Registered owner
Air Methods LLC
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
0697
Year built
2008
Type
Rotorcraft
Engine
Turbo-shaft
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
August 13, 2008
Certificate issued
January 13, 2009
Expires
April 30, 2029
Mode S code
A6A30E

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 50

Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

2000In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 63 ADs
20001
20082
20092
20124
20137
20146
20151
20162
20171
20182
20194
20201
202111
20227
20244
20253
20265
See all 65 ADs

Information bulletins that may apply · 3

Advisory, not mandatory.

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N527BFMatched 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 Deutschland EC 135 P2+ aircraft

FAA incident reports

No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N527BFMatched 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 Deutschland EC 135 P2+ 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 QMLA2024113020146Cap · crackedCRACK DISCOVERED ON POST FLIGHT. LOCATED ON MR HUB CAP FLANGE.Nov 30, 2024 · N527BF · Urocop EC135P2 · Main Rotor HeadSDR 2A6R2021122262705Unknown · unknownAFTER REMOVAL OF MAIN GEAR BOX FOR OTHER MAINTENANCE. FOUND THE LEFT XY FITTING P/N L533M2001103 AND THE RIGHT XY FITTING P/N L533M2002103 CORRODED. CLEANED CORROSION AND FOUND BOTH OUT OF LIMITS. THE LEFT ONE IS GETTING REPLACE. THE RIGHT WAS JUST OUT OF Dec 22, 2021 · N527BF · Urocop EC135P2 · Main Rotor Transmission MountSDR 2A6R2021121762704None · noneDURING 1000 HOUR AIRFRAME INSPECTION, FOUND SEVERAL CRACKS UNDER THE MAIN TRANSMISSION DECK. LEFT & RIGHT LONGERONS P/N L533M1017281 & P/N L533M1017282 WERE CRACKED IN THE UPPER FLANGES AT X4565 WITH L/H CRACK MEASURING 0.50 LONG AND R/H MEASURING 0.60 LONE. Dec 17, 2021 · N527BF · Urocop EC135P2 · Fuselage Structure (General)SDR 2A6R2021121762703None · corrodedDURING 1000 HOUR AIRFRAME INSPECTION, FOUND MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THE MAIN CABIN FLOOR AS FOLLOWS. RIGHT INBOARD IMBEDDED SEAT TRACK @ F.S. 5730MM, RBL 120MM CORROSION WAS FOUND IN THE WEB AREA AT THE VERY END OF THE TRACK. IN THE SAME AREA ON THE UNDERSIDE ODec 17, 2021 · N527BF · Urocop EC135P2 · Fuselage Floor PanelSDR 2A6R2021120662702Keelbeam · corrodedDURING A 1000 HOUR INSPECTION FOUND CORROSION ON THE L/H KEEL BEAM TOP CAT AT NUT PLATE APPROX. F.S 2670MM, LBL 500MM CLEANED CORROSION, REMOVED 0.17 MATERIAL.Dec 6, 2021 · N527BF · Urocop EC135P2 · Fuselage Main, FrameSDR 2A6R2021120162701Tail Boom · corrodedDURING 1000 HOUR AIRFRAME INSPECTION FOUND CORROSION AT THE TAIL BOOM AFT RING FRAME REINFORCEMENT WHERE SERVICE BULLETIN SB EC135-53-030 WAS PERFORMED. THE CORROSION HAS MITIGATED UNDER THE REINFORCEMENT P/N L535H2100202. REPLACING THE TAIL BOOM.Dec 1, 2021 · N527BF · Urocop EC135P2 · Rotorcraft Tail BoomSDR QMLA2017051617051Angle · crackedDURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE EVENT, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE R/H FWD TRANSMISSION DECK. THIS CRACK WAS REPAIRED UTILIZING ABH EC-135 STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.May 16, 2017 · N527BF · Urocop EC135P2 · Fuselage Miscellaneous StructureSDR QMLA2012012312009Seat · corrodedTHE MECHANIC NOTICED SOME "LEVEL 3" CORROSION ON THE F/A CREW SEAT IN THE CABIN WHILE PERFORMING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION. THE CAUSE OF THIS CORROSION IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THIS ACFT IS CURRENTLY OUT OF SERVICE.Jan 23, 2012 · N527BF · Urocop EC135P2 · Passenger Compartment Equipment

STCs that may be installed · 74

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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