Turbine helicopter

N229AM

2011 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2011
Serial
54071
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Air Methods LLC (LLC)
Based
Greenwood Village, CO
2011 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters
Representative photo of a Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters. Not a photo of N229AM.
Registration record

N229AM on the FAA register

Type
2011 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters
Serial
54071
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
Registered owner
Air Methods LLC
Greenwood Village, CO
Certificate issued
2026-04-29
Airworthiness date
2011-07-11
Registration expires
2033-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A2027C
Mode S (octal)
50401174
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-04-29
    Certificate of registration issued as N229AM to the current registrant.
  • 2011-07-11
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2003-07-17
    N229AM previously assigned to a Swearingen SA226TC (s/n TC305); cancelled.
Overview

About N229AM

N229AM is a 2011 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters, serial number 54071. The FAA register lists Air Methods LLC as the registrant in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 29, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Rolls-Royce 250-C47B engine and 8 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated July 11, 2011.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N229AM. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2003-04-16 Accident · Denver, CO Damage: Substantial NTSB · DEN03LA076
Reported aircraft: Swearingen SA226TC — a different aircraft that carried the N229AM registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The failure of the landing gear system and the flight crew's failure to ascertain that the landing gear was down and locked. A contributing factor was the inadequate maintenance inspections performed by maintenance personnel.
1996-05-17 Accident · Fargo, ND Damage: Substantial NTSB · CHI96LA162
Reported aircraft: Swearingen SA226TC — a different aircraft that carried the N229AM registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the flight crew did not comply with the gear down and lock checklist. The factors were a jammed nose gear and inattentive preflight planning/preparations by the pilot-in-command.

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.