- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 0734
- Year built
- 2008
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- November 24, 2010
- Certificate issued
- July 21, 2009
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Mode S code
- A282C0
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 N261AMMatched 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 N261AMMatched 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 · 6
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2021100520050None · noneIN FLIGHT FIRE WARNING TONE ACTIVATES WITH NO OTHER VISUAL INDICATIONS OF A MALFUNCTION. THIS ACFT REMAINS OOS FOR CONTINUED TROUBLESHOOTING. NO DEFECT IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME.SDR QMLA2017010917005Actuator · inoperativeLEFT FDC AIR FILTER BYPASS DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, DISCOVERED LT FDC BYPASS DOOR ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT POINT WORN THROUGH. REMOVED & REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT . WORK PERFORMED . OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR QMLA2016062616070Connector · defectivePILOT REPORTED FLICKERS AND INTERMITTENT SOLID, ROTOR RPM LIGHT ON CWP. PILOT VERIFIED NR ON TRIPLE TACH AND VEMD FOR N2 MATCHED AND WERE STABLE. ABORTED CALL & RETURNED TO BASE TO INITIATE DISCREPANCY, CONTACT MECHANIC, MCAS. UPON ARRIVAL, INSPECTED MGB COSDR QMLA2016032416029Rod End · wornPILOT REPORTED, HOPPING VIBRATION, IN-FLIGHT WHILE EN-ROUTE TO HOSPITAL. DURING POST FLIGHT CHECK, DISCOVERED THE RED MAIN ROTOR BLADE PITCH LINK UPPER ROD END TO HAVE LATERAL PLAY.SDR QMLA2015081515074Fan · unserviceableHIGH ENG OIL TEMP ON BOTH ENGS. TROUBLE SHOT BY INSPECTION OF OIL COOLERS, BYPASS VLVS & ENG OIL INDICATING TEMP PROBES. REMOVED OIL COOLERS FOR CLEANING PROCEDURE IAW AMM 79-22-00. WHEN THE BLOWER BAN WAS REMOVED FROM NR 2 SIDE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE BLOWERSDR QMLA2015060815048Switch · faultyAPPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT ENROUTE, NO PATIENT ON BOARD, THE NR 2 GEN OVHT CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THERMAL BASE. EXECUTED EMER CHECKLIST & SHUTDOWN THE NR 2 GEN. LANDED AT BASE UNEVENTFUL. AFTER VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE
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.