- Registered owner
- Industrial Helicopters LLC
- Location
- Lafayette, LA
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 3647
- Year built
- 1982
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- June 29, 2007
- Certificate issued
- March 19, 2007
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Mode S code
- A18692
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 91
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1972 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1973 | 6 |
| 1974 | 4 |
| 1975 | 4 |
| 1976 | 3 |
| 1977 | 3 |
| 1978 | 1 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 3 |
| 1981 | 2 |
| 1982 | 2 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1986 | 2 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1989 | 3 |
| 1991 | 3 |
| 1992 | 3 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1995 | 4 |
| 1996 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
See all 104 ADs
Information bulletins that may apply · 8
Advisory, not mandatory.
Historical bulletins · 1
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N198HMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Bell 206B aircraft
FAA incident reports · 1
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Service difficulty reports · 8
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR ALG2006F00002Engine · oil consumptionDURING FLIGHT IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR WAS FLUCTUATING. CONTINUED FLIGHT AND OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE REMAINED WITHIN LIMITS. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED DO TO OIL CONSUMPTION. (K)SDR ALG2005F00026Engine · making metalDURING TAKEOFF, ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED SO AC RETURNED TO BASE. MAINTENANCE CLEANED AND INSPECTED BOTH PLUGS, FOUND 2 SMALL SLIVERS ON THE LOWER PLUG. INSPECTED BOTH FILTERS FOUND OK, DRAINED AND RESERVICED OIL TANK. COMPLIED WITH A 30 MINUTE GROUND RSDR ALG2005F00008Chip Detector · malfunctionedDURING TAKEOFF, AFTER MAINTENANCE INSPECTED TAIL ROTOR CHIP FROM FIRST OCCURRENCE OF FLICKERING LIGHT. DURING TAKEOFF, DURING LT TURN TAIL ROTOR CHIP LIGHT FLICKERED ON AND OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS THEN REMAINED OFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED, MAINTENANCE RESDR 2004F00356Bleed Valve · failedWHILE HOVERING FOR TAKEOFF A LOUD BANG CAME FOR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY A TORQUE FLUCTUATION AND A RIGHT YAW. CHECKED ALL THE SYSTEMS ALL IN GREEN AND THEN HOVERED TO PARKING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED COMPRESSOR FOR FOD AND LEAKS, NO DEFECTED NOTED. SDR ALG2004F00019Skin · crackedWHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION, CRACK IN LOWER SKIN AT T/B STA 153. STARTING AT EDGE OF SKIN, MEASURING 2.5 INCHES LONG, RUNNING THE CIRCUMFERENCE DIRECTION , POSSIBLY CAUSED BY ROUGH EDGE IN SKIN OR MAYBE A VIBRATION.SDR ALG2004F00010Servo · bindingWHILE PICKING UP TO A HOVER. FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY, WHILE PICKING UP TO A HOVER FELT BINDING IN CYCLIC. SET AIRCRAFT DOWN AND CHECKED FRICTION AND HYDRAULIC SWITCH, MADE SECOND ATTEMPT TO PICKUP TO A HOVER WITH SAME STIFFNESS IN CYCLIC. SHUTDOWN AND NOTIFSDR 20000426SH022Pump · failedAFT BOOST PUMP INOPERATIVE. INSPECTED AIRFRAME FUEL FILTER AND FOUND FILTER WAS COATED WITH A BLACK CARBON LIKE MATERIAL THAT WAS SUSPECTED TO BE RESIDUE FROM THE MAGNETS SURROUNDING THE BOOST PUMP CORE. (X)SDR 99ZZZX4677Boost Pump · failedHORIZON HELICOPTERS HAD NOTICED FUEL CONTAMINATION AFTER A BOOST PUMP FAILURE ON 4 OCCASIONS. THE FILTER IS FULL OF BLACK CARBON. SUBMITTER BELIEVES THE BOOST PUMP INTERNAL BREAKDOWN IS THE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION AND HAS SAMPLE PUMP AND FILTER AT FACILITY F
Reports on N198H not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N198H, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
STCs that may be installed · 591
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Bell 206B
STC SH2750NMInstallation of a Freon type cabin air conditioning system with engine-driven compressorSTC SA800EAInstallation of Whelen Anti-Collision, Position, or Anti-Collision/Position Light System, and applicable associated power suppliesSTC SR00368SEInstallation of a color video camera on either the left, right or both horizontal stabilizers.
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N198H before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.