BRIM EQUIPMENT LEASING, LLC
Also recorded as: BRIM AVIATION, BRIM EQUIPMENT LEASING, LLC, Brim Equipment Leasing 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 Brim Equipment Leasing, LLC (per NTSB report)
Operated by BRIM EQUIPMENT LEASING LLC (per NTSB report)
Operated by Brim Equipment Leasing 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.
5 reports on file.
TURBINE UNIT WAS RECEIVED FOR LOUD NOISE DURING IDLE AND BAD VIBRATIONS. DURING OVERHAUL INSPECTION THE PT OUTER SHAFT WAS IDENTIFIED WITH A CRITICAL ISSUE, A VISIBLE CRACK IN THE COMPONENT.
ON 05/01/21 ON A EARLY MORNING NIGHT IFR RNAV 08 APPROACH TO ASTORIA AIRPORT (KAST). HELICOPTER HAD FAILURE INDICATIONS OF BOTH GPS SYSTEMS, AT SIMULTANEOUS MOMENT, CAUSING GPS 1 AND 2 FAILURE WARNINGS, COMBINED WITH TAWS FAILURE MESSAGE, DISCONNECT OF AFCS, AND LON (LOSS OF NAVIGATION MESSAGES). THE ISSUE IS PERSISTENT AND CAN BE DUPLICATED EVERY TIME THE 'KAST RNAV08' IS FLOWN ON SUBSEQUENT CHECK FLIGHTS (ALL OTHER APPROACHES ARE WORKING NORMAL, WE TESTED: RNAV26, COP LOC 26, VOR08 GROUND BASED AND FMS BASED NAV). LIKE CLOCKWORK UPON REACHING 0.3 MILES AWAY FROM HISET, THE GPS ON BOTH GENESYS IDU-450 SYSTEMS IS LOST SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THE AUTO-PILOT DECOUPLES. WHILE DOING TEST CHECK FLIGHTS, THE GPS FAULT WINDOW WAS UP, AND BEING MONITORED DURING SEVERAL OF THE FLIGHTS. THE GPS LOI, HPL, VPL, HFOM, VFOM, SBAS MSG, SBAS HLTH STATUS MESSAGES ALL CHANGED TO X DURING THE 1-2 SECONDS DURING THE GPS EVENT, AND THEN RETURNS. THE GPS PWR, EQPMNT, GPS SATLT, FDE ALL CONTINUE TO INDICATE OK DURING THE EVENT. THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TROUBLESHOOTING DONE TO DATE, INCLUDING REPLACING CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF SYSTEM (BOTH GPS UNITS, BOTH GPS ANTENNAS, RELOADING SOFTWARE AND DATABASES. AGUSTA TECH SUPPORT HAS BEEN CONTACTED, GENESYS (FMS/EFIS MANUFACTURER) HAS BEEN CONTACTED WITH OPEN CASES, AND JEPPESEN HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR DATABASE SUPPORT WITH OPEN CASE NUMBER. AIRCRAFT IS OPERATING UNDER MEL AT THIS TIME. WITH ALL CURRENT TROUBLESHOOTING, THERE IS NO RESOLVE TO ISSUE, AND ISSUE CONTINUES. CONDITION COULD BE POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH SOFTWARE, DATABASES, HARDWARE. OR SOURCES OF LOCAL INTERFERENCE (UNKNOWN CAUSE THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED). THIS ALSO OCCURRED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, FOR 1 FLIGHT ONE A SINGLE DAY AND SELF RESOLVED. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTATION. VIDEOS AND PHOTOS OF EVENT AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.
DURING AN INSPECTION PER SERVICE BULLETIN 109SP-118 A CRACK WAS OBSERVED IN P/N 109-0330-17.
FOUND CORROSION ON UNDERSIDE OF TAILBOOM AT BS 334.0 THRU BS 334.03.
ON DAILY INSPECTION FOR COMPLIANCE OF DAILY AD 2004-16-08 FOR THE NOTAR FAN CONTROL ROD, IT WAS FOUND THAT SAFETY LANDYARDS ON THE FORCE LIMITING ASSY WERE TIGHT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT LANDYARDS WERE TIGHT WHEN MOVING LEFT AND RIGHT PEDALS FULL FORWARD POSITIONS. LANDYARDS WOULD ONLY LOOSEN WHEN ROTATING THE CONTROL ROD PISTON CYLINDER IN THE PEDAL NEUTRAL POSITION ONLY (AUDIBLE POP WAS HEARD WHEN ROTATING BARREL, CORRISPONDING WITH THE RETRACTION OF THE CONTROL ROD END INTO FORCE LIMITING ASSY). AFTER REMOVAL OF CONTROL ROD FOUND PLUGGER EASY TO REMOVE AND SOUNDS OF A LOOSE METAL OBJECT FROM INSIDE OF TORQUE TUBE.
Linked aircraft
| N-number | Make / model | Year | Status | Link basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N28MP | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N361CR | — | — | Matched by certificate designator | |
| N60BK | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER 600N | 1998 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N60BK | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER 600N | 1998 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N745BW | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N745MB | MD HELICOPTERS INC 600N | 2002 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N745MB | MD HELICOPTERS INC 600N | 2002 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N806LB | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER MD 900 | 1995 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N810LA | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER 600N | — | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N812LH | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER 600N | 1997 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N902TX | MD HELICOPTERS INC MD 900 | 2001 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N904AF | MD HELICOPTERS INC MD 900 | 2001 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |