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Engines · turboshaft · data as of October 5, 2026

Rolls-Royce 250-C30S

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Rolls-Royce 250-C30S engine, rated at about 650 horsepower. The Sikorsky S-76 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1981 and 1984.

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-C30S. FAA spelling: 250-C30S.

Fitted to model families

Sikorsky S-762

Sikorsky S-76

Where they are owner's state

Utah1Connecticut1

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters2 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012221980

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Rolls-Royce 250-C30S the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E1GL, held by Rolls-Royce Corporation). The FAA has issued 17 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 17 airworthiness directives · newest first

2018-08-162018-13-01 · Turbine Governor · engine
2006-11-022006-20-07 · Adds an additional life limit for third- and fourth-stage turbine wheels · engine
2006-09-072006-16-04 · Inspection of the fuel nozzle screen · engine
2005-01-052004-24-09 · Fuel nozzle · engine
1999-01-0798-24-28 · Main Fuel Control Bellows · engine
1989-03-0188-17-01 · Fuel Controls · engine

All orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-C30S

Certificates and bulletins

E1GLType certificate held by Rolls-Royce Corporation · 23 models listed · revised November 1, 2019

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-c30s.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N5415X Sikorsky
S-76A
Rotorcraft Connecticut Air and Space Center
Stratford, Connecticut
Experimental 2025-02-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N90EV Sikorsky
S-76A
Rotorcraft Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee
North Salt Lake, Utah
Standard 2022-08-06 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.