N96SK
Registered owner: ROTOR-HEAD LLC, OK (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.
2 reports on file, 2015-08-19 – 2017-07-20.
Part: WINDSHIELD — CRACKED (COCKPIT) · airframe 2,536 hrs · 1,669 cycles
PILOTS WINDSHIELD CRACKED DURING FLIGHT FROM KIAH TO KCAK. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KIAH AT 0707 CDST AND LANDED AT KCAK AT 1046 CDST. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT KCAK WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW.
Part: BEARING — DISINTEGRATED (MLG) · airframe 1,750 hrs · 2,384 cycles
AFTER LANDING, & TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY, THE CREW HEARD A POP, AFTER STOPPING AT THE FBO, THE CREW NOTICED THE NR 2 MAIN TIRE HAD LOST THE NITROGEN CHARGE. R & R THE NR 2 WHEEL ASSEMBLY, THE WHEEL WOULD NOT COME OFF OF THE AXLE. TO GET THE ACFT BACK INTO SERVICE, THE AXLE FOR THE LT MLG, THE NR 2 BRAKE & NR 2 WHEEL HAD TO ALL BE REMOVED AS AN ASSEMBLY. AFTER GETTING PIECES TO HOME BASE, WE WERE ABLE TO DISASSEMBLE THE WHEEL FROM THE AXLE & THE INNER WHEEL BEARING HAD FAILED.