N211SL

Cancelled 2014

Deregistered aircraft · 1989 Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2 · Lycoming LTS-101 series

Cancelled
December 23, 2014
Exported to
New Zealand
Status when cancelled
Valid registration
Serial number
7201
Year built
1989
Type
Rotorcraft
Engine
Turbo-shaft
Airworthiness
Standard, transport
Airworthiness date
April 21, 2008
Certificate issued
May 13, 2010
Last registry action
November 25, 2013
Mode S code
A1BED4
Owner when cancelled
Air Methods Corp
Owner type
Corporation

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.

Service difficulty reports · 12

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

SDR QMLA2013021313034Fuel Control · malfunctionedAT APPROX 1030 AM WHILE STARTING AN APPROACH INTO THE HOSPITAL. HAD A PRONOUNCED YAW FOLLOWED BY THE NR 2 ENGINE LOW LIGHT COMING ON, OBSERVED THE ENGINE RPM CLIMB TO 110 PERCENT AND DROP OFF, ENGINE RPM FELL BELOW 20 PERCENT AS WELL. AUDIBLE WARNING WAS GOIFeb 13, 2013 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B2 · Fuel Control/Turbine EnginesSDR QMLA2013021313027Engine · failedAT START OF APPROACH, HAD A PROUNOUNCED YAW FOLLOWED BY NR 2 ENGINE LOW LIGHT COMING ON, OBSERVED ENGINE RPM CLIMB TO 110 PERCENT AND DROP OFF, ENGINE RPM FELL BELOW 20 PERCENT AS WELL. AUDIBLE WARNING ACTIVATED, LOST NR 2 ENGINE. DIVERTED TO AIRPORT AND EXECFeb 13, 2013 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B2 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)SDR QMLA2012051312078Unknown · odorROLL CSAS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND AN ACRID ODOR FOLLOWED. ROLL CSAS CIRCUIT WAS DISENGAGED AND THE ODOR WAS NO LONGER PRESENT. RETURNED TO BASE. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES WITH ACFT, GROUND TURNED ACFT AND THEN A MX TEST FLIGHT WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITMay 13, 2012 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B2 · Air Distribution SystemSDR QMLA2011010911004Starter Gen · defectiveNR2 STARTER/GENERATOR CAUSING IRREGULAR AMPERAGE SPIKES ON AMMETER DURING NORMAL FLIGHT. MOMENTARILY KICKED OFF NR1 GENERATOR. FOUND FAULTY STARTER/GENERATOR UPON EXAMINATION. STARTER BRUSHES WERE WORN BEYOND SERVICEABLE LIMITS AND IRREGULAR BRUSH WEAR NOTEDJan 9, 2011 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B2 · Starter-GeneratorSDR QMLA2010110810074Sliding Sleeve · debondedUPON AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION IN THE MORNING, THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE MAIN ROTOR SWASHPLATE SLIDING SLEEVE TEFLON BUSHING HAD TEFLON LINER DEBONDED FROM BUSHING AND WAS WORKING ITS WAY OUT OF THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SLIDING SLEEVE ASSEMBLY AND THUS AFFECTNov 8, 2010 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B2 · Main Rotor Mast/SwashplateSDR QML2ML00281Skin · dentedDAMAGE FOUND NEAR THE RT REAR JACK POINT STA 5000MM AND DAMAGE LT OF CTR LINE APPROX 370MM AT STA 4750 MM.Jul 14, 2010 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B2 · Fuselage Main, Plate/SkinSDR 720110122007Starter Gen · out of adjustEXTREMELY FAINT ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR DETECTED. ASKED TRANSPORT TEAM IF THEY DETECTED ODOR AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT. PILOT NOTICED NR 2 GENERATOR AMP GAUGE INDICATING APPROXIMATELY 50 AMPS WHILE NR 1 GENERATOR AMP GAUGE INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 10Oct 13, 2007 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B1 · Starter-GeneratorSDR 7201Fitting · crackedWHILE PERFORMING A LIFENET AAIP INSPECTION, THE MECHANIC FOUND A .7500 INCH (APPROX) CRACK EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER LEFT HAND T/R GEARBOX MOUNT HOLE INBOARD THROUGH AN ADJACENT RIVET HOLE TERMINATING AT A CORNER FILLET, ON THE MOUNT FITTING FOR THE TAIL ROTOR Nov 5, 2004 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B1 · Tail Rotor GearboxSDR A1U2003F00001Structure · crackedWHILE PERFORMING A DAILY INSP, MECHANIC FOUND A .5000 INCH CRACK EXTENDING PAST THE LEADING EDGE FAIRING FOR THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, THE CRACK WAS IN THE TAILBOOM OF THE AIRCRAFT, AFTER REMOVING THE FAIRING FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMNED THAT CRACAug 1, 2003 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B1 · Rotorcraft Tail BoomSDR A1U2002F00001Pump · failedAFTER TAKEOFF, AFT FUEL TRANSFER PUMP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED AND RESET. SWITCH WAS CYCLED. PROBABLE CAUSE, BEARINGS SEIZED.Dec 14, 2001 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B1 · Fuel Transfer ValveSDR A1UR135HGovernor · failedPILOT REPORTED ENROUTE TORQUE SPLITS BETWEEN ENGINE. AC MADE SCHEDULED LANDING AT HOSPITAL. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START NR 2 ENGINE, ENG WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 42% NG SPEED. UPON INSP OF ENGINE AND COMPONENTS, TECH DISCOVERED NP GOVERNOR SHAFT SEIZED, REPJan 2, 2001 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B1 · Turbine GovernorSDR 99ZZZX1542Frame · crackedDURING ROUTINE TAIL BOOM INSPECTION, FOUND FRAME 10L CRACKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. REPORTED DISCREPANCY TO AMERICAN EUROCOPTER. AMERICAN EUROCOPTER SENT TECH REP TO REMOVE FRAME 10L AND INSTALL NEW FRAME.Mar 18, 1999 · N211SL · Bolkms BK117B1 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom

Other aircraft with N211SL · 1

The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled. N211SL is registered now to the first aircraft listed.