N228LA2000 Eurocopter AS 350 B2
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply5 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- City Of Los Angeles
- Owner type
- Government
- City, state
- Los Angeles, CA
- Certificate issued
- Dec 9, 2000
- Expires
- Jun 30, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Sep 1, 2000
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Eurocopter
- Model
- AS 350 B2
- Year
- 2000
- Serial number
- 3316
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 6
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H9EU
- Mode S code
- A1FFB4
Engine
- Make and model
- Turbomeca Arriel 1ser
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 681 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2000 – nowCity Of Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (4)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-23-09 | Eurocopter France Helicopters | Dec 27, 2013 | Airframe (AS 350 B2)Only with: Helicopters with sliding doors installed, except those with modification AL.4262. |
| 2013-21-01 | Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Helicopters | Oct 25, 2013 | Airframe (AS 350 B2)Only with: Tail rotor hub pitch horn assembly P/N 350A121368.01, .02, .03, or .04, with pitch horn P/N 350A121368.XX, installed. |
| 2013-08-19 | Eurocopter France Helicopters | Jun 5, 2013 | Airframe (AS 350 B2)Only with: Sliding door pre-modification (MOD) 073298 or pre-MOD 073308 installed. |
| 2010-11-51 | Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model AS350B, BA, B1, B2, C, D, and D1 Helicopters and… | Sep 2, 2010 | Airframe (AS 350 B2)Only with: Tail gearbox control lever P/N 350A33-1058-00, -01, -02, or -03 not marked with an "X" near the P/N installed. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (5)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Fuselage · bracket · brokenJan 26, 2017
NUMBER 5 HANGER BEARING BRACKET FAILED. WAS FOUND DURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine · module · unknownMay 19, 2005
MO2 AND MO3 WERE REPLACED. GROUND RUNS WERE PERFORMED. OIL FLOW AT REAR BRG WAS MEASURED AT 180 MI. NO FUEL OR OIL LEAKS NOTED. DURING PWR CHECK, AT APPROX 1000 FT AGL, (ENG CHIP) LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AFTER PILOT INITIATED LANDING. DURING DESCENT, BURNING ODOR WAS NOTED IN COCKPIT, AT APPROX 70 FT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · housing · crackedMar 10, 2004
CRACKED AT DRIVE FLANGE WELD. POSSIBLE CAUSE AERODYNAMIC AND MECHANICAL FORCES AT DRIVE FLANGE. RECOMMENDATION: USE OF STRONGER BASE MATERIAL AND STRICTER CONTROL OF WELDING PROCESS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Electrical power · shaft · shearedMar 1, 2004
DRIVE SHAFT FOUND SHEARED. PROBABLE CAUSE: GENERATOR BROUGHT ON LINE WITH HIGH ELECTRICAL LOAD. RECOMMENDATION: PILOT BRING ON LINE WITH LOW LOAD AND THEN ADD LOAD.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Electrical power · stator · shortedMar 1, 2004
STATOR SHORTED, BRUSHES DESTROYED, COMMUTATOR GROOVED. EXCESSIVE AMPERAGE. MONITOR ELECTRICAL LOAD DURING OPERATION.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026