General Electric CF6-50C2
10 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF6-50C2 engine, rated at about 51,800 pounds of thrust. The Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10 is the model most often fitted with it (8 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1976 and 1988.
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 CF6-50C2. FAA spelling: CF6-50C2.
Fitted to model families
Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10 · Mcdonnell Douglas Corp DC-10-30F (KDC-10)
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 CF6-50C2 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E23EA, held by General Electric Company). The FAA has issued 51 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 719 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 33 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 51 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 719 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
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
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10 8 with this engine series
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10 1 with this engine series
- Federal Express CORP 6 of these aircraft
- Aircraft Endeavors LLC 2 of these aircraft
- Federal Express Corporation 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CF6-50C2 51 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CF6-50C2 719 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf6-50c2.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 10
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N120JM | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-30F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | South Aircraft Leasing INC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2023-11-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N264DE | Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Aircraft Endeavors LLC San Antonio, Texas |
Experimental | 2022-04-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N235UL | Mcdonnell Douglas Corp DC-10-30F (KDC-10) |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Aircraft Endeavors LLC San Antonio, Texas |
Experimental | 2021-12-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N315FE | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-30F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2013-11-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N321FE | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-30F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2012-06-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N318FE | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-30F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2007-04-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N319FE | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-30F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2007-04-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N306FE | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-30F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2005-02-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N308FE | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-30F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2004-08-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N304FE | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-30F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 1984-07-02 | 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.