Owner type LLC
Year built 1998
Type Rotorcraft
Engine Turbo-shaft
Airworthiness Standard, normal
Airworthiness date October 26, 1998
Certificate issued November 30, 2007
Expires October 31, 2028 From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Allison 250-C47 model are included below.
On this page Registration Potential ADs 49 Information bulletins 8 NTSB investigations 0 FAA incident reports 0 Difficulty reports 7 Potential STCs 327 Related links Airworthiness directives that may apply · 49 Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
1982 In force Superseded2026 ADs by the year they took effect: 69 ADs 1982 1 1996 1 1997 1 1998 4 1999 4 2000 6 2001 4 2002 5 2003 4 2004 1 2005 3 2006 2 2007 1 2008 1 2009 4 2011 2 2012 3 2013 5 2014 1 2015 2 2018 1 2019 2 2021 2 2023 4 2024 2 2025 1 2026 2
See all 72 ADs Information bulletins that may apply · 8 Advisory, not mandatory.
All 8 Airframe 6 Engine 2
Historical bulletins · 2
NTSB investigations No NTSB investigations matched to N407AM Matched 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 Bell 407 aircraft
FAA incident reports No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N407AM Matched 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 Bell 407 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 7 Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2026071320045 Warning Light · false activation XMSN CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT, INSPECTED AND PERFORMED SERVICEABILITY CHECK. OPERATIONAL CHECK PERFORMED AS WELL. RTS. Jul 13, 2026 · N407AM · Bell 407 · Central Warning SDR QMLA2026013120008 Pma · faulted PRECAUTIONARY LANDING MADE DUE TO GRINDING NOISE & VIBRATION IN COCKPIT. PMA FOUND TO BE FAULTY. REPLACED THE PMA. Jan 29, 2026 · N407AM · Bell 407 · Electrical Power System SDR QMLA2025071420072 Wire Harness · chafed TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. Jul 13, 2025 · N407AM · Bell 407 · Main Rotor Drive System Wiring SDR QMLA2017091017091 Transmission · making metal IN FLIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION CHIP CAUTION ILLUMINATED. INSPECTED CHIP DETECTOR, DEBRIS FOUND, DETERMINED TO BE INSIGNIFICANT IAW MM 63, NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUND RUN FOR 10 MIN,THEN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT FOR 30+ MIN. COULD NOT DUPLICA Sep 10, 2017 · N407AM · Bell 407 · Main Rotor Gearbox SDR QMLA2017061117060 Chip Detector · false activation IN FLIGHT THE TRANSMISSION CHIP CAUTION ILLUMINATED. INSPECTED THE CHIP DETECTOR. DEBRIS FOUND DETERMINED TO BE INSIGNIFICANT IAW MM 63. ACFT WAS GROUND RUN FOR 10 MINUTES. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT FOR 30 PLUS MINUTES WAS ALSO COMPLETED. COULD NOT DUPLICAT Jun 11, 2017 · N407AM · Bell 407 · Main Rotor Gearbox SDR QMLA2017060817058 Chip Detector · contaminated IN FLIGHT THE XMSN CHIP CAUTION ILLUMINATED. INSPECTED CHIP DETECTOR, DEBRIS FOUND DETERMINED TO BE INSIGNIFICANT AS PER MM CH 63, NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUND RUN FOR 10 MIN. COULD NOT DUPLICATED DISCREPANCY, AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVIC Jun 8, 2017 · N407AM · Bell 407 · Main Rotor Gearbox SDR B1HR719229 Yoke · out of tolerance DURING REPAIR OF TAIL ROTOR YOKE, BEARING BORES WERE FOUND TO BE OUT OF ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. YOKE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. Jul 17, 2001 · N407AM · Bell 407 · Tail Rotor Head Reports on N407AM not matched to an aircraft · 1 They name N407AM, 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 · 327 Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
See all 327 STCs