- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 7143
- Year built
- 1988
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date
- July 5, 2010
- Certificate issued
- July 30, 2008
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Mode S code
- A864B2
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2TCDS H13EUAirframe · Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2TCDS 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 N64UPMatched 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 B-2 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N64UPMatched 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 Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 8
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2026100520075Fuel Cap · looseFUEL ODOR CLIMBING OUT OF AIRPORT. AFTER AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO THE AIRPORT THE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FUEL CAP WAS SECURELY LOCKED, HOWEVER FUEL WAS VISIBLE AROUND THE EDGE OF THE CAP AND ON THE AIRFRAME. A CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE CAP SHOWED THAT, ALTHOUGSDR QMLA2024042520042Fuel Cap · looseDURING TAKEOFF AND CLIMB, CREW NOTICED A FUEL SMELL AS WELL AS FUEL ON THE CLAMSHELL DOOR WINDOWS AND TAILBOOM SECTION. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION RESEATED FUEL CAP, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE.SDR QMLA2024022520042Unknown · odorDURING TAKEOFF AND CLIMB, CREW NOTICED A FUEL SMELL AS WELL AS FUEL ON THE CLAMSHELL DOOR WINDOWS AND TAIL BOOM SECTION. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR FURTHER INSPECTION.SDR QMLA2017091817094Engine · making metalDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE NR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH MASTER CAUTION LIGHT. ATTEMPTED TO BURN CHIP IAW RFM AND CHIP DID NOT BURN. ABORTED FLIGHT, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. PLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE TO GROUND POSITION. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIOSDR QMLA2016120616138Gearbox · making metalDURING RUN UP OF AIRCRAFT FOR A FLIGHT, TAIL ROTOR CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND CALLED MECHANIC. MECHANICS INSPECTION OF TAIL ROTOR CHIP DETECTOR REVEALED A 3MM METAL CHIP IDENTIFIED AS CATEGORY E INDICATING A SIGNIFICANT FAILURE.SDR QMLA201602216009Drain Valve · failedAFTER TAKEOFF, NURSE IN THE BACK THOUGHT SHE SMELLED FUEL FUMES. LANDED AT NEAREST AVAILABLE SITE, AIRPORT, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT..SDR QMLA2015082715078Support · crackedWHILE COMPLETING TASK 26A0337-35, 12 MONTH TAIL CONE, WORN SKIN REPAIR, FOUND A CRACK ON THE FWD ECU MOUNT'S FWD SUPPORT. THE CRACK STARTS AT THE TOP OF THE SUPPORT & TERMINATES AT THE LOWER RIVET.SDR QMLA2014080214097Strut · damagedDURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION OF THE COMPRESSOR BLADES, AN INLET HOUSING STRUT ON THE INTAKE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A SMALL CHUNK OF METAL MISSING FROM THE TOP & BOTTOM OF THE STRUT. THIS CHUNK WAS FOUND MISSING IN THE RADIUS OF THE STRUT. THIS ENG WAS REMOVED &
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.