENG START/GEN)
STARTER WILL NOT ROTATE ON START. MUST BUMP STARTER TO ROTATE. MAKES RADIO NOISE.
Part: BEARING — FAILED (T/R)
T/R XMSN BEARING SEPARATION.
Part: ELEMENT — DIRTY (FUEL FILTER)
FUEL FILTER DIRTY.
Part: ELEMENT — DEFECTIVE (FUEL FILTER)
FUEL FILTER INOPERATIVE.
Part: TRANSCEIVER — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT ATC)
REPLY LIGHT STAYS DIM. REPLACED V301 PHOTODETECTOR. REPAIRED. BENCH CHECK GOOD.
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (INTERNAL)
DISCREPANCIES FOUND AT DISASSEMBLY BY FACTORY TECH. REP.
Part: CONTROL ROD — WORN (T/R)
BEARINGS WORN.
Part: STOP ASSY — WORN (XMSN MT)
SPHERICAL STOP ASSY WORN. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE 9747, 7180, AND 7256.
Part: BRAKE — WORN (ROTOR)
ROTOR BRAKE WORN.
Part: PIN — BENT (BLADE)
BLADE PIN BENT.
Part: STABILIZER ASSY — CRACKED (TOP LEFT)
STAB HAS A CRACK LEFT AFT AROUND RIVET AND CORROSION UNDER SHIM TOP LEFT.
Part: BALLJOINT — WORN (STARFLEX)
BALL JOINT WORN.
Part: IGNITER PLUG — ERRODED (ENG IGN)
IGNITER TIP ERRODED.
Part: INDICATOR — READS LOW (ENG TACH)
TACH INDICATOR READS 5% LOW.
Part: ELEMENT — DEFECTIVE (HYD SYS)
BYPASS BUTTON POPPED.
Part: LIGHT — FAILED (EXTERIOR)
LIGHT ASSEMBLY CAME APART.
Part: BEARING — CRACKED (M/R XMSN MT)
BEARING CRACKED. (KIT P/N 355A09-1036-01)
Part: TRANSMITTER — INOPERATIVE (ENG)
ENG TEMP TRANSMITTER INOPERATIVE.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — FAILED (BEACON)
ANTI COLLISION LIGHT GLOWED ONLY - NO FLASH.
1996
Part: BEARING — CRACKED (T/R HEAD)
RUBBER CRACKED.
Part: GENERATOR — FAILED (START/GEN)
START/GENERATOR NO STARTS AND NO GEN.
Part: OIL PUMP — LOW PRESSURE (ENG OIL)
PUMP HAS LOW PRESSURE.
Part: BLOWER — FAILED (COOLING FAN)
BLOWER WILL NOT RUN.
Part: SEAT — CRACKED (COCKPIT)
SEAT IS CRACKED. (CRACKED IN TWO PLACES)
Part: PIN SPACER — BROKE (M/R GR BOX)
M/R GR BOX EXPANSION PIN SPACER BROKE.
Part: SPIDER — BEARING WORN (T/R)
T/R SPIDER SPHERICAL BEARING WORN.
Part: GENERATOR — NOISE (START/GEN)
STARTER GENERATOR HAS BAD SPOT ON COMMUTATOR AND MAKING NOISE.
Part: SERVO — LEAKS (M/R)
RT AND LT SERVO LEAKS.
Part: DRAIN VALVE — FUEL LEAK (ENGINE)
FUEL LEAKING AT UPPER MATING SURFACE ON SHUTDOWN.
Part: GYRO COMPASS — MALFUNCTION (COCKPIT)
GYRO CYCLES ON/OFF DURING FLIGHT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE GYRO.
1995
Part: SKYNAV 5000 — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT GPS)
INTERMITTENTLY LOSES ALL WAYPOINTS AND SATELLITE RECEPTION.
Part: STOP ASSY — WORN (M/R XMSN)
SPHERICAL STOP ASSY UNITS WORN OUT. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE 7245, 7246 AND 7203.
Part: ENGINE — MALFUNCTION (FUEL CONTROL)
DURING ENGINE START, WHEN THE START BUTTON IS PRESSED AND FFC LEVER WAS ADVANCED, NORMAL IGNITION AND ACCELERATION WOULD OCCUR UNTIL REACHING 25 TO 30% NG. AT THAT TIME ACCELERATION WOULD ALMOST STOP. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE UNLESS THE T4 WAS KEPT AT THE TOP OF THE GREEN ARC. EVEN THEN ACCELERATION TO 40% WAS VERY SLOW. WHEN ENGINE WAS COLD, ACCELERATION TO 40% WOULD TAKE 45 TO 65 SEC. WHEN ENGINE WAS WARM ACCELERATION TO 40% TOOK 35 TO 40 SEC.
Part: STARFLEX — CRACKED (M/R)
STARFLEX CRACK ON YELLOW ARM.
Part: GUIDE — WORN (SWASHPLATE)
GUIDE WORN .082" DEEP, ABOUT 1/2 THE WAY AROUND TUBE. REMOVED FROM UPPER TRANSMISSION S/N M855.
Part: BALL JOINT — WORN (TRANSMISSION)
BALL JOINT WORN .008" OUT WHERE IT RIDES AGAINST SUPPORT. REMOVED FROM TRANSMISSION S/N M855. PART SCRAPPED.
Part: ENGINE — MAKING METAL (POWER SECT)
ENGINE MAKING METAL.
Part: ROD — BINDING (JETTISON DOOR)
R/H DOOR JETTISON ROD BINDING AND BENDING WHEN CLOSING DOOR.
Part: SEAT — CRACKED (LOWER RAIL)
LOWER SEAT SHELL CRACKED WHERE IT ATTACHES TO SLIDE RAILS.
Part: DOUBLER ASSY — CRACKED (LT ENG COWL)
L/H AFT ENGINE COWL LATCH WORN AND ATTACHING DOUBLER CRACKED.
Part: HUB — BEARING WORN (T/R)
WORN BEARINGS IN HUB. REPLACED HUB ASSEMBLY.
Part: BLOWER — INOPERATIVE (AIR DIST)
BLOWER INOPERATIVE.
Part: GENERATOR — NOISY (START/GEN)
STARTER GENERATOR HAS RUBBING NOISE AND VIBRATION.
Part: INLET — CRACKED (ENG INTAKE)
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, NOTED CRACK ON LOWER PORTION OF ENGINE INLET.
Part: IGNITOR — DEFECTIVE (ENG LT)
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION NOTED LH IGNITER DID NOT FIRE.
Part: CHIP DETECTOR — DEFECTIVE (M/R XMSN)
INTERMITTENT FALSE AND DIM LIGHT INDICATION.
Part: CLAMP — FAILED (COWL)
BOLT ON ATTACH ANGLE BROKE. INSTALLED SERVICEABLE CLAMP.
Part: BRACKET — FAILED (AIR DUCT)
STARTER GENERATOR AIR DUCT SUPPORT BRACKET BROKE. INSTALLED NEW SUPPORT.
Part: GENERATOR — INOPERATIVE (START/GEN)
STARTER GENERATOR INOPERATIVE.