NTSB investigations · 1
Matched to this aircraft by N167RL and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.
FAA incident reports · 2
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N167RL and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.
Accident 20220114001679ACruise/Level Flight · Houma, LAOn January 14, 2022, at approximately 7:54 am local time, a Bell 407 helicopter, with n registration N167RL departed patterson, LA (ptn) operating under part 135 operations for rotor craft leasing company, with stops in mc 194 and Venice la. Pilot in command…Incident 20061023021629INormal Cruise · Vermillion Bay(-23) Pilot departed ver 267 enroute to ver 78, chip detector light illuminated, engine started making metal sound, and aircraft started losing rotor RPM. Once the RPM was stabilized at approximately 100 percent pilot depressed the fadec auto/man button to…
Service difficulty reports · 5
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR YTRA2016112933001Drive Shaft · damagedPILOT REPORTED HYDRAULIC FAILURE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. ON INSPECTION FOUND HYDRAULIC PUMP DRIVESHAFT SPLINES WORN.SDR YTRR117247Balance Weight · missingIN CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT EXPERINCED A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE TAIL ROTOR. UPON RETURN TO BASE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE HAD A TIP WEIGHT MISSING. THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE HAD BEEN REPAIRED IN JUNE 2007 AND HAD ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY 205.8 SDR YTRR115095Bearing Cage · brokenENGINE GEARBOX MAKING METAL. ON INSPECTION FOUND NR 3 BEARING CAGE BROKEN.SDR YTRR111853Gearbox · making metalDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED ACCOMPANIED BY HOWLING SOUND FROM ENGINE AREA. ONE MINUTE LATER, FADEC SYSTEM FAILED. PILOT AUTOROTATED INTO WATER.SDR YTRR107599Bearing · wornM/R PC LINK BEARING AXIAL AND RADIAL MOVEMENT BEYOND LIMITS.