N155SC
Registered owner: AIR METHODS LLC, CO (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Methods Corp. (QMLA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
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.
10 reports on file, 2007-11-16 – 2014-03-25.
Part: DRAIN — STUCK (NR 1 ENGINE) · airframe 13,834 hrs · 42,800 cycles
FUEL ODOR WHEN CABIN HEAT TURNED ON.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (TAILBOOM) · airframe 13,769 hrs · 42,494 cycles
TAIL CONE LT OUTER FRAME CRACKED.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (COCKPIT) · airframe 13,700 hrs · 42,203 cycles
DURING LANDING, ODOR OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND THEN CENTER PANEL LIGHTS WENT OUT. INSPECTION FOUND NO DAMAGED WIRES. PANEL LIGHTING DIMMERS WERE INSPECTED AND SHOWED NO DAMAGE. CENTER PANEL INSTRUMENTS WERE PULLED FROM THE PANEL AND INSPECTED. THE LIGHTING SYSTEM WAS OPS CHECKED WITH AN EPU FOR OVER AN HOUR WITHOUT ISSUE. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY COMPONENT THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE ODOR ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANEL LIGHTING WAS FOUND OTHER THAN THE SEARCH LIGHT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BURNED OUT LAMP.
Part: TRANSMISSION — MAKING METAL (MAIN ROTOR) · airframe 13,117 hrs · 39,632 cycles
TRANSMISSION CHIP CAUTION ILLUMINATED 100' FROM BASE HELIPAD DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING. ACTIVATED CHIP PULSE SEVERAL TIMES AFTER LANDING AND DURING SHUTDOWN. THE TRANSMISSION CHIP CAUTION REMAINED ILLUMINATED, COMPLETED SHUTDOWN.
Part: TERMINAL — BROKEN (C/B PANEL) · airframe 12,652 hrs · 37,565 cycles
ON LANDING, ACFT PITCHED UP AND DOWN WITH NO PILOT CONTROL MOVEMENT AND CSAS PITCH LIGHT CAME ON. TROUBLESHOOTING AND INSP FOUND WIRE TERMINAL AT TB811 BROKEN. TB 811 PROVIDES AC GROUND FOR 3 AXIS P/R CSAS. WIRE BREAK WAS SUCH THAT INTERMITTENT CONTACT COULD OCCUR. UNCOMMANDED PITCH WAS DUPLICATED AND WOULD STOP WHEN WIRE CONTACT WAS MADE.
Part: WARNING LIGHT — FALSE ACTIVATION (HYD SYSTEM) · airframe 12,429 hrs · 36,628 cycles
ON SECOND LEG OF PATIENT FLIGHT, THE NR 2 HYD WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATION FLUCTUATION BETWEEN 0 AND 40 BAR. INSPECTED DUAL HYD PACK, HYD PUMP, CEILING CONNECTOR PLUG, TRANSDUCER CONNECTOR PLUG. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. SOME MINOR HYD SEEPAGE WITHIN LIMITS NOTED. ACFT WAS RUN UP TO TRY AND DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. TEST FLIGHT COMPLETED, COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: GYRO — FAILED (CO-PILOT/STANDBY) · airframe 12,390 hrs · 36,420 cycles
5 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF, BASE CALLED AND SAID OUTERLINK WAS NOT TRACKING . THEN 15 MIN AFTER THE CALL FROM BASE, IT WAS NOTED, A SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. STANDBY DG CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. INSPECTION SHOWED THE STANDBY GYRO MELTED AT THE BACK. TIME SINCE REPAIR/OH UNKNOWN.
Part: FITTING — CRACKED (T/R GEARBOX) · airframe 10,943 hrs · 444,134 cycles
T/R GEARBOX CASTING CRACKED, DISCOVERED DURING ROUTINE ZONE INSPECTION. T/R GBX FITTING HAD BEEN REPLACED FOR A SIMILAR CRACK 832 HRS PRIOR.
Part: LOCK — UNSERVICEABLE (CYCLIC) · airframe 10,846 hrs
FELT CYCLIC POP IN VERTICAL DIRECTION AT THE BOTTOM OF A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE LANDING FROM AN ABORTED MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE TAKEOFF PROFILE. AFTER LANDING, WAS ABLE TO REMOVE COPILOT CYCLIC FROM MOUNT WITH SLIGHTEST OF EFFORT.
Part: COMPUTER — FAILED (CSAS) · airframe 10,042 hrs
DURING FLIGHT, YAW CSAS CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DIVERTED LANDING FROM HELIPAD TO AIRPORT 4 MILES AWAY. COMPLETED APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE IAW AFM.