- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 54071
- Year built
- 2011
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- July 11, 2011
- Certificate issued
- April 29, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Mode S code
- A2027C
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407TCDS H2SWAirframe · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407TCDS E1GLEngine · Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 49
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1982 | 1 |
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| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 2000 | 6 |
| 2001 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Airframe · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
AD 2026-14-07Main rotor controlAD 2026-10-04Electrical connectorsAD 2025-13-01Main Rotor BladesInformation bulletins that may apply · 7
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
SAIB SW-15-20Air Conditioning System WiringSAIB SW-12-45Garmin Model 400W/500W Series GPS-WAAS Navigation SystemSAIB SW-10-42R1Emergency Float KitsSAIB SW-08-42Emergency Float with Liferaft Kits (kits)SAIB SW-05-70SAIB SW-04-92Engine · Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
SAIB NE-06-12R1Historical bulletins · 2
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N229AMMatched 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 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N229AMMatched 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 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 6
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2026092120072Blower · odorON GOING ISSUE WITH AN ELECTRICAL SMELL IN FLIGHT. HAPPENED AGAIN LAST NIGHT FIRST TIME ME THE PILOT EVER SMELLED IT. WORKED THROUGH TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM AND APPEARS TO BE THE BLOWER COMPONENTS. DISCREPANCY DEFERRED IN REF TO AMBH407 MEL REV#27. MEL ITEM 210SDR QMLA2029090520061Unknown · odorDURING FLIGHT THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL, NO SMOKE, UNIDENTIFIED SOURCE. PREFORMED AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS CHECK AND GROUND RUN FOR 16 MINUTES. PUT UNDER ELECTRICAL LOAD AND ALL AIR CONDITIONING SETTINGS. COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE SMELL.SDR QMLA2026071720048Unknown · odorELECTRICAL ODOR NOTICED DURING FLIGHT BACK TO BASE. PERFORMED OPS CHECKS. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE SMELL. RTSSDR QMLA2022080820050Ecu · faultedSTARTING NORMAL, PRE-TAKE OFF CHECKS COMPLETED, TAKING OFF FROM BASE FADEC DEGRADE AND RESTART FAULT LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITH TONE, ABORTED FLIGHT RETURNED TO BASE. NORMAL 2 MIN COOLDOWN BEFORE INITIATING A SHUTDWN, AS THROTTLE TURNED TO OFF POSITION FADEC FAILSDR QMLA2020111620064Cartridge · failedEN ROUTE TO SCENE CALL, APPROXIMATELY 2 NM OUT (1 MIN), LEFT FUEL BOOST ILLUMINATED, CIRCUIT BREAKERS VERIFIED IN POSITION. SWITCHES VERIFIED IN ON POSITION. DETERMINED TO RETURN TO RTB. R & R BOOST PUMP CARTRIDGE TO FIX PROBLEM.SDR QMLA2017100717108Transmission · making metalON THE WAY BACK TO BASE, A TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE CAUTION WARNING PANEL. REMOVED THE TRANSMISSION AND FREEWHEEL UNIT CHIP DETECTORS AND FOUND THE BOTTOM TRANSMISSION CHIP PLUG WITH METAL PARTICLES. THE MANUAL STATED IT WAS FLAKES AND CAU
STCs that may be installed · 327
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N229AM before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.