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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 7, 2026

Honeywell TFE731-3AR

4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Honeywell TFE731-3AR engine, rated at about 3,880 pounds of thrust. The Learjet 55 is the model most often fitted with it (4 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1981 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 TFE731-3AR. FAA spelling: TFE731-3AR.

Fitted to model families

Learjet 554

Learjet 55

Where they are owner's state

Utah1Michigan1Florida1Delaware1

Kind of aircraft

Business jets4 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0122331980

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Honeywell TFE731-3AR the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E6WE, held by Honeywell Aerospace US LLC). The FAA has issued 20 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 20 airworthiness directives · newest first

2010-04-212010-06-11 · Second stage low-pressure compressor rotor (LPCR) discs · engine
2005-07-272005-13-07 · Turbine rotor discs. · engine
2005-04-182005-05-15 · (LPT) stage 1 disks · engine
2001-12-212001-23-09 · Fan Rotor Discs · engine
2000-10-102000-15-09 · HPC Impeller · engine
1999-05-1998-17-01 R1 · Flex Fuel Tube · engine

All orders naming the Honeywell TFE731-3AR

Certificates and bulletins

E6WEType certificate held by Honeywell Aerospace US LLC · 23 models listed · revised March 27, 2026

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/honeywell-tfe731-3ar.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 4

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N976DG Learjet Inc
55
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cf Aviation Trust LLC Trustee
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2023-04-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N86BR Gates Learjet Corp
55
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Best Aircraft Deals LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2023-01-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N62LJ Gates Learjet Corp
55
Fixed-wing, multi-engine N62Lj LLC
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Standard 2015-08-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N551RA Gates Learjet Corp
55
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Royal Air Freight INC
Waterford, Michigan
Standard 2014-04-22 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 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.