General Electric CF34-3A2
20 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF34-3A2 engine, rated at about 9,220 pounds of thrust. The Bombardier CL-600 Challenger and CRJ is the model most often fitted with it (19 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1989 and 1993.
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 CF34-3A2. FAA spelling: CF34-3A2.
Fitted to model families
Bombardier CL-600 Challenger and CRJ · Canadair Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16
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 CF34-3A2 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E15NE, held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace). The FAA has issued 18 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 24 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 19 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 18 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 24 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 19 with this engine series
- Wilmington Trust CO Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- Valiair Lc Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CF34-3A2 18 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CF34-3A2 24 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf34-3a2.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 20
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N868RB | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Sav Aviation LLC Jacksonville, Texas |
Standard | 2026-07-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N939CC | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2026-02-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N878EM | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-12-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N366LP | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Alliance Air Parts Acquisitions CORP Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2025-12-16 | Reports overdueFAA registration status code N: Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports. All codes |
| N601LC | Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Mannu 03 Holding LLC Locust Grove, Georgia |
Standard | 2025-09-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N836CM | Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bel Aviation LLC Nokomis, Florida |
Standard | 2025-07-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N999AT | Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16(CL601-3R |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2025-07-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N360 | Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Lga Trading LLC Sheridan, Wyoming |
Standard | 2025-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N403JC | Canadair Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Lawsuit Air LLC Onalaska, Texas |
Standard | 2024-06-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N601WY | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-12-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N226EC | Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bcp Fa Ap LLC Providence, Rhode Island |
Standard | 2023-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9771C | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bimo 3.0 LLC Spring Hill, Florida |
Standard | 2022-11-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N368FJ | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Valiair Lc Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2022-10-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N856JL | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Zjets Aviation LLC Richmond, Texas |
Standard | 2021-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N64JS | Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Celebration Tv America INC Houston, Texas |
Standard | 2020-07-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N723GH | Bombardier Inc CL600-2B16 (CL601-3A |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Starship 1 LLC Houston, Texas |
Standard | 2019-08-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N360RL | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee North Salt Lake, Utah |
Standard | 2018-04-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N117AA | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Corsair Two LLC Hillsboro, Oregon |
Standard | 2016-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N602NP | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Six Hundred Np LLC Valparaiso, Indiana |
Standard | 2015-05-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N691CC | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Wilmington Trust CO Trustee Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2012-01-21 | 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.