- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 7174
- Year built
- 2011
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- June 17, 2011
- Certificate issued
- September 2, 2025
- Expires
- September 30, 2032
- Mode S code
- A482D5
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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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 N390AMMatched 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 N390AMMatched 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 QMLA2025022720081Door · no discrepancyWHILE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, THE SLIDING DOOR BEHIND THE PILOT CAME OPEN. AFTER SLOWING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT THE CREW WAS ABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE DOOR THEN OPENED A SECOND TIME A FEW MINUTES LATER AND AFTER CLOSING THE DOOR THE CREWMEMBER DECIDED TO HOLD THE DOOSDR QMLA2025052820060Hmu · faultedMULTIPLE ENGINE CHIP CAUTIONS OVER A HANDFUL OF FLIGHTS SINCE MID-APRIL. MOST RECENT EVENT (THIS INCIDENT) OCCURRED LESS THAN ONE DAY AND 0+45 FLIGHT HOURS AFTER PREVIOUS INCIDENT. MULTIPLE CHIPS (IN EXCESS OF 20) FOUND ON CHIP DETECTOR (M01) AND SEVERAL CHSDR QMLA2024020920013Frame · crackedINSPECTING THE CANOPY FRAME ATTACHMENT WEB OF THE 22 DEGREE FRAME, DISCOVERED A CRACK OF APPROXIMATELY 55MM. THIS IS THE VISIBLE PORTION OF THE CRACK, THERE MAY BE MORE BEHIND THE RIVETED BRACKET. WE KNOW THIS IS DEFINITELY A CRACK BECAUSE WHEN WE PUSH ON THE SDR QMLA2022071820042Blower · smokeON SHORT AND FINAL TO THE HOSPITAL, PILOT AND CREW NOTICED A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE AC VENTS, UPON LANDING AND SHUTDOWN THE SMELL DISSIPATED. MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED AND NOTICED A SMALL RESIDUE AROUND A POWER CONNECTION TO THE AFT EVAP BLOWER MOTOR THAT SDR 2A6D20211216001Door Frame · chafedC130 S/N 7174 WAS FOUND TO HAVE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR FRAME DAMAGE AT APPROXIMATELY STA 1863, WL 1990, AND BL 280L/R WITH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 0.021SDR QMLA2020031920013Web · crackedDURING 150 HOUR AIRFRAME INSPECTION, THE MECHANIC FOUND THE LEFT HAND PICK UP WEB CRACKED. THIS CRACK WAS REPAIRED PER APPROVED DATA RECEIVED FROM THE OEM/MANUFACTURER.SDR QMLA2017120717135Mount · crackedDURING SCHEDULED 600HR AIRFRAME INSPECTION FOUND LOWER R/H STABILIZER MOUNT FITTING CRACKED. INFORMATION BELOW IS FOR THE NEXT HIGHER ASSY AS THE PARTS ARE NOT SERIALIZED AND NOT PROCURABLE FROM IPC, REPAIR AND PARTS ARE ONLY ALLOWED FROM AIRBUS ONLYSDR QMLA2016030316017Frame · crackedA CRACK WAS FOUND DURING A 1660.22.1, 600 HR IN 24 MONTH, INSPECTION ON THE 22 DEGREE FRAME APPROX 65 MM IN LENGTH.SDR QMLA2013082313124Gearbox · making metalPILOT REPORTED GEARBOX CHIP LIGHT ON APPROACH. AFTER LANDING, REMOVED AND INSPECTED CHIP DETECTOR AND FOUND CHIP DETECTOR COVERED WITH SMALL CHIPS. AFTER LOOKING IN THE MM FOR LIMITS, FOUND THE AMOUNT OF CHIPS EXCEEDED LIMITS. GEARBOX WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE.
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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