N761MH
Registered owner: MANSFIELD HELIFLIGHT INC, VT (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.
1 report on file, 2009-10-30.
Part: BLOWER — FAILED (OIL COOLER) · airframe 16,904 hrs · 44,807 cycles
ON A RETURN FLT BACK TO HOME BASE, AT APPROXIMATELY 2130-2200 HRS, CREW DETECTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. IT WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A MASTER CAUTION LIGHT WITH A NR 1 HYD SERVO LIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH LOUD THUMPS FROM NOSE GEAR. IMMEDIATLEY FOLLWED BY A TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOUD HOWLING & RUMBLING NOISE FROM TRANSMISSION AREA. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS INITIATED. AS THE SIC DEPARTED THE ACFT, STATED TO PIC THAT THERE WAS A FIRE ON THE NR 1 ENGINE SIDE OF ACFT. NO FIRE INDICATION FROM FIRE TEE HANDLES. PILOT DECIDED TO INITIATE AN EMERGENCY ENGINE SHUTDOWN & ENGAGE THE ENGINE FIRE PRIMARY, & RESERVE SYSTEMS. FIRE EXTUINGUISHED. REMAINING CREWMEMBERS EXITED ACFT. ON A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION, NOTED THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER BLOWER FAN ASSY DISINIGRATED. ELECTRICAL HARNESSES, FAIRINGS, MGB SERVO'S, AND HYDRAULIC LINES FOUND CUT & BURNED. ACFT REMOVED FROM LANDING SITE, & WAS TRUCKED BACK TO BASE.