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Engines · turboshaft · data as of October 23, 2026

Honeywell T5317A

11 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Honeywell T5317A engine, rated at about 1500 horsepower. The Bell 205 is the model most often fitted with it (6 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1969 and 1982.

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 Honeywell T5317A. FAA spelling: T5317A.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table
aircraft
Bell 2056
Bell 2125

Bell 205 · Bell 212

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Helicopters11100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19601
19708
19801

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Honeywell T5317A the component layer

The FAA has issued 12 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 12 airworthiness directives · newest first

2022-06-282022-10-02 · Engine Controls · engine
2009-08-252009-15-13 · Combustion chamber housings (CCHs) · engine
2006-07-052006-11-16 · Fuel control regulator assemblies · engine
2006-02-162006-01-05 · Turboshaft engine · engine
2002-09-102002-15-04 · Compressor impellers · engine
2002-06-132002-09-09 · Centrifugal Compressor Impeller · engine

All orders naming the Honeywell T5317A

Approved replacement parts 235 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this engine and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Most often: bearing (14), seal ring (12), nut (9), seal (8), liner (8), washer (7), main fuel (7), lock cup (6), tube (5), spanner nut (5).

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

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/honeywell-t5317a.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 11

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N549RL Bell
205A-1
Rotorcraft Aircraft Trustee Services INC Trustee
Dover, Delaware
Standard 2026-06-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N217AP Bell Helicopter Textron
212
Rotorcraft Copter Lease LLC Trustee
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Standard 2025-09-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N534NC Bell
205A-1
Rotorcraft Copter Lease LLC Trustee
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Standard 2025-08-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N374PA Bell
212
Rotorcraft Copter Lease LLC Trustee
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Standard 2024-04-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N216AP Bell
212
Rotorcraft A&P Helicopters INC
Richvale, California
Standard 2024-03-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N515 Bell
212
Rotorcraft Savauge Air LLC
North Las Vegas, Nevada
Standard 2023-05-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N99WL Bell
205A-1
Rotorcraft Corpat INC
Missoula, Montana
Standard 2022-05-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N212DF Bell
212
Rotorcraft State of Nevada
Reno, Nevada
Standard 2020-09-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N534HQ Bell
205A-1
Rotorcraft Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee
North Salt Lake, Utah
Standard 2018-02-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N304HA Bell
205A-1
Rotorcraft Lyons Aircraft Leasing LLC
Hillsboro, Oregon
Multiple 2017-03-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N216GH Bell
205A-1
Rotorcraft Rotorcraft Support INC
Fillmore, California
Standard 2016-05-05 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 23, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.