- Registered owner
- Sundance Helicopters Inc
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 3256
- Year built
- 1999
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- December 6, 1999
- Certificate issued
- March 9, 2023
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Mode S code
- A69674
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 84
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1985 | 1 |
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| 1990 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 | 10 |
Airframe · Eurocopter AS 350 B3
AD 2026-20-03Placards and MarkingsAD 2026-16-01Main rotor driveAD 2026-14-02Indication/Recording SystemInformation bulletins that may apply · 9
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Eurocopter AS 350 B3
SAIB AIR-21-13Engine Emergency Shutdown SystemSAIB SW-17-23R2Fuel SystemSAIB SW-15-20Air Conditioning System WiringSAIB SW-15-04Cabin Ventilation Air Scoop DrainingSAIB SW-12-45Garmin Model 400W/500W Series GPS-WAAS Navigation SystemSAIB SW-11-07Star Flex Arm Failures on Eurocopter France Model AS350, AS355, and EC130 HelicoptersSAIB SW-07-22R1Serrated lock washersSAIB SW-07-13Oxygen Reserve CylinderSAIB SW-06-48 corrected 07/20/2006Historical bulletins · 2
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N5230JMatched 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 AS 350 B3 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N5230JMatched 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 AS 350 B3 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 10
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2019012319014Engine · fluid lossJUST PRIOR TO A POST MAINTENANCE ROC CHECK FLIGHT, THE ENGINE OIL TANK CAP AND OIL LEVEL WAS VERIFIED BEFORE FLIGHT. DURING THE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE BASE/AIRPORT. UPON A POST INSPECTION, THERE WAS NO OIL SDR QMLA2016080116088Skin · buckledFOUND SKIN BUCKLED AND DENTED JUST AFT OF TAIL BOOM JUNCTION FRAME.SDR 2A6R201505193256Frame · crackedA CRACK EMANATING FROM A RIVET WAS DISCOVERED IN FRAME X3035, ITEM 43, AS DEPICTED IN SRM 53-31-01, 02. THIS FRAME IS A RING JUST FWD OF THE FISH MOUTH IN THE TAIL BOOM, THE CRACK IS AT APPROX THE 10:00 O'CLOCK POSITION IF STANDING IN THE REAR LOOKING FWD.SDR RMXA029H325622609Fitting · corrodedUPON REMOVAL OF THE AIRFRAME VERTICAL FIN ASSY, THE UPPER VERTICAL FIN FWD ATTACH STEEL FITTING SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER VERTICAL FIN. INSP REVEALED THAT ALL RIVETS ATTACHING THE FITTING TO THE FIN WERE CORRODED BEYOND RETENTION. ALSO FOUND THE SHIN OF THE FINSDR TI1R001487Bearing · deterioratedBEARING, BUSHINGS DETERIORATED AND WORN. REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR TI1R001474Indicator · failedTURN AND BANK INDICATOR, CORE RETURN-WARRANTY FAILURE - INSTRUMENT LIGHT INOPERATIVE.SDR TI1R001476Bushing · wornTAIL ROTOR PITCH LINK, ELASTOMER BUSHINGS AND SPHERICALS, WORN. REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR TI1R001475Bearing · wornTAIL ROTOR PITCH LINK, PARTS SUPPORT- ELASTOMER BEARING BUSHING AND SPERICALS, WORN. REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR TI1R001454Indicator · erraticTURN AND BANK INDICATOR, RATE OF TURN NEEDLE IS ERRATIC. REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR TI1R001374Altimeter · intermittentALTITUDE INDICATOR, INSTRUMENT LIGHT INTERMITTENT, REMOVED AND REPLACED.
STCs that may be installed · 401
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
See all 401 STCs
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N5230J before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.