N491HC2023 Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 198211 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Bank Of Utah Trustee
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Certificate issued
- May 31, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 8, 2023
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Helicopters
- Model
- MBB-BK 117 C-2
- Year
- 2023
- Serial number
- 9878
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 10
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H13EU
- Mode S code
- A61481
Engine
- Make and model
- Safran Arriel 1e2
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 708 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2023 – nowBank Of Utah TrusteeSalt Lake City, UT · current
- Date unknownIndividual ownerdifferent airframe: Meiste Cordell Challenger Ii S/N Sa10256850
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (11)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-17-05 | Cabin Equipment/Furnishings | Oct 2, 2026 | Airframe (MBB-BK 117 C-2) |
| 2024-20-07 | Various Helicopters | Dec 5, 2024 | Airframe (MBB-BK 117 C-2)Only with: Only helicopters modified by the applicable STC (SR00831LA, SR00780LA, SR01687LA, SR00856LA, SR01855LA, SR02244LA, SR01779LA, SR01459LA, SR01535LA, SR00932LA, SR02049LA, SR02484LA, or SR01902LA). |
| 2022-10-51 | Airbus Helicopters and Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters | Jun 7, 2022 | Airframe (MBB-BK 117 C-2) |
| 2021-17-17 | Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters and Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH… | Nov 22, 2021 | Airframe (MBB-BK 117 C-2)Only with: With an affected part as defined in EASA AD 2020-0064, dated March 19, 2020, installed. |
| 2017-15-07 | Fuel Control/ Turbine Engines | Aug 8, 2017 | Engine (ARRIEL 1E2)Only with: Equipped with a drain valve assembly manufactured, repaired, or overhauled after December 31, 2015, with a diaphragm P/N 9 164 95 002 0 installed. |
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| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-13-04 | Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Helicopters | Jul 27, 2017 | Airframe (MBB-BK 117 C-2)Only with: Main rotor blade vibration absorber spacer P/N 117-801841.11 installed (C-2 includes configuration C-2e). |
| 2017-09-07 | Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Helicopters | Jun 14, 2017 | Airframe (MBB-BK 117 C-2)Certain serial numbers: MBB-BK 117 C-2 9004–9708 |
| 2016-21-03 | Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (Previously Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH) (Airbus… | Nov 25, 2016 | Airframe (MBB-BK 117 C-2)Only with: Lateral duplex trim actuator P/N 418-00878-050 or 418-00878-051, or longitudinal duplex trim actuator P/N 418-00878-000 or 418-00878-001, installed. |
| 2015-12-09 R1 | Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (Previously Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH) (Airbus… | Feb 25, 2016 | Airframe (MBB-BK 117 C-2) |
| 2014-06-51 | Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (Airbus Helicopters) (Type Certificate Previously… | Jul 30, 2014 | Airframe (MBB-BK 117 C-2)Only with: Metro Aviation, Inc. vapor-cycle air conditioning kit pulley P/N 30001 installed in accordance with STC No. SH3880SW. |
| 2014-13-01 | Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (Airbus Helicopters) (Previously Eurocopter… | Jul 15, 2014 | Airframe (MBB-BK 117 C-2)Only with: Goodrich hoist damper unit P/N 44307-480, 44307-480-1, or 44307-480-2 installed. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Navigation · efis · interferenceMay 19, 2025
WHILE PASSING OVER A 5G COMMUNICATIONS TOWER, JUST EAST ON HCA KINGWOOD HOSPITAL, KINGWOOD, TX, THE HELICOPTER HAD AN ARRAY OF CAUTIONS WITH THE GENESIS. THE PIC STATED, “JUST STARTED THROWING ALL KINDS OF CAUTIONS ON THE GENESIS AND THEN KICKED OFF MY UPPER MODES”. THE PILOT DID NOT TAKE ANY…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026