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Engines · turboshaft · data as of October 5, 2026

Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1S

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1S engine, rated at about 701 horsepower. The Sikorsky S-76 is the model most often fitted with it (1 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 Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1S. FAA spelling: ARRIEL 1S.

Fitted to model families

Sikorsky S-761

Sikorsky S-76

Where they are owner's state

California1

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111980

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1S the component layer

The FAA has issued 18 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 93 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 85 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 18 airworthiness directives · newest first

2016-12-062016-22-10 · Centrifugal impeller · engine
2015-09-012015-13-04 · Engine accessory gearbox (AGB) · engine
2014-01-282013-24-05 · Free turbine module · engine
2013-05-282013-08-22 · Tachometer's unit cycle-counting feature · engine
2013-02-142012-27-02 · High gas generator speed (NG) rating vibration check · engine
2013-01-072012-23-12 · Fuel control units (FCUs) · engine

All orders naming the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1S

Failure reports 93 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

048121695969798990001020304205

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine7Chip Detector3Fuel Control3Igniter3Line3Pump3Seal3Wire3Fire Detector2Fitting2

Latest reports

2005-03-11Connector: contaminated
2005-03-09Module: seized
2004-06-07Engine: making metal
2004-05-04Fitting: cracked
2004-04-14Fire Detector: faulty

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

These connections as data: /graph/engine/turbomeca-safran-arriel-1s.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N576VP Sikorsky
S-76A
Rotorcraft N576Vp LLC
Chino, California
Standard 2024-11-23 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.