Turbine helicopter

N494AE

2001 Bell 407

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2001
Serial
53512
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Allison 250 SER 400HP
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Air Evac Ems Inc (Corporation)
Based
O Fallon, MO
What's N494AE worth? Track flights
2001 Bell 407
Representative photo of a Bell 407. Not a photo of N494AE.
Registration record

N494AE on the FAA register

Type
2001 Bell 407
Serial
53512
Engines
Allison 250 SER 400HP
Registered owner
Air Evac Ems Inc
O Fallon, MO
Certificate issued
2019-06-05
Airworthiness date
2001-12-21
Registration expires
2029-06-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A61EF9
Mode S (octal)
51417371
Seats (type)
7
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2019-06-05
    Certificate of registration issued as N494AE to the current registrant.
  • 2012-12-17
    N494AE previously assigned to a Aerospatiale Atr 72-212A (s/n 494); cancelled.
  • 2001-12-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N494AE

N494AE is a 2001 Bell 407, serial number 53512. The FAA register lists Air Evac Ems Inc as the registrant in O Fallon, Missouri. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 5, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Allison 250 SER 400HP engine and 7 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated December 21, 2001.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N494AE. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2009-12-26 Incident · Dallas, TX Damage: Minor NTSB · CEN10IA084
Reported aircraft: ATR ATR72 — a different aircraft that carried the N494AE registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: A fatigue failure of an elevator stop bracket, which resulted in a partial jam of the elevator control. Contributing to the failure was the improper installation of shim stacks, poor alignment of the brackets, and cyclic stresses acting on the lower stop, generated by the repeated improper use of the gust lock system.

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

Same model

More Bell 407 aircraft

N111GH
2001 Bell 407
N114WH
2001 Bell 407
N1170
2001 Bell 407
N1903A
2001 Bell 407
N36VA
2001 Bell 407
N407J
2001 Bell 407
N407PJ
2001 Bell 407
N407SR
2001 Bell 407
All 788 Bell 407 registrations →
Same state

Other aircraft registered in Missouri

N493SC
2016 Czech Sport Aircraft Sportcruiser
N4949L
1967 Piper Cherokee 180
N4949W
2015 Homebuilt Sonex
N494BW
Homebuilt RV-6 (KIT Build)
N494MD
Homebuilt EA-J150
N494P
1993 Beechcraft F33A Bonanza
All 5,813 aircraft registered in Missouri →
Similar aircraft

Other turbine helicopters on the register

  • N9460T1988 Hughes Helicopters 369E
  • N215M1997 McDonnell Douglas 520N
  • N8525Y1969 Hughes OH-6A
  • N123NC1971 Bell 206A
  • N3269F1976 Hiller-Soloy UH-12D Turbine Helicopters
  • N950LA2010 Eurocopter AS 350B-2 Turbine Helicopters
More from Bell

Bell models on the register

Own N494AE?

Get a free valuation, digitize the logbooks, or list it on fyiAero.

Free valuation Logbook transcription

Browse: Bell aircraft for sale· Bell 407 overview· Aircraft registered in Missouri· Registry by state· FAA registry stats

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.