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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 5, 2026

General Electric CF34-8C5A1

10 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF34-8C5A1 engine, rated at about 14,510 pounds of thrust. The Bombardier CL-600 Challenger and CRJ is the model most often fitted with it (10 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2006 and 2010.

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 CF34-8C5A1. FAA spelling: CF34-8C5A1.

Fitted to model families

Bombardier CL-600 Challenger and CRJ10

Bombardier CL-600 Challenger and CRJ

Where they are owner's state

Utah6Georgia4

Kind of aircraft

Airliners and large jets10 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

024799200012010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CF34-8C5A1 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E00063EN, held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace). The FAA has issued 12 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 12 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 12 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 12 airworthiness directives · newest first

2025-07-232025-12-08 · Turbine Engine Combustion Section · engine
2023-03-142023-02-05 · Turbine Engine Combustion Section · engine
2022-11-152022-21-06 · Turbine Section · engine
2022-06-242022-09-14 · Compressor Bleed Valve · engine
2022-04-292022-08-06 · Turbine Engine Compression Section · engine
2021-10-222021-18-13 · Turbine Engine Combustion Section · engine

All orders naming the General Electric CF34-8C5A1

Failure reports 12 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01234108209112313415116

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine2Control Valve1Controller1Fmu1Pump1Smoke Warning1Structure1Tire1Transducer1Transmitter1

Latest reports

2016-02-12Structure: cracked
2015-12-20Pump: failed
2015-09-20Turbine: damaged
2015-08-27Engine: malfunctioned
2015-07-21Fmu: malfunctioned

Certificates and bulletins

E00063ENType certificate held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace · 14 models listed · revised November 22, 2024

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

These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf34-8c5a1.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 10

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N947LR Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2D24
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Skywest Airlines INC
St George, Utah
Standard 2025-10-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N72PQ Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2D24
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2023-03-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N95PQ Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2D24
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2023-01-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N73PQ Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2D24
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2023-01-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N94PQ Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2D24
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2022-09-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N870DC Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2C10
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Skywest Airlines INC
St George, Utah
Standard 2021-03-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N899SK Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2D24
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Skywest Airlines INC
St George, Utah
Standard 2019-09-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N896SK Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2D24
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Skywest Airlines INC
St George, Utah
Standard 2019-09-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N897SK Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2D24
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Skywest Airlines INC
St George, Utah
Standard 2019-09-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N898SK Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2D24
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Skywest Airlines INC
St George, Utah
Standard 2019-09-27 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.