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Engines · turboshaft · data as of October 7, 2026

Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIUS 2B1A

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIUS 2B1A engine, rated at about 613 horsepower. The Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 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) ARRIUS 2B1A. FAA spelling: ARRIUS 2B1A.

Fitted to model families

Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H1351

Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135

Where they are owner's state

Colorado1

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001112000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIUS 2B1A the component layer

The FAA has issued 5 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 6 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 6 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 5 airworthiness directives · newest first

2014-03-312014-04-06 · Hydro-mechanical metering unit (HMU) · engine
2008-10-082008-19-11 · Electronic control (EEC) unit · engine
2007-01-182006-26-07 · A simultaneous interruption of the lubrication on both engines may lead to a double non-commanded... · engine
2005-06-292005-12-08 · Engine Electronic Control Unit (EECU) · engine
2003-10-222003-19-06 · Gas generator high pressure (HP) turbine disk · engine

Failure reports 6 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01234106407112

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Actuator2Bearing1Hmu1Swirlplate1Switch1

Latest reports

2012-03-18Hmu: leaking
2007-07-03Actuator: leaking
2007-06-27Actuator: leaking
2007-06-13Bearing: worn
2007-04-21Swirlplate: cracked

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-arrius-2b1a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N877CR Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh
EC 135 T2+
Rotorcraft Air Methods LLC
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Standard 2012-07-20 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 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.