- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 4973
- Year built
- 2010
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- November 5, 2010
- Certificate issued
- October 4, 2021
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- A6513A
Eurocopter EC 130 B4TCDS H9EUAirframe · Eurocopter EC 130 B4TCDS E00054ENEngine · Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 64
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Airframe · Eurocopter EC 130 B4
AD 2026-20-03Placards and MarkingsAD 2026-16-01Main rotor driveAD 2026-14-02Indication/Recording SystemInformation bulletins that may apply · 5
Advisory, not mandatory.
Historical bulletins · 1
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N506LFMatched 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 Eurocopter EC 130 B4 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N506LFMatched 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 Eurocopter EC 130 B4 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 8
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR UX9R2021F00047Floor Support · corrodedDISCOVERED FILIFORM CORROSION ON THE LEFT HAND OUTER CABIN FLOOR EDGE BETWEEN FUSELAGE STATION 33.30 TO 61.02. CORROSION WAS NOTICED BY VISUAL INSPECTION USING NAKED EYE WITH NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT.SDR QMLA2020100920053Unknown · odorPILOT REPORTED THE SMELL OF RAW JET FUEL IN THE CABIN IN FLIGHT AND ELECTED TO ABORT THE FLIGHT AND RETURN TO BASE. MAINTNENANCE ARRIVED AND INSPECTED ALL FUEL LINES AND FITTINGS, HMU, AND FUEL PUMP. PERFORMED GROUND RUN WITH AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SYSSDR QMLA201403214028Web · crackedFOUND CRACK 2 1/2 LONG AT RT SIDE PICKUP WEB OF CANOPY FOUND IN AMM 53-21-00, 6-1 DURING INSPECTION.SDR QMLA2013060313074Blower Motor · inoperativeRETURNING TO BASE AFTER A PREFLIGHT, ONCE ESTABLISHED ON LOCAL AIRPORT GPS PRACTICE APPROACH, AT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 5 NM, ANNOUNCED THAT NO AIR COMING OUT OF AFT A/C CABIN BLOWERS. DETECTED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR IN CABIN. TROUBLESHOT BY TURNING A/C OFF & SWITSDR QMLA2012112412188Stop · crackedLEFT SLIDING DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT. LANDED TO SHUT THE DOOR. AFTER LANDING THE DOOR STOP WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND. A NEW DOOR STOP INSTALLED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR QMLA2012111112178Warning Light · intermittentWHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, STEADY AMBER GOVERNOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT HOME BASE. TROUBLESHOT SOLID AMBER GOVERNOR LIGHT IAW MM. DETERMINED FAULT WAS "INTERMITTENT" IAW 71-00-06-817-808. COULD NOT GET DUPLICATE FAILURE ON TSDR QMLA2011122311121Engine · contaminatedUPON CLIMBOUT, NOTICED STRANGE ODOR IN CABIN. ENSURED HEAT AND DEMIST OFF AND CIRCLED BACK TO MAKE UNEVENTFUL LANDING. INSPECTION DETERMINED RESIDUAL SOAP FROM ENGINE WASH.SDR QMLA2010111110076Unknown · smokeTHE PILOT AND MEDICAL CREW BOTH REPORTED SEEING AND SMELLING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT DIRECTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT THEN CYCLED THE DEMISTER/HEATER VALVES WITH NO CHANGE. HE THEN MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING. MX WAS NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY. THE ME
STCs that may be installed · 134
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
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