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Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 T2+
N955AL is an Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 T2+, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2007. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Air Methods LLC, an LLC in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 7, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 10, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh
- Model
- EC 135 T2+ · all EC 135 T2+s 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. Largely composite fuselage shells. This is how the Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 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
- 0554
- 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, 2 motors · Turbomeca ARRIUS 2B2 · 642 hp
- Seats
- 12
- Year built
- 2007
- Transponder code
- AD4745 (octal 53243505)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 7, 2025
- Expires
- November 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- November 7, 2025
- 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 · May 10, 2007
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00347529
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
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N955AL links to the rest of the register
- Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 396 registered
- Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh 411 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIUS 2B2 48 aircraft with this engine series · 642 hp
- Type certificate H88EU · held by Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GMBH (Ahd)
- Air Methods LLC 342 aircraft in the fleet
- Greenwood Village, CO 439 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,455 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 80 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 1,521 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 126 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIUS 2B2 4 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIUS 2B2 89 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Blade, failed · 2024-04-09
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The public federal record on N955AL, 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 November 7, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 10, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0554 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N955AL 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]
1 NTSB record under N955AL: Accident on September 24, 2025 at Whittier, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter EC135 · operated under 135
On September 23, 2025, at 2303 Pacific daylight time, a Eurocopter EC-135 T2+, N955AL, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Whittier, Washington. The pilot and three medical crew members received minor injuries. The helicopter was operated by Air Methods, LLC as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 air medical flight. The pilot stated that while en route back to the helicopter’s base, he received a request to transport a medical patient. The pilot received the scene coordinates and proceeded to the location. Upon arrival, he determined the coordinates…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data