{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-02-08","city":"GREENWOOD VILLAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Loan or lien (security agreement)","doc_type_code":"S/A","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-11"},{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Loan or lien (security agreement)","doc_type_code":"S/A","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-15"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2033-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-02-08","maker":"Airbus Helicopters","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AIRBUS HELICOPTERS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5620028","mode_s_code":"51574547","mode_s_hex":"A6F967","model":"EC135T3","n_number":"N549AM","name":"AIR METHODS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"La Monte","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-12-19","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CEN11FA118","probable_cause":"An interruption of fuel to the engine due to air in the fuel lines, which resulted in an engine flameout and the total loss of engine power. The reason for air in the fuel line resulting in an engine flameout could not be determined because postaccident testing did not reveal the mechanism that would lead to such a result.","registration":"N549AM","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on December 19, 2010 at La Monte, MO: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N549AM is an Airbus Helicopters EC135T3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). 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 February 8, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested. 2 documents are on file: 2 \u00d7 loan or lien (security agreement).","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Air Methods LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 8, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2336 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N549AM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (serial 4339, cancelled November 15, 2021). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"2 loan or lien documents received by the registry recently (September 11, 2026, September 15, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N549AM: Accident on December 19, 2010 at La Monte, MO: serious 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":8,"serial_number":"2336","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5500 S QUEBEC ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"01533979","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N549AM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"801111914"}