N827NA

EUROCOPTER AS 350 B3 · 1998 · Rotorcraft · 1 engine · 6 seats · Valid Registration

Registered owner: ROBERTS AIRCRAFT LLC, WY (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
TRANS AERO LIMITED (O4VA)Certificate holderMatched by certificate designator

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, 2009-05-31.

SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS · 2009-05-31 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3300

Part: LIGHT — BURNED (ZONE 100) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 6,335 hrs

PILOT DEPARTED AND WAS ENROUTE WHEN A BURNING ODOR BECAME EVIDENT IN THE COCKPIT AND THEN FOLLOWED BY VISIBLE SMOKE COMING FROM THE LT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT CENTER CONSOLE. PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND LANDED AT A SUITABLE LZ WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATION BY THE TECHNICIAN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PULSE LIGHT POWER SUPPLY HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE CAUSING THE SMOKE. THIS PULSE LIGHT WAS MOUNTED NEAR THE AVIONICS COOLING FAN WHICH WAS DRAWING THE SMOKE IN AND DIVERTING THROUGH THE RADIO STACK MOUNTED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE.

Source: SDR RMXA3144060309