- Registered owner
- Tvpx Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee
- Location
- North Salt Lake, UT
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 7036
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date
- April 28, 1994
- Certificate issued
- January 18, 2023
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Mode S code
- A5FCF6
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 A-4TCDS H13EUAirframe · Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 A-4TCDS 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.
| 1979 | 1 |
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| 1980 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 |
Engine · Lycoming LTS-101 series
AD 2011-23-13Power turbine governors (PTG)AD 2011-08-06Power turbine rotorsAD 2009-24-12Gas generatorInformation bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N485UHMatched 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-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 A-4 aircraft
FAA incident reports · 2
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Incident 20180125001629ILanding: Approach · Borden, INOn January 25, 2018, about 1920 eastern standard time (EST) (0020Z), a Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm bk 117, N485UH, with three crewmembers onboard, struck tree branches while approaching a medevac landing zone. The airline transport pilot, flight nurse and…Incident 20070221003319INormal Cruise · Carteret County, NC(-23) Aircraft departed Carteret County hospital on 2045 local time. Pilot encountered shallow layer of scattered/broken fog at approximately 300'. Soon thereafter the pilot glimpsed a large white object go under the inboard edge of the pilot's chin bubble…
Service difficulty reports · 11
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2018112518125Rivet · loosePILOT CONTACTED ME AFTER PERFORMING HIS DAILY PREFLIGHT AIRWORTHINESS CHECK. HE STATED THE TAIL ROTOR WAS MAKING A POPPING SOUND WHEN ROTATING IT BY HAND. I PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE VERTICAL STABILIZER REAR FAIRING . I FOUND THAT WHEN HE ROTATED THE TAIL ROTOSDR QMLA2017050517047Landing Light · odorON APPROACH, THE FLIGHT CREW SMELLED A LIGHT ODOR OF BURNING PLASTIC. ONCE ON THE GROUND, THE MECHANIC FOUND THE RETRACTABLE LANDING LIGHT TO BE THE SOURCE. THE SYSTEM WAS DEACTIVATED AND DEFERRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO OTHER DEFECTSDR QMLA2013080113110Switch · wornDURING LANDING , NOTICED NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER LANDING AND SHUTDOWN NOTICED THE TEST SWITCH WAS NOT IN THE SPRING LOADED NEUTRAL POSITION. DISCOVERED SWITCH WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY.SDR QMLA2012011912008Bolt · brokenWHILE PERFORMING A ZONE 4 INSPECTION IAW AMC AAIP, WHICH REQUIRES AN INSPECTION OF THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX FOR PROPER TORQUE OF ATTACHING HARDWARE. DURING THIS INSPECTION, ONE BOLT BROKE WITH MINIMAL EFFORT. REMOVED THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX TO INSPECT AND FOUNDSDR QMLA2011060211061Door · separatedWHILE THE PILOT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT CONDUCTING AN ORIENTATION FLIGHT WITH ONLY A PASSENGER IN THE COPILOT SEAT, THE LT CABIN DOOR SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT AT APPROX 2000' MSL. THE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TO INSPECT THE ACFT. THE MECHANIC ARRIVED TSDR QMLDMG1475Structure · corrodedDURING INSP FOUND CORROSION ON THE LT INBD, RT INBD AND RT AFT ENGINE DECK.SDR QMLDMG1474Frame · crackedDURING INSP FOUND THE TAIL CONE "A" FRAME CRACKED AT THE ECS BLEED LINE ATTACHMENT. AWAITING A REPAIR SCHEME FROM MFG.SDR QMLDMG1473Skin · dented(QMLD) VARIOUS DENTS, PUNCTURES, AND GOUGES TO THE OUTER SKIN OF THE LOWER FUSELAGE BELLY AREA. THE INTERNAL FRAME IS DEFORMED IN ONE LOCATION ALSO. SUBMITTED DAMAGE. AWAITING A REPAIR SCHEME.SDR QMLDMG1472Doubler · crackedDURING AN INSPECTION OF THE TAIL CONE AREA FOUND THE AFT DOUBLER FRAME AT STA 6135 CRACKED. CONSULTED MFG AND ARE AWAITING A REPAIR SCHEME.SDR QMLDMG1471Structure · chafedDURING INSPECTION OF THE AIRFRAME, FOUND CHAFING FROM THE TRANSMISSION COWLINGS ON THE LT AND RT SIDES INTO THE LT AND RT SIDES OF THE TRANSMISSION DECK. CONSULTED WITH MFG, AWAITING A REPAIR SCHEME.SDR QML2008F00022Bulkhead · crackedWHILE PERFORMING NON RELATED MX ON N125EC SN 7065 A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LT AFT 5600 BULKHEAD IN THE AREA OF THE MOUNTED VACUUM PUMP. THE ACFT WAS GROUNDED AND MX NOTIFIED. CHOSE TO DO A PRECAUTIONARY CHECK OF OUR OTHER 3 ACFT ON SIGHT AND FOUND CRACK
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.