Emergency Floats
No failure report names the emergency floats. 8 FAA approvals let 2 companies make a replacement emergency floats, Apical Industries INC holding the most (7).
Approved replacement parts 8 parts manufacturer approvals
A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a emergency floats and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a emergency floats:
For these models most: Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger (4), Bell 407 (2), Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 D-2 (1), Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 (1).
| Maker | Part | Replaces | Fits | Granted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apical Industries, INC. DBA Dart Aerospace | Emergency Floats with Life Raft Assembly MD145-1 | Modification Part | Airbus Helicopters... MBB-BK 117 C-2, MBB-BK 117 D-2 | 2017-04-25 | current |
| Apical Industries INC | Emergency Floats with Life Raft Assembly MD145-1 | Modification Part | Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-2 (EC145) | 2009-08-06 | current |
| Apical Industries INC | Emergency Floats, with Life Raft Assembly 614.3001 | Modification Part | Bell 407 Rotorcraft | 2003-09-17 | current |
| Apical Industries INC | Emergency Floats, with Life Raft Assembly 614.3003 | Modification Part | Bell 206L, L1, L3 | 2003-09-17 | current |
| Apical Industries INC | Emergency Floats, with Life Raft Assembly 614.3002 | Modification Part | Bell 206 A&B Rotorcraft | 2003-09-17 | current |
| Apical Industries INC | Emergency Floats, with Life Raft Assembly 614.3002 | Modification Part | Bell 206 A&B | 2003-09-16 | current |
| Apical Industries INC | Emergency Floats, with Life Raft Assembly 614.3001 | Modification Part | Bell 407 | 2003-09-16 | current |
| Apical Industries INC | Emergency Floats, with Life Raft Assembly 614.3003 | Modification Part | Bell 206L, L1, L3 | 2003-09-16 | current |
Sources: the FAA's service difficulty reports since 1995 (a report is a part that failed and was fixed, as filed by an airline, repair station or owner; the count shows reporting as much as reliability) and the parts manufacturer approvals in the FAA's Dynamic Regulatory System. The part name is the reporters' and the approval holders' own words, reduced to the first plain words so that spellings meet.