# N117J: 1990 Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm BK117 B-1, registration cancelled 2024-12-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 17, 2024
- Exported to: New Zealand
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm BK117 B-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-bk117-b-1) (registry code 5626033)
- Engine: [Honeywell LTS101-750B-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-lts101-750b-1) (registry code 33826)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU), [TCDS E5NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E5NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 7227
- Year built: 1990
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: March 1, 2007
- Certificate issued: February 12, 2013
- Last registry action: January 10, 2024
- Mode S code: A046FC
- Owner when cancelled: [Air Methods LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20METHODS%20LLC)
- Location: [Greenwood Village, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Greenwood%20Village)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.6120° N, 104.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 80111, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117J
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=117J
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117J-2024-12-17

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm BK117 B-1: https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-bk117-b-1.md

## Service difficulty reports (10)

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

- [SDR QMLA2024070120080](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2024070120080), Jun 26, 2024: FLT CONTROLS. MALFUNCTIONED. AIRCRAFT WAS APPROX 10NM OF KDOV, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1000-1100 MSL, AIRSPEED WAS ABOUT 130KIAS. CRUISE TORQUE WAS SET TO APPROXIMATELY 65%. PILOT HEARD A CHANGE 
- [SDR QMLA2024052820055](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2024052820055), May 28, 2024: COMPUTER. UNSERVICEABLE. ON CLIMB-OUT FROM BASE, PASSING THROUGH ABOUT 600FT MSL, THE ROLL SAS CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE COCKPIT DASH. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A WOBBLE IN THE ROL
- [SDR QMLA2023121520114](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2023121520114), Dec 15, 2023: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. ON CLIMB OUT FOR AN INTERFACILITY TRANSFER, A SMELL OF FUEL WAS REPORTED BY THE MEDICAL CREWMEMBER IN THE CABIN. A FAINT SMELL COULD BE DETECTED IN COCKPIT. AS 
- [SDR QMLA2023032720020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2023032720020), Mar 27, 2023: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. LIFTED FROM SENDING FACILITY WITH PATIENT ON BOARD. UPON REACHING TDP APPROXIMATLEY 100FT AGL ROTATED AND BEGAN A CLIMB. SHORTLY AFTER ROTATION ENG CHIP FOR #1 
- [SDR QMLA2016050916047](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2016050916047), May 9, 2016: CHIP DETECTOR. FALSE ACTIVATION. AFTER PICKING UP THE PATIENT, ABOUT 3 MINS AFTER DEPARTURE, THE ENG 1 CHIP CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 1000’ ABOVE GND LEVEL. CONDUCTED TH
- [SDR QMLA2015121815111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2015121815111), Dec 18, 2015: UNKNOWN. ODOR. ON RUN UP AT IDLE, THE CREW SMELLED A BURNING ODOR, NEAR RT AFT SEAT & COPILOT SEAT. INVESTIGATED & COULD NOT DUPLICATE ANY ODOR. LOOKED FOR SIGNS OF ELEC COMPO
- [SDR QMLA2010051810015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2010051810015), May 18, 2010: WIRE. CHAFED. WIRE 1PB2 IN OVERHEAD CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL WAS FOUND TO HAVE INSULATION CHAFED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. ONE LOCATION IS CHAFED THROUGH EXPOSING THE CONDUCTOR. A C
- [SDR QMLA2010011610001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2010011610001), Jan 16, 2010: FITTING. CRACKED. DURING INSP OF TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX CHIP DETECTOR DISCOVERED CRACK IN VERTICAL FIN NOSE RIB AT TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX ATTACHMENT POINT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED
- [SDR QMLA2009120309046](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2009120309046), Dec 3, 2009: FITTING. CRACKED. DURING ACFT AIRWORTHINESS INSP, DISCOVERED CRACK IN VERTICAL FIN NOSE RIB AT TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX ATTACHMENT POINT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TAIL ROTOR
- [SDR QMLA2009040109012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2009040109012), Apr 1, 2009: ENGINE. MAKING METAL. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT WITH PATIENT ONBOARD, ENG 1 CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ATTEMPTED TO PULSE CHIP THREE TIMES WITHOUT ENG 1 CHIP LIGHT EXTINGUISHING. EMERGENCY

## Other aircraft with N117J

- [Cancelled 1976-05-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117J-1976-05-13): Beech D18S, S/N A-215. Owner: [Dellaria James A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DELLARIA%20JAMES%20A), [Burgettstown, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Burgettstown)

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