Airbus Helicopters Inc MBB-BK 117 C-2
N491HC is an Airbus Helicopters Inc MBB-BK 117 C-2, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2023. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Bank of Utah Trustee, a corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 31, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated March 8, 2023.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Integra Aviation LLC, so it can be flown for hire; the registered owner is someone else, which is usual for a managed aircraft.
Where is it now Last seen October 20 at 7:35 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Airbus Helicopters Inc
- Model
- MBB-BK 117 C-2 · all MBB-BK 117 C-2s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium with composite partsA mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. This is how the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 9878
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Safran ARRIEL 1E2 · 708 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 10
- Year built
- 2023
- Transponder code
- A61481 (octal 51412201)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 31, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- March 15, 2025
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 8, 2023
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01380057
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bank of Utah Trustee
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 50 S 200 e Ste 110
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1617
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N491HC links to the rest of the register
- Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 159 registered
- Airbus Helicopters Inc 379 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Integra Aviation LLC · charter operator
- Safran ARRIEL 1E2 44 aircraft with this engine series · 708 hp
- Type certificate H13EU · held by Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GMBH (Ahd)
- Bank Of Utah Trustee 1,812 aircraft in the fleet
- Salt Lake City, UT 2,926 aircraft registered in this town
- Salt Lake City International · SLC
- South Valley Regional · SVR
- Utah 8,350 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 69 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 110 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Safran ARRIEL 1E2 5 airworthiness directives
- Report filed on this aircraft: Efis, interference · 2025-05-19
- Where N491HC is now · Last seen October 20 at 7:35 pm.
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The public federal record on N491HC, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Bank of Utah Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued May 31, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated March 8, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 9878 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N491HC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Meiste Cordell CHALLENGER II (serial SA10256850, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N491HC: Accident on April 29, 1984 at Palo Alto, CA: no injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hall-Cavalier SA-102.5 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data