The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · turboprop · data as of October 12, 2026

Garrett (Honeywell) TPE331-12UHR

5 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Garrett (Honeywell) TPE331-12UHR engine, rated at about 1100 horsepower. The Fairchild SA227 is the model most often fitted with it (5 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1994 and 1999.

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 Garrett (Honeywell) TPE331-12UHR. FAA spelling: TPE331-12UHR.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table
aircraft
Fairchild SA2275

Fairchild SA227

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Colorado2
Florida1
Delaware1
Arkansas1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Turboprops5100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

0124551990
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19905

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Garrett (Honeywell) TPE331-12UHR the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 286 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 10 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 286 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

08162432950005101524226
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
959
9613
971
983
9912
0027
0115
0220
0332
0417
057
066
0715
0810
098
1012
1112
1214
1316
1416
1510
161
181
211
231
242
253
262

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Engine18
Seal18
Line12
Switch12
Wire11
Bearing9
Actuator8
Bolt7
Fuel Control7
Connector6

Latest reports

2026-07-28Drive Shaft: worn
2026-05-19Drive Shaft: worn
2025-07-28Drive Shaft: worn
2025-06-27Drive Shaft: worn
2025-06-27Drive Shaft: worn

Approved replacement parts 4 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: seal (2), spring (1), ring seal (1).

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/garrett-honeywell-tpe331-12uhr.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 5

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N526LA Fairchild
SA227-DC (C26B)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Liberty Alliance LLC
Tampa, Florida
Standard 2023-08-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3532Q Fairchild
SA227-DC
Fixed-wing, multi-engine New Mountain Aviation LLC
Englewood, Colorado
Restricted 2019-04-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3533Q Fairchild
SA227-DC
Fixed-wing, multi-engine New Mountain Aviation LLC
Englewood, Colorado
Standard 2019-04-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N852DR Fairchild
SA227-DC
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Career Aviation Company INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2017-12-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N654AR Fairchild
SA227-DC
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Mcneely Charter Service INC
West Memphis, Arkansas
Standard 2015-07-16 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 12, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.