N445SL
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.
2 reports on file, 2026-08-11 – 2026-08-12.
Part: INDICATOR — INOPERATIVE (ZONE 200) · airframe 9,772 hrs · 30,894 cycles
RECEIVED AND INSTALLED REPLACEMENT MGT INDICATOR. APPLIED GROUND POWER AND THE UNIT PASSED THE LCD TEST. AFTER ENGINE START THE MGT INDICATED ZERO. AIRCRAFT WAS SHUTDOWN AND I PERFORMED AN MGT INDICATOR FUNCTIONAL CHECK WITH THE BARFIELD TURBINE TEMP TESTER. THE GAUGE WAS DEAD ACCURATE. I PUT EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER AND WE RAN UP THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN. AFTER A NORMAL BATTERY START THE INDICATOR WOULD READ CORRECTLY AND THEN DROP TO ZERO AT RANDOM INTERVALS (ROUGHLY EVERY 10-15 SECONDS). THE FIRST REPLACEMENT GAUGE HAD SAT ON THE SHELF FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS. THE SECOND REPLACEMENT GAUGE WAS REPAIRED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. THIS AIRCRAFT HAD NO MGT INDICATION ISSUES BEFORE REPLACING THIS GAUGE FOR A DIM SCREEN.
Part: INDICATOR — DIM (DISPLAY) · airframe 9,772 hrs · 30,894 cycles
THE MGT INDICATOR WAS WRITTEN UP AS DIM. WE HAD A REPAIRED UNIT IN STOCK AND REPLACED THE INDICATOR. TWO POWER CYCLES WERE PERFORMED AND THE INDICATOR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO START THE AIRCRAFT AND ABORTED THE START AFTER A FEW SECONDS. THE MGT INDICATOR WE HAD JUST INSTALLED HAD FAILED. THE LCD SEGMENTS WOULD DISAPPEAR DURING THE LCD TEST, AND IT WOULD INDICATE ERRONEOUS NUMBERS LIKE, '888088' FOR EXAMPLE.