General Electric CT7-9C3
6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CT7-9C3 engine, rated at about 1750 horsepower. The Construcciones Aeronauticas Sa CN-235 is the model most often fitted with it (5 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2004 and 2009.
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 CT7-9C3. FAA spelling: CT7-9C3.
Fitted to model families
Construcciones Aeronauticas Sa CN-235 · Casa CN235
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 CT7-9C3 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E8NE, held by General Electric Company Ge Aviation). The FAA has issued 7 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 2 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 7 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 2 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
- Construcciones Aeronauticas Sa CN-235 5 with this engine series
- Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CT7-9C3 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CT7-9C3 2 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-ct7-9c3.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 6
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N10180 | Construcciones Aeronauticas Sa CN-235-300 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee North Salt Lake, Utah |
Standard | 2026-02-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N835CE | Construcciones Aeronauticas Sa CN-235-300 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Qflight CORP Kalispell, Montana |
Standard | 2026-02-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N383EC | Construcciones Aeronauticas Sa CN-235 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Aeronave CORP Kalispell, Montana |
Standard | 2026-01-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N857PS | Construcciones Aeronauticas Sa CN-235-300 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Vale Management INC Kalispell, Montana |
Standard | 2025-07-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N856PS | Casa CN235 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Vale Management INC Kalispell, Montana |
Standard | 2024-11-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N252QA | Construcciones Aeronauticas Sa CN-235 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Quality Aviation LLC Boulder, Colorado |
Standard | 2020-02-27 | 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.