N848CA
Registered owner: TM HELICOPTER LEASING LLC, DE (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.
11 reports on file, 1995-05-18 – 2003-09-26.
Part: BOLT — LOOSE (CONTROL HORN) · airframe 3,027 hrs · 4,212 cycles
DURING DETAIL NR 6 INSPECTION, FOUND RUDDER TORQUE TUBE TO CONTROL HORN MOUNT BOLTS LOOSE. REPLACED HORN AND HARDWARE.
Part: PACKING — ODOR (A/C PACK)
ODOR IN CABIN DURING CLIMB-OUT. REPLACED PACKING. REFRIGERATION PACK TIME CHANGED. (M)
Part: TORQUE TUBE — LOOSE (ELEVATORS)
DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, FOUND LEFT AND RIGHT ELEVATORS FREE PLAY EXCESSIVE AND BEYOND THE EXCEPTABLE LIMITS. INVESTIGATION RESULTED THAT BOTH ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE RIVETS WERE LOOSE AND SMOKING. UNITS REPLACED WITH NEW. (M)
Part: ACTUATOR — FAILED (RT MLG)
RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO INDICATE DOWN AND LOCK. REPLACED ACTUATOR.
Part: EFIS DISPLAY — SHORTED (INSTRUMENT PANEL)
ON TAXI OUT FROM GATE, SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF INSTRUMENT PANEL. PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED FROM AIRCRAFT. FOUND EFIS DISPLAY SHORTED. (M)
Part: DE-ICE BOOT — TORN (RT WING)
RIGHT OVERBOARD WING DE-ICE BOOT TORN.
Part: INVERTER — FAILED (RIGHT)
RIGHT AC BUS FAILED, FOUND RIGHT INVERTER FAILED.
Part: STALL STRIP — MISSING (LEFT WING)
DURING INSPECTION FOUND LEFT STALL STRIP MISSING.
Part: ELT CASE — CRACKED (AFT FUSELAGE)
DURING MAINTENANCE IN AFT FUSELAGE, THE ELT WAS DISCOVERED AS HAVING CASE CRACKS, ADDITIONALLY, ELT MOUNTING TRAY HAD CRACKS EXTENDING FROM ALL FOUR MOUNTING SCREW HOLES. UNIT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW.
Part: WHEEL — CRACKED (NLG)
DURING DETAILED INSPECTION, NOSE WHEEL WAS DISCOVERED CRACKED AROUND VALVE STEM HOLE. REMOVED AND REPLACED COMPLETE WHEEL ASSEMBLE P/N 114-8001-3.
Part: ELT — BROKEN (AFT FUSELAGE)
DURING DETAILED INSPECTION, ELT MOUNTING TRAY (PLASTIC) P/N 452-3050 WAS DISCOVERED BROKEN IN NUMEROUS PIECES RENDERING ELT INOPERATIVE. MOUNTING TRAY WAS REPLACED WITH NEW UNIT. (M)