MIDWEST HELICOPTER AIRWAYS, INC.
Also recorded as: MIDWEST HELICOPTER AIRWAYS, INC., Midwest Helicopter Airways, Inc.
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
Operated by Midwest Helicopter Airways, Inc. (per NTSB report)
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.
1 report on file.
DURING GROUND RUN A HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION WAS NOTICED BY THE PILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUTDOWN. DURING SHUTDOWN A MECHANIC NOTICED THE ANGLE GEARBOX (AGB) DRIVESHAFT APPEARED "BLURRY". UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ANGLE GEARBOX INPUT FLANGE WAS CRACKED AT THE FLANGE TO FLEX COUPLING ATTACHMENT HOLE. THE AGB WAS REMOVED AND A SERVICABLE AGB WAS INSTALLED. AS A PRECAUTION THE DRIVE SHAFT ATTACHED TO THE INPUT FLANGE WAS ALSO REMOVED AND A SERVICABLE DRIVE SHAFT WAS INSTALLED. POST MAINTENANCE GROUND RUN DID NOT PRODUCE A VIBRATION AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.