N783TA
Registered owner: S2 HELICOPTER SERVICES LLC, TX (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.
6 reports on file, 2005-10-06 – 2007-12-29.
Part: TERMINAL — LOOSE (BUSS) · airframe 6,975 hrs · 5,776 cycles
ON CLIMB OUT CREW REPORTED A BURNING ODOR FROM THE PILOT'S CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. MAINTENANCE FOUND A LOOSE TERMIAL ON A CIRCUIT BREAKER ON THE NON-ESSENTIAL BUSS. THE TERMIAL APPEARED TO BE OVERHEATED AND WAS REPLACED.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (CABIN) · airframe 6,973 hrs · 5,774 cycles
IN CRUISE, CREW NOTED BURNING ODOR FROM HEAT DUCTS. MAINTENANCE TESTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY.
Part: LINE — CHAFED (HYD SYSTEM) · airframe 6,108 hrs · 5,016 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A (C) LEVEL INSPECTION A BRAKE RETURN LINE WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFING FROM A SCREW THAT SECURES THE CENTER COCKPIT TO CABIN FLOORBOARD. INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF THIS AREA IS OUTLINED IN SB 53-3511. THE CHAFED PORTION OF THE BRAKE LINE (P/N 128-580101-1) WAS CUT OUT AND A NEW SECTION OF BRAKE LINE WAS INSTALLED USING A D10036-06 UNION.. THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS BLED AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD. THE SCREW HOLE THAT ALLOWED THE CHAFING WAS RELOCATED. ALL WORK WAS COMPLETED IAW SB 53-3511 AND THE MM.
Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 6,108 hrs · 5,016 cycles
DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER INSPECTION THE RT IB HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER RIB STRUCTURE WAS FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN COMMUNIQUÃ' NR 70. THE FORWARD RIB ASSEMBLY ON THE RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS REPLACED IAW THE STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: SWITCH — FAULTY (THRUST REVERSER) · airframe 5,463 hrs · 4,442 cycles
THE CREW REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER LIFT OFF, THE RT THRUST REVERSER ARM LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER, AND THEN REMAINED ILLUMINATED. AFTER THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WERE RETRACTED, THE EMERGENCY STOW SWITCH WAS DEPRESSED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED A FAULTY STOW SWITCH FOR THE RT THRUST REVERSER. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: SHIMMY DAMPENER — WORN (NLG) · airframe 5,344 hrs · 4,326 cycles
UPON ARRIVAL AFTER APPROACH AND NORMAL LANDING WITH NORMAL DECELERATION USING THRUST REVERSERS, AND AFTER ACHIEVING TAXI SPEED OF A FAST PACED WALK, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SEVERE NOSEWHEEL VIBRATION. NORMAL BRAKING APPEARED TO BE LOST, AND EMERGENCY BRAKING WAS USED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHIMMY DAMPER, BLED THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND SERVICED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE NITROGEN BOTTLE. OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE BRAKES AND SHIMMY DAMPER WERE GOOD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.