- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 7248
- Year built
- 2011
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- March 2, 2012
- Certificate issued
- August 12, 2022
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Mode S code
- A9C150
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
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
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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 N728AMMatched 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 N728AMMatched 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 · 4
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2024092420125Motor · failedCREW NOTED SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING IN COCKPIT. A/C WAS TURNED OFF AND THE SMELL BECAME LESS SEVERE.SDR QMLA2024012920009Unknown · odorSMELL OF FUEL IN CABIN. FLIGHT LEG ABORTED AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. MECHANIC NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED. CHECKED ALL COMPONENTS AND AREAS OF HELICOPTER FOR SOURCE. NO FUEL LOCATED IN OR AROUND AIRCRAFT OR STRUCTURES, CABINS, COMPARTMENTS. PERFORMED ENGINE RUN-UP WSDR QMLA2023022720010Panel · noneON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 1419 THE CREW DIVERTED TO AIRLIFE 4’S BASE AT THE NEWNAN, GA AIRPORT FOR WEATHER. DURING THE THREE MINUTE FLIGHT IN MODERATE RAIN, THE CREW NOTICED A COUPLE OF DROPS OF RAIN LEAKING IN NEAR THE ROTOR BREAK HANDLE BSDR QMLA2022112120078Contactor · unserviceablePILOT CALLED AND REPORTED A COMPLETE AVIONICS FAILURE. AFTER LANDING I SPOKE WITH THE PILOT AND HAD HIM POWER THE AVIONICS BACK ON TO TELL ME THE SPECIFIC SYSTEMS THAT FAILED WHILE MECHANICS WERE ENROUTE. WE WERE ABLE TO DERMINE THAT THE AVIONIC SYSTEMS THAT D
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.
See all 134 STCs
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 2
These aircraft carried N728AM before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.