{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2008-07-09","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2011-09-23","city":"GREENWOOD VILLAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"60056","engine_horsepower":747,"engine_maker":"TURBOMECA","engine_model":"ARRIEL 2B1","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-12-16","maker":"American Eurocopter Llc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AMERICAN EUROCOPTER LLC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1145002","mode_s_code":"51267560","mode_s_hex":"A56F70","model":"AS350B3","n_number":"N4497Y","name":"AIR METHODS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"PRESTON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-05-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC97LA149","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper flare during a precautionary landing, which resulted in a hard landing.  A factor in the accident was the failure of the left magneto, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power.","registration":"N4497Y","state":"MD","summary":"Accident on May 29, 1997 at Preston, MD: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"PRESTON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-06-02","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"BFO89DIG01","probable_cause":"PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE WITH THE WHEAT CROP AS HE PASSED UNDER THE POWERLINE DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION SWATH RUN.","registration":"N4497Y","state":"MD","summary":"Accident on June 2, 1989 at Preston, MD: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4497Y is an American Eurocopter Llc AS350B3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2008. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Air Methods LLC, an LLC in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 23, 2011 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 9, 2008.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Air Methods LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 23, 2011, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated July 9, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4497 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N4497Y according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N4497Y: Accident on May 29, 1997 at Preston, MD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 2, 1989 at Preston, MD: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":7,"serial_number":"4497","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5500 S QUEBEC ST STE 300","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00459809","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4497Y","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2008,"zip":"801111914"}