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Engines · turboprop · data as of October 9, 2026

Allison (Rolls-Royce) 501-D22

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry an Allison (Rolls-Royce) 501-D22 engine, rated at about 4050 horsepower. The Convair 340 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1953 and 1955.

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 Allison (Rolls-Royce) 501-D22. FAA spelling: 501-D22.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table
aircraft
Convair 3402

Convair 340

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Michigan2

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Turboprops2100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012221950
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19502

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Allison (Rolls-Royce) 501-D22 the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 43 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 12 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 43 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

0124598061220125
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
982
012
021
041
052
062
073
092
102
113
125
134
152
161
171
201
215
221
242
251

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Gearbox3
Spar3
Fitting2
Propeller2
Window2
Angle1
Attach Bracket1
Beam1
Check Valve1
Compressor1

Latest reports

2025-05-13Tach Generator: stripped
2024-12-09Check Valve: blocked
2024-02-07Reduction Gb: pressure loss
2022-03-30None: bypassing
2021-10-23Not Reported: not reported

Approved replacement parts 645 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this engine and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Most often: ring (29), nut (29), gear (29), bolt (29), blade (27), bushing (25), stud (24), pin (23), cage (22), washer (20).

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
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/allison-rolls-royce-501-d22.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N381FL Convair
340
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Ifl Group INC
Waterford, Michigan
Standard 1998-06-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N391FL Convair
340
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Ifl Group INC
Waterford, Michigan
Standard 1998-06-05 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 9, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.