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2001 Pilatus PC-12/45 · Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B

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Registered owner
Air Methods LLC
Location
Greenwood Village, CO
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
397
Year built
2001
Type
Fixed wing single engine
Engine
Turbo-prop
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
October 29, 2001
Certificate issued
September 17, 2009
Expires
April 30, 2028
Mode S code
ABB63F
Pilatus PC-12/45Airframe model · 12 seats · 1 engine · 378 registeredTCDS A78EUAirframe · Pilatus PC-12/45TCDS E26NEEngine · Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 52

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Information bulletins that may apply · 10

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NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N854ALMatched 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 Pilatus PC-12/45 aircraft

FAA incident reports

No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N854ALMatched 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 Pilatus PC-12/45 aircraft

Service difficulty reports · 9

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SDR QMLA2026031620017Circuit Breaker · faultedRED A/P TRIM LIGHT WITH ASSOCIATED ALARMS & CHIMES. PITCH TRIM EXCURSIONS CAUSING ALTITUDE DEVIATION. RESET AP TRIM CB OPS CHECKED GOOD. RTSMar 14, 2026 · N854AL · Pilats PC1245 · Auto Flight System WiringSDR QMLA2025102320107Fuel Filter · warning messageFUEL PRESS CAWS INDICATION DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THAT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. FUEL CAWS LIGHT , INSPECTED, REPLACED FUEL FILTER, RTS.Oct 22, 2025 · N854AL · Pilats PC1245 · Aircraft Fuel Distribution SystemSDR QMLA2025013020010Brake Assy · faultedLEFT BRAKE HAD GRINDING NOISE AND WAS GRABBING UPON BRAKE APPLICATION.Jan 29, 2025 · N854AL · Pilats PC1245 · Landing Gear Brake SystemSDR QMLA2024072320090Brake Assy · lockedDURING TOWING OF THE AIRCRAFT THE RH BRAKE ASSEMBLY LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT ROTATE. THE BRAKE PLATE BROKE APART AND JAMMED THE WHEEL FROM ROTATINGJul 20, 2024 · N854AL · Pilats PC1245 · Landing Gear Brake SystemSDR QMLA2024062120065Relay · faultedAFTER TAKEOFF, RETRACTED THE GEAR AND TURNED ON YAW DAMPER, GOT THE RUNAWAY TRIM TONE AND AIRPLANE TRIED TO CLIMB 5000 + FT PER MIN, PUSHED THE TRIM INTERRUPT SWITCH, TURNED TOWARD THE RUNAWAY AND DECLARED EMERGENCY, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DETERMINED THE MOJun 21, 2024 · N854AL · Pilats PC1245 · Auto Flight SystemSDR QMLA2024011520004Warning Unit · unserviceableENCOUNTERED SOME LIGHT TURBULENCE LEAVING DENVER IN CRUISE, FLAPS CAWS INDICATION. REALLY STRANGE TIME FOR THAT SINCE NOTHING WAS BEING CYCLED. FLAPS FAILED AT 0, NO BREAKERS POPPED. LANDED AT BASE WITH NO OTHER ISSUES.Jan 12, 2024 · N854AL · Pilats PC12 · Trailing Edge Flap Control SystemSDR QMLA2023111420105Circuit Board · burnedRTB LEG KAPA TO KRAP AT CRUISE. AOA DEICE CAWS INDICATION. RAN QRH WITH NO EFFECT. APPROX 15 MINUTES LATER IT BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. APPROX 20 MINUTES AFTER THAT, SAME THING HAPPENED. BEGAN WORKING AGAIN PRIOR TO LANDING IN RAPID CITY.Nov 13, 2023 · N854AL · Pilats PC12 · Ice/Rain Protection SystemSDR QMLA2021071520037Motor · smokeTAXIING OUT TO THE RUNWAY A SLIGHT SMELL OCCURRED. I PULLED THE AIRCRAFT TO A VACANT LEAD-IN TAXIWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. TOLD THE TOWER I MAY NEED SOME TIME. I THEN SHUT OFF ECS TO SEE IF THE SMELL WENT AWAY ( I COULDN'T TELL) ASKED THE CREW IF THEY COULD TELLJul 14, 2021 · N854AL · Pilats PC12 · Air Distribution FanSDR QMLA2015032715021Unknown · odorA MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL CREW NOTICED AN UNIDENTIFIABLE ODOR SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. PIC DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING, BUT CLEARED OTHER MEDICAL MEMBER OUT OF HIS SEAT TO INVESTIGATE. HE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING BURNING OR SMOKING, BUT BEGAN TO NOTICE THE ODOR HIMSELF.Mar 27, 2015 · N854AL · Pilats PC1245 · Air Distribution System

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