N6682
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.
1 report on file, 2019-04-09.
Part: SHAFT — CRACKED (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 74,943 hrs
DURING THE 100HR AFT VERT SHAFT IN SERVICE INSPECTION OF THE UPPER PINS THE MAINTENANCE CREW GOT A READING OF A SUSPECT CRACK IN PIN 17. DUPLICATED DISCREPANCY MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER RE-CAL'ING MIZ AND USING DIFFERENT PROBES AND EVEN A SECOND MIZ TO CONFIRM. THIS SHAFT WAS R&R'D BY THE FIELD CREW AND RETURNED TO CHIR823C, WHERE EDDY CURRENT WAS AGAIN PERFORMED ON PIN 17 AND THE SUSPECT CRACK INDICATION WAS CONFIRMED. A MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION BEING PERFORMED IAW CHI 107-5 62-10-04 ALSO INDICATES A SUSPECT CRACK IN THE SAME AREA (SEE ATTACHED PICTURE). MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION RESULTS WERE RECORDED ON SWO-044405-19 TC# ROT-6210-0002 AND DISC-177819-19.PIN 17 WAS REMOVED AND ANOTHER MPI INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. RESULTS SHOWED A CRACK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WALL OF THE UPPER EXTENSION. THIS AFT VERT SHAFT ASSY.WAS DEEMED UNREPAIRABLE AND WILL BE SCRAPPED.(FOR DETAILS SEE SWO-044405-19.)