- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 9053
- Year built
- 2004
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date
- November 3, 2006
- Certificate issued
- March 26, 2019
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Mode S code
- A0B5F5
Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2TCDS H13EUAirframe · Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2TCDS E19EUEngine · Turbomeca ARRIEL-1E2
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 72
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 2003 | 3 |
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| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 |
Airframe · Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2
AD 2026-17-05Cabin Equipment/FurnishingsAD 2026-09-08Cabin Equipment/FurnishingsAD 2026-08-10Passenger compartment equipmentInformation bulletins that may apply · 3
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2
SAIB SW-18-04Engine Oil Drainage SystemSAIB SW-12-22MBB BK117 C-2 Auto Flight SystemSAIB SW-08-04Night Vision Imaging System installation on BK -117C-2 HelicopterNTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N145HCMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N145HCMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 4
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2024050820050Unknown · unknownINITIAL CONDITIONS PRIOR TO TAKE OFF WERE AS FOLLOWS: DEPARTING FROM KHZL WITHIN WEIGHT AND CG LIMITS, 2+30 FUEL ON-BOARD, AVERAGE CREW WEIGHT BETWEEN ALL THREE CREW MEMBERS, AND OBSERVED WINDS OF 230@5. PILOT PERFORMED A HOVER POWER CHECK CENTER SOD PRIOR TOSDR QMLA2023102020096Unknown · unknownWE HAD JUST LANDED AT TSTC (KCNW) TO RWY35L, TOWER WANTED ME TO HOLD ON THE RUNWAY TILL 3 CESSNA 152'S TAXIED PAST BEFORE MOVING INTO THE RAMP. AT THIS TIME I WAS MAINTAINING APPROXIMATELY A 15'-20' HOVER INTO A 10-15KTS HEAD WIND, TO PREVENT MY DOWN WASH FROMSDR QMLA2022100320065Hose · rupturedHYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE RUPTURED ON #1 SYS COMING FROM HYD PUMP.SDR 2A6R2021131262601Skin Panel · crackedCRACK DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE LEFT SIDE AFT BOX BEAM INNER SKIN PANEL (PN: B533K5606-212) MEASURED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 0.625” LONG. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED VIA A REPAIR DOUBLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIRBUS RDAS-BK117-53-2021-4226, REVISION B DATED 02 DEC 2021.
STCs that may be installed · 111
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2
STC ST00885LAInstallation of fire extinguisher cartridges as replacements for Pacific Scientific fire extinguisher cartridges in fire extinguisher bottles.STC SR00006RDnstallation of Emergency Medical System (EMS) equipment part number 145121-501 or 145121-502STC SR00601DEInstallation of a cabin air conditioning system.