# N779AL: 1997 Bell 407, registration cancelled 2025-01-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 7, 2025
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bell 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (registry code 1182206)
- Engine: [Allison 250 SER 250HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (registry code 03002)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 53176
- Year built: 1997
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: September 8, 1997
- Certificate issued: November 30, 2007
- Last registry action: January 11, 2024
- Mode S code: AA8A81
- Owner when cancelled: [Air Methods LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20METHODS%20LLC)
- Location: [Greenwood Village, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Greenwood%20Village)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.6120° N, 104.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 80111, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N779AL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=779AL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N779AL-2025-01-07

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Bell 407: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407.md

## Service difficulty reports (3)

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

- [SDR QMLA2023071320052](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2023071320052), Jul 13, 2023: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. PASSENGER SICK, AIR LIFE REPORTING PROCESS REPORTED FUEL SMELL IN CABIN, PER PILOT THE PASSENGER WAS SICK UNRELATED TO ANY SMELL'S IN THE CABIN. TWO (22) ADDITI
- [SDR QMLA2023061420048](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2023061420048), Jun 12, 2023: FUEL CELL. UNKNOWN. FUEL SMELL NOTED IN AIRCRAFT, AFTER INSPECTION NOTED VISIBLE LEAKAGE FROM THE AFT R/H CORNER OF FORWARD FUEL CELL.
- [SDR QMLA2018072418087](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2018072418087), Jul 24, 2018: UNKNOWN. ODOR. CREW VERBALIZED STRONG BURNING PLASTIC SMELL JUST AS I SMELLED THE SAME SMELL. TURNED OFF THE AIR CONDITIONER AND THE SMELL DISSIPATED BRIEFLY. CREW AND I THEN 

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