The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · turboshaft · data as of October 5, 2026

Rolls-Royce 250-C47 series

15 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Rolls-Royce 250-C47 series engine, rated at about 650 horsepower. The Bell 407 is the model most often fitted with it (14 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1984 and 2019.

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-C47 series. FAA spelling: 250-C47 SER.

Fitted to model families

Bell 40714Hughes 369 500 series helicopters1

Bell 407 · Hughes 369 500 series helicopters

Where they are owner's state

Texas3Louisiana3Utah2Missouri2Oregon1Georgia1Delaware1Colorado1

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters15 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0246811980219903200082010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Rolls-Royce 250-C47 series the component layer

The design is held under 3 type certificates. The FAA has issued 42 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 42 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
2006-11-022006-20-07 · 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

All orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-C47 series

Certificates and bulletins

E1GLType certificate held by Rolls-Royce Corporation · 23 models listed · revised November 1, 2019
E4CEType certificate held by Rolls-Royce Corporation · 23 models listed · revised June 29, 2010
E10CEType certificate held by Rolls-Royce Corporation · 11 models listed · revised September 1, 2000

Safety bulletins 5 · advice, not orders

2006-07-06NE-06-52 ·
2004-03-24NE-04-56 ·
2004-03-24NE-04-57 ·
2004-03-24NE-04-58 ·
2001-01-24CE-01-10 ·

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

Fitted to
Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/rolls-royce-250-c47-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 15

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N39AE Bell
407
Rotorcraft Air Evac Ems INC
O Fallon, Missouri
Standard 2026-03-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N407TV Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft Black Wolf Aviation LLC
Carencro, Louisiana
Standard 2025-11-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N527MT Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft Med-Trans CORP
Denton, Texas
Standard 2024-07-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N30BW Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft Air Siete LLC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2024-06-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N630N Hughes
369F
Rotorcraft Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Experimental 2022-10-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N576M Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft
Standard 2022-02-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N33HF Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft Halo-Flight INC
Corpus Christi, Texas
Standard 2020-06-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N519RS Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft Lindsey Aviation Services
Haslet, Texas
Standard 2020-06-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N720DP Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft City and County of Denver Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Standard 2019-10-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N528MT Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee
North Salt Lake, Utah
Standard 2019-08-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N25NR Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2019-04-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N616PA Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft Gm Leasing CO LLC
Broussard, Louisiana
Standard 2019-02-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N491AE Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
407
Rotorcraft Air Evac Ems INC
O Fallon, Missouri
Standard 2018-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N141AP Bell
407
Rotorcraft Gm Leasing CO LLC
Broussard, Louisiana
Standard 2018-07-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N406AS Bell
407
Rotorcraft Aero Leasing INC
Medford, Oregon
Standard 2017-04-11 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.