DESERT AIR AMBULANCE INC

Part 135 operator · designator U7ZA

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Also recorded as: DESERT AIR AMBULANCE INC, Desert Air Ambulance INC

Accident & enforcement record

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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

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2 reports on file.

O · 2011-10-12 Matched by certificate designator
N12RJ · ATA 8520

REMOVED THE ENGINE FROM RT POSITION FOR SHIPMENT BACK DUE TO A DAMAGED CASE. DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY A FAILED CONNECTING ROD THAT BROKE APART AND PUNCTURED 2 LARGE HOLES IN THE CRANKCASE. BRIEF HISTORY: 325.5 HRS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE OF ENGINE, STARTER ADAPTER FAILED DAMAGING THE CASE. THE ENGINE WAS SHIPPED WHERE IT WAS DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED AND INSPECTED BEFORE GETTING REASSEMBLED USING A SERVICEABLE CRANKCASE. THE IS THE 2ND TIME THIS ACFT HAS SUFFERED AN INFLIGHT ENGINE FAILURE, BOTH FAILURES WERE A RESULT OF A CONNECTING ROD BREAKING LOOSE AND BOTH FAILURES WERE ON SAME O/H ENGINE WITH A BIT OVER 900 HRS SINCE O/H.

Source: SDR U7Z2011F00000 · FAA SDRS
E · 2008-03-18 Matched by certificate designator
N12RJ · ATA 8500

REMOVED THIS ENGINE FROM THE RT POSITION FOR SHIPMENT BACK TO RAM AC DUE TO A DAMAGED CASE. DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY A FAILED CONNECTING ROD THAT BROKE APART AND PUNCTURED (2) LARGE HOLES IN THE CRANKCASE. BRIEF ENGINE HISTORY: 347 HOURS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE THE ENGINE DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK FROM A HAIRLINE CRACK IN THE RT CASE. THE ENGINE WAS SHIPPED TO RAM WHERE IT WAS DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED AND INSPECTED BEFORE GETTING REASSEMBLED USING A SERVICEABLE CRANKCASE, NEW CAMSHAFT, LIFTERS, MAIN AND ROD BEARINGS.

Source: SDR 2008FA0000199 · FAA SDRS

Linked aircraft

N-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
N12RJCESSNA 421C1977Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N748CACESSNA 421C1980Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator