Ground Cable
No failure report names the ground cable. 8 FAA approvals let 5 companies make a replacement ground cable, Sterling Helicopter holding the most (4).
Approved replacement parts 8 parts manufacturer approvals
A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a ground cable and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a ground cable:
For these models most: Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 (2), Sikorsky S-61 (1), Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 (1), Cessna 525 CitationJet (CJ series) (1), Bell 505 (1), Bell 407 (1), Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger (1).
| Maker | Part | Replaces | Fits | Granted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus Helicopters, INC. | GROUND CABLE L231U 0341 302 | Modification Part | Airbus Helicopters... EC135P3, EC135T3 | 2026-03-10 | current |
| Sterling Helicopter | GROUND CABLE RMHA-000032-180 | Modification Part | Bell Textron Canada Limited 206, 206A, 206A-1 (OH-58A) | 2025-12-22 | current |
| Sterling Helicopter | GROUND CABLE RMHA-000029-120 | Modification Part | Bell Textron Canada Limited 407 | 2025-12-22 | current |
| Sterling Helicopter | GROUND CABLE RMHA-000059-180 | Modification Part | Bell Textron Canada Limited 505 | 2025-12-22 | current |
| Sterling Helicopter | GROUND CABLE RMHA-000035-170 | Modification Part | Airbus Helicopters... EC135P1, EC135P2, EC135P2+ | 2025-12-22 | current |
| Duncan Aviation INC | Ground Cable Assembly DWG-011409-1.0.0 | Modification Part | Cessna Aircraft Company 525C | 2023-01-03 | current |
| Carson Helicopters, INC. | Ground Cable Assy. 163-119-1 | Modification Part | Sikorsky S61 series See AML | 2017-07-18 | current |
| Nextant Aerospace LLC | Ground Cable AS0919-03 | Modification Part | Embraer EMB-505 (Phenom 300) | 2016-11-02 | 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.