- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 7996
- Year built
- 2014
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- February 6, 2015
- Certificate issued
- September 1, 2015
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Mode S code
- A01CEC
Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2TCDS H9EUAirframe · Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2TCDS E00054ENEngine · Turbomeca ARRIEL-2D
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 33
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 2013 | 2 |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 |
Airframe · Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2
AD 2026-19-02Main rotor bladesAD 2026-16-10Tail rotor drive shaftAD 2026-16-01Main rotor driveInformation bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2
SAIB SW-15-20Air Conditioning System WiringNTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N106VUMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N106VUMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 4
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2026071820047Bearing · faultedPILOTS REPORT "AFTER ILLUMINATION OF THE HYD2 AND SERVO LIGHTS, NURSE AND MEDIC SAW WHITISH GRAY SMOKE FROM VICINITY IN FRONT OF THE CABIN TDFM RADIO CONTROL HEAD, NEAR THE O2 SHUT-OFF LEVER. I SMELLED A BURNT RUBBER SMELL BUT NEVER SAW ANY SMOKE WHEN I LOOKESDR QMLA2018090718100Cover · brokenCREW JETTISON HANDLE COVER WAS BROKEN. FOUND ON POST FLIGHT. THE MECHANIC REPLACED JETTISON DOOR HANDLE COVER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR QMLA2018051728059Engine · making metalDURING ENGINE START AND PRE TAKEOFF CHECK, THE PILOT NOTICED AN AMBER ENG CHIP LIGHT WAS SOLID. ABORTED TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. THE MECHANIC EXAIMED THE CHIP PLUGS AND FOUND METAL PARTICLES ON ENGINE ELECTRICAL CHIP PLUG AND ON MOD 1 SUMP SDR QMLA2014062514078Skin · crackedCRACK FOUND ON INNER SKIN LOCATED IN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT UPPER LT CORNER FWD OF RING FRAME NR 6.
Reports on N106VU not matched to an aircraft · 3
They name N106VU, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
SDR QMLA2013060613077Warning Light · illuminatedTWO MINUTES OUT, AMBER GOVERNOR CATUION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EXECUTED AN UNEVENTFUL PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON THE HOSPITAL AUXILLARY LANDING AREA ADJACENT TO THE MAIN HELIPADSDR QMLA2013012913017Engine · contaminatedNORMAL DEPARTURE, AT APPROX 400' AGL; ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, OPENED VALVE FOR THE WINDSHIELD DEMIST. AT 500 FT AGL AND BEGAN A TURN FOR A DOWNWIND DEPARTURE, AN ODOR WAS BECOMING OBVIOUS. IN LESS THAN ONE MINUTE, FUMES BECAME OBNOXIOUS. COULD SEE SSDR QMLA2013012213009Warning Light · false activationAMBER GOVERNOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE FAULT AFTER INSPECTION OF ACFT. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FAULTS FOUND.
STCs that may be installed · 78
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
See all 78 STCs