N127LN

No registry detail on file · not in current registry

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
Air Methods Corp. (QMLA)Operatoron 2018-04-26Operator named in NTSB report

Accident & incident history

Accident · 2018-04-26 Operator named in NTSB report
EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2 Fatal injury Part 91Air Methods Corp.

Operated by AIR METHODS CORP (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case CEN18FA149

Maintenance disclosures

Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.

3 reports on file, 2009-06-27 – 2011-02-03.

OTHER · 2011-02-03 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3340

Part: SEARCH LIGHT — MALFUNCTIONED (NOSE) · airframe 1,877 hrs · 6,256 cycles

SEARCHLIGHT WAS REMOVED FROM ANOTHER ACFT AND SENT IN FOR REPAIR TO CORRECT A ''STUCK ON - LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF" PROBLEM. UNIT WAS REPAIRED AND INSTALLED ON N127LN, 7 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE EVENT FOR THE SAME PROBLEM - LIGHT IS STUCK IN THE "ON" POSITION AND WILL NOT EXTINGUISH WITH THE SWITCH. SWITCH WAS TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.

Source: SDR QMLA2011020311024
WARNING INDICATION · 2009-10-27 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 7200

Part: ENGINE — MAKING METAL · airframe 1,231 hrs · 3,908 cycles

ENGINE CHIP LIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF. WARNING LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH, LANDED AT DOWNTOWN STL BASE, CALLED MECHANIC. MECHANIC FOUND METAL FLAKES ON LOWER ELECTRIC CHIP PLUG, AND NUMEROUS CHIPS/FLAKES IN OIL FILTER. TROUBLE SHOOTING FLOW CHART INDICATED MOCULE REPLACEMENT. ENGINE MUST BE EXAMINED TO DETERMINE SPECIFIC COMPONENT CAUSING DIFFICULTIES.

Source: SDR QMLA2009102509035
INADEQUATE Q C; SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS · 2009-06-27 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3040

Part: HEATER — OPEN (WINDSHIELD) · airframe 1,046 hrs · 3,258 cycles

ON DEPARTURE, AT CRUISE, FLIGHT CREW DETECTED A HOT BURNING ODOR. FLIGHT WAS ABORTED AND ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. MECHANIC CALLED. UPON REACHING CRUISE, FLIGHT CREW NOTICED HOT BURNING ODOR; ACFT RTB FOUND WINDSHIELD HEAT CONTROL KNOB IN THE OPEN POSITION; CLOSED VALVE, OPS NORMAL ON SUBSEQUENT RUNS AND FLIGHT.

Source: SDR QMLA2009062709022