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

Franklin 6V-335-A

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Franklin 6V-335-A engine, rated at about 210 horsepower. The Bell 47 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 6V-335-A. FAA spelling: 6V-335-A.

Fitted to model families

Bell 471

Bell 47

Where they are owner's state

Illinois1

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111940

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Franklin 6V-335-A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-244, held by Franklin Sp. Z.O.O.). No FAA order in the current files names this engine series.

Certificates and bulletins

E-244Type 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
  • Bell 47 1 with this engine series
Where they are

These connections as data: /graph/engine/franklin-6v-335-a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N415DP Bell
47G
Rotorcraft Antique Airlift LLC
Mokena, Illinois
Standard 2022-11-02 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.