Registered owner
Air Methods LLC
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
9080
Type
Rotorcraft
Engine
Turbo-shaft
Certificate issued
March 10, 2026
Expires
March 31, 2033
Mode S code
ADBB18

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 58

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

2007In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 68 ADs
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20217
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20265
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Information bulletins that may apply · 3

Advisory, not mandatory.

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N984MEMatched 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 · 1

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

Service difficulty reports · 10

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

SDR QMLA2026012720006Sensor · inoperativeNUMBER 2 ENGINE OVSP FAIL DID NOT EXTINGUISH.Jan 27, 2026 · N984ME · Bolkms BK117C2 · Engine RPM Indicating SystemSDR QMLA2025032820043Absorber · leakingMRB VIBE ABSORBERS LEAKING.Mar 27, 2025 · N984ME · Bolkms BK117C2 · Main Rotor SystemSDR QMLA2021062320033Stringer · chafedS/N 9080 BK117 C-2/EC145 WAS FOUND TO HAVE CHAFE DAMAGE IN THE TAIL CONE OMEGA STRINGER AT STA6541. THIS DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND DOCUMENTED ON FAA FORM 337 DATED 06/05/2021.Apr 15, 2021 · N984ME · Bolkms BK117C2 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/StringerSDR QMLA2021041520032Skin · crackedDAMAGE TO THE LH STA5025 FRAME INNER SKIN PANEL (PN: B533K5606-211) IN THE FORM OF 2EA CRACKS ON THE UPPER END OF THE PART AND A CHAFE ON THE LOWER END OF THE PART. THE CRACKS WERE MEASURED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 0.19” AND 0.20” IN LENGTH EMANATING FROM A FASTENEApr 15, 2021 · N984ME · Bolkms BK117C2 · Fuselage Main, Plate/SkinSDR QMLA2021041520031Intercostal · chafedDAMAGE WAS REPORTED ON THE RWL1505 INTERCOSTAL (PN: B533K5396-204) IN THE FORM OF CHAFES. THE CHAFES WERE MEASURED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 0.007” AND 0.010” DEEP. THIS DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND DOCUMENTED ON FAA FORM 337 DATED 06/05/2021.Apr 15, 2021 · N984ME · Bolkms BK117C2 · Fuselage Miscellaneous StructureSDR QMLA2021041520030Doubler · chafedDAMAGE WAS REPORTED ON THE STA5375 CANT FRAME UPPER DOUBLER (PN: B533K3517-201) IN THE FORM OF A CHAFE MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 0.50” X 0.10” AND 0.050” DEEP. THIS DAMAGE HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED AND DOCUMENTED ON FAA FORM 337 DATED 06/05/2021.Apr 15, 2021 · N984ME · Bolkms BK117C2 · Fuselage Main, FrameSDR QMLA2021041520029Bulkhead · corrodedBK117-C2 S/N 9080 WAS FOUND TO HAVE CHAFE DAMAGE TO THE UPPER BULKHEAD ANGLE P/N L533K3138-201 AT STA 4963, RBL 40, WL 2625. THE DAMAGE MEASURES 0.01” DEEP, AND 0.25” X 0.25” IN AREA.Apr 15, 2021 · N984ME · Bolkms BK117C2 · Fuselage Main, BulkheadSDR QMLA2018091918103Control Panel · shortedMEDCREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN AREA, PILOT NOTICED CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED, DESCENDED AND MADE AN UNSCHEDUALED LANDING. CALLED MECHANIC.Sep 18, 2018 · N984ME · Bolkms BK117C2 · Flight Compartment LightingSDR N984ME9080Pulley · chafedAIR CONDITIONING DRIVE PULLEY BOLTS SHEARED AND THE PULLEY DETACHED FROM THE DRIVE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE BOLTS LOST TORQUE SLIGHTLY, BOLT HEADS WERE SAFETIED, THE THE PULLEY WORKED THE THE BOLTS UNTIL THEY SHEARED. I HAVE OPERATED 8500 HOURS ON 5 DIFFERENT EC-145Apr 23, 2008 · N984ME · Bolkms BK117C2 · Cabin Cooling SystemSDR 984MECompressor · seizedTHE AIR-CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR SEIZED, THE DRIVE BELT CONTINUED TURNING, SMOKING UNTIL IT BROKE.Aug 27, 2007 · N984ME · Bolkms BK117C2 · Cabin Compressor System

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.

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