N9460T
Registered owner: EVERMORE AVIATION LLC, AK (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
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, 2008-01-15 – 2010-07-26.
Part: TURBINE — SEIZED (ENGINE)
HELICOPTER PILOT LANDED TO HOOK UP LONG LINE (UNDER FAA PART 133), HOOKED UP LONG LINE. PILOT HOVERED INTO POSITION FOR AN EXTERNAL LOAD LIFT AND HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND HAD AN ENGINE CHIP LIGHT. HE LANDED THE ACFT, SHUT IT DOWN AND CHECKED THE CHIP PLUGS. METAL WAS FOUND ON THE TOP ENGINE CHIP PLUG. HE REINSTALLED THE CHIP PLUG AND FOUND THAT THE ENGINE HAD FROZEN UP AND WOULD NOT ROTATE. A RENTAL TURBINE WAS INSTALLED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: NUT — SPLIT (TAIL ROTOR BLADE)
ON FINAL TORQUE OF TAIL ROTOR BLADES RETENTION BOLT, NEW NUT SPLIT PRIOR TO ACHIEVING TORQUE. NEW NUT, IS THINNER AND LIGHTER STRENGTH THAN PREVIOUSLY MFG OLDER PN. NEW BOLTS ALSO REQURIE A NEW HIGHT TORQUE VALUE. (K)