N74317 — 2007 Eurocopter AS 350 B3

Aircraft record

Serial number

4317

Manufacturer

Eurocopter

Model

AS 350 B3

Year

2007

Category

Rotorcraft

Engine

Turbomeca Arriel 2b1

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N74317 →

Accident & incident history

1. WPR16FA040Dec 16, 2015Superior, AZFatal · 2 fatal

   The pilot's loss of helicopter control in mountainous terrain as the result of operating the helicopter outside the performance envelope of its hydraulic system and encountering the servo transparency phenomenon. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to perform low-level, high-speed maneuvers through mountainous terrain.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 2007 Eurocopter AS 350 B3).

1. Sep 6, 2019deregistered — Air Methods Corp

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N74317 was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 2007 Eurocopter AS 350 B3 above.

• until Oct 11, 1995Boeing 727-231 (s/n 20050)

Frequently asked

Has N74317 been in an accident?

Yes. N74317 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2015.

What kind of aircraft is N74317?

N74317 is a 2007 Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (rotorcraft), serial number 4317.

Has N74317 been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N74317 (WPR16FA040) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.