N945ME
Registered owner: ROTORCRAFT SUPPORT INC, CA (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| METRO AVIATION, INC (HDNA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched 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.
44 reports on file, 1995-06-07 – 2004-04-29.
Part: BLADE — DAMAGED (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 6,783 hrs
UNABLE TO BALANCE BLADES AND PAINT IS STARTING TO PEEL.
Part: ACTUATOR — LEAKING (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 6,783 hrs
ACTUATOR LEAKING AND BUSHINGS WORN. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 04/29/2004
Part: BEARING — WORN (BELLCRANK) · airframe 6,783 hrs
BEARING WORN AND TEFLON MISSING IN BEARING. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE ASSET UNIT. 04/29/2004
Part: RADAR — FAILED · airframe 6,783 hrs
TRANSMITTER FAULT/PAINTS ON ONE SIDE/TX FLT/ANT FLT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT, 04/22/2004
Part: CALIPER — WEAK · airframe 6,783 hrs
CALIPER IS WEAK, SPONGY AND LEAKING EXCESSIVELY. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT FROM AEC, 04/21/2004
Part: BEARING — WORN (FORK LINK) · airframe 6,783 hrs
BEARINGS WORN IN FORK LINK. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE ASSET UNIT. 04/29/2004
Part: BEARING — WORN (FORK LINK) · airframe 6,783 hrs
BEARINGS WORN IN FORK LINK. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE ASSET UNIT. 04/29/2004
Part: BEARING — WORN (DRIVE LINK) · airframe 6,783 hrs
TAIL ROTOR DRIVE LINK BEARINGS WORN AND HAVE PLAY. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE ASSET UNIT. 04/29/2004
Part: MODULE — LEAKING (HYDRAULIC SYS) · airframe 6,783 hrs
UNIT LEAKING HYRO FLUID. HARDCARD ENCLOSED. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 04/23/2004
Part: BEARING — WORN · airframe 6,776 hrs
BEARINGS PREMATURELY WORN. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT FROM AEC, 04/23/2004
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (GPS) · airframe 6,768 hrs
FACE WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 04/05/2004
Part: INVERTER — UNSERVICEABLE · airframe 6,748 hrs
WARRANTY. UNIT DISPLAYS INVERTER LIGHT. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 03/23/2004
Part: STARTER GEN — INOPERATIVE (ENGINE) · airframe 6,705 hrs
UNIT INOP, WILL NOT COME ON LINE. HARDCARD ENCLOSED. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 03/08/2004
Part: BEARING — WORN (PITCH LINK) · airframe 6,703 hrs
BEARINGS PREMATURELY WORN. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE PITCH LINKS. 03/12/2004
Part: PUMP — INTERMITTENT (FUEL BOOST) · airframe 6,693 hrs
PUMP HAS A INTERMITTENT FAIL LIGHT. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT FROM AEC.
Part: INDICATOR — FLUCTUATES (TRIPLE TACH) · airframe 6,670 hrs
TRIPLE TACH NR 2 ENG N2 GOES LOW. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE ASSET UNIT. 02/20/2004
Part: COMPUTER — INOPERATIVE (AUTOPILOT) · airframe 6,626 hrs
API LIGHT STAYS ON AND A/P WILL NOT TEST. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE ASSET UNIT. 02/20/2004
Part: GYRO — INOPERATIVE (COCKPIT) · airframe 6,605 hrs
FLAG SHOWING ON DIRECTIONAL GYRO. INOPERATIVE. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT.
Earlier reports · 1995–2003 · 26 reports
2003
Part: WINDOW — CRACKED (COCKPIT) · airframe 6,552 hrs
COCKPIT WINDOW IS CRACKED. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 02/02/2004
Part: DRIVE LINK — WORN (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 6,535 hrs
DRIVE LINK HAS PLAY. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 12/3/03
Part: BEARING — WORN (FORK LINK) · airframe 6,536 hrs
FORK LINK BEARING HAS PLAY. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: BEARING — WORN (BELLCRANK ASSY) · airframe 6,531 hrs
TEFLON WORN IN BEARING. PART REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 01/08/2004
Part: INDICATOR — ERRATIC (MAST MOMENT) · airframe 6,501 hrs
INDICATOR WILL NOT GO FULL SCALE DEFLECTION, AND FLUCTUATES ERRATICALLY. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 11/18/03
Part: WIRE — DAMAGED (ROTOR TACH) · airframe 6,500 hrs
ROTOR TACH INTERMITTENT NR 1 TRANS PRESSURE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 11/24/03
Part: CLOCK — INOPERATIVE (COCKPIT) · airframe 6,475 hrs
CLOCK INOPERATIVE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: INDICATOR — FLUCTUATES (N1) · airframe 6,452 hrs
N1 INDICATOR FLUCTUATES. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE ASSET.
Part: COMPASS — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT) · airframe 6,467 hrs
COMPASS LIGHT WILL NOT WORK. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE ASSET.
Part: PITCH LINK — WORN (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 6,474 hrs
TAIL ROTOR PITCH LINK WORN. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: DISPLAY — INOPERATIVE (VOR SYSTEM) · airframe 6,466 hrs
VOR TRANSCEIVER DISPLAY INOPERATIVE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: TRANSDUCER — FLUCTUATES (NR 2 ENGINE) · airframe 6,413 hrs
ENGINE NR 2 TORQUE FLUCTUATIONS. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: GYRO — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT) · airframe 6,346 hrs
ATTITUDE INDICATOR DRIFTS 15 (+/-) DEGREES IN LEVEL FLIGHT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: INDICATOR — ERRATIC (N1) · airframe 6,320 hrs
N1 INDICATOR GIVING ERRATIC INDICATIONS. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: TRANSMITTER — FAILED (GEARBOX OIL) · airframe 6,320 hrs
PRESSURE TRANSMITTER GIVING NO INDICATION TO GUAGE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: GYRO — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT) · airframe 6,273 hrs
GYRO UNIT CAUSES API AND RATE GYRO CAUTION LIGHT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: TRANSDUCER — ERRATIC (ENGINE OIL) · airframe 4,984 hrs
PRESSURE ERRATIC. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: STUD — LOOSE (GEARBOX) · airframe 5,942 hrs
STUD ON GEARBOX MOUNT IS WORKING LOOSE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: FIREWALL — CRACKED (ENGINE BAY) · airframe 6,018 hrs
FIREWALL CRACKED ON LOWER CORNER. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: CONTROL ROD — WORN (ROTOR HEAD) · airframe 5,952 hrs
BEARINGS WORN. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE ROD.
Part: ROTOR SHAFT — BENT (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 5,942 hrs
TAIL ROTOR SHAFT BENT. WILL NOT BALANCE ON AIRCRAFT. BUSHING MISSING. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
2002
Part: RECEIVER — INTERMITTENT (ADF SYSTEM) · airframe 5,931 hrs
ADF RECEIVER DISPLAY IS INTERMITTENT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.
Part: HINGE — WORN (BULKHEAD) · airframe 5,952 hrs
PRESSURE BULKHEAD. HOLES ARE WORN. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE HINGE.
Part: HINGE — WORN (BULKHEAD) · airframe 5,952 hrs
PRESSURE BULKHEAD. HOLES ARE WORN. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE HINGE.
Part: GUIDE — WORN (PAX DOOR) · airframe 5,842 hrs
GUIDES WORN. INSTALLED SERVICEABLE UNIT.
1995
Part: WINDOW — DEPARTED (PILOT'S SLIDER)
RIGHT SLIDING WINDOW (PILOT'S DOOR) DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. PILOT REPORTED THE AIR TURBULENCE REMOVED THE WINDOW FROM ITS TRACKS. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED UNTIL A REPLACEMENT WINDOW WAS AVAILABLE AND A HIDDEN DAMAGE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE DESIGN MAY BE INCORPORATED TO PREVENT THE HANDLE FROM HITTING THE SOLID WINDOW, WHICH MAY HAVE SET UP A CRACK IN THE HANDLE ASSY WHICH IS ALSO USED AS THE SLIDE STOP.