Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2
101 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2 engine, rated at about 708 horsepower. The Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 is the model most often fitted with it (99 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1995 and 2016.
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 Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2. FAA spelling: ARRIEL 1E2.
Fitted to model families
Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 · Airbus Helicopters Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2E · Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-1
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E19EU, held by Turbomeca S.A.). The FAA has issued 18 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 163 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 85 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 18 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 163 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
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
- Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 99 with this engine series
- Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-1 1 with this engine series
- Colorado 19 of these aircraft
- Pennsylvania 17 of these aircraft
- Texas 9 of these aircraft
- Louisiana 8 of these aircraft
- South Dakota 6 of these aircraft
- Air Methods LLC 19 of these aircraft
- Geisinger Medical Center 6 of these aircraft
- Metro Aviation INC 5 of these aircraft
- Indiana University Health INC 5 of these aircraft
- West Penn Allegheny Foundation LLC 4 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2 18 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2 163 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/turbomeca-safran-arriel-1e2.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 101
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N131LF | Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-2 |
Rotorcraft | West Penn Allegheny Foundation LLC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2007-02-16 | 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.