N971EC
Registered owner: AIR METHODS LLC, CO (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
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.
1 report on file, 2024-05-01.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (CABIN) · airframe 888 hrs · 1,981 cycles
UPON DEPARTURE PILOT AND CREW SMELLED STRONG ACRID SMOKE LIKE ELECTRIC. PILOT RETURNED IMMEDIATELY TO RUNWAY AND CHECKED ALL PARAMATERS. NO ABNORMAL READINGS WERE NOTED AND NO SMOKE WAS SEEN. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO PARKING AND SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT. COWLINGS WERE OPENED BUT THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL WAS NOT FOUND.