N70AP
Registered owner: AP GLOBAL AVIATION LLC, TN (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.
3 reports on file, 2001-05-09 – 2010-02-25.
Part: COMBUSTION LINER — CRACKED (ENGINE) · airframe 6,511 hrs · 6,294 cycles
ON 08/28/2009, TURBINE ASSY PN 23063354 SN CAT-44643 WAS REMOVED FOR O/H AND LIFE LIMIT ON THE WHEELS AND A LOANER WAS INSTALLED WITH A REPAIRED COMBUSTION LINER. ON FEB 25, 2010 UPON INSTALLATION OF THE ORIGINAL O/H TURBINE ASSY, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REPAIRED COMBUSTION LINER PN 23064570 SN 656 HAD DEVELOPED A CRACK 3/4" AND 3 OUT OF 5 FLANGE SEGMENTS HAD BROKEN OFF OF WHICH 2 WERE BENT OVER THE TURBINE STATOR VANES AND THE THIRD REMAINS MISSING. IT IS BELIEVED TO BE INSIDE THE RENTAL TURBINE ASSY. THE COMBUSTION LINER HAS 305 HRS AND 301 CYC.
Part: GEARBOX — MAKING METAL (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 1,533 hrs · 4,911 cycles
DURING FLIGHT, TAIL ROTOR CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT LANDED ASAP AND COMPLIED WITH LJ AVIATION SOP BY REMOVING AND INSPECTING CHIP DETECTOR. FOUND SMALL HAIRLIKE SLIVER. CLEANED AND REINSTALLED CHIP DETECTOR WITH NEW O-RINGS, GROUND RUN PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY.
Part: BEARING — SEIZED (TAIL ROTOR)
PILOT FELT EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND HEADED BACK TO BASE, AFTER SHORT PERIOD VIBRATION INCREASED, PILOT LANDED IN FIELD. FOUND TAIL ROTOR HANGER BEARING SEIZED AND SPUN IN BEARING HOUSING. THE BEARING THAT FAILED IS THE FIRST BEARING AFT LOCATED JUST FORWARD OF OIL COOLER BLOWER.