N911AM
Registered owner: ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, PR (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL CARE MEDFLIGHT (1T7A) | Operator | on 2000-07-24 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Operated by CRITICAL CARE MEDFLIGHT, INC. (per NTSB report)
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.
3 reports on file, 2007-08-10 – 2012-08-11.
Part: FIRE WARNING — FALSE ACTIVATION
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED, ENROUTE FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED. PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. ON SHUTDOWN, FIRE WARNING INUCIATOR EXTINGUISHED. A NORMAL RUN ON LANDING WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED ACFT, TESTED MASTER CAUTION, AND RETURNED THE ACFT TO SERVICE, UNABLE TO REPEAT THE DISCREPANCY. ACFT WAS GROUND RUN FOR 10 MINUTES, HOVERED FOR 10 MINUTES AND FLOWN FOR 20 WITHOUT A RECURRENCE.
Part: TRANSMISSION — MAKING METAL (MAIN ROTOR)
AFTER TAKEOFF ON CLIMB OUT THE TRANSMISSION CHIP DETECTOR ILLUMINATED. ACFT LANDED AT PAD AND WAS SHUTDOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT. CHIP DETECTORS WERE REMOVED AND A SMALL CHIP WAS DISCOVERED ON THE CHIP DETECTOR IN THE TRANSMISSION RESERVOIR. CHIP WAS CLEARED AND MX WAS PREFORMED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: BYPASS VALVE — MALFUNCTIONED (OIL COOLER) · airframe 1,221 hrs
ON A FLIGHT, AC EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE OIL HOT LIGHT, THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE IN THE AFM IS TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT. FAA POI, WAS NOTIFIED. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE OIL COOLER BYPASS VALVE HAD FAILED AND THE OIL WAS BYPASSING THE OIL COOLER. THE AIRCRAFTS IDS SYSTEM NOTED THAT THE OIL TEMP REACHED 117C (115C LIMIT). THE VALVE ,P/N 727029 WAS REPLACED, AN AIRWORTHINESS CHECK PERFORMED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEAK CHECKED AND A POWER ASSURANCE CHECK WAS PERFORMED. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT.