N250KF1989 Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Certificate issued
- Mar 11, 2014
- Expires
- Mar 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Jan 26, 2012
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm
- Model
- BK 117 B-2
- Year
- 1989
- Serial number
- 7211
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 7
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H13EU
- Mode S code
- A25865
Engine
- Make and model
- Honeywell Lts101-750b-1
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 550 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2014 – nowAir Methods LLCGreenwood Village, CO · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (3)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-06 | Honeywell International Inc. LTS101 Series Turboshaft Engines and LTP101 Series… | May 17, 2011 | Engine (LTS101-750B-1)Only with: Power turbine rotor P/N 4-141-290-01, -02, -03, -05, -06, -11, -12, -13, -14, or -16 installed. |
| 2009-24-12 | Honeywell International Inc. LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines | Jan 4, 2010 | Engine (LTS101-750B-1)Only with: Engines with certain gas generator turbine discs, P/N 4-111-015-14, installed. |
| 2001-22-07 | Honeywell International, Inc. LTP 101 Series Turboprop and LTS101 Series Turboshaft… | Nov 30, 2001 | Engine (LTS101-750B-1)Only with: Rigid tube fuel manifolds P/N 4-301-042-02, -04, -05, -06, 4-301-236-01, -02, -03, -04, 4-301-286-01, -02, or 4-301-376-01 installed. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Fuselage · tail boom · crackedSep 20, 2021
FOUND 16MM CRACK IN L/H SIDE OF TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX MOUNTING ACCESS HOLE ON TAILBOOM VERTCAL FIN
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Air conditioning and pressurization · unknown · odorJun 25, 2013
PILOT REPORTED FUEL ODOR IN COCKPIT AND CABIN TWO MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDED AND CONTACTED MX. MX VISUALLY INSPECTED ACFT NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. ACFT WAS REFUELED TO SAME QTY AT PREVIOUS TAKEOFF, PILOT SIMULATED FLIGHT REGIME AND PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026