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Engines · turboshaft · data as of October 5, 2026

Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1S1

4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1S1 engine, rated at about 725 horsepower. The Sikorsky S-76 is the model most often fitted with it (4 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1985 and 1995.

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 1S1. FAA spelling: ARRIEL 1S1.

Fitted to model families

Sikorsky S-764

Sikorsky S-76

Where they are owner's state

Utah2Louisiana1Florida1

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters4 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

001221198021990

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1S1 the component layer

The FAA has issued 24 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 78 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 18 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 24 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 1S1

Failure reports 78 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

0361013950207114

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Igniter6Engine4Fuel Control4Pump4Sensor4Bearing3Ecu3Bulkhead2Chip Detector2Line2

Latest reports

2014-11-18Blade: cracked
2013-03-18Fire Detector: failed
2012-08-10Linkage: failed
2012-02-14Exciter: failed
2011-01-08Landing Gear: misrigged

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

These connections as data: /graph/engine/turbomeca-safran-arriel-1s1.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 4

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N282S Sikorsky
S-76A
Rotorcraft Arrow Aviation Company LLC
Broussard, Louisiana
Standard 2022-02-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N653LH Sikorsky
S-76C
Rotorcraft Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Experimental 2015-04-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N644LH Sikorsky
S-76A
Rotorcraft Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2015-04-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N548GB Sikorsky
S-76C
Rotorcraft Aviation Instrument Services INC
Miami, Florida
Standard 2012-09-19 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.