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Engines · turboshaft · data as of October 22, 2026

Turbomeca (Safran) ARTOUSTE IIC6

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Turbomeca (Safran) ARTOUSTE IIC6 engine, rated at about 400 horsepower. The S N I A S SE 3130 is the model most often fitted with it (3 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) ARTOUSTE IIC6. FAA spelling: ARTOUSTE IIC6.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table
aircraft
S N I A S SE 31303

S N I A S SE 3130

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Washington1
Virginia1
Arizona1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Helicopters3100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012221960
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19602

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Turbomeca (Safran) ARTOUSTE IIC6 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-300, held by Turbomeca S.A.). The FAA has issued 1 airworthiness directive (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 1 airworthiness directives · newest first

2001-07-262001-12-19 · Electrical Fuel Cock, · engine

Certificates and bulletins

E-300Type certificate held by Turbomeca S.A. · 6 models listed · revised March 20, 2007

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
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/turbomeca-safran-artouste-iic6.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N176DC S N I A S
SE 3130 ALOUETTE II
Rotorcraft Cyclone Aviation LLC
Haymarket, Virginia
Experimental 2023-04-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9ZJ S N I A S
SE 3130 ALOUETTE II
Rotorcraft Rain Air Helicopters LLC
Issaquah, Washington
Standard 2020-02-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N148KW S N I A S
SE 3130 ALOUETTE II
Rotorcraft Individual owner
Arizona
Experimental 2010-08-13 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 22, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.