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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 5, 2026

General Electric CF6-80C2A5

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF6-80C2A5 engine, rated at about 60,100 pounds of thrust. The Airbus A300 is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft).

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 CF6-80C2A5. FAA spelling: CF6-80C2A5.

Fitted to model families

Airbus A3003

Airbus A300

Where they are owner's state

Tennessee3

Kind of aircraft

Airliners and large jets3 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0122331990

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CF6-80C2A5 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E13NE, held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace). The FAA has issued 50 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 164 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 9 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 50 airworthiness directives · newest first

2022-03-142021-26-22 · Turbine Section · engine
2022-02-252022-02-18 · Engine Mount Section · engine
2021-08-272021-14-11 · Turbine Section · engine
2021-03-312021-03-02 · Fuel Control/Turbine Engines · engine
2020-11-122020-20-13 · Turbine Section · engine
2018-10-022018-15-04 · Turbine/Turboprop Engine--Turbine Section · engine

All orders naming the General Electric CF6-80C2A5

Failure reports 164 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

081522309501061120124

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine24Screw8Wire5Bleed Valve4Duct4Seat Track4Compressor3Door3Ecu3Fuel Filter3

Latest reports

2024-04-18Bleed Valve: failed
2022-08-18Engine: smoke
2021-06-17Engine: failed
2021-02-18Bleed Valve: faulted
2020-08-04Bolt: failed

Certificates and bulletins

E13NEType certificate held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace · 28 models listed · revised August 6, 2024

Safety bulletins 5 · advice, not orders

2023-12-192023-15 · Falsified Forms from AOG Technics
2011-04-05NE-11-27 · Fuel Injector Nozzle - CF6-80 Improperly Welded Fuel Nozzles
2010-07-12NE-10-37 · Engine Fuel and Control: FADEC Fuel Metering Valve Resolver Feedback Faults
2008-09-03NE-08-44 · Engine Thrust Reverser Transcowl Clevis Pin
2006-10-12NE-07-01 · Dual engine flameouts on twin engine airplanes

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-cf6-80c2a5.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N733FD Airbus Industrie
A300 B4-605R
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Federal Express CORP
Memphis, Tennessee
Standard 2006-12-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N732FD Airbus Industrie
A300 B4-605R
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Federal Express Corporation
Memphis, Tennessee
Standard 2006-08-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N731FD Airbus Industrie
A300 B4-605R
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Federal Express CORP
Memphis, Tennessee
Standard 2006-08-22 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.