- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 0663
- Year built
- 2008
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- May 19, 2008
- Certificate issued
- October 4, 2021
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- A262AF
Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2+TCDS H88EUAirframe · Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2+TCDS E42NEEngine · Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B2
From the FAA registry file of October 22, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 50
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 2000 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 |
Airframe · Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2+
AD 2026-20-06Main rotor gearboxAD 2026-17-05Cabin Equipment/FurnishingsAD 2026-08-10Passenger compartment equipmentInformation bulletins that may apply · 3
Advisory, not mandatory.
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N253AMMatched 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 Deutschland EC 135 P2+ aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N253AMMatched 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 Deutschland EC 135 P2+ aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 11
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2026071020044Fadec · failedNR 1 FADEC FAILURE IN FLIGHTSDR 2A6R2022122805Frame · crackedDURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION REQUIRED BY AIR METHODS ASB21-01, DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED AT FRAME 5 AT APPROXIMATELY FS 4,709MM RELATING TO THE AIR METHODS STC # SR00566DE – DRAWING 739-1600 – “INSTALLATION, MEDICAL WALL” ON FAA FORM 337 DATED 16 OCT 2008. THE DSDR 2A6R2022122804Frame · crackedDURING 1000-HOUR INSPECTION, CRACK DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE FRAME # 5A AT FUSELAGE STATION 5,023MM. TWO CRACKS WERE LOCATED AT THE FLANGE RADIUS WHERE THE FRAME MEETS THE OUTER STRUCTURE AT THE UPPER LH AND RH SIDES.SDR 2A6R2022122803Tail Boom · crackedDURING 1000-HOUR INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED ON TAIL CONE UPPER FRAME 7 (PN: L533M1022215) ON THE FLANGE. THE CRACK MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 0.30” LONG.SDR 2A6R2022122802Keelbeam · corrodedDURING 1000-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND THE LEFT SIDE KEEL BEAM CAP (PN: L533M1009203) AT APPROXIMATE FUSELAGE STATION 2,585MM AND LBL 500MM WAS FOUND TO HAVE CORROSION DAMAGE AT THE NUT PLATE SECURING THE CABIN FLOOR.SDR 2A6R2022122801Profile · crackedDURING 1000-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND THE SPARE PART A-PROFILE LH FRAME AT APPROXIMATELY FS 4,800MM, WATER LINE 2,700MM, LEFT BUTT LINE 100MM WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH.SDR 2A6R2020102857703Keelbeam · corrodedCORROSION WAS NOTED ON THE LT KEEL BEAM CAP P/N L533M1009203 AT FS 5700. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED VIA REPAIR DOUBLER TO REINFORCE THE DAMAGED AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIRBUS RDAS AHI 135 53 044 20 REV A DATED 8-OCT-2020.SDR 2A6R2020102857702Keelbeam · corrodedCORROSION WAS NOTED ON THE RT KEEL BEAM CAP P/N L533M1009203 AT FS 3150. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED VIA REPAIR DOUBLER TO REINFORCE THE DAMAGED AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIRBUS RDAS AHI 135 53 046 20 REV A DATED 15-OCT-2020.SDR 2A6R2020100657701Control Rod · crackedMULTIPLE CRACKS FOUND ON THE LONGITUDINAL SAS CONTROL ROD P/N: L221M1041104 AT THE 11 O`CLOCK POSITION (IF LOOKING AFT). ONE CRACK BEGINS AT A RIVET LOCATION AND CONTINUES PAST AN ADJACENT RIVET. THE SECOND CRACK PROPAGATES FROM THE EDGE OF THE TUBE PORTION,SDR QMLDMG2181Torsion Bar · mismanufacturedTHIS WAS A NEW PART AND WAS BEING INSTALLED INTO THIS TAIL ROTOR HEAD. BORE HOLE MISALIGNED, LAMINATES BUCKLES WHEN PARTS ARE INSTALLED.SDR QMLA2010102310070Connector · burnedMED CREW DETECTED A BURNED RUBBER/PLASTIC ODOR COMING FROM CABIN AIR CONDITIONING VENT. MECHANIC FOUND CONNECTOR SHORTED AND BURNED. REMOVED CONNECTOR AND WIRED AFT FAN MOTOR DIRECT WITHOUT CONNECTOR THROUGH ENVIROMENTAL SPLICES.
STCs that may be installed · 74
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2+
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N253AM before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.