APEXHELI OREGON, INC
Also recorded as: APEX HELICOPTERS, APEXHELI OREGON, INC, ApexHeli Oregon, Inc
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
No NTSB accidents or incidents linked to this operator.
FAA enforcement actions
FAA enforcement records haven't been loaded into GroundCheck yet, so none can be shown — a gap in our data, not evidence of a clean enforcement history.
Maintenance disclosure history
Service Difficulty Reports are self-reported maintenance findings. The NUMBER of reports is not a measure of reliability — diligent operators file more, not fewer. These are shown for transparency, not as a negative signal.
2 reports on file.
AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AN EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THE RED LOW HYDRAULIC WARNING IND LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY SET LOAD ON THE GROUND AND LAND BACK AT THE HELI-PAD. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE HYDRAULIC PUMP , THE DRIVE SPLINES WERE CHEWED UP AND THE BEARINGS INSIDE WERE ROUGH/ BINDING WHEN TURNED BY HAND.
DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE FUEL PRESSURE CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY TURNED ON THE FUEL PUMP AND PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. AFTER SHUTDOWN, FUEL WAS OBSERVED ON THE FUSELAGE. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION BY A MECHANIC REVEALED A LOOSE MAIN FUEL FEED HOSE FITTING AT THE ENGINE FIREWALL SHUT-OFF VALVE UNION. THE HOSE FITTING WAS THEN TIGHTENED AND SAFETIED PER AIRBUS MAINTENANCE MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS BY A COMPANY MECHANIC, AND AN AIRCRAFT/ENGINE GROUND RUN, FOLLOWED BY A FLIGHT, WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.