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Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
American Eurocopter Corp
Model
AS350B3
Year
2010
Serial number
4993
Aircraft type
Rotorcraft
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
7
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Type certificate data sheet
H9EU
Mode S code
A497D8
Engine
Make and model
Turbomeca Arriel 2b1
Type
Turbo-shaft
Power
747 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records
2010 – nowUS Department Of Homeland SecurityWashington, DC · current
1983 – 1984Excelair INCMiami, FL · different airframe: Boeing 707-123b S/N 17647
1956 – 1971U S Department Of NavyWashington, DC · different airframe: Douglas Dc3c S/N 33076
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · substantial damage
Jun 25, 2025 · San Luis, AZ
The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to properly recover the helicopter during an autorotative landing and the instructor pilot’s failure to intervene, which resulted in a hard landing.
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.
Turbomeca Arriel 1B, 1D, 1D1, 2B, and 2B1 Turboshaft Engines
Apr 29, 2009
Engine (ARRIEL 2B1)Serial numbers per Figure 1 of Turbomeca Alert MSB No. A292 72 0827, Version A (Arriel 1B/1D/1D1) and Figure 1 of Turbomeca Alert MSB No. A292 72 2833, Version A (Arriel 2B/2B1), both dated March 20, 2009. Only with: Engines with power turbine modules M04 installed, as listed by SN in the referenced service bulletins.
Engine (ARRIEL 2B1)Only with: Engines without modification TU22 incorporated.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
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.
Air conditioning and pressurization · compressor · seizedNov 16, 2010
PILOT REPORTED, DURING NORMAL FLIGHT, AIR COND SYS BEGAN TO BLOW WARM AIR FOLLOWED BY HYD SYS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATION. DUAL HYD SYS ALLOWED PILOT TO PERFORM PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT BOTH THE A/C COMPRESSOR DRIVE BELT AND THE ADJACENT HYD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.