# N985EW: 2000 Eurocopter France AS 350 B3, registration cancelled 2018-01-10

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 10, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Eurocopter France AS 350 B3](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-france-as-350-b3) (registry code 8680963)
- Engine: [Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b) (registry code 60037)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU), [TCDS E00054EN](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E00054EN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 3332
- Year built: 2000
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development
- Airworthiness date: July 31, 2012
- Certificate issued: September 9, 2011
- Last registry action: April 12, 2012
- Mode S code: ADBE30
- Owner when cancelled: [Eagle Air Med Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/EAGLE%20AIR%20MED%20CORP)
- Location: [South Jordan, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/South%20Jordan)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 40.5586° N, 111.9417° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 84095, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N985EW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=985EW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N985EW-2018-01-10

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 Eurocopter France AS 350 B3: https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-france-as-350-b3.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR14LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA038), Oct 30, 2013: Eurocopter France AS 350 (N985EW), Kailua Kona, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain main rotor rpm while practicing manual throttle control and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20131029022699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131029022699A), Oct 29, 2013: Eurocopter France AS 350 B3 (N985EW), Kailua Kona, HI, Substantial damage. On October 29, 2013, about 1710 Hawaii standard time, a Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter, N985EW, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at the Kailua…

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