Turbine helicopter

N491HC

2023 Airbus MBB-BK 117 C-2

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2023
Serial
9878
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Safran ARRIEL 1E2
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Bank of Utah Trustee (Corporation)
Based
Salt Lake City, UT
Registration record

N491HC on the FAA register

Type
2023 Airbus MBB-BK 117 C-2
Serial
9878
Engines
2 × Safran ARRIEL 1E2
Registered owner
Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, UT
Certificate issued
2023-05-31
Airworthiness date
2023-03-08
Registration expires
2030-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A61481
Mode S (octal)
51412201
Seats (type)
10
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-05-31
    Certificate of registration issued as N491HC to the current registrant.
  • 2023-03-08
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
Overview

About N491HC

N491HC is a 2023 Airbus MBB-BK 117 C-2, serial number 9878. The FAA register lists Bank of Utah Trustee as the registrant in Salt Lake City, Utah. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 31, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Safran ARRIEL 1E2 engines and 10 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated March 8, 2023.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N491HC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1984-04-29 Accident · Palo Alto, CA Damage: Destroyed NTSB · LAX84LA274
Reported aircraft: Hall-Cavalier SA-102.5 — a different aircraft that carried the N491HC registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.