N868AL
Registered owner: ARROW AVIATION COMPANY LLC, LA (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, 2005-11-14 – 2017-12-06.
Part: START VALVE — LEAKING · airframe 9,903 hrs
FUEL WAS MISTING INTO COCKPIT THROUGH THE HEATER OUTLET.
Part: SKIN — SEPARATED (M/R BLADE) · airframe 9,770 hrs
MAIN ROTOR BLADE SKIN SEPARATED IN FLIGHT. MISSING SKIN SECTION IS LOCATED 61 INCHES FROM BLADE ROOT. IT IS APPROX. 27 INCHES LONG AND 13.5 INCHES WIDE. NO OTHER COMPONENTS WERE DAMAGED.
Part: WARNING SYSTEM — FALSE ACTIVATION (COCKPIT)
AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER LANDING WHILE AT IDLE. NO SMOKE FOUND IN BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT.
Part: CABLE — DEFECTIVE (NLG)
NOSE GEAR EXTENDED IN FLIGHT. FIRST AT 132 KTS IAS, SLOWED ACFT BELOW 130 KTS IAS. RETURNED TO BASE. TROUBLE SHOT SYS & DETERMINED THAT THE FAULT WAS IN THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR DOWN LIMIT SENSOR. REPLACED SENSOR CABLE ASSEMBLY. SWUNG LANDING GEAR SYS WITH HYD POWER APPLIED. NO FURTHER PROBLEMS NOTED.
Part: UNKNOWN — MALFUNCTIONED (LANDING GEAR)
DURING CRUISE PORTION OF FLIGHT NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATOR ILLUMINATED GREEN. RECYCLED LG TWICE, COULD HEAR & FEEL LG CYCLE. OBSERVED INDICATION LIGHT RESPOND NORMALLY. PROCEEDED WITH FLIGHT, AFTER APPROX 6 - 8 MINUTES, NOSE GEAR EXTENDED AGAIN. ELECTED TO EXTEND GEAR & CONTINUE FLIGHT AT REDUCED AIRSPEED OF 115-120 KTS. UPON ARRIVAL AT BASE MAINTENANCE CREW PINNED LG BEFORE WEIGHT WAS PLACED ON WHEELS. PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK OF LG, CYCLING LG 20 TIMES WITH HYD MULE ATTACHED. COMPLIED WITH INSPECTION OF LG COMPONENTS & WIRING WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.
Part: UNKNOWN — SMOKE (COCKPIT)
SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT THROUGH THE OVERHEAD VENTS WHILE ACFT WAS AT A HOVER CONDUCTING HOVER CHECKS.
Part: PISTON — CRACKED · airframe 6,388 hrs
WHEN REMOVING PISTONS FROM MANIFOLD FOUND MISSING PLASMA FROM SYS 2 PISTON HEAD. FOUND CHUNK OF PLASMA IN BOTTOM OF CYLINDER.
Part: O-RING — LEAKING (MLG) · airframe 5,925 hrs
BAD O-RING CAUSING LEAK.
Part: ENGINE — FLAMED OUT (NR 2) · airframe 4,559 hrs
NR 2 FUEL LEVER MOVED TO CROSSFEED POSITION, LOW PRESSURE LIGHT CAME-ON AND NR 2 ENG FLAMED OUT. PILOT TOOK C/A, LOWERED COLLECTIVE, BACK ON AIR SPEED, STABILIZED. CONCLUDED A PROBLEM IN CROSSFEED SYS. CONDUCTED ENG RESTART. NO INCURSIONS OR ACCIDENCES. UPON LANDING MECHANIC CHECKED FUEL SAMPLES THAT WERE TAKEN THAT MORNING, SAMPLE WAS CLEAN. ANOTHER SAMPLE WAS TAKEN AND ALSO FOUND TO BE CLEAN. INSPECTED FUEL LINES FROM TANKS TO SELECTOR VALVES. NO DEFECTS NOTED. CHECKED BOTH PRIME VALVES, NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTED AND LEAK CHECKED BOTH SELECTOR VALVES ALONG WITH RIGGING, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED FUEL LEAK TEST ON FUEL SUPPLY LINES, NO DEFECTS NOTED. CHECKED FUEL CROSSFEED LINE ON BOTH HMU'S, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED NUMEROUS STARTS IN BOTH DIRECT AND CROSSFEED MODES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM IAW MM 28. C/W DECU CHANGE PN 70BMA01120 IAW MFG.
Part: LANDING GEAR — INOPERATIVE (RIGHT)
ON APPROACH TO LANDING, RT LANDING GEAR LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. PINNED GEAR IAW MEL. (K)
Part: INDICATION SYS — UNKNOWN (MLG)
UNLOCK LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE DURING GEAR TRANSIT AND GREEN LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN GEAR DOWN. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER, HOVERED AC, CYCLED GEAR 4 TIMES AND LIGHTS WORKED PROPERLY. (K)