WESTWIND HELICOPTERS, INC.
Also recorded as: WESTWIND HELICOPTERS, INC., Westwind Helicopters, Westwind Helicopters, Inc.
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
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.
10 reports on file.
AFTER DEPARTING KPTN ABOUT 15 MINUTES OUT TRANSMISSION LOW PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND TRANSMISSION OIL PRESSURE WAS READING LOW AND ERRATIC. TRANSMISSION OIL TEMPERATURE WAS READING HIGH. PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD. UPON SHUTTING DOWN THERE WAS OIL ON THE SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE WAS FLOWN TO THE LOCATION AND DETERMINED THAT THE FREEWHEELING UNIT AFT SUPPORT SEAL HAD MIGRATED PARTIALLY OUT OF THE SEAL BOSS AND WAS LEAKING. AFT SUPPORT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AND TRANSMISSION SERVICEABILITY CHECK PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.
DURING 100 HOUR LUBRICATION OF TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT SPLINES THE #3 TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT WAS FOUND CRACKED AT ONE ATTACHMENT EAR. TOTAL TIME OF PART IS UNKNOW AS IT IS AN ON CONDITION PART.
CRACK ON UPPER TAIL BOOM SKIN AT STATION 172 FROM 3RD RIVET FORWARD OF CASTING ON SKIN SPLICE SEAM TO 4TH RIVET AT TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX CASTING ATTACHMENT RIVET LINE.
DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND CRACK IN ROOF. LEFT AFT CORNER FROM RIVET HOLE WHERE ROOF ATTACHES TO ROLL OVER BULKHEAD. CRACK WAS VERIFIED BY DYE PENETRANT. DURING REMOVAL OF ROOF FOUND CORROSION ON RIGHT HAND AFT CORNER.
OUTER COMBUSTION CASE HAS A CRACK ABOUT 270 DEGREES AROUND FUEL NOZZLE BOSS.
INITIATED A NORMAL TAKEOFF TO THE SOUTH FROM TB-45. APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS AFTER INITIATION, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD WITH ACCOMPANING AIRFRAME SHUTTER. ABORTED TAKE OFF. SECOND BANG AND SHUTTER FOLLOWED AS ACFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND.
RIGHT HAND ELBOW LEAKING AIR IN WELD AREA WHERE FLANGE ATTACHES TO COMBUSTION CASE.
OUTER COMBUSTION CASE CRACKED ON THE RT SIDE UNDER WIRE REINFORCEMENT PATCH.
PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE ACFT. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE RIVETS WORKING AT TAILBOOM TO TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX CASTING MOUNT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND A CRACK IN THE TAIL BOOM AT THE 11:00 POSITION, APPROX 1.5 INCHES LONG AT THE ROW OF RIVETS ATTACHING THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX CASTING TO THE TAILBOOM. AN EVENT 4 INSPECTION HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH 64 HOURS PRIOR WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE LAST BALANCE AT EVENT 1 INSPECTION 163.6 HRS PRIOR WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AN EVENT 5 INSPECTION HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED 17.7 HOURS PRIOR AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE TAIL ROTOR WAS REMOVED AND A STATIC BALANCED PERFORMED. THE STATIC BALANCE WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF TOLERANCE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE TAIL ROTOR TRUNNION WAS FOUND TO HAVE SHIFTED . 065.
ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT LENS CAME UNGLUED AT SEAMS. REPLACED LENS.
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| N1170 | BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407 | 2001 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
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| N131WM | BELL 206-L4 | 2005 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N1371 | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N1416 | BELL 407 | — | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N2297E | BELL 206B | 1982 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N34BM | BELL 407 | 1998 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N34BM | BELL 407 | 1998 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N35L | BELL 407 | 2000 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N377RS | BELL 407 | 2003 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N7266K | SIKORSKY S-76A | 1985 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N751HC | BELL 407 | 1998 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N82MM | BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407 | 1996 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N851HC | BELL 407 | 1997 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N91WH | BELL 407 | 1998 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |