- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 53483
- Year built
- 2001
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- June 1, 2001
- Certificate issued
- August 20, 2013
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Mode S code
- A4CB5E
From the FAA registry file of October 22, 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.
| 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.
Historical bulletins · 2
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N408LLMatched 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 N408LLMatched 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 · 9
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2024052720056Fuel Sys · low pressurePILOT REPORTED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT ALBUQUERQUE DOUBLE EAGLE AIRPORT DUE TO A ZERO FUEL PRESSURE INDICATION WHILE IN FLIGHT. AFTER RESPONDING ALSO DISCOVERED THERE WAS AN EXCEEDANCE ON THE MGT RECORDED AT 798 FOR 15 SECONDS WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INSDR QMLA20240402234Bulkhead · crackedSUSPECTED BULKHEAD TO BE CRACKED NEAR UPPER RH BOLT HOLE. COULD SEE AN ANOMALY WITH A BORESCOPE, BUT COULD NOT VERIFY TILL THE TAILBOOM WAS PULLED. CRACK WAS THEN VERIFIED.SDR QMLA2023122120117Unknown · unknownINLET BARRIER FILTER LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT BY PILOT 18926. PROBLEM DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO A PARTIALLY CLOGGED FILTER. PILOT RETURNED TO BASE AFTER SEEING THE AFS FILTER LIGHT DURING HIGH POWER SETTINGS. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AFTER POWER WAS REDUCED. INSPECSDR QMLA2023111420104Unknown · unknownDURING RETURN FLIGHT TO BASE, CREW SMELLED A HOT BRAKE BURNING SMELL, THEN IT QUICKLY DISSIPATED. NO OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NOTED. PILOT SEEMED TO FEEL A LIGHT AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE ON CYCLIC CONTROL. LANDED BACK AT BASE WITH NO ISSUE AND CALLED MECHANIC TO SDR QMLA2022080120047Indicator · faultedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION DROPPED TO ZERO. PILOT MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WITH A PATIENT ON BOARD.SDR QMLA2021121420065Vent Line · damagedCREW NOTICED FUEL SMELL IN COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AND FUEL CAP WAS RESEATED AND SMELL COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED ON NEXT RUN. THEN AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY WITH NO FUEL SMELL IN FLIGHT, BUT DURING OTHER MAINTENANCE THE FUEL VENT SDR QMLA2017100717115Doubler · crackedWHILE PERFORMING 13-5310-EO-212, AD 2015-05-04 - AFT FUSELAGE UPPER LT SKIN AND LONGERON - REPETITIVE INSPECTION; A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE O/B ATTACH FITTING/DOUBLER (BEST GUESS IS P/N 206-033-306-036), WHERE THE L/H UPPER LONGERON ATTACHES TO THE BULKHEAD STASDR QMLA2012110912177Blade · crackedMAIN ROTOR BLADE ABRASION STRIP CRACKED CHORDWISE AT BLADE STATION 199, FROM WEIGHT POCKET THROUGH L/E RADIUS.SDR QMLA2011082111091Engine · making metalDURING SCHEDULED MAINT EVENT B0711 DISCOVERED METAL ON UPPER AND LOWER CHIP DETECTORS, AND ENG OIL FILTER, SIZE AND QN EXCEED PUBLISHED LIMITS.
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