Enstrom Helicopter 280C

Service difficulty reports · 22

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  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet'
  WHERE aircraft_model_key = '280C'
  ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"

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SDR PNR2004F00002Doubler · crackedBULKHEAD DOUBLER UNDER NR 3 TAILROTOR DRIVESHAFT PILLOW BLOCK FOUND CRACKED. CRACKS WERE PROPAGATING FROM THE RADIUS AREA ON BOTH UPPER TABS WERE THE NUT PLATES ARE RIVETED ON. BOTH NUT PLATES HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ROUNDED IN THE RADIUS AREA TO REDUCE THE CHANMay 19, 2004 · N646H · Enstrm 280C · Rotorcraft Tail BoomSDR PNR2004F00001Bearing · delaminatedPILOTS COMPLAINED ABOUT HEAVY COLLECTIVE AND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RT COLLECTIVE INPUT TO FLY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE LAMIFLEX BEARINGS, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RUBBER AND BRASS MATERIAL WAS EXTRUDING AND DELAMINATING. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. USEFUL LIFMay 19, 2004 · N646H · Enstrm 280C · Rudder StructureSDR 2003FA0001065Control Cable · wornBOTH REAR TAIL ROTOR CONTROLS CABLES WERE WORN WHERE THEY PASS THROUGH PLASTIC FAIR-LEADS IN AFT BULKHEAD OF TAIL BOOM. BOTH WERE WORN TO 40-50 PERCENT INSP CRITERIA. THIS IS BECOMING A CHRONIC PROBLEM AS RECORDS INDICATE THEY WERE REPLACED 1 MAY 2001, AFT OOct 2, 2003 · N646H · Enstrm 280C · Tail Rotor Control SystemSDR 2003FA0001064Clutch · wornON DRIVE BELT CLUTCH MECHANISM, THE SPRING HAD WORN THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE HOUSING FROM MANY HOURS OF RUBBING BACK AND FORTH. THE ABOVE MENTIONED SPRING AND THE SPRING CAP WERE ALSO WORN BEYOND THE INSPECTION CRITERIA IN THE MFG MM. AS FAR AS WE COULD TELL Oct 2, 2003 · N646H · Enstrm 280C · Engine/Transmission CouplingSDR 6462003F00000Control Cable · wornBOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TAIL ROTOR CONTROL CABLES SHOW EXCESS WEAR, WHERE THEY PASS THRU THE FAIRLEADS IN THE AFT TALL CONE BULKHEAD. CABLES HAVE BEEN WEARING IN THIS LOCATION CONSTANTLY EVERY 300 TO 400 HOURS. SUGGEST A WIDER CONTACT SURFACE AREA AT THE FAIR LEJun 1, 2003 · N646H · Enstrm 280C · Tail Rotor Control SystemSDR 2002FA0000586Connecting Rod · failedNR 2 CONNECTING ROD BOLT FAILED CAUSING CONNECTING ROD TO GO THROUGH CRANK CASE CAUSING MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE. ENGINE DESTROYED. TOP OF BOLT FAILED CAUSING ROD CAP TO BEND BACK AND EVENTUALLY FAIL. THREADED END OF THE BOLT FOUND IN BOTTOM OF ENGINE CASE IN GMar 1, 2002 · N51657 · Enstrm 280C · Reciprocating Engine Power SectionSDR 2003FA0000350Line · brokenTHE TUBE FAILED INSIDE THE FERRULE ON THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP FITTING DUE TO RUBBING AND VIBRATION. FAILURE WAS FOUND AFTER PILOT COMPLAINED OF LOW M.A.P., ABOUT 2 IN HG, AT MAXIMUM OPERATING PERIMETERS, AND FUEL CONSUMPTION LOW.Jan 4, 2002 · N646H · Enstrm 280C · Aircraft Fuel Distribution SystemSDR 2001FA0000685Valve Seat · looseNUMBER 4 CYLINDER HAD AN INTAKE VALVE SEAT COME LOOSE AND THE PISTON HAD BROKEN RINGS. SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF POWER.Dec 11, 2001 · N123MT · Enstrm 280C · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder SectionSDR AUS20010724Bearing · failed(AUS) MAIN ROTOR HEAD LAMIFLEX BEARING FAILED. SUSPECT CAUSED BY GREASE CONTAMINATION.May 25, 2001 · Enstrm 280C · Main Rotor HeadSDR 20000505SH030Gear · brokenPILOT REPORTED NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE OIL LEVEL IN SIGHT GLASS. WHEN SIGHT GLASS REMOVED, A PIECE OF GEAR SET (TOOTH) ABOUT .4375 INCH LONG WAS FOUND INSIDE. ACFT HAD RETURNED FROM FLYING, AND THERE WAS NO VIBS OF NOISE. WEAR MARKS ON BROKEN PART GAVE APPEAApr 18, 2000 · N5691W · Enstrm 280C · Tail Rotor GearboxSDR 99ZZZX2944Oil Cooler · damagedALTERNATOR WAS INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT REMOVING THE COOLING FAN FROM THE ALTERNATOR PER THE ENSTROM MM. FAN THREW A BLADE WHICH PUNCTURED THE OIL COOLER CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED BULLETINS CALLING FOR INSPECTION OF INSTALLING Jul 1, 1999 · N5691W · Enstrm 280C · Engine Oil CoolerSDR 99ZZZX2943Alternator · misinstalledALTERNATOR WAS INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT REMOVING THE COOLING FAN FROM THE ALTERNATOR PER THE ENSTROM MM. FAN THREW A BLADE WHICH PUNCTURED THE OIL COOLER CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED BULLETINS CALLING FOR INSPECTION OF INSTALLING Jul 1, 1999 · N5691W · Enstrm 280C · AC Generator-AlternatorSDR AU980382Bearing · failed(AUS) MAIN ROTOR HUB `LAMAFLEX' BEARING FAILED IN-FLIGHT.Apr 8, 1998 · Enstrm 280C · Main Rotor HeadSDR 98ZZZX1111Strut Bearing · crackedCAGE OF UPPER JACK STRUT BEARING WAS FOUND BROKEN DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION WHILE GREASING BEARING. THIS WAS THE SECOND BEARING FOUND IN THIS CONDITION. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THIS BEARING HAS A 600-HOUR LIFE LIMIT AND A 100-HOUR LUBE SCHEDULE. SUBMITTER STATED Feb 19, 1998 · N5695B · Enstrm 280C · Engine/Transmission CouplingSDR 99ZZZX342Cylinder · damagedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, 10-10-97, FOUND NR 2 CYLINDER COMPRESSION WAS LOW. AFTER INSPECTION OF CYLINDER, INTAKE VALVE SEAT WAS FOUND LOOSE, INTAKE VALVE WAS BURNT. AT THAT TIME, THE OWNER SHOWED 2 MORE CYLINDERS FROM PAST MAINTENANCE WITH THE SAME CONDITIOOct 10, 1997 · N51703 · Enstrm 280C · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder SectionSDR 99ZZZX341Stud · damagedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, 10-10-97, NR 2 CYLINDER COMPRESSION LOW. AFTER INSPECTION OF CYLINDER, FOUND INTAKE VALVE SEAT LOOSE AND VALVE BURNT. SUBMITTER STATED POSSIBLE CAUSE MAY HAVE BEEN OVERBOOSTING ENGINE DURING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION.Oct 10, 1997 · N51703 · Enstrm 280C · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder SectionSDR 97ZZZX2836Windshield · crackedDURING ENGINE START ON A COLD MORNING, RT WINDSHIELD CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES FROM CENTER WINDSHIELD ANCHORING STRIP TOWARD OUTBOARD OF AIRCRAFT. POSSIBLY HAD A PREVIOUS CRACK AT RIVET LOCATION THAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER CENTER STRIP.May 1, 1997 · N122TV · Enstrm 280C · Flight Compartment WindowsSDR 97ZZZX1911Windshield · crackedOUTSIDE AIR TEMP (27 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT). ON ENGI\EEN START-UP, WINDHSIELD CRACKED HORIZONTALLY APROXIMATELY 14 INCHES ONE-THIRD OF THE WAY UP FROM BOTTOM. CRACK ORIGINATED AT CENTER WINDSHIELD ATTACH RIVET.Mar 1, 1997 · N122TV · Enstrm 280C · Flight Compartment WindowsSDR CA960715008Damper · sheared bolt(CAN) BOLT FOUND SHEARED IN TWO AT THE ATTACHMENT TO THE MAIN ROTOR HUB.Jul 4, 1996 · Enstrm 280C · Main Rotor HeadSDR AU960515Pipe · wrong part(AUS) NO1 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE SEAT DROPPED CONTACTING THE PISTON AND CAUSING CYLINDER FAILURE - ENGINE WAS BULK STRIPPED AND INVESTIGATION OF NO1 CYLINDER ASSEMBLY FOUND: 1. EXTERNAL SIGNS OF OVERHEATING 2. FUEL INJECTION PIPE FLOW 7PPH - NORMAL IS 30PPH Jan 26, 1996 · Enstrm 280C · Engine Fuel DistributionSDR 96ZZZX1027Regulator · shortedVOLTAGE REGULATOR SHORTED OUT CAUSING RUN AWAY ALTERNATOR. REPLACED REGULATOR. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS NEW PART NUMBER REGULATOR, ELD-069-11.Dec 12, 1995 · N51742 · Enstrm 280C · DC RegulatorSDR 95ZZZX6199Control · not installedFOLLOWING REBUILD, HELICOPTER WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITHOUT THE OVERVOLTAGE CONTROL INSTALLED. REGULATOR SPIKED AND COOKED RADIOS AND GYROS. CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY LANDINGS. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDS INMay 13, 1995 · N613LG · Enstrm 280C · DC Generating System
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