# N270SL: 1989 Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2, 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 BK 117 B-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-bk-117-b-2) (registry code 5626013)
- 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: 7215
- Year built: 1989
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: December 13, 1989
- Certificate issued: February 12, 2013
- Last registry action: December 11, 2024
- Mode S code: A2A817
- 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: LLC
- 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/N270SL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=270SL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N270SL-2024-12-17

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 BK 117 B-2: https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-bk-117-b-2.md

## Service difficulty reports (11)

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

- [SDR QMLA2018081618097](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2018081618097), Aug 16, 2018: MOUNT. CRACKED. DURING A PREFLIGHT, A CRACK WAS NOTICED NEAR UPPER LEFT CORNER OF TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX MOUNTING PAD. INVESTIGATED A POSSIBLE CRACK AND CLEANED AREA OF PAINT. INSP
- [SDR QMLA2018022718023](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2018022718023), Feb 26, 2018: GEARBOX. CRACKED. THIS AIRCRAFT REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION. THE AFT VERTICAL FIN SPAR WAS CLEANED TO PERFORM AD 1998-24-13. THE FOLLOWING DAY A VERY SM
- [SDR QMLA2018022618022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2018022618022), Feb 26, 2018: MOUNT. CRACKED. THIS AIRCRAFT REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION. TOP FWD ECU MOUNT TOP FIVE RIVETS SHEARED AND GUSSET CRACKED. TOP AFT MOUNT AND GUSSET FOUN
- [SDR QMLA2018022618021](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2018022618021), Feb 26, 2018: FRAME. CRACKED. WHILE COMPLETING THE A 2710 1800 HOUR INSPECTION, THE CABIN OVERHEAD CROSS FRAMES, BOTH WERE FOUND CRACKED ON THE LEFT SIDE END FLANGE AREA. THE FWD FRAME FOUND
- [SDR QMLA2017101117106](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2017101117106), Oct 11, 2017: BLADE. CRACKED. CRACK IN THE INBOARD LEADING EDGE EROSION PROTECTIVE SHELL AT THE SPLICE JOINT, UNDER THE PU TAPE. THIS WAS FOUND DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE EVENT. THE AIRC
- [SDR QMLA2014030114021](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2014030114021), Mar 1, 2014: UNKNOWN. ODOR. STRONG FUEL ODOR IN CABIN AREA DURING FLIGHT. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FUEL REMNANTS WAS INSIDE THE AUXILIARY FUEL TANK, MAIN TANK VENT.
- [SDR QMLA2014012014008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2014012014008), Jan 20, 2014: UNKNOWN. LEAKING. THE PILOT HAD JUST LIFTED OFF FROM BASE WITH A MEDICAL CREW ONBOARD FOR A SCENE CALL. A FEW MINUTES INTO FLIGHT THE MEDICAL CREW NOTED A STRONG FUEL ODOR CONSUM
- [SDR QMLA2014011714007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2014011714007), Jan 17, 2014: FITTING. LOOSE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF HE SETTLED INTO CRUISE WHEN FLIGHT PARAMEDIC IN CABIN NOTICED AN UNUSUALLY STRONG ODOR, THOUGHT TO BE FUEL. THE PI
- [SDR 2A6R20130605317](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2A6R20130605317), Jun 4, 2013: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND 3 CRACKS (APPROX 1" EACH) IN SKIN OF TAILBOOM, WILL REMOVE AND REPLACE SKIN WITH NEW PART.
- [SDR 2A6R201304023171](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2A6R201304023171), Apr 1, 2013: PANEL. CRACKED. FOUND CRACKS IN THE FORWARD BOX BEAM OF THE FUSELAGE BODY STRUCTURES' RT SIDE PANEL ASSY. THERE ARE 2 CRACKS IN THE AFT WEB, ONE IN THE INBD WEB AND ONE IN THE 
- [SDR 2011FA0000619](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2011FA0000619), Sep 21, 2011: LIGHT. MALFUNCTIONED. PILOTS MASTER CAUTION LIGHT BARELY VISIBLE WHEN LIT. MAST MOMENT WARNING LIGHT IS BARELY VISIBLE WHEN LIT AND THE COLOT OF LIGHT HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM "RED" TO 

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