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Parts

Tripod

0 failure reports named the tripod in the last ten years, 4 since 1997. 1 FAA approvals let 1 company make a replacement tripod, Soloy LLC holding the most (1). The reports call it "tripod", "tripod assy".

Reports by year

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Reports by year, as a table
reports
19971
20092
20121

Approved replacement parts 1 parts manufacturer approvals

A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a tripod and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a tripod:

For these models most: Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 (1).

MakerPartReplacesFitsGrantedStatus
Soloy LLCTripod Assembly 350-1353Modification PartEurocopter France AS350D2001-03-04current

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.