N820PM2013 Eurocopter EC120B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19828 ADs may apply3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 16, 2026- Registered owner
- Heli Ranch LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Bulverde, TX
- Certificate issued
- Mar 8, 2025
- Expires
- Mar 31, 2032
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 10, 2014
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
- 2013
- Serial number
- 1686
- 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
- AB322C
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- 2025 – nowHeli Ranch LLCBulverde, TX · 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 (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.
- Main rotor drive · wire · chafedJun 27, 2017
THE MAIN GEAR BOX OIL PRESSURE SWITCH WAS CAUSING MG8 PRESSURE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE ON CAUTION PANEL. THIS OIL PRESSURE SWITCH ONLY LASTED 21 DAYS WITH 101.6 HRS FLOWN. FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THIS PARTICULAR PART SHOWED INTERNAL WIRES CHAFFED AGAINST MICRO SWITCH CAUSING A SHORT IN WIRES AND…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Main rotor drive · pressure switch · chafedJun 26, 2017
THIS MAIN GEAR BOX OIL PRESSURE SWITCH WAS CAUSING MGB PRESSURE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE ON CAUTION PANEL. FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THIS PARTICULAR PART SHOWED INTERNAL WIRES CHAFFED AGAIN HOUSING CAUSING A SHORT IN WIRES AND ILLUMINATING MGB PRESSURE LIGHT. SUGGEST INTERNAL WIRES BE WRAPPED AN PROTECTED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Main rotor drive · pressure switch · chafedJun 29, 2015
MAIN GEAR BOX PRESSURE SWITCH CAUSING FALSE READING, LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. FURTHER RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CAUSE WAS INTERNAL WIRE CHAFING.
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