Owner type
Corporation
Serial number
53392
Year built
1999
Type
Rotorcraft
Engine
Turbo-shaft
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
November 24, 1999
Certificate issued
March 25, 2005
Expires
October 31, 2029
Mode S code
A4CAF0

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 N408GAMatched 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 · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.

Service difficulty reports · 7

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

SDR QMLA2020093020050Fuel Filter · leakingFUEL FILTER ASSY DEVELOPED A LEAK. WAS CHANGED OUT THEN THE SERVICEABLE ONE INSTALLED. OPS CHECK GOOD FOR MAINTENANCE, BUT THE NEXT DAY ON PREFLIGHT INSPECTION BY THE PILOT THE FILTER "BYPASS" WARNING LIGHT BUTTON ON THE ASSY WOULD NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY. PASep 26, 2020 · N408GA · Bell 407 · Aircraft Fuel Distribution SystemSDR QMLA2019062649056Filter · leakingPILOT LANDED AND COMPLAINED OF STRONG ODOR IN AIRCRAFT. FOUND BARRIER FILTER OIL POOLED IN INTAKE PLENUM. CLEANED POOOLED OIL AND RAN UP AIRCRAFT. FUNCTION CHECK GOOD AT THIS TIMEJun 24, 2019 · N408GA · Bell 407 · Air Distribution SystemSDR QMLA2017110817121Transmission · making metalPILOT HAD A TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT DURING CRUISE AND LANDED. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED THE CHIP DETECTOR AND FOUND 3 TYPES OF PARTICLES. IAW MM 63-00-00, PAGE 29 THE FIRST TYPE OF PARTICLES WERE TINY WHISKER LIKE PARTICLES INSIGNIFICANT, THE SECOND WERE THE INov 8, 2017 · N408GA · Bell 407 · Main Rotor GearboxSDR QMLA2016050416045Throttle Cable · shearedTHROTTLE CABLE SHEARED INTERNALLY AT APPROX 10" FROM COLLECTIVE TWIST GRIP CONNECTION POINT, WHERE CABLE ROUTE IS NAVIGATING A CORNER, DIRECTION CHANGE. THROTTLE CABLE MFG DATE IS 1998, ACFT DOM IS 1999, THIS CABLE HAS NEVER BEEN CHANGED. THIS WAS DISCOVEREDMay 4, 2016 · N408GA · Bell 407 · Power LeverSDR QMLA2013041513053Clock · burnedDURING FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED AND SMELLED SMOKE IN COCKPIT WHICH APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM THE CLOCK AREA. PILOT PERFORMED A SAFE PRECAUTIONARY OFF SITE LANDING. PILOT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE NVG LIGHTING ON OTHER INSTRUMENTS WENT OUT THEN RETURNED AFTER LANApr 15, 2013 · N408GA · Bell 407 · Independent InstrumentsSDR QMLA2011021811026Blower Motor · bindingAIRCRAFT WAS IN ROUTE TO A HOSPITAL. WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE FWD AIR CONDITIONER VENT. PIC EXECUTED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. FOUND THAT THE FWD RT AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER MOTOR PN ES61060-2 HAD FAILED, CAFeb 18, 2011 · N408GA · Bell 407 · Air Distribution FanSDR QML2008F00015Pcu · failedON TAKEOFF, PEDAL STOP FAILED TO ENGAGE AND PEDAL STOP CAUTION 1 LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACFT WAS APPROX 4 NM FROM AIRPORT. PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND DECIDED TO FLY ACFT TO AIRPORT. NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AND MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED. THE PEDAL RESTRICTOOct 9, 2008 · N408GA · Bell 407 · Rotorcraft Flight Control

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