N8589X
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.
27 reports on file, 1995-12-13 – 2003-01-09.
Part: SWITCH — BROKEN (CONTROL HEAD)
BROKEN TOGGLE SWITCH. FOUND TONE SWITCH S2, VOLUME CONTROL R4/S1, FACEPLATE, VOLUME KNOB AND CHANNEL SELECTOR SWITCH BAD. REPLACED. REPAIRED. BENCH CHECK GOOD.
Part: TUBE — CORRODED (FUEL SYSTEM) · airframe 10,817 hrs
TUBE ASSY HAS CORROSION. SCRAPPED.
Earlier reports · 1995–2001 · 25 reports
2001
Part: FUEL CONTROL — ERRATIC (ENGINE) · airframe 8,896 hrs
INCONSISTENT STARTS. SOME STARTS NORMAL. OTHERS DELAYED AND TENDED TO HAVE HIGH TOT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE FUEL CONTROL.
1999
Part: SWITCH — STUCK (ELT)
SWITCH STUCK ON DURING MONTHLY CHECK, BATTERY DISCONNECTED.
Part: TRANSMITTER — CORRODED (ELT)
CORROSION ON ONE PIN OF REMOTE INDICATOR PLUG IN ELT SIDE. RECURRENT FALSE ACTUATION LIGHTS ON THE REMOTE INDICATOR.
Part: INDICATOR — STICKS (TOT)
TOT INDICATOR NEEDLE STICKS AT ZERO.
Part: INDICATOR — STICKS (TOT)
TOT INDICATOR NEEDLE STICKS INTERMITTENTLY IN THE RESET POSITION (POWER OFF) DURING START. USUALLY DURING THE FIRST START OF THE DAY.
Part: BLADE — DAMAGED (TAIL ROTOR)
TAIL ROTOR BLADE HAS TIP DAMAGE .
1998
Part: COOLER — FAILED (ENGINE OIL)
RECEIVED OIL COOLER FROM STOCK. INSTALLED ON AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE OIL TEMP WAS VERY HIGH AT RED LINE. COOLER APPEARS CLOGGED AND DIRTY AND ALSO CORRODED.
1997
Part: ELT — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT)
ELT SEAL MISSING.
Part: ACTUATOR — FAILED (M/R)
24 VDC ON EXTEND TERMINAL AND 24 VDC ON RETRACT TERMINAL.
Part: TORQUE INDICATOR — MIS MARKED (COCKPIT)
INDICATOR HAS WRONG RANGE MARKINGS FOR RED LINE.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — FAILED (STROBE)
POWER SUPPLY INOPERATIVE.
Part: CARTRIDGE — INOPERATIVE (FUEL SYSTEM)
EJECTOR INOPERATIVE.
Part: TURBINE — DEFECTIVE (OIL SYS)
ENGINE REMOVED DUE TO HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. INSTALLED A SERVICEABLE TURBINE.
1996
Part: INDICATOR — CASE BROKEN (COCKPIT)
CASE BROKEN AND LOOSE. REPLACED BEZEL, FRONT PLATE; INSTALLED MISSING SPACERS AND LOCKNUTS FOR BEZEL.
Part: INDICATOR — SLOW ERECT (COCKPIT)
ATTITUDE SLOW ERECTION. SLOW ON ROLL ERECTION RATES.
Part: LINK ASSY — GALLED (XMSN MOUNT)
INSIDE BEARING GALLED.
Part: LINK ASSY — BEARING FAILED (XMSN MOUNT)
BEARING IS DETERIORATED.
Part: SKIN — CHAFED (LT STAB)
HOLES IN SKIN; SKIN CHAFED. CORRODED AND HAS DEFECTIVE RIVETS.
Part: SKIN — CHAFED (RT STAB)
HOLES IN SKIN; SKIN CHAFED. CORRODED AND HAS DEFECTIVE RIVETS.
Part: BEARING — DEFECTIVE (T/R)
TEFLON RACE LOOSE IN BEARING. ALSO REPLACED 2 EACH NEW SLEEVES P/N 206-010-733-003.
Part: GEARSHAFT — STEPWEAR (SPUR ADAPTER)
ENGINE REMOVED DUE TO CRACKED COMPRESSOR SCROLL. UPON INSPECTION OF COMPRESSOR PARTS NOTED THE FOLLOWING: SPLINE STEP WEAR BEYOND OVERHAUL LIMITS ON SPUR ADAPTER GEARSHAFT AFT TURBINE SPLINES. NEW PART INSTALLED.
Part: CARBON SEAL — WORN TANGS (COMPRESSOR)
ENGINE REMOVED DUE TO CRACKED SCROLL. UPON INSPECTION OF COMPRESSOR PARTS NOTED THE FOLLOWING: 2 EACH CRACKS IN SEPERATOR ON #1 ROLLER BEARING AND WORN TANGS AND TANGSLOTS ON CARBON SEAL ASSEMBLY. NEW PARTS INSTALLED.REFERENCE: AFA#24453A. NOTE: SEE MMIR#6375 FOR #1 ROLLER BEARING.
Part: BEARING — CRACKED (COMP NR 1 BRG)
ENGINE REMOVED DUE TO CRACKED SCROLL. UPON INSPECTION OF COMPRESSOR PARTS NOTED THE FOLLOWING: 2 EACH CRACKS IN SEPERATOR ON #1 ROLLER BEARING AND WORN TANGS AND TANGSLOTS ON CARBON SEAL ASSEMBLY. NEW PARTS INSTALLED. REFERENCE: AFA#24453A. NOTE: SEE MMIR#6376 FOR CARBON SEAL ASSEMBLY.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (TAILBOOM)
FRAME CRACKED UPPER R/H BOLT AREA. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE FRAME.
1995
Part: FLEXURE — DETERIORATING (TRANSMISSION)
ELASTOMERIC COVERING DETERIORATING.