N905CH

SIKORSKY S-61N · Rotorcraft · 2 engines · 28 seats · Valid Registration

Registered owner: CONSTRUCTION HELICOPTERS LLC, MI (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

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

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
Construction Helicopters, Inc. (JTAA)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.

2 reports on file, 2016-08-26 – 2024-03-04.

FALSE WARNING · 2024-03-04 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2697

Part: CABLE — CHAFED (FIRE LOOP) · airframe 35,378 hrs · 30,107 cycles

#1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. R&R'D ENGINE FIRE LOOP CABLE.

Source: SDR 2024F00051
F.O.D. · 2016-08-26 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 7200

Part: ENGINE — DAMAGED (NR 2) · airframe 34,010 hrs · 26,164 cycles

THE SIC NOTICED THE ENGINE INSTRUMENT INDICATIONS WERE DISPLAYING IRREGULAR INDICATIONS WHILE OVER A LAKE FILLING A WATER BUCKET. NR 2 ENGINE ROLLED BACK TO IDLE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. TRANSMISSION INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL APART FROM A TORQUE SPLIT. NOSED ACFT OVER AND ESTABLISHED SINGLE ENGINE FLIGHT TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND EXECUTED A RUN ON LANDING. AFTER SHUTDOWN MAINTENANCE INSPECTED NR 2 ENGINE AND FOUND COMPRESSOR DAMAGE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AREA IT WAS DISCOVERED A NUT WAS MISSING FROM THE NR 2 ENGINE INLET SCREEN. MISSING NUT WAS REPLACED WITH NEW HARDWARE AT THE INLET SCREEN. NR 2 ENGINE WAS R & R WITH SERVICEABLE ENGINE. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 8/30/2016 AFTER ENGINE RUNS AND CHECK FLIGHT. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

Source: SDR JTAA2016F00175