This 1995 LongRanger was seized by the government of Ecuador and pressed into service with the National Police based in the Quito Distrito Metropolitano (Metropolitan District of Quito). No injuries occurred during a hard landing in August 2005, but the helicopter was declared a write off. It was rebuilt, however and has been with RLC since December 2006.

This helicopter was seized circa 2003 / 2004 from someone involved in illegal activities (probably a drug lord, I don't recall completely), and was added to the Ecuadorian National Police fleet. Unfortunately it was written off after a hard landing near Cayambe on 17 August 2005. Fortunately nobody was injured nor lost their lives during this incident.