- Registered owner
- Findlay Enterprises Ltd
- Location
- Lafayette, IN
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 0028
- Year built
- 2000
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- April 11, 2000
- Certificate issued
- November 7, 2014
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Mode S code
- A2C0DA
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 12
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1976 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
See all 16 ADs
Information bulletins that may apply · 2
Advisory, not mandatory.
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N277DTMatched 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 Schweizer 269D aircraft
FAA incident reports · 2
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Incident 20090606019639ICruise/Level Flight · San Antonio, TXCatastropic failure of the oil cooler impeller resulted in loss of oil pressure. Helicopter was landed immediately. Damage to helicopter included cooling shroud, oil cooler support, oil cooler, turbine engine and fuselage skin around oil cooler impeller.…Incident 20041216032859INormal Cruise · San Antonio, TX(-23) Officer [privacy data omitted] stated that he and his partner, officer [privacy data omitted] ^ had flown several missions during their shift. They took off just before 4:00 a.m. on a call. Shortly after take-off, they smelled smoke. All engine…
Service difficulty reports · 4
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 2012FA0000328Impeller · crackedOIL COOLER IMPELLER WAS INSPECTED FOR CRACKS IN THE BLADE/SHOUD REGION IAW MFG RECOMMENDATIONS EVERY 100 HOURS OF OPERATION. 2 CRACKS WERE CONFIRMED AND SEVERAL OTHERS SUSPECTED. THE CURRENTLY MFG IMPELLER, 269D4530-001, IS APPARENTLY THE LATEST GENERATION TSDR 2008FA0000550Drive Shaft · unserviceableDURING PREFLIGHT, THE M/R DROOP STOP NUT WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE. UPON FURTHER INSP IT WAS DETERMINED THAT M/R HUB SHOULD BE REMOVED TO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF WEAR. ONCE HUB WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED, MODERATE WEAR (FRETTING) WAS FOUND ON DROOP STOP RETAINER PLATE (PSDR 2005FA0001567Blades · vibratesHAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS KEEPING THE M/R BLADES IN ACCEPTABLE TRACK AND BALANCE ON ALL 333/269D CONFIG A AIRCRAFT THAT WE MAINTAIN. ALSO HAVE BEEN FINDING MUCH MORE RAPID DETERIORATION OF THE M/R DAMPERS, FLAPPING HINGE BEARINGS, AND VERTICAL HINGE BEARSDR 2003FA0000995Shaft · wornOPERATOR NOTICED CLUNK NOISE WHILE ROTATING DRIVE SYSTEM ON PREFLIGHT. NOISE WAS FROM THE M/R TRANS. DISASSEMBLY OF BOLT DRIVE SYSTEM REVEALED A LOOSE UPPER PULLEY STACK UP DUG TO LOOSE AFT PINION NUT WITH ALL THE ASSOCIATING FRETTING DAMAGE OF UPER PULLEY H
STCs that may be installed · 45
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
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