N94CH
Registered owner: INVESTJET LLC, FL (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
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.
3 reports on file, 2011-02-20 – 2012-08-23.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (TAILBOOM) · airframe 9,772 hrs · 50,911 cycles
A CRACK WAS FOUND IN FRAME, PN 206-032-308-103 AT STA 205.76. THE CRACK WAS BEHIND THE UPPER LT TAIL BOOM ATTACH FITTING. ONCE THE TAIL BOOM WAS REMOVED THE ENTIRE CRACK COULD BE SEEN.
Part: TRANSMISSION — MAKING METAL (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 9,606 hrs · 9,539 cycles
THE PILOT REPORTED A TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ON APPROACH. THE PILOT OBSERVED NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MECHANIC FOUND METAL PARTICLES ON THE LOWER CHIP DETECTOR TO BE BEYOND LIMITS. ACFT OUT OF SERVICE.
Part: GEARBOX — FAILED (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 9,238 hrs · 48,096 cycles
WHILE IN FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED SUDDEN VIBRATION IN TAIL ROTOR PEDALS AND CYCLIC. LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED TECHNICIAN. TECHNICIAN CHECKED THE TAIL ROTOR AND SURROUNDING AREA. CHECKED TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX FOR SECURITY AND ALSO THE TAIL ROTOR CHIP DETECTOR AND FOUND NOTHING. ASKED THE PILOT TO START THE ENGINE AND THEN HEARD A VERY LOUD WHINING SOUND COMING FROM THE TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX. THE TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX WAS THEN REMOVED AND SENT FOR REPAIR.