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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Franklin 6A-350-C2

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Franklin 6A-350-C2 engine, rated at about 215 horsepower. The Cessna 172 Skyhawk 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 Franklin 6A-350-C2. FAA spelling: 6A-350-C2.

Fitted to model families

Cessna 172 Skyhawk1

Cessna 172 Skyhawk

Where they are owner's state

Washington1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111970

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Franklin 6A-350-C2 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E9EA, held by Franklin Sp. Z.O.O.). No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 2 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 2 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011100111

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Hub1Line1

Latest reports

2011-04-21Line: chafed
2000-06-23Hub: corroded

Certificates and bulletins

E9EAType certificate held by Franklin Sp. Z.O.O. · 12 models listed · revised April 30, 2013

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

These connections as data: /graph/engine/franklin-6a-350-c2.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N4390R Cessna
172M
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Washington
Standard 2013-02-28 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 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.