Able Aerospace

Able Aerospace Services is a repair, overhaul and parts exchange provider for fixed wing and rotor wing aircraft, headquartered at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona. Since 1982 it has served aircraft operators and fleet owners, and it is a subsidiary of Textron Aviation. Its 250,000 square foot facility is home to more than 350 mechanics, engineers, designated engineering representatives (DER), avionics technicians and support staff, and the company says it completes more than 13,000 jobs a year.

Rotor wing

• More than 10,000 FAA-approved repairs for components fitted to Airbus, Bell, Leonardo, MD and Sikorsky helicopters, many of them proprietary to Able
• Exchanges of dynamic components such as main rotor hubs, main transmissions, masts, swashplates and tail rotor gearboxes for Bell 407 and Bell 412 aircraft
• Approved Airbus Helicopters Maintenance and Repair Center, authorized Bell Helicopter Service Center and approved Leonardo Helicopters maintenance sub-contractor

Fixed wing

• Component maintenance, landing gear and supporting line replaceable units
• Flight controls repairs including flap tracks, carriages, gimbal fittings, sequencing carriages and flap transmissions
• Engine mount MRO and exchange programs for Pratt & Whitney 2000 and 4000, IAE V2500 and CFM engines
• Replacement parts catalog covering Boeing and Airbus fixed wing aircraft

In-house processes

The company says more than 98 percent of repairs and overhauls are completed on-site. Facilities include a machine shop with five-axis CNC mills, grinders and lathes, plating, honing, paint and coatings, blast, shot peen, cold spray and non-destructive testing. It is Nadcap approved for chrome plating, shot peening and NDT, and runs a hydraulics shop for Red Oil and Skydrol components. It also lists an additive manufacturing capability for repairing aluminum and magnesium components.

Government customers

Able states it has prime and subcontract experience for the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and Coast Guard and for allied foreign militaries.

Certifications and approvals

• FAA repair station A1LR190N
• EASA Part 145 (145.4010)
• AS9100, AS9110 and ISO 9001:2015
• UK CAA, CAAC and CAAT approvals shown on its site; the company says it is accredited by 18 regulatory and customer authorities

Contact

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