N717AL
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.
10 reports on file, 2000-10-30 – 2006-01-22.
Part: CONNECTOR — OPEN (ENG IND SYS WIRE)
THE NR 2 N1 GAUGE DROPPED TO ZERO. ENGINE OUT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND HORN SOUNDED. CLEANED CONNECTOR PLUGS WITH ELECTRICAL CONTACT CLEANER. GROUND RUN EVERYTHING CHECKED GOOD. (K)
Part: WIRE — CHAFED (CONNECTOR PLUG)
IN FLIGHT NR 1 ENGINE GAUGE DECREASED TO 360C. RETURNED TO BASE AND NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE. PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED AS A CHAFED WIRE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE CONNECTOR PLUG. REPAIRED AS REQUIRED. (K)
Part: CIRCUIT BREAKER — TRIPPED (MLG)
AFTER TAKEOFF, FLIGHT ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR, BUT THE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. FOUND LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER NOT SET. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND INSPECTED ALL LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. JACKED AC AND PERFORMED 5 RETRACTION AND EXTENSION CYCLES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. (K)
Part: LINK — INOPERATIVE (LANDING GEAR)
AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND ALL GEAR LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A RADIO CALL THAT THE MAIN LANDING WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A GEAR RETRACTION TEST. THE EXPLOSIVE LINK WAS ADJUSTED AND THE LANDING OPERATED NORMALLY IAW MM. (K)
Part: CHIP DETECTOR — CONTAMINATED (GEARBOX)
ON CLIMB OUT, ON MISSED APPROACH OFF ILS LAKE CHARLES, NR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE PILOT FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PORCEDURE CHECKLIST AND THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC REMOVED THE NR 2 ENGINE LOWER FORWARD GEARBOX CHIP DETECTOR, HE CLEANED THE FUZZ, REINSTALLED THE CHIP DETECTOR AND C/W 30 MINUTE PENALTY RUN IAW MM AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: SEAL — LEAKING (T/R GEARBOX) · airframe 7,658 hrs
TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX INPUT SEAL LEAKED WHEN RUN-UP ON TEST STAND.
Part: LINK — OUT OF ADJUST (LT MLG)
AFTER TAKE OFF, THE UNSAFE LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT AFTER THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. UPON LANDING THE MECHANIC ADJUSTED THE LT MAIN GEAR DOOR AT EXPLOSIVE LINK AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: LINK ASSY — INOPERATIVE (RT MAIN GEAR)
DURING LANDING, WHEN PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR, HE HEARD AN AUDIBLE THUMP, DURING HOVER ANOTHER PILOT REPORTED TO HIM THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN. THE COCKPIT LANDING GEAR LIGHT INDICATED THAT WERE UP AND SAFE, THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. UPON LANDING, THE MECHANIC ADJUSTED THE LENGTH OF EXPLOSIVE LINK OF RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — FAILED (CARGO BAY)
ON ENGINE START, FOUND BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR FAILED TEST.
Part: MAST — CRACKED (MAIN ROTOR)
WHILE INVESTIGATING AN OIL LEAK AND SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL OF THE MAIN GEARBOX, THE MAST WAS FOUND CRACKED ALMOST HALFWAY AROUND ITS CIRCUMFERENCE. THE CRACK IS LOCATED BELOW THE LOWER MAIN ROTOR HUB MOUNTING FLANGE. THE CRACK MEASURES ALMOST HALFWAY AROUND THE MAST. THE MAJORITY OF THE CRACK WAS HIDDEN BY THE SWASHPLATE GUIDE SHIELD RUBBER SEAL. MAIN GEARBOX SENT FOR EVALUATION. (X)