{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2005-10-21","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-05-26","city":"GREENWOOD VILLAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52032","engine_horsepower":750,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"PT6A SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-12-12","maker":"Pilatus","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PILATUS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7090551","mode_s_code":"50657154","mode_s_hex":"A35E6C","model":"PC-12/45","n_number":"N316PM","name":"AIR METHODS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Benton Harbor","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-08-04","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI02FA231","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed above stall speed resulting in a stall/spin.  Additional causes were the pilot not maintaining best glide airspeed and optimal glidepath following the loss of engine power.  A factor to the accident was the engine failure due to the fatigue failure of the crankshaft.","registration":"N316PM","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on August 4, 2002 at Benton Harbor, MI: fatal, substantial damage (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N316PM is a Pilatus PC-12/45, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1998. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Air Methods LLC, an LLC in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 26, 2015 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 21, 2005.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Air Methods LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 26, 2015, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 21, 2005, 7 years after the 1998 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 241 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N316PM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA 46-350P (serial 4636317, cancelled January 16, 2003). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N316PM: Accident on August 4, 2002 at Benton Harbor, MI: fatal, substantial damage (3 fatal). Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":12,"serial_number":"241","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5500 S QUEBEC ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00833607","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N316PM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1998,"zip":"801111914"}