N809MHEurocopter EC 130 B4
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply6 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 16, 2026- Registered owner
- Airstar Leasing LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Henderson, NV
- Certificate issued
- Feb 17, 2015
- Expires
- Feb 29, 2028
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
- EC 130 B4
- Serial number
- 3927
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 6
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- 12,500 - 19,999 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H9EU
- Mode S code
- AB0467
Engine
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2015 – nowAirstar Leasing LLCHenderson, NV · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 16, 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 (1)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-07 | Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model EC130 B4 Helicopters | Apr 6, 2011 | Airframe (EC 130 B4)Only with: Flotation gear unit "1G" (1G unit), P/N 350A63256300, 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 (6)
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.
- Fire protection · fire detector · intermittentJun 12, 2008
DURING FLIGHT, PILOT REPORTED THAT FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN A FLICKERING FASHION AND FLIGHT WAS ABORTED. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR HEAT WAS FOUND AND TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES OF THE MM WERE FOUND INEFFECTIVE AT DISCOVERING WHICH OF (3) DETECTORS WAS FAULTY. RETORQING THE TERMINAL CONNECTIONS HAD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fire protection · fire detector · intermittentJun 12, 2008
DURING FLIGHT, PILOT REPORTED THAT THE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN A FLICKERING FASHION, FLIGHT WAS ABORTED. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR HEAT WAS FOUND AND TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES OF THE MM WERE FOUND INEFFECTIVE AT DISCOVERING WHICH OF (3) DETECTORS WAS FAULTY. RETORQING THE TERMINAL CONNECTIONS HAD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fire protection · fire detector · intermittentJun 12, 2008
DURING FLIGHT, PILOT REPORTED THAT THE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN A FLICKERING FASHION, FLIGHT WAS ABORTED. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR HEAT WAS FOUND AND TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES OF THE MM WERE FOUND INEFFECTIVE AT DISCOVERING WHICH OF (3) DETECTORS WAS FAULTY. RETORQING THE TERMINAL CONNECTIONS HAD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Main rotor drive · pressure sensor · failedMay 23, 2008
LOW MGB OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES DURING GROUND IDLE OF THE AC. SWITCH WAS FOUND OUT OF TOLERANCE. SWITCH WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE PART WITH NO FURTHER DISCREPANCY NOTED. THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON FAULT FOR THIS PART. SUGGEST IMPROVED DESIGN OR BETTER QC FOR INTERNAL PARTS AS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Main rotor · wire · damagedOct 10, 2007
PILOT REPORTED NO LOW ROTOR RPM WARNING HORN (HEADSET BEEP) NR GAUGE INDICATIONS WAS NORMAL. SENSOR IS DUAL ELEMENT WITH ONE PORTION PROVIDING EACH SIGNAL FOR WARNING HORN AND NR INDICATION. INTERNAL WIRES ARE SO FINE THIS UNIT IS FAILURE PRONE, SUGGEST OPTIC SENSOR DESIGN. (K)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · doubler · crackedNov 16, 2006
DURING ROUTINE PREFLIGHT/AFTER FLIGHT INSPECTION A CRACK WAS OBSERVED IN THE PAINT ON THE DOUBLER WHICH SURROUNDS THE ACCESS FOR THE TAILBOOM MOUNTED BATTERY AND WHICH AN ACCESS DOOR IS ATTACHED. A CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE DOUBLER HAD A CRACK THAT EXTENDED 37 MM FROM THE RIM OF THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 16, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 16, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026