- Registered owner
- Air Methods LLC
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 0385
- Year built
- 2005
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- June 7, 2005
- Certificate issued
- December 3, 2015
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- ADC26E
Eurocopter Deutschland EC135T2TCDS H88EUAirframe · Eurocopter Deutschland EC135T2TCDS E34NEEngine · Turbomeca ARRIUS-2B2
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 56
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 2000 | 1 |
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| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 |
Airframe · Eurocopter Deutschland EC135T2
AD 2026-20-06Main rotor gearboxAD 2026-17-05Cabin Equipment/FurnishingsAD 2026-08-10Passenger compartment equipmentInformation bulletins that may apply · 3
Advisory, not mandatory.
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N986LFMatched 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 EC135T2 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N986LFMatched 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 EC135T2 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 5
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2018032118035Motor · burnedDURING FINAL MINUTES OF FLIGHT. ALL FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS SMELLED A SUDDEN, AND STRONG, ONSET OF A STRANGE ODOR. POSSIBLY ELECTRIC OR INSULATION IN NATURE. VISUALLY CHECKED FOR SMOKE, NONE NOTED. VISUALLY CHECKED FOR ABNORMALITES OR INDICATIONS, NONE NOTED. PISDR QMLA2016040116031Frame · crackedDURING 500 HOUR INSPECTIONS FOUND FRAMES 5A & 7 CRACKED. DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED FROM .050 2024-O HEAT TREATED TO T3 & INSTALLED FOR FRAME 5A & DOUBLER MADE FROM 2024-T3 & INSTALLED ON FRAME 7 IAW REPAIR SHEET AHI2016-0040.SDR QMLA2014092714117Valve · leakingDEPARTED FOR SCENE FLIGHT MEETING EMS ON HOSPITAL PAD. THIS IS AN 18 MINUTE FLIGHT, ABOUT 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE CREW MEMBER IN THE BACK STARTED SMELLING OIL & FUEL TYPE FUMES. THE PILOT COULD AS WELL AS THE OTHER CREW MEMBER IN THE FRONT. ABOUT 1 -SDR QMLD201201302761Frame · corrodedON THE AFT PORTION OF THE TAIL BOOM WHERE THE TAIL BOOM ATTACHES TO FENESTRON INTERNALLY IN THE LOWER PORTION (INSIDE ACCESS PANEL) THE TAIL BOOM RING FRAME HAS WHAT APPEARS TO BE CORROSION FROM LATENT MOISTURE WHICH LAYS IN AN AREA WHERE IT CANNOT ESCAPE. THSDR QMLA2011120711118Actuator · intermittentDURING AN APPROACH, PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ACFT STARTED TO YAW KICK/TAIL WAG THAT INCREASED IN FREQUENCY AS THE AIRSPEED DECREASED AND THE POWER WAS INCREASED. THE YAW SAS WAS CURRENTLY MEL'D ON THE ACFT AT THE TIME OF THIS OCCURANCE. THE APPROACH WAS ABORTE
STCs that may be installed · 70
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.