N277SD2000 Eurocopter EC120B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19828 ADs may apply3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Sacramento County Sheriffs Office
- Owner type
- Government
- City, state
- Mather, CA
- Certificate issued
- Jan 22, 2002
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and Development
- Airworthiness date
- Sep 7, 2001
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
- EC120B
- Year
- 2000
- Serial number
- 1134
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 5
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- R0001RD
- Mode S code
- A2C211
Engine
- Make and model
- Turbomeca Arrius 2f
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 432 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2002 – nowSacramento County Sheriffs OfficeMather, 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 (8)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-07 | Turbomeca S.A. Turboshaft Engines | Jun 12, 2015 | Engine (ARRIUS 2F) |
| 2013-11-09 | Turbomeca S.A. Turboshaft Engines | Jul 5, 2013 | Engine (ARRIUS 2F) |
| 2012-07-09 | Turbomeca S.A. Turboshaft Engines | May 24, 2012 | Engine (ARRIUS 2F)Only with: Right-hand (RH) rear half-wall, P/N 0319 99 824 0, installed. |
| 2009-14-01 | Turbomeca S.A. Arrius 2F Turboshaft Engines | Aug 3, 2009 | Engine (ARRIUS 2F)Only with: Engines that have not incorporated modification Tf75. |
| 2008-13-27 | Turbomeca S.A. Arrius 2F Turboshaft Engines | Aug 6, 2008 | Engine (ARRIUS 2F)Only with: Engines that have not incorporated Turbomeca Modification Tf 12A. |
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| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-11-06 | Turbomeca Arrius 2F Turboshaft Engines | Jun 26, 2007 | Engine (ARRIUS 2F)Only with: Engines with fuel control units (FCUs) not incorporating modification Tf 55. |
| 2005-17-15 | Turbomeca Arrius 2F Turboshaft Engines | Sep 12, 2005 | Engine (ARRIUS 2F) |
| 2005-17-17 | Turbomeca S.A. Arrius 2F Turboshaft Engines | Sep 12, 2005 | Engine (ARRIUS 2F) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (3)
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.
- Engine oil · line · mismanufacturedJan 1, 2004
DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, OIL LINE B-NUT WAS LOOSENED, IT WAS NOTED THAT LINE MOVED AWAY FROM MATING CONNECTOR APPROX .2500 INCH. A SPRING SCALE WAS USED TO PULL THE LINE BACK INTO PLACE, IT REQUIRED 45 LBS OF FORCE TO DO SO. THE MFG WAS CONTACTED, PRINT OF PART WAS OBTAINED AND PART WAS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · control panel · failedJan 17, 2002
SX 16 NIGHTSUN QUIT OPERATING. FOUND RELAY PANEL INOPERATIVE. REPLACE RELAY ASSEMBLY. PROBABLE CAUSE: RELAY INTERNAL FAILURE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · control panel · inoperativeJan 17, 2002
SX16 NIGHTSUN QUIT OPERATING. FOUND RELAY PANEL INOPERATIVE, REPLACE RELAY ASSEMBLY. PROBABLE CAUSE: RELAY INTERNAL FAILURE.
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