Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2
N231SH is an Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2014. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Air Methods LLC, an LLC in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 27, 2021 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 4, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Airbus Helicopters
- Model
- EC 130 T2 · all EC 130 T2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 7993
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Turbomeca ARRIEL 2D · 802 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 2014
- Transponder code
- A20DCF (octal 50406717)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 27, 2021
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- December 11, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · November 4, 2014
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01163028
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Air Methods LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 5500 S Quebec St Ste 300
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-1926
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N231SH, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Air Methods LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 27, 2021, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated November 4, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7993 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N231SH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Metzger Christopher GLASAIR (serial SH231, cancelled June 26, 2009). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N231SH: Accident on April 2, 2023 at Chelsea, AL: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Accident on July 31, 1987 at Kalispell, MT: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 · operated under 135
The pilot’s delayed corrective inputs while maneuvering, which resulted in a loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s use of multiple sedating medications.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA23FA175 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A188B · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN87FA203 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data