- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 7050
- Year built
- 2011
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- July 14, 2022
- Certificate issued
- June 15, 2016
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Mode S code
- A278F9
Eurocopter EC 130 B4TCDS H9EUAirframe · Eurocopter EC 130 B4TCDS E00054ENEngine · Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1
From the FAA registry file of October 22, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 64
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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 · 1
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N259AMMatched 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 · 9
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 2A6D20230505001Frame · chafedDAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE X1790.15 FRAME (PN: 350A21-4099) IN THE FORM OF A CHAFE DAMAGE AREA. THE CHAFE DAMAGE IS LOCATED NEAR THE INBOARD RH CAMLOC AND WAS MEASURED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 0.70” X 0.175SDR 2A6D20230427001Mount · unknownDAMAGE TO THE AFT LANDING GEAR FITTING (P/N: 350A21-4674.20) IN THE FORM OF A GOUGE /
CHAFE. THE DAMAGE IS AT THE TWO HOLES OF THE TWIN CLEVIS, AND WAS MEASURED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 10.381MM
(0.409”). THE BOLT HOLE IS ORIGINALLY 10JS13 MM (10.0MM (+/- 0.11)) SDR 2A6D20230421002Tail Boom · chafedDAMAGE TO THE TAIL BOOM LH SKIN (P/N: 350A23-4288.20) IN THE FORM OF A CHAFE DUE TO
DRILL START LOCATED AT LOWER FORWARD SIDE OF THE AFT BATTERY BOX AREA. THE DAMAGE MEASURED TO BE
APPROXIMATELY 0.1285” X 0.1285” AND 0.0175” DEEP.SDR 2A6D202304210001Bulkhead · chafedDAMAGE TO THE FWD BULKHEAD LH PANEL (PN: 350A21-4444.21) IN THE FORM OF 3EA CHAFED AREAS
IN THE PART; 2EA OF WHICH ARE LOCATED NEAR STIFFENING FEATURES, AND 1EA IS LOCATED NEAR THE INBOARD EOP. THE 2EA
CHAFE DAMAGE AREAS NEAR THE STIFFENING FEATURES WERE MEASDR QMLA2020013022206Web · crackedDURING AAIP A1660 600HR SCHEDULED INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WEB @ STA. 845 RBL 673.5 HAS A CRACK APPROX 2.50 INCHES ON TOP R/H SIDE IN WHICH IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO EA 17-5310-EA-2632 DATED 01/23/2019 FOR ACFT. 7248. THIS CRACK IS BEYOND LIMITS SDR QMLA2018101618114Vent Line · out of positionTHE AIRCRAFT FUEL QUANTITY READING DECREASED RAPIDLY IN FLIGHT ON THE VEMD CAUSING THE PILOT TO PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE CAUSE WAS THE AFT HOSE FROM THE FUEL SYSTEM NORMALLY PROTRUDING FROM THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT DIRECTLY BELOW THE FUEL CELL WASSDR QMLA2018031718032Frame · crackedDURING A 300 HOUR INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, FOUND THE UPPER RT ATTACH FITTING BROKEN, AND THE FRAME IN THE TAILBOOM CRACKED.SDR QMLA2016022916013Connector · dirtyTHE PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON TAKEOFF WITH CREW & PATIENT ONBOARD HE HEARD A WARNING TONE AS HE WAS CLIMBING & TRANSITIONING TO FWD FLIGHT. HE IMMEDIATELY REDUCED POWER & GLANCED AT THE CAUTION & WARNING PANEL & VEMD. THERE WAS AN EXCEEDANCE DETECTED INDICATISDR QMLA2013032813045Door Frame · crackedDURING AIR WORTHINESS CHECK, MECHANIC FOUND A CRACK ABOUT 1.5 INCH LONG IN THE UPPER RT CORNER OF THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT ACCESS DOOR OPENING. THE CRACK WAS ORIGINALLY NOTICED IN THE DOUBLER AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND A CRACK IN THE SKIN BENEATH THE D
Reports on N259AM not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N259AM, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
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.
See all 134 STCs