- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 3453
- Year built
- 2001
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- May 23, 2003
- Certificate issued
- October 1, 2009
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- ACBFEC
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 N920UMatched 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 N920UMatched 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 · 11
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 2A6D20220926001Bulkhead Web · chafedDAMAGE TO THE X1790 FRAME (P/N: 350A214099) IN THE FORM OF A CUTOUT / HOLE ON BOTH LH AND RH SIDES NEAR LOWER FAIRING MOUNTING POINT. THE DAMAGE AREA ON THE LH SIDE MEASURED TO BE 0.15” X 0.15” AND THE DAMAGE AREA ON THE RH SIDE MEASURED TO BE 0.3” X 0.15”.SDR QMLA2021040920019Motor · failedPILOT AND CREW DETECTED FAINT BURNING PLASTIC SMELL IN CABIN EN ROUTE TO HOSPITAL FOR PATIENT TRANSFER. PILOT PERFORMED AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING AND CONTACTED MAINTENANCE. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE MECHANIC ON SITE THAT THE AIR COMM AIR CONDITIONER AFT EVAPORATORSDR 2A6R3019100454002Frame · corrodedCORROSION DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE FRAME, BS 845, THE DAMAGE MEASURED 1 INCH IN LENGTH AND .035 DEEP. REMOVED OF DAMAGE AND A REPAIR DOUBLER INSTALLED.SDR 2A6R2019092654001Structure · damagedDURING INSPECTION OF TAIL BOOM FOUND DAMAGE BENEATH 2 ANTENNAS AT FS 5315 & FS 6730. AWAITING ENGINEERING AUTHORIZATION TO REPAIR BY BONDING AND RIVETING DOUBLERS.SDR QMLA2015080415066Firewall · crackedDURING AAIP A1660 600 HR SCHEDULED INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FWD ENG FIREWALL HAD A TOTAL OF 5 CRACKS IN 4 LOCATIONS. TWO OF THE LOCATIONS ARE ON THE UPPER LT & RT BEND ADJACENT TO THE END OF THE ENG COWLING HINGE CONSISTING OF 1 CRACK EACH APPROSDR QMLA2015080315065Stringer · crackedDURING AAIP A1660 600 HR SCHEDULED INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STRINGER JUST BELOW THE BATTERY DOOR OPENING, IN THE TAIL BOOM HAS A CRACK APPROX 1 INCH IN LENGTH.SDR QMLA2015031415017Wire · chafedDURING TAKEOFF, THE PILOT & CREW REPORTED SMELLING & SEEING WHITE SMOKE IN CABIN. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF & LANDED WITHOUT DELAY. THE MECHANICS PERFORMED VISUAL SEARCHES FOR ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT WOULD CAUSE WHITE SMOKE. THE MECHANICS PERFORMED GND TESSDR QMLA2014041514036Connector · not seatedBEFORE TAKEOFF PILOT NOTED 81 GALLONS OF FUEL. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT NOTICED FUEL 0. PILOT DECLARED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. TROUBLE SHOT VEMD SYS TO INCLUDE THE CONNECTIONS FOR MISSING OR BENT PINS. REMOVED BELLY PANEL & VISUALLY CHECKED ALL CONNECTSDR QMLA2013122513001Windshield · crackedRIGHT WINDSCREEN CRACKED. THE CRACK IS ABOUT HALF WAY UP THE WINDSHIELD ON THE RT SIDE AT THE FRAME. IT EXTENDS ABOUT .7500 THE WAY ACROSS.SDR QMLA2012121712192Valve · dirtyCREW SMELLED BURNED POPCORN ODOR IN CABIN ON TAKEOFF, INSPECTED FOUND THAT SODA HAD BEEN SPILLED ON PILOTS FLOOR, RAN DOWN ON HEATER KNOB AND ON HEATER (HOT) VALVE IN CABIN FLOOR VALVES. CLEANED AND REINSTALLED PANELS.SDR QMLA2010081010050Indicator · failedAFTER DEPARTURE, FLI (FIRST LIMIT INDICATOR) FAILED. RETURNED TO BASE, RESET FLI. MECHANIC CHECKED FLI FOR FAILURE CODE, NONE INDICATED. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION.
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.
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