N6100R
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETROLEUM HELI | Operator | on 1999-03-17 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Operated by PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. (per NTSB report)
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.
92 reports on file, 1995-09-12 – 1999-12-17.
Part: HOSE — WORN (FUEL SYSTEM)
HOSE WORN.
Part: PAD — CORRODED (BRAKE)
RIGHT PAD ASSEMBLY HAD CORROSION BEYOND LIMITS. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PART.
Part: PAD — CORRODED (BRAKE)
PAD CORRODED BEYOND LIMITS. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PART.
Part: ROD — WORN (PITCH CONTROL)
PITCH ROD HAS WORN BEARING.
Part: FREQ ADAPTER — DAMAGED (MAIN ROTOR)
FREQUENTY ADAPTER HAS RUBBER SEPARATED. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE 9401, 9421, AND 9395.
Part: BRAKE ASSY — DAMAGED (ROTOR)
BRAKE ASSEMBLY HAS RUBBER SEPARATED.
Part: BEARING — WORN (TAIL ROTOR)
BEARINGS WORN. PART SCRAPPED ON SITE.
Part: ROD — WORN (PITCH CONTROL)
ROD, PITCH CONTROL BEARINGS WORN.
Earlier reports · 1995–1998 · 84 reports
1998
Part: BEARING — ROUGH (T/R SPIDER)
TAIL ROTOR BEARINGS ROUGH AND SEALS HARD.
Part: ROD — WORN (PITCH CONTROL)
WORN ROD END BEARINGS. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE PMA33051 AND PMA1403.
Part: INDICATOR — FAILED (COCKPIT)
INDICATOR GIVES ERRATIC INDICATIONS.
Part: SCREEN — DAMAGED (INTAKE)
INTAKE SCREEN HAS SEVERAL BROKEN WIRES AND CHAFING.
Part: CHIP DETECTOR — DAMAGED (TRANSMISSION)
HEAD ROUNDED OFF ON CHIP DETECTOR.
Part: HARNESS — FRAYED (DC SYSTEM)
FRAYED WIRING HARNESS NEAR B-NUT.
Part: SPHERICAL STOP — CRACKED (M/R HEAD)
WEATHERIZED CRACKING AT SPHERICAL STOP.
Part: ACCUMULATOR — LEAKING (TAIL ROTOR)
TAIL ROTOR ACCUMULATOR WILL NOT HOLD NITROGEN CHARGE.
Part: BEARING — LOOSE (T/R DRIVE SHAFT)
FORWARD BEARING CAME LOOSE.
Part: INDICATOR — STICKING (ENGINE TACH)
ENGINE TACHOMETER STICKS AT ABOUT ZERO 300 NR.
Part: INDICATOR — STICKING (ENGINE)
ENGINE RPM NEEDLE STICKS THEN JUMPS UP TO NORMAL INDICATION.
Part: INDICATOR — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT TACH)
GAUGE READS 410 NR AT FLAT PITCH AND 430 IN FLIGHT. SOMETIMES PEGS OUT ON HIGH SIDE.
Part: INDICATOR — STICKING (COCKPIT TACH)
TACHOMETER NR NEEDLE STICKS AT ZERO, THEN ABRUPTLY JUMPS TO NORMAL INDICATION.
Part: PUMP — FAULTY (FUEL SYSTEM)
BOOST PUMP BLOWS FUSE WHEN SWITCH IS TURNED ON.
Part: TRANSMITTER — ERRATIC (OIL TEMP)
OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE ERRATIC.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (STROBE SYS)
STROBE WILL NOT FLASH LIGHT.
Part: TEMP PROBE — INOPERATIVE (ENGINE OIL SYS)
OIL TEMPERATURE PROBE INOPERATIVE.
Part: SERVO — LEAKING (MAIN ROTOR)
SERVO LEAKING.
Part: INDICATOR — FLUCTUATES (COCKPIT)
FLUCTUATES IN-FLIGHT, TO HIGH SIDE.
Part: ROD — DEFECTIVE (PITCH CONTROL)
PITCH CONTROL ROD REMOVED FOR REPAIR.
Part: SPIDER — WORN (TAIL ROTOR)
T/R SPIDER WORN BEARINGS.
Part: ROD — WORN (PITCH CONTROL)
PITCH CONTROL ROD HAS WORN BEARINGS.
Part: BODY — WORN (TAIL ROTOR)
TAIL ROTOR BODY HAS WORN BEARINGS.
Part: INDICATOR — FAILED (ENGINE)
OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR STUCK ON ZERO; HAS TO BE TAPPED.
Part: SERVO — LEAKING (M/R)
LEAKING OUT OF PISTON.
Part: BEARING — SEPARATION (M/R XMSN MT)
RUBBER SEPARATION ON 4 EACH BEARINGS.
Part: ROD — WORN (T/R)
PITCH CONTROL ROD AXIAL WEAR, SPHERICAL BEARINGS.
Part: HARNESS — DEFECTIVE (FIRE DET)
PROBE RETAINING NUT NOT SECURED.
Part: SPIDER — WORN (T/R)
T/R SPIDER HAS WORN BEARING.
Part: TRANSMITTER — FAILED (OIL PRESS)
OIL PRESS TRANSDUCER OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATING.
Part: ROD — WORN (T/R PITCH)
PITCH CONTROL ROD HAS WORN BEARINGS.
1997
Part: SPIDER — DEFECTIVE (TAIL ROTOR)
T/R SPIDER HAS BROKEN SEALS.
Part: STOP ASSY — WORN (M/R)
BEARINGS ARE WORN AND DETERIORATED. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE 10426, 8824 AND 8836.
Part: BALL JOINT — WORN (STARFLEX)
STARFLEX BALL JOINT BEARINGS WORN.
Part: SERVO — BINDING (FRONT CONTROL)
CYCLIC BIND, FORE AND AFT.
Part: ROD — WORN (PITCH CONTROL)
PITCH CONTROL ROD WORN BEARINGS.
Part: BEARING — SEPARATION (T/R)
T/R GR BOX BEARING RUBBER SEPARATION.
Part: PUMP — FAILED (HYD)
HYD. LIGHT AND HORN COMES ON FOR 30 SECONDS IN FLIGHT. PUMP FAILED.
Part: SWITCH — DEFECTIVE (HYD PRESS)
HYD. SYSTEM WILL NOT TEST. PRESSURE SWITCH DEFECTIVE.
Part: BEARING — DETERIORATING (M/R)
MEMBER SEPARATING AND DETERIORATING.
Part: PUMP — INOPERATIVE (FUEL BOOST)
FUEL PUMP WILL NOT OPERATE AND CURRENTLY BLOWS FUSE.
Part: PROBE — OPEN CIRCUIT (ENGINE)
TEMP PROBE CIRCUIT OPEN.
Part: SPIDER — DEFECTIVE (T/R)
T/R SPIDER APPEARS TO RUN HOT.
Part: TRANSMITTER — DEFECTIVE (FUEL PRESSURE)
FUEL PRESSURE READS HIGH.
Part: ROTOR BRAKE — WORN (M/R)
ROTOR BRAKE WORN.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — FAILED (ANTI COLL LIGHT)
NO POWER OUTPUT TO ANTI COLLISION LIGHT WITH POWER GOING INTO POWER SUPPLY.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — FAILED (STROBE)
POWER SUPPLY INOPERATIVE.
Part: SPIDER — ROUGH BEARING (T/R)
T/R SPIDER HAS ROUGH BEARING.
Part: ROD — WORN (PITCH CONTROL)
BEARINGS WORN.
Part: BEARING — SEPARATION (T/R GR BOX)
BEARING SEPARATION.
Part: BEARING — ROUGH (T/R SPIDER)
DAILY INSPECTION FOUND EXCESS GREASE ON T/R SPIDER ASSY. CLOSER INSPECTION FOUND THE BEARING WAS ROUGH AND BINDING.
Part: ROD — BEARING WORN (T/R GR BOX)
BEARING WORN BEYOND LIMITS.
Part: TEMP PROBE — FLUCTUATES (ENG OIL)
OIL TEMP FLUCTUATES.
Part: ALTIMETER — READS LOW (COCKPIT)
ALTIMETER READS 100 FEET LOW.
Part: BEARING — WORN (M/R SPHERICAL)
SPHERICAL BEARING WORN. SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED ARE 9443, 9445, AND 9444.
Part: BEARING — SEPARATION (T/R)
BEARING SEPARATION.
Part: TRANSMITTER — DEFECTIVE (FUEL SYS)
FUEL TRANSMITTER DEFECTIVE.
Part: TRANSMITTER — DEFECTIVE (FUEL SYS)
FUEL TRANSMITTER FAULTY. READS IN HIGH YELLOW.
1996
Part: BEARING — SEPARATION (T/R HEAD)
BEARING SEPARATION.
Part: SPIDER — BEARING LOOSE (T/R)
T/R SPIDER LOOSE BEARING-SLINGING GREASE.
Part: STARFLEX — WORN (FREQ ADAPTER)
STARFLEX WORN FREQUENCY ADAPTER BEARINGS.
Part: BODY — WORN EXCESS (T/R)
BEARING BORE WORN BEYOND LIMITS AND BEARING SEPARATION.
Part: ROD — WORN (PITCH CONTROL)
PITCH CONTROL ROD IS WORN EXCESSIVELY. (WORN SPHERICAL BEARINGS) SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED PMA8787 AND PMA8784.
Part: SEAL LIP — DETERIORATED (T/R)
RUBBER DETERIORATED. REPLACED WITH NEW SEAL.
Part: BLADE — SEPARATION (T/R)
T/R BLADE TIP SEPARATION AND SB 05.11RS PAN 1C2.
Part: BEARING — SEPARATION (T/R GR BOX)
BEARING SEPARATION.
Part: BEARING — SPLIT (T/R HALF SHELL)
LAMINATES SPLITTING. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE BEARING KIT.
Part: FIRE DETECTOR — MALFUNCTION (ENGINE)
ENGINE FIRE LIGHT STAYS ON.
Part: LAMINATE — TORN (BEARING)
BEARING LAMINATE TORN.
Part: STARFLEX — CRACKED (M/R)
STARFLEX IS CRACKED.
Part: GYRO — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT DG)
GYRO PRECESSES 6 DEGREES ON EAST HEADING IN 10 MINUTES.
Part: LAMINATE BEARING — WORN (T/R FLAPPING)
TAIL ROTOR LAMINATE FLAPPING BEARINGS ARE WORN AND SPLIT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE BEARING.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (ANTI COLL)
LIGHT INOPERATIVE.
Part: SPIDER — WORN (T/R)
SPIDER BUSHINGS AND SPHERICAL BEARING ARE WORN.
Part: WINDOW — CRACKED (LT SLIDER)
WINDOW IS CRACKED. (LOWER TRACK ON SLIDE WINDOW CRACKED)
Part: GYRO — ERRATIC (COCKPIT)
GYRO UNIT WILL NOT MAINTAIN HEADING (ERRATIC)
Part: TRANSCEIVER — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT VHF)
VHF RADIO TRANSMITTER HAS LOUD BACKGROUND NOISE, RECEIVER IS GOOD.
Part: INTAKE AIR — CRACKED (ENGINE)
AIR INTAKE IS CRACKED.
Part: BEARING — WORN (T/R HUB)
LAMINATED HINGE BEARINGS WORN. INSTALLED NEW TAIL ROTOR HUB ASSEMBLY.
1995
Part: BODY — BEARING WORN (T/R)
WORN LAMINATE BEARINGS.
Part: STARTER — WONT ENGAGE (START/GEN)
STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE. GENERATOR WOULD COME ON LINE.
Part: WINDOW — RAIL CRACKED (RT SLIDER)
SLIDING WINDOW BOTTOM RAIL CRACKED.
Part: WINDOW — TRACK MISSING (LT SLIDER)
TRACK ON WINDOW IS MISSING.
Part: GPS RECEIVER — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT)
STATION DOES NOT COME UP, NO SIGNAL STRENGTH.