Eurocopter AS 350 B3
N808LF is an Eurocopter AS 350 B3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2010. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Air Methods LLC, an LLC in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 23, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 14, 2010.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Air Methods LLC, so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen October 23 at 5:56 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Eurocopter
- Model
- AS 350 B3 · all AS 350 B3s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium with composite partsA mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. Composite rotor blades and a composite Starflex rotor head. This is how the Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 4983
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Turbomeca ARRIEL 2B1 · 747 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 2010
- Transponder code
- AB0095 (octal 52600225)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 23, 2020
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- December 19, 2024
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 14, 2010
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01052314
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Air Methods LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 5500 S Quebec St Ste 300
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-1926
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N808LF links to the rest of the register
- Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 893 registered
- Eurocopter 668 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Air Methods LLC · charter operator
- Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 2B1 271 aircraft with this engine series · 747 hp
- Type certificate H9EU · held by Airbus Helicopters
- Air Methods LLC 342 aircraft in the fleet
- Greenwood Village, CO 439 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,453 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 156 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 1,007 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 685 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 2B1 21 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 2B1 758 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Support Beam, chafed · 2022-03-25
- Report filed on this aircraft: Support Beam, elongated · 2022-03-25
- Report filed on this aircraft: Crossbeam, damaged · 2022-03-18
- Where N808LF is now · Last seen October 23 at 5:56 pm.
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The public federal record on N808LF, 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 October 23, 2020, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 14, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4983 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N808LF according to the deregistered file. [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]
3 NTSB records under N808LF: Accident on April 17, 2022 at Deer Valley, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage. Incident on June 26, 2014 at Temple, TX: no injuries, minor damage. Accident on July 27, 2011 at Troutdale, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. 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.
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 · operated under 135
The fuelers improper action during the refueling process.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to reposition the yaw servo hydraulic switch to the “on” position during the pretakeoff hydraulic system check, which resulted in a complete lack of hydraulic boost to the tail rotor system and increased the load required to move the control pedals and led to the pilot’s subsequent inability to manipulate the control pedals and his loss of yaw control.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 · operated under 091
The in-flight separation of the tail rotor drive shaft cover as a result of maintenance personnel not ensuring that it was secured after a maintenance inspection; also causal was the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection of the helicopter.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data