Registered owner
Air Methods LLC
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
53040
Year built
1996
Type
Rotorcraft
Engine
Turbo-shaft
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
April 29, 1997
Certificate issued
August 14, 1996
Expires
January 31, 2028
Mode S code
AA7080

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 44

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

1998In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 60 ADs
19983
19994
20006
20014
20025
20033
20041
20051
20071
20081
20094
20112
20123
20135
20141
20152
20181
20192
20212
20234
20242
20251
20262
See all 63 ADs

Information bulletins that may apply · 6

Advisory, not mandatory.

Historical bulletins · 1

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N772ALMatched 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 407 aircraft

FAA incident reports

No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N772ALMatched 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 Bell 407 aircraft

Service difficulty reports · 6

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

SDR QMLA2026011120002Unknown · odorMED CREW REPORTS A FUEL ODOR WHILE IN FLIGHT. PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION OF ALL VIABLE FUEL LINES, FUEL SUMPS, FUEL NOZZLE, AND FUEL FILTERS, IAW AMM DMC 407-A-24-00-00-130A-A. NO LEAKS NOTED AT THIS TIME.Jan 11, 2026 · N772AL · Bell 407 · Air Distribution SystemSDR QMLA2025071520074Unknown · odorDURING REPOSITION FLIGHT TO THE AIRPORT (3 MILES) CREW REPORTED A FUEL SMELL IN THE AIRCRAFT. LANDED AT PLANNED LOCATION, WROTE UP DISCREPANCY, AND CALLED MX.Jul 15, 2025 · N772AL · Bell 407 · Air Distribution SystemSDR QMLA2024091820117Unknown · odorDURING FLIGHT, I HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND SAW A FLASH ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE CENTER CONSOLE FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTRICAL BURN SMELL. I IMMEDIATELY CHANGED MY COURSE TO A SAFE LANDING LOCATION. ONCE THE LANDING PHASE WAS SET I CHECKED ALL MY INSTRUMENTS AND Sep 17, 2024 · N772AL · Bell 407 · Air Distribution SystemSDR QMLA2024040920037Fuel Cell · leakingFUEL SMELL NOTICED FROM CREW AND PILOT UPON RETURN FLIGHT FROM GOODYEAR. INSPECTION FOUND FUEL CAP SEAL HAD A TEAR REPLACED CAP. MAINTENANCE FLIGHT STILL HAD FUEL ODOR IN CABIN. RETURNED TO BASE. PRESSURIZED SYSTEM FOR 2 HOURS AND NOTICED DROP IN PRESSURE INSPApr 5, 2024 · N772AL · Bell 407 · Fuel StorageSDR QMLA2023022120009Hmu · unknownTHIS WAS THE THIRD TIME IN ONE-WEEK FADEC DEGRADE/RESTART FAULT WAS DISPLAYED ON THE CAUTION WARNING PANEL DURING RUN UP. AFTER CONNECTING TO THE ECU WITH A COMPUTER, FAULTS WFMVFLT AND WFMVRTFLT WERE FOUND, THESE SAME FAULTS WERE FOUND ON THE PREVIOUS INCIDENFeb 17, 2023 · N772AL · Bell 407 · Engine Fuel and ControlSDR QMLA2013013113019Skin · damagedTWO AREAS OF CONCERN FOUND ON RT OUTER FUSALAGE SKIN. FIRST IS A CRACK ABOUT .7500" AT BS 163 & SECOND IS A OUTER SKIN DEBONDING AT BS 198.Jan 31, 2013 · N772AL · Bell 407 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin

STCs that may be installed · 326

Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

See all 326 STCs