N4055L1996 Eurocopter AS 350 B2
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply4 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- U S Dept Of Homeland Security
- Owner type
- Government
- City, state
- Washington, DC
- Certificate issued
- Nov 13, 1996
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 7, 1996
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
- 1996
- Serial number
- 2916
- 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
- A4C246
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- 1996 – nowU S Dept Of Homeland SecurityWashington, DC · 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 (4)
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.
- Indicating and recording systems · relay · failedFeb 15, 1998
DISCREPANCY IN THE HOUR METER. TIME WAS LESS THAN ACTUAL FLIGHT TIME. T/S OF THE METER REVEALED THERE WAS NO POWER AVAILABLE TO HOBBS METER. DISCOVERED THE RELAY WAS HALF FILLED WITH WATER AND THE PINS IN THE SOCKET HAD RUSTED OFF. UPON EVALUATING THE FAILURE NOTED THE RELAYS ARE NOT SEALED, AND…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Communications · transceiver · failedJun 11, 1997
AIRCRAFT TRANSCEIVER RT 5000 RECEIVED WITH BROKEN SQUELCH EVERY 4 SECONDS, NEVER RECEIVED. SN 1360 RT 5000 RECEIVED WITH CONSTANT SQUELCH. BOTH ITEMS WERE SENT IN PRIOR FOR THESE DISCREPANCIES TO GLOBAL WOLFSBURG/BENDIX KING.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Communications · transceiver · failedJun 11, 1997
AIRCRAFT TRANSCEIVER RT 5000 RECEIVED WITH BROKEN SQUELCH EVERY 4 SECONDS, NEVER RECEIVED. SN 1360 RT 5000 RECEIVED WITH CONSTANT SQUELCH. BOTH ITEMS WERE SENT IN PRIOR FOR THESE DISCREPANCIES TO GLOBAL WOLFSBURG/BENDIX KING.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Main rotor · warn horn · failedDec 5, 1996
THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF WARNING HORNS. ONE MANUFACTURER IS KLAXON, THE OTHER IS VOXBELL. BOTH OF THE HORNS ARE FAILING DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP. ITEMS CAUSING FAILURE ARE POOR SOLDERING POINTS AND RIVETS NOT FULLY SQUEEZED WHICH SHOULD MAKE CONTACT TO ACTIVATE THE HORN WHEN ROTOR RPM FALLS BELOW…
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