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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 7, 2026

Honeywell TFE731-3B

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Honeywell TFE731-3B engine, rated at about 3,650 pounds of thrust. The Learjet 31 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft).

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 TFE731-3B. FAA spelling: TFE731-3B.

Fitted to model families

Learjet 311

Learjet 31

Where they are owner's state

Illinois1

Kind of aircraft

Business jets1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111990

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

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E6WE, held by Honeywell Aerospace US LLC). The FAA has issued 18 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 18 airworthiness directives · newest first

2010-04-212010-06-11 · Second stage low-pressure compressor rotor (LPCR) discs · engine
2008-03-062008-02-19 · High pressure (HP) turbine rotor assemblies · 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

All orders naming the Honeywell TFE731-3B

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
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/honeywell-tfe731-3b.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N980BG Learjet Inc
31A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine American Gun Depot CORP
Orland Park, Illinois
Standard 2026-02-13 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.