# N156AM: Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1, registration cancelled 2015-07-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 29, 2015
- Exported to: New Zealand
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bk-117-b-1) (registry code 5626012)
- Engine: [Lycoming LTS-101 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (registry code 41560)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU), [TCDS E5NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E5NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 7173
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: March 20, 1992
- Certificate issued: November 3, 2000
- Last registry action: June 9, 2015
- Mode S code: A0E085
- Owner when cancelled: [Rocky Mountain Holdings LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROCKY%20MOUNTAIN%20HOLDINGS%20LLC)
- Location: [Englewood, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Englewood)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.5732° N, 104.8649° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 80112, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N156AM
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=156AM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N156AM-2015-07-29

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 BK 117 B-1: https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bk-117-b-1.md

## Service difficulty reports (5)

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

- [SDR QMLA2014121414139](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2014121414139), Dec 14, 2014: TRANSPONDER. MALFUNCTIONED. THE PILOT DETECTED AN ELEC BURNING SMELL IN THE COCKPIT ON APPROACH. ONCE ON THE GND, HE CALLED IN THE MECHANIC TO INSPECT THE ACFT. FOUND THAT THE TRANSPONDER 
- [SDR QMLA2014021814016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2014021814016), Feb 18, 2014: UNKNOWN. MALFUNCTIONED. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE SENDING HOSPITAL WITH A PATIENT ONBOARD, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A HYD 2 CAUTION LIGHT & A REDUCTION IN INDI
- [SDR QMLA2010102410069](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2010102410069), Oct 24, 2010: FILLERCAP. MISSING. WHILE IN FORWARD FLIGHT, CREW DETECTED STRONG ODOR OF FUEL. AFTER AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING AND VISUAL INSPECTION OF ACFT FOUND THAT THE FUEL FILLER CAP WAS MISSIN
- [SDR 2010F00012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010F00012), Jan 20, 2010: FLOOR SKIN. CRACKED. AFTER REMOVAL OF NR 1 ENGINE, FOUND THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER TUBE HAD CHAFED THROUGH THE ENGINE DECK SKIN 130MM LONG 5MM WIDE AND A 34MM CRACK IN THE MIDDLE.
- [SDR 2010F00011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010F00011), Jan 20, 2010: MAST. CORRODED. AFTER MAIN ROTOR HEAD WAS REMOVED FOR OTHER MX, THE MAST WAS FOUND TO HAVE CORROSION ON THE MATING SURFACE AND AROUND MOUNTING BORES.

## Other aircraft with N156AM

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N156AM): Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, S/N 1296, built 1996

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