- Registered owner
- Air Evac Ems Inc
- Location
- O Fallon, MO
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 45300
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- August 31, 1979
- Certificate issued
- October 26, 2005
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- A6AE19
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 64
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1980 | 3 |
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| 1981 | 3 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 |
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| 1986 | 1 |
| 1987 | 1 |
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| 1989 | 2 |
| 1991 | 4 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1996 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
Airframe · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
AD 2024-20-07Emergency Equipment; Emergency Flotation SectionAD 2023-11-07Ground Proximity SystemAD 2023-06-05Tail Rotor Drive ShaftInformation bulletins that may apply · 7
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
SAIB SW-19-05Tail Rotor Drive System, Spline DamageSAIB SW-18-02Loss of Hardware Tail Rotor Drive Shaft CouplingsSAIB 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-05-24SAIB SW-04-92Historical bulletins · 1
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N53AEMatched 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 206L-1 aircraft
FAA incident reports · 1
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Service difficulty reports · 6
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR EVCA202310110001Unknown · unknownCREW AND PILOT NOTICED ACRID SMELL IN AIRCRAFT. CREW INITIALLY UNSURE WHETHER IS WAS ENVIRONMENTAL OR INSIDE AIRCRAFT. PILOT SAID SMELL WAS INDICITAVE OF A ELECTRICAL ISSUE OR BURNING WIRES. SMELL SUBSIDED AFTER OPENING WINDOWS. ON THE SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT, THE SSDR EVCA2019070800002Blower Motor · malfunctionedSMOKE COMING FRONT AC VENTS. THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE THE FORWARD BLOWER EVAPORATOR MOTOR, REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE.SDR EVCA2017091400001Bulkhead · crackedDURING INSPECTION OF TAILBOOM ATTACHMENT FITTINGS IAW AD 2013-25-10 IT WAS NOTED THAT TAILBOOM RING WAS CRACKED. CRACK MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 3.2 INCHES LONG AND EXTENDS THROUGH BOTH FLANGES OF TAILBOOM RING.SDR EVCA201606291Pump · leakingDURING FLIGHT, PILOT REPORTED HEARING A GRINDING NOISE AT VARIOUS PITCHES COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AREA. WHEN MAINTENANCE ARRIVED TO INSPECT ACFT THEY FOUND HYDRAULIC FLUID COVERING THE DECK FROM THE HYDRAULIC PUMP AFT AND THE HYDRAULIC FLUID RESERVOIR WASDR EVCA2015071315Fitting · crackedFOUND AN APPROX 1 INCH LONG CRACK ALONG WITH SEVERAL SMALLER, APPROX .25 INCH LONG CRACKS IN A CLIP LOCATED ON THE FS 145 BULKHEAD, CLIP PN 206-033-107-055.SDR EVCA2013090900049Skin · crackedDURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, FOUND SKIN CRACKING ISSUES ALONG WITH LOOSE RIVETS.
STCs that may be installed · 459
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.