Gas Pipeline and Power Line Patrol Services
45 North Aviation delivers comprehensive gas pipeline and power line patrol services using both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Our solutions include visual and laser leak detection, detailed route studies, and real-time threat notifications. With custom reports, FAA route waivers, and expertise in ALMA Aerial Laser Methane Assessments, we ensure efficient and safe infrastructure management tailored to your needs. Partner with us for reliable, cost-effective aerial inspections and ongoing utility support.
power-line patrol
When it comes to transmission power lines, reliability is the name of the game. With the ever-growing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and North American Reliability Corporation (NERC), compliance issues for electric power lines and aerial patrols are becoming more popular among electric utilities. Whether it is inspecting the condition of the infrastructure or finding those "danger trees" that can cost utilities millions of dollars in repairs and/or outages, we can customize our patrols to fit customer needs and budgets. Aerial patrols play an integral part of a utility's Vegetation Management Program by gathering the necessary data to implement an effective plan to prevent contact and maintain proper clearances. After witnessing other utilities pay steep penalties and litigation related to "critical line contacts", more and more electric utilities are realizing the benefits of preventative right-of-way maintenance and aerial inspections.
rotor-wing patrols
Nothing matches the capability, versatility, and cost-benefit of using helicopters to patrol power lines. A very detailed and comprehensive inspection of every single structure can be obtained using our helicopters. TC Helicopters deploys a proven inspection technique in which the helicopter can be accomplished without the use of binoculars and has proven to be more thorough and cost-effective than ground-based inspections.
Items that can be inspected through this method include:
- Static/Phase Line Saddle Pins
- Loose Bolts/Nuts
- Tree Clearance
- Ground Wire Connections
- Woodpecker Holes
- Insulator Condition
- Shield/Phase Line Lightning Strikes
Whether you require a slow fly-by or a detailed hover inspection, TC Helicopters signature services will meet the need. TC Helicopters' relationships with other technical and professional service providers allow us to assist utilities in conducting infrared inspections, corona inspections, LIDAR and GIS data acquisition, preliminary route studies, design services, and legal boundary issues regarding survey matters.
GAS PIPELINE PATROL
Credentials:
- All pilots and observers Operator OQ qualified
- FAA Low Altitude Waiver
- GPS Route Recording System for audit and quality
- In house Safely Management System SMS
- Fixed Wing and Helicopter aircraft available
- 10 million smooth liability insurance
- Zero Accidents or Incidents
- Aircraft maintained according to manufacturer's recommended maintenance programs.