- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 3970
- Year built
- 2005
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- April 12, 2025
- Certificate issued
- May 3, 2011
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Mode S code
- A083A6
Eurocopter EC 130 B4TCDS H9EUAirframe · Eurocopter EC 130 B4TCDS E00054ENEngine · Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 64
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
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| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 10 |
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| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2026 | 7 |
Airframe · Eurocopter EC 130 B4
AD 2026-20-03Placards and MarkingsAD 2026-16-01Main rotor driveAD 2026-14-02Indication/Recording SystemInformation bulletins that may apply · 5
Advisory, not mandatory.
Historical bulletins · 1
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N132LNMatched 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 Eurocopter EC 130 B4 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N132LNMatched 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 Eurocopter EC 130 B4 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 5
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2020121120065Belt · failedIN FLIGHT, CREW AND PILOT SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. PILOT THEN NOTICED HYDRAULIC AND SERVO CAUTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IT WAS THEN DETERMINED TO DO A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. UPON LANDING, PILOT CHECKED THE RIGHT HAND BELT DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMSDR QMLA2020062520030Heater · odorDURING INITIAL TAKE-OFF HOVER MED CREW MEMBER SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE CABIN. PILOT LANDED BACK ON THE DOLLY AND TERMINATED FLIGHT. PRIOR TO FLIGHT AMT PERFORMED REQUIRED PREFLIGHT AIRWORTHINESS CHECK, DURING CHECK, THE BLEED AIR HEAT AND DEMISTING VSDR QMLA2018071618084Hub · crackedWHILE PERFORMING AIRWORTHINESS CHECK OF THE MRH, IT WAS NOTICED A FINE LINE WITH SOME WEAR MUD. FURTHER INSPECTION LED TO THE CONFIRMATION OF A CRACK. APPROXIMATELY 1" LONG.SDR QMLA2016061316063Unknown · odorIN CRUISE FLIGHT, ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE LANDING BACK AT AIRPORT, THE PILOT NOTED A FUEL ODOR IN THE CABIN. LANDED AT THE AIRPORT NORMALLY WITH NO ISSUES OTHER THAN THE FUEL ODOR. REMOVED THE BELLY PANEL UNDER THE FUEL TANK AND DID NOT SEE AND EVIDENSE OF FUELSDR 3970070506Control Panel · shortedSHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT OBSERVED A SERIES OF SPARKS AND SMOKE ORIGINATING FROM A SELF ILLUMINATING PANEL IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. MISSION WAS ABORTED AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO BASE.
STCs that may be installed · 134
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
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