N612AM
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.
2 reports on file, 2010-12-04 – 2012-05-12.
Part: GEARBOX — COKED (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 11,493 hrs · 36,971 cycles
PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, MASTER CAUTION & TAIL ROTOR CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ABORTED MISSION. MECHANIC INSPECTED TAIL ROTOR CHIP PLUG, CLEANED CHIP PLUG, REPLACED TAIL GEARBOX OIL, COMPLETED 10 MINUTE GROUND RUN, INSPECTED TAIL GEARBOX CHIP PLUG, RETURNED ACFT TO SERVICE.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (CABIN) · airframe 10,789 hrs · 34,646 cycles
ON FINAL APPROACH, THE COPILOT NOTICED AN ACRID ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. MOMENTS LATER, THE PILOT NOTICED THE SAME SMELL. THEY IMMEDIATELY LANDED AND EXITED THE ACFT AND NOTICED THAT THE ODOR WAS ISOLATED TO THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS THEN SHUTDOWN, AND A MECHANIC WAS CALLED. THE MECHANIC THOROUGHLY INSPECTED THE ACFT, AND COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL. THE PILOT THEN CONDUCTED A GROUND RUN WITH THE MECHANIC IN THE COCKPIT, AND THE ODOR COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. RETURNED ACFT TO SERVICE.