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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 5, 2026

General Electric CF6-80C2B8F

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF6-80C2B8F engine, rated at about 60,030 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 767 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2017 and 2019.

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 CF6-80C2B8F. FAA spelling: CF6-80C2B8F.

Fitted to model families

Boeing 7672

Boeing 767

Where they are owner's state

Tennessee2

Kind of aircraft

Business jets2 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012222010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CF6-80C2B8F the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E13NE, held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace). The FAA has issued 27 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 95 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 20 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 27 airworthiness directives · newest first

2021-08-272021-14-11 · Turbine Section · engine
2021-03-312021-03-02 · Fuel Control/Turbine Engines · engine
2020-12-032020-22-02 · Engine Fuel and Control · engine
2016-06-012016-08-10 · Accessory heat shield · engine
2014-11-282014-21-01 · Fuel manifold · engine
2012-04-052012-03-12 · No. 3 bearing packing · engine

All orders naming the General Electric CF6-80C2B8F

Failure reports 95 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

0112232430910121315161721232425526

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Skin29Battery Pack7Floorbeam6Engine5Connector3Hmu3Idg3Battery2Bleed Valve2Eec2

Latest reports

2026-09-19Eec: faulted
2026-08-23Oil System: leaking
2026-08-22Hmu: faulted
2026-06-30Hmu: cracked
2026-06-16Sensor: damaged

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

These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf6-80c2b8f.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N172FE Boeing
767-300F
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Federal Express CORP
Memphis, Tennessee
Standard 2019-03-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N145FE Boeing
767-300F
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Federal Express CORP
Memphis, Tennessee
Standard 2017-04-10 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.