Turbine helicopter

N642AM

2025 Bell 407

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
56465
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
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Registration record

N642AM on the FAA register

Type
2025 Bell 407
Serial
56465
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47E/4
Registered owner
Air Methods LLC
Greenwood Village, CO
Certificate issued
2026-01-31
Airworthiness date
2025-08-14
Registration expires
2033-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A86CB5
Mode S (octal)
52066265
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-01-31
    Certificate of registration issued as N642AM to the current registrant.
  • 2025-08-14
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2020-01-03
    N642AM previously assigned to a Aircraft Mfg & Development Co CH 2000 (s/n 20-0053); cancelled.
Overview

About N642AM

N642AM is a 2025 Bell 407, serial number 56465. The FAA register lists Air Methods LLC as the registrant in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 31, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Rolls-Royce 250-C47E/4 engine and 8 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated August 14, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N642AM. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2018-10-06 Accident · Topeka, KS Damage: Substantial NTSB · GAA19CA006
Reported aircraft: Zenair CH 2000 — a different aircraft that carried the N642AM registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and a subsequent runway excursion.

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.