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Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1 · Lycoming LTS-101 series

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Registered owner
Air Methods LLC
Location
Greenwood Village, CO
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
7141
Type
Rotorcraft
Engine
Turbo-shaft
Airworthiness
Standard, transport
Airworthiness date
May 6, 1988
Certificate issued
August 13, 2013
Expires
August 31, 2029
Mode S code
A0DE55
Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1Airframe model · 11 seats · 2 engines · 3 registeredTCDS H13EUAirframe · Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1TCDS E5NEEngine · Lycoming LTS-101 series

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Lycoming LTS-101 model are included below.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 24

Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

1979In forceSuperseded2026
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Information bulletins that may apply

Advisory, not mandatory.

No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N155SCMatched 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 Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1 aircraft

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.

Incident 20100706038189ICruise/Level Flight · Beatrice, NEOn Tuesday July 6, 2010, at approximately 08:00 CDT, N155SC, MBB-BK117-B1, operated by air methods corporation was enroute at 2,500 feet, from bryan lgh west hospital (47NE), lincoln, NE, to marysville municipal airport, marysville, KS, to pick up a patient.…Jul 6, 2010 · No damage

Service difficulty reports · 10

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

SDR QMLA201403214030Drain · stuckFUEL ODOR WHEN CABIN HEAT TURNED ON.Mar 25, 2014 · N155SC · Bolkms BK117B1 · Engine DrainsSDR QMLA2014011014004Frame · crackedTAIL CONE LT OUTER FRAME CRACKED.Jan 15, 2014 · N155SC · Bolkms BK117B1 · Rotorcraft Tail BoomSDR QMLA2013110713161Unknown · odorDURING LANDING, ODOR OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND THEN CENTER PANEL LIGHTS WENT OUT. INSPECTION FOUND NO DAMAGED WIRES. PANEL LIGHTING DIMMERS WERE INSPECTED AND SHOWED NO DAMAGE. CENTER PANEL INSTRUMENTS WERE PULLED FROM THE PANEL AND INSPECTED. THE LIGHTING Nov 7, 2013 · N155SC · Bolkms BK117B1 · Air Distribution SystemSDR QMLA2012052612089Transmission · making metalTRANSMISSION CHIP CAUTION ILLUMINATED 100' FROM BASE HELIPAD DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING. ACTIVATED CHIP PULSE SEVERAL TIMES AFTER LANDING AND DURING SHUTDOWN. THE TRANSMISSION CHIP CAUTION REMAINED ILLUMINATED, COMPLETED SHUTDOWN.May 26, 2012 · N155SC · Bolkms BK117B1 · Main Rotor GearboxSDR QMLA2011012811020Terminal · brokenON LANDING, ACFT PITCHED UP AND DOWN WITH NO PILOT CONTROL MOVEMENT AND CSAS PITCH LIGHT CAME ON. TROUBLESHOOTING AND INSP FOUND WIRE TERMINAL AT TB811 BROKEN. TB 811 PROVIDES AC GROUND FOR 3 AXIS P/R CSAS. WIRE BREAK WAS SUCH THAT INTERMITTENT CONTACT COULJan 29, 2011 · N155SC · Bolkms BK117B1 · Electrical Power System WiringSDR QMLA2010081110049Warning Light · false activationON SECOND LEG OF PATIENT FLIGHT, THE NR 2 HYD WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATION FLUCTUATION BETWEEN 0 AND 40 BAR. INSPECTED DUAL HYD PACK, HYD PUMP, CEILING CONNECTOR PLUG, TRANSDUCER CONNECTOR PLUG. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. SOMEAug 10, 2010 · N155SC · Bolkms BK117B1 · Hydraulic Indicating SystemSDR QMLA2001070610029Gyro · failed5 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF, BASE CALLED AND SAID OUTERLINK WAS NOT TRACKING . THEN 15 MIN AFTER THE CALL FROM BASE, IT WAS NOTED, A SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. STANDBY DG CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. INSPECTION SHOWED THE STANDBY GYRJul 6, 2010 · N155SC · Bolkms BK117B1 · Attitude Gyro and Indicating SystemSDR QMLA2009102209034Fitting · crackedT/R GEARBOX CASTING CRACKED, DISCOVERED DURING ROUTINE ZONE INSPECTION. T/R GBX FITTING HAD BEEN REPLACED FOR A SIMILAR CRACK 832 HRS PRIOR.Oct 22, 2009 · N155SC · Bolkms BK117B1 · Rotorcraft Tail BoomSDR QMLA2009081109026Lock · unserviceableFELT CYCLIC POP IN VERTICAL DIRECTION AT THE BOTTOM OF A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE LANDING FROM AN ABORTED MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE TAKEOFF PROFILE. AFTER LANDING, WAS ABLE TO REMOVE COPILOT CYCLIC FROM MOUNT WITH SLIGHTEST OF EFFORT.Aug 11, 2009 · N155SC · Bolkms BK117B1 · Control Column SectionSDR 717311162007Computer · failedDURING FLIGHT, YAW CSAS CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DIVERTED LANDING FROM HELIPAD TO AIRPORT 4 MILES AWAY. COMPLETED APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE IAW AFM.Nov 16, 2007 · N155SC · Bolkms BK117B1 · Autopilot Computer

STCs that may be installed · 1

Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.