Turbine helicopter

N159AM

2019 Bell 407GXI

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2019
Serial
54810
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47E/4
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Air Methods LLC (LLC)
Based
Greenwood Village, CO
2019 Bell 407GXI
Representative photo of a Bell 407GXI. Not a photo of N159AM.
Registration record

N159AM on the FAA register

Type
2019 Bell 407GXI
Serial
54810
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47E/4
Registered owner
Air Methods LLC
Greenwood Village, CO
Certificate issued
2025-01-16
Airworthiness date
2024-12-18
Registration expires
2032-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A0EBAA
Mode S (octal)
50165652
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
285 nm
Cruise (type)
121 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-01-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N159AM to the current registrant.
  • 2024-12-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2019
    Manufactured (2019).
  • 2013-11-08
    N159AM previously assigned to a Hawker Hunter MK 58A (s/n XE-23); cancelled.
Overview

About N159AM

N159AM is a 2019 Bell 407GXI, serial number 54810. The FAA register lists Air Methods LLC as the registrant in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 16, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Rolls-Royce 250-C47E/4 engine and 8 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 121 knots and a range of about 285 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated December 18, 2024.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N159AM.

Cruise
121 kt
Range
285 nm
Fuel burn
42 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N159AM.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.