N242CH1983 Boeing-Vertol 234
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched16 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Columbia Helicopters INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Aurora, OR
- Certificate issued
- Jul 6, 2023
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard, Restricted, Agriculture and Pest Control, Forest
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 25, 2000
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Boeing-Vertol
- Model
- 234
- Year
- 1983
- Serial number
- MJ023
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 44
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H9EA
- Mode S code
- A237A7
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming Al5512
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 4075 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2023 – nowColumbia Helicopters INCAurora, OR · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (16)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Air conditioning and pressurization · blower · shortedAug 7, 2023
DURING FLIGHT PIC/SIC NOTICED SLIGHT BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT IN FWD FLIGHT AFTER DEPARTING DIP SITE. PIC IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE HEAT VENT MASTER SWITCH, AFTER WHICH NO FURTHER SMELLS WERE NOTED. CONTINUED MISSION FOR APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES AND THEN RETURNED TO BASE. AFTER LANDING…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Air conditioning and pressurization · blower · shortedAug 7, 2023
DURING FLIGHT PIC/SIC NOTICED SLIGHT BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT IN FWD FLIGHT AFTER DEPARTING DIP SITE. PIC IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE HEAT VENT MASTER SWITCH, AFTER WHICH NO FURTHER SMELLS WERE NOTED. CONTINUED MISSION FOR APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES AND THEN RETURNED TO BASE. AFTER LANDING…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Main rotor drive · transmission · overtempJul 19, 2022
WE JUST COMPLETED ABOUT 2 HOURS ON A FIRE FIGHTING MISSION 15NM WEST OF BECIN FOREST SERVICE BASE AND WERE RETURNING TO BECIN BASE FOR FUEL. ABOUT HALF WAY BACK TO BASE THE XMSN HOT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE ANNUNCIATER PANEL. WE PULLED OUT THE CHECK LIST AND LOOKED FOR SECONDARY INDICATIONS, XMSN…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Fuselage · door frame · crackedJun 11, 2019
DURING REMOVAL OF THE AFT EMERGENCY EXIT HATCH, FOUND CRACK AT STA 482, BL 50L, WL +50. REMOVED DAMAGED WEB, LOCATED AND INSTALLED NEW WEB P/N 145S3106-5 (PO# A043423) IAW 234-3 SRM REV. 2, SECTIONS 53-13-03 AND 51-50-00.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Main rotor drive · transmission · crackedMay 27, 2019
DURING RAMP CHECK, NOTICED OIL LEAK ON TOP OF AFT XMSN. SUSPECTED AFT VERTICAL SHAFT OIL SEAL. UPON REMOVAL AND FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AFT XMSN, FOUND FWD RT MOUNT LUG CRACKED. FOUND 1 CRACK BY VISUAL INSPECTION AND CONFIRMED BY STRIPPING PAINT ON UPPER HOUSING. CRACK MEASURES APPROX. 5"…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Main rotor drive · housing · crackedMay 27, 2019
THE MAINTENANCE CREW REMOVED THE AFT TRANSMISSION DUE TO AN OIL LEAK AND DISCOVERED A CRACKED FWD R/H MOUNT LUG. COMPONENT RECEIVED AT THIS REPAIR STATION 6/7/2019 AND CONFIRMED CRACKED UPPER HOUSING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS THEN INSPECTED AND REPAIRED BY THIS RS ON SWO-047697-19. DETAILS ARE ON FILE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · structure · crackedFeb 22, 2019
FOUND CRACK IN AFT TRANSMISSION AREA DURING "A" CHECK, STA. 575, WL +36, BL 35R. REMOVED EXISTING 2 DOUBLERS, CUT OUT CRACKED AREA AND FABRICATED FILLER. FABRICATED REPLACEMENT DOUBLER, AND LOCATED AND INSTALLED FILLER DOUBLER AND REPAIR DOUBLER. ALL WORK DONE IAW 234-3 SRM. 337 FILED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Main rotor drive · transmission · making metalJun 30, 2018
ON DEPARTURE THE XMSN CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE LANDING FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. THE AFT TRANSMISSION CHIP DETECTOR WAS INSPECTED, AND CHIPS WERE NOTED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine fuel and control · manifold · leakingMar 31, 2016
NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING IN-FLIGHT AT END OF DAYS OPERATIONS AT HOVER. MECHANIC CONFIRMED FIRE AFTER ACFT WAS SET DOWN. FIRE AT 12:00 ON TOP AND BACK OF BURNER CAN. AFTER ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN, THE FIRE WENT OUT. ENGINE WAS INSPECTED. NO EVIDENCE OF CRACKING FOUND BUT SOOT WAS EVIDENT AT THE 12…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Main rotor drive · bolt · brokenNov 11, 2015
DURING DISASSEMBLY OF COMPONENT, SCUFFING ON BOTH THE SPIRAL BEVEL GEAR AND PINION GEAR WAS NOTED. THE CUSTOMER HAD REPORTED A SINGLE BOLT BROKEN UPON ON-WING TORQUE CHECK INSPECTION AND NO OTHER BOLTS APPEAR CRACKED AFTER DISASSEMBLY. NDT PENDING RESULTS. THIS BOLTED JOINT HAS HAD THE UPDATED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026