- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 54407
- Year built
- 2013
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- August 19, 2013
- Certificate issued
- October 25, 2013
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Mode S code
- A53206
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407TCDS H2SWAirframe · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407TCDS E1GLEngine · Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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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 |
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| 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 |
Airframe · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
AD 2026-14-07Main rotor controlAD 2026-10-04Electrical connectorsAD 2025-13-01Main Rotor BladesInformation bulletins that may apply · 7
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
SAIB SW-15-20Air Conditioning System WiringSAIB SW-12-45Garmin Model 400W/500W Series GPS-WAAS Navigation SystemSAIB SW-10-42R1Emergency Float KitsSAIB SW-08-42Emergency Float with Liferaft Kits (kits)SAIB SW-05-70SAIB SW-04-92Engine · Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
SAIB NE-06-12R1Historical bulletins · 2
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N434AMMatched 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 Helicopter Textron Canada 407 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N434AMMatched 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 Helicopter Textron Canada 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 QMLA2022110920073Gearbox · making metalWHILE IN THE DECELERATION PHASE FOR LANDING, THE "XMSN CHIP" AND MASTER CAUTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS - TRANSMISSION PRESSURE, TEMP. WERE NORMAL. NO ABNORMAL NOISE OR VIBRATIONS NOTED. LANDING AND SHUTDOWN WERE NORMAL. INSPECTED CHIP DETESDR QMLA2022061720034Motor · faultedPILOT RECEIVED A CALL FOR AN INTER HOSPITAL TRANSFER. APPROXIMATLY 6 MINUTES POST DEPARTURE FROM BASE THE FLIGHT CREW STARTED SMELLING SMOKE. A SHORT DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE CREW VERIFIYING ALL HAD SMELLED "SMOKE" AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT MADE THE DECSDR QMLA2014073014095Warning System · false activationDURING FLIGHT TORQUE MISCOMP LIGHT ILLUMINATED, REDUCED POWER & LIGHT WENT OUT. ACFT RETURN TO BASE & LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN DURING HOVER FOR LANDING. ACFT LANDED & LIGHT REMAINED ON ALONG WITH AN ALTN DATA FAIL LIGHT. TECH REP RECOMMENDED CHECKING THE PLUGS ASDR QMLA2014060814068Warning Light · illuminatedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE MGT MISCOMP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ALERTED THE CREW & ADVISED THEM THAT THEY WOULD BE ABORTING THE FLIGHT & RETURNED TO BASE. THE RFM EMER PROCEDURE STATES TO AVOID HIGH POWER SETTINGS IF POSSIBLE & LAND AS SOON AS PRACTICAL. ONCE ON THSDR QMLA2014060214061Warning System · false activationTHE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE MGT MISCOMP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ABORTED THE FLIGHT & RETURNED TO BASE. FOUND NO FAULTS WITH THE PREVIOUS REPAIR THAT WAS REPORTED UNDER SDR QMLA2014053014060 FOR THIS SAME TYPE OF EVENT. AFTER A THOROUGH INSPESDR QMLA2014053014060Terminal Block · looseDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT REPORTED A MGT MISCOMP CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATE. ABORTED THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT & RETURNED TO BASE. FOUND A TERMINAL BLOCK LOOSE BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THIS BLOCK & TERMINAL ENDS WERE SECURED & THE ACFT WAS RETURNESDR QMLA2014031414025Fadec · malfunctionedDURING FLIGHT FADEC DEGRADE, FADEC FAULT & RESTART ILLUMINATED.SDR QMLA2014022814019Fadec · faultedON DEPARTURE, THE FADEC DE GRADE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT RETURNED TO BASE & WHEN HE LANDED THE FADEC FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ACFT THEN WENT INTO MANUAL MODE & THE THROTTLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO INPUT. THE ENG STAYED AT 100% WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS IN SDR QMLA2014021314015Fadec · faultedDURING FLT FADEC DEGRADE LIGHT & RESTART LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER LANDING FADEC FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, SHUT ACFT DOWN.
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.
Airframe · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N434AM before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.