Registered owner
Air Methods LLC
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
53181
Year built
1997
Type
Rotorcraft
Engine
Turbo-shaft
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
September 15, 1997
Certificate issued
January 31, 2022
Expires
January 31, 2029
Mode S code
A4C7A9

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.

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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.

1982In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 69 ADs
19821
19961
19971
19984
19994
20006
20014
20025
20034
20041
20053
20062
20071
20081
20094
20112
20123
20135
20141
20152
20181
20192
20212
20234
20242
20251
20262
See all 72 ADs

Information bulletins that may apply · 8

Advisory, not mandatory.

Historical bulletins · 2

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N407LNMatched 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 N407LNMatched 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 · 6

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

SDR QMLA2021071920038Unknown · odorAT 1300 FT IN CRUISE FLIGHT, CLINICAL CREW REPORTED ELECTRICAL SMELL IN CABIN AREA. PILOT TURNED EN-ROUTE BACK TO BASE. PILOT TURNED OFF A/C AND BLOWER, THE SMELL DIMINISHED AND WENT AWAY. WHEN THE A/C SYSTEM WAS TURNED BACK ON THE SMELL RETURNED. LANDED, SHUJul 16, 2021 · N407LN · Bell 407 · Air Distribution SystemSDR QMLA2018012918011Engine · making metalEN ROUTE TO BASE, THE ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LANDED. MAINTENANCE PULLED THE MAGNETIC PLUGS FROM ENGINE AND DISCOVERED NUMEROUS SIGNIFICANT FERROUS SLIVERS AND DEBRIS ON BOTH.Jan 29, 2018 · N407LN · Bell 407 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)SDR QMLA2016040716038Throttle Cable · shearedDURING PREFLIGHT AS THE PILOT WAS GOING THROUGH THE CHECKLIST, THE THROTTLE CHECK DID NOT FEEL RIGHT. HE ASKED A MED CREW MEMBER TO TAKE A FLASHLIGHT & LOOK THROUGH THE SCREENS IN THE RT ENG COWLING TO SEE IF HE COULD VIEW ANY MOVEMENT IN THE THROTTLE CABLE AApr 7, 2016 · N407LN · Bell 407 · Power LeverSDR QMLA2013101513145Longeron · crackedFOUND A CRACK IN LONGERON ON TAILBOOM.Oct 15, 2013 · N407LN · Bell 407 · Rotorcraft Tail BoomSDR QMLA2013081513117Engine · making metalWHILE PERFORMING 25 HOUR INSPECTION OF ENGINE MAGNETIC CHIP DETECTORS IAW EO 13-7900-EO-432 IAW CEB-A-72-6075, REV 1. METAL FLAKES CONSISTING OF MORE THAN 10 PIECES EACH WERE DISCOVERED ON BOTH UPPER AND LOWER CHIP DETECTORS. ACFT WAS GROUNDED AT THAT TIME AAug 15, 2013 · N407LN · Bell 407 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)SDR QML2011102000002Frame · crackedDURING INSP OF THE TAILBOOM AND ATTACH POINT, CRACKING WAS NOTED IN THE UPPER STARBOARD ATTACH BOLT HOLE OF THE TAILBOOM ATTACH FRAME, PN 206-032-308-121, LOCATED AT STA 231.472. AXIAL STRESS EXERTED AT THIS LOCATION BY TAILBOOM FLEX, OVERTIME, CAUSES WEAKENIOct 20, 2011 · N407LN · Bell 407 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom

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