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Engines · turboshaft · data as of October 5, 2026

Rolls-Royce 250-C20R

4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Rolls-Royce 250-C20R engine, rated at about 450 horsepower. The Aerospatiale AS-355 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft).

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as Rolls-Royce 250-C20R. FAA spelling: 250-C20R.

Fitted to model families

Aerospatiale AS-3552Agusta Spa A1091Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 5001

Aerospatiale AS-355 · Agusta Spa A109 · Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 500

Where they are owner's state

Oregon1Montana1Illinois1Hawaii1

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters4 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111980

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Rolls-Royce 250-C20R the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E4CE, held by Rolls-Royce Corporation). The FAA has issued 13 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 13 airworthiness directives · newest first

2022-06-282022-10-06 · Turbine Section · engine
2018-08-162018-13-01 · Turbine Governor · engine
2017-10-132017-18-14 · Turbine Section · engine
2015-03-092015-02-22 · Repetitive visual inspections · engine
2006-09-072006-16-04 · Inspection of the fuel nozzle screen · engine
2006-07-262006-13-06 · Gas producer rotor assembly tie bolts · engine

All orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-C20R

Certificates and bulletins

E4CEType certificate held by Rolls-Royce Corporation · 23 models listed · revised June 29, 2010

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

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Where they are
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Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20r.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 4

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N808FX Aerospatiale
AS 355F2
Rotorcraft N808Fx LLC
Kalispell, Montana
Standard 2025-01-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N355HC Aerospatiale
AS 355F1
Rotorcraft Am Air Service LLC
Green Oaks, Illinois
Standard 2024-02-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N18GH Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter
500N
Rotorcraft City and County of Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii
Standard 2017-08-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N109NL Agusta Spa
A109A II
Rotorcraft Integrity Aircraft Title Holdings LLC
Portland, Oregon
Standard 2011-05-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.