N969ME
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.
5 reports on file, 2007-05-18 – 2011-08-26.
Part: GEAR — WORN (M/R MAST) · airframe 4,820 hrs · 16,890 cycles
WHILE PERFORMING AN INSP OF THE MAIN ROTOR MAST, FOUND LATERAL PLAY IN THE COLLECTOR GEAR. UPON REMOVAL OF THE MAST NUT THE LOWER MAST BEARING FELL OUT OF THE MAIN TRANSMISSION. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND DAMAGE ON THE LOWER BEARING FACE AND THE MAST NUT WHICH SHOW THE BEARING WAS ROTATING AGAINST THE NUT AND FOUND LATERAL PLAY IN THE COLLECTOR GEAR INSIDE THE MAIN TRANSMISSION.
Part: BLADE — DEBONDED (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 4,820 hrs · 16,890 cycles
WHILE PERFORMING A 1200 HOUR/36 MONTH INSP OF THE TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY, FOUND 3 TAIL ROTOR BLADES P/N L642A2002101 S/N M715, M8073, AND M8075 BALANCE WEIGHT POCKETS DEBONDED FROM THE BLADES AND ONE IS CRACKED AND HAS A PIECE MISSING. NOTE: THESE 3 BLADES WERE INSTALLED TOGETHER 696.5 HOURS AGO.
Part: SHAFT — SHEARED (LT OIL COOLER) · airframe 4,777 hrs · 16,736 cycles
DURING GROUND RUN, THE PILOT OBSERVED THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL TEMP WAS ELEVATED. UPON ARRIVING BACK TO DEPARTURE, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LT OIL COOLER BLOWER WAS NOT TURNING WHILE ROTATING THE MGB. MECHANIC CONFIRMED DISCREPENCY. NO METAL FOUND IN MGB OIL FILTER AND ONLY VERY SMALL FUZZ FOUND ON MGB CHIP PLUG. DUE TO THIS BEING THE THIRD OIL COOLER BLOWER SHAFT SHEER IN A 6 WEEK TIME LINE THE MFG WAS CONSULTED. MGB CHANGE IS IN PROGRESS.
Part: BEARING — FAILED (GEARBOX) · airframe 4,752 hrs · 16,646 cycles
DURING A GROUND RUN, THE NR 1 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FOUND CHIPS IN THE GEARBOX CHIP PLUG. THE MECHANIC CONSULTED WITH MFG WHO ADVISED HIM TO SEND THE CHIPS TO A LAB FOR ANALYSIS. THE MECHANIC THEN PERFORMED AN OIL FLUSH FOLLOWED BY A PENALTY RUN ON THE ENGINE ONLY TO FIND MORE METAL CHIPS. MECHANIC THEN REPLACED THE STARTER MAGNETIC SEAL UNDER SUPERVISION FROM TECH SUPPORT, AND PERFOMED ANOTHER OIL FLUSH. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE METAL ON THE SUBSEQUENT ENGINE RUN. THE LAB RESULTS RETURNED FROM THE INITIAL CHIPS WHICH CONFIRMED THE SOURCE OF THE METAL TO BE THE LOW SPEED GEARBOX BEARING. THE ENGINE WAS R & R IAW MFG. THE ACFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: SWITCH — WORN (COCKPIT) · airframe 3,783 hrs · 12,926 cycles
DURING REGULAR FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF ENGINE START SWITCHES, DISCOVERED THE NR1 AND NR2 ENGINE STARTING SWITCHES TO HAVE WORN DETENT IN THE SWITCH. THE SWITCH WAS ABLE TO BE MOVED FROM THE FLY POSITION TO THE OFF POSITION WITH OUT PULLING OUT OF DETENT.