N698ME
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, 2009-12-18 – 2011-08-23.
Part: PIN — CRACKED (TAILROTOR DRIVE) · airframe 4,775 hrs
DURING REPLACEMENT OF THE LONG TAIL ROTOR DRIVESHAFT BEARINGS, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ALL 3 OF THE SPLIT PINS THAT ATTACH THE ADAPTOR TO THE DRIVESHAFT WERE CRACKED.
Part: BRACKET — CRACKED (MAIN ROTOR HUB) · airframe 3,598 hrs · 10,646 cycles
FOUND 1 BRACKET OUT OF 4 THAT HOLD THE MAIN ROTOR HUB CAP ON TO THE MAIN ROTOR HEAD CRACKED. THIS BRACKET PN 117-13902. THE OLDER MODEL ACFT (A4,B1,B2 AND C1) HAD AN AD ATTACHED TO THIS PART YEARS AGO,THE BRACKET WAS BEEFED UP, THE PN CHANGED TO 117-13902 AND THE AD WAS NO LONGER APPLICABLE. THE CRACKS FOUND IN THE NEW THICKER BRACKETS ARE IN THE SAME PLACE THE AD ON THE OLD THINNER BRACKETS REQUIRED AN INSP.