The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · turboprop · data as of October 5, 2026

General Electric CT7-5A2

7 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CT7-5A2 engine, rated at about 1735 horsepower. The Saab-Scania SF340A is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1985 and 1989.

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 CT7-5A2. FAA spelling: CT7-5A2.

Fitted to model families

Saab-Scania SF340A3Saab SF340A2Saab-Fairchild 3401Saab-Scania Ab SF-340-A1

Saab-Scania SF340A · Saab SF340A · Saab-Fairchild 340 · Saab-Scania Ab SF-340-A

Where they are owner's state

Texas2Georgia2Florida1California1Alaska1

Kind of aircraft

Turboprops7 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0245771980

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CT7-5A2 the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 450 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 21 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 450 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

015304560950005101521125

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine97Warning Light23Connector17Indicator13Hmu11Ecu9Wire9Oil System8Smoke Detector8Chip Detector7

Latest reports

2025-05-31Downlock Switch: loose
2024-09-16Engine: erratic
2024-08-12Engine: overtemp
2024-02-16Bleed Air Sys: loose
2022-12-12Trimmer: faulty

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-ct7-5a2.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 7

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N681BC Saab-Scania
SF340A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aviation Inventory Resources INC
Alvarado, Texas
Standard 2026-02-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N901BC Saab-Scania Ab
SF-340-A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aviation Inventory Resources INC
Alvarado, Texas
Standard 2025-10-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N189PA Saab
SF340A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Phoenix Air Group INC
Cartersville, Georgia
Standard 2025-08-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N118PA Saab
SF340A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Phoenix Air Group INC
Cartersville, Georgia
Standard 2025-01-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N671BC Saab-Scania
SF340A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Ibc Airways INC
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Standard 2022-07-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N44KS Saab-Scania
SF340A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Go Vector One LLC
Pls Vrds Est, California
Standard 2021-02-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N907RA Saab-Fairchild
340A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Ryan Air INC
Anchorage, Alaska
Standard 2017-02-07 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.