N912KY
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.
9 reports on file, 2003-07-31 – 2011-08-04.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (TAILBOOM)
DURING INSPECTION, A LARGE CRACK WAS FOUND ON UPPER VERTICAL FIN NEAR THE FWD ATTACHMENT POINT. CRACK IS LOCATION ON L/E EXTENDING FROM RT SIDE TO LT SIDE OF ACFT IN THE AREA ABOVE THE FWD REINFORCEMENT. TOTAL LENGTH OF CRACK IS 8 INCHES. COULD BE IMPROPER SHIMMIN OF VERTICAL FIN OR FATIGUE OVER TIME.
Part: ENGINE — MAKING METAL (NR 1) · airframe 7,558 hrs
NR 1 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MASTER WARNING PANEL. CHIPS FOUND ON DETECTORS, ENGINE REMOVED FOR REPAIR.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (COCKPIT)
AS PILOT STARTED DESCENT, CREW NOTICED STRONG SMOKE ODOR IN COCKPIT; FIRST ODOR WAS "CHEMICAL ODOR" WHICH QUICKLY BECAME "ELECTRICAL" IN NATURE. AS CREW LOOKED OUTSIDE TO CHECK FOR AN OUTSIDE SOURCE, PILOT CHECKED INSTRUMENTS & CAUTION LIGHT PANEL WITH NOTHING NOTED. CREW ANNOUNCED THAT THEY COULD SEE SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL ON LT SIDE OF ACFT, PILOT COULD DETECT BUT NOT SEE SMOKE. LANDING AND SHUTDOWN UNEVENTFUL, & SUBSEQUENT POST FLT INSPECTION REVEALED NO EVIDENT DAMAGE. MECHANIC COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE/SHORT CIRCUITING IN ELECTRICAL SYS, AND ON ACFT COULD NOT RECREATE ANY ODOR, SMOKE, OR SYSTEM INDICATIONS OF FIRE. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: WIRE HARNESS — FATIGUED (ZONE 400) · airframe 7,133 hrs · 26,696 cycles
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE RT (NR 2) ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH NO SECONDARY INDICATION OBSERVED. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT A NEARBY EMS HELIPAD WHERE TECH FOUND A BROKEN WIRE AT ONE OF THE ENGINE DETECTORS. WIRING REPAIRED IAW MFG STANDARD PRACTICES MANUAL.
Part: SHAFT — WORN (BLEED VALVE) · airframe 5,298 hrs
BLEED VALVE SHAFT WORN. BLEED VAVLE IS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT OFF OF ENGINE. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 02/25/2004
Part: ENCODER — OUT OF TOLERANCE (ALTIMETER) · airframe 5,299 hrs
ENCODER UNIT IS OUT OF TOLERANCE. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT (S/N 33768) 03/02/2004
Part: CASE HALF — CRACKED (ENGINE) · airframe 5,299 hrs
PLASTIC MISSING/CRACKED BEYOND LIMITS. UNIT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT OFF OF ENG.. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 02/26/2004
Part: FUEL CONTROL — MALFUNCTIONED (ENGINE) · airframe 5,208 hrs
FUEL CONTROL PRODUCING HUNG STARTS, OCCURING BETWEEN 50 PERCENT AND 60 PERCENT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 11/10/03
Part: SERVO — LEAKING (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 5,042 hrs
TAIL ROTOR SERVO LEAKING AT SHAFT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.