- Registered owner
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co
- Location
- Morristown, NJ
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 7257
- Year built
- 2011
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- March 22, 2012
- Certificate issued
- September 8, 2022
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Mode S code
- A4790E
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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| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 10 |
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| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 |
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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
No NTSB investigations matched to N388AMMatched 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 N388AMMatched 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 · 8
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2026092820074Blower Motor · failedELECTRICAL BURN SMELL 5 TO 10 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT IN CABIN. THE SMELL WAS VERY POTENT BUT ONLY LASTED ABOUT 5 TO 10 SECONDS WITH NOW LINGERING EFFECTS.SDR QMLA201903205173Frame · chafedWEAR DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE ST1790.15 CENTER FRAME (PN: 350A21-4294) MEASURING 0.5” IN LENGTH AND 0.07” DEEP.SDR QMLA201903205172Web · crackedDURING MAINTENANCE, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE WEB (PN: 350A21-4002-21) LOCATED NEXT TO THE SUPPORT ANGLE AT STA 845 AND OUTBOARD OF RBL 673.5.SDR 2A6R201903145171Floor Skin · crackedCRACK DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE CABIN FLOOR, NEAR THE DOOR POST IN THE AREA OF THE DOOR STRUT FITTING, SPECIFICALLY THE FLOOR P/N: 350A21-0700-20 AND FLOOR EDGING P/N: 350A21-0722-20.SDR QMLA2016060716060Structure · crackedDURING REINSTALLATION OF MEDICAL INTERIOR, CRACK WAS NOTED ON CABIN FLOOR WHERE FRONT OTBD SCREW SECURES MEDICAL FLOOR TO CABIN FLOOR.SDR QMLA2013103113157Warning Light · false activationDURING CRUISE, PILOT HAD A VEMD OVERLIMIT INDICATION, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A FALSE INDICATION OF THE GENERATOR.SDR QMLA2013050813065Unknown · odorDURING CRUISE, ODOR OF JET FUEL WAS NOTICED. DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND LEG OF THE FLIGHT NO FUMES WERE NOTED IN THE CABIN. THE FUMES WERE FAINT INITIALLY, BUT NOTICED THAT THE FUMES WERE TO BECOME MORE PUNGENT.SDR QMLA2013011413006Windshield · crackedBIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT, CAUSED 8" CRACK TO COMPOSITE NOSE AREA OF ACFT ON PILOT SIDE BETWEEN PILOT WINDSHIELD AND CENTER WINDSHIELD.
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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