General Electric CF34-3A
15 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF34-3A engine, rated at about 9,220 pounds of thrust. The Bombardier CL-600 Challenger and CRJ is the model most often fitted with it (15 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1983 and 1996.
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 General Electric CF34-3A. FAA spelling: CF34-3A.
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CF34-3A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E15NE, held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace). The FAA has issued 19 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 174 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 21 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 19 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 174 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 1 · advice, not orders
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
- Bombardier CL-600 Challenger and CRJ 15 with this engine series
- Pollard Spares LLC 3 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CF34-3A 19 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CF34-3A 174 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf34-3a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 15
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N54ES | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bank of Utah Owner Trustee Salt Lake City, Utah |
Standard | 2025-11-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N480LA | Bombardier Inc CL-600-2A12 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Luxury Aero Collection LLC Scottsdale, Arizona |
Standard | 2025-04-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N951RM | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2A12 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2024-10-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N304CT | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2A12 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Adams Aviation Services INC Trustee Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2024-08-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N253LA | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | One World Aviation 253 LLC Atlanta, Georgia |
Standard | 2024-06-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N747NJ | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Challenger 601 Msn 5123 LLC Kansas City, Missouri |
Standard | 2024-03-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N715AV | Canadair CL-600-2B19 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Lead and Steel 3 LLC Fountain Valley, California |
Standard | 2024-02-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N551SD | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Pollard Spares LLC Fort Worth, Texas |
Standard | 2023-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N807MM | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2A12 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Pollard Spares LLC Fort Worth, Texas |
Standard | 2023-07-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N601RC | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2A12 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Raytheon CO Tucson, Arizona |
Experimental | 2021-08-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N881BG | Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Etosha LLC Weston, Florida |
Standard | 2021-08-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N444SE | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2021-01-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N824DH | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2A12 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Pollard Spares LLC Roanoke, Texas |
Standard | 2020-08-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N411JE | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Aviation Trust Company LLC Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2019-12-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N618RR | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Fat Boy Leasing LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2009-08-04 | 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 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.