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Engines · turboprop · data as of October 7, 2026

Honeywell TPE331-11U

8 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Honeywell TPE331-11U engine, rated at about 1000 horsepower. The Fairchild SA227 is the model most often fitted with it (6 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1987 and 1991.

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 TPE331-11U. FAA spelling: TPE331-11U.

Fitted to model families

Fairchild SA2276Wsk Pzl Mielec PZL M18B1Wsk Pzl Mielec PZL-M18A1

Fairchild SA227 · Wsk Pzl Mielec PZL M18B · Wsk Pzl Mielec PZL-M18A

Where they are owner's state

Oregon2Delaware2Missouri1Minnesota1California1Arkansas1

Kind of aircraft

Turboprops8 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

012455198021990

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Honeywell TPE331-11U the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E4WE, held by Honeywell Aerospace US LLC). The FAA has issued 25 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 25 airworthiness directives · newest first

2018-12-102018-22-01 · Turbine Section · engine
2018-10-222018-17-15 · Turbine Engine Combustion Section · engine
2018-02-282018-02-14 · Turbine Engine Combustion Section · engine
2016-11-282016-21-07 · Fuel control drive · engine
2016-11-042016-18-17 · Compressor impeller · engine
2015-07-222015-12-04 · Fuel control unit (FCU) · engine

All orders naming the Honeywell TPE331-11U

Certificates and bulletins

E4WEType certificate held by Honeywell Aerospace US LLC · 48 models listed · revised March 27, 2026

Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders

2016-07-22NE-16-19 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section Stator Nozzle Distress
2016-07-11NE-16-18 · Power Lever Loss of Power Control

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-tpe331-11u.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 8

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N685BA Fairchild
SA227-AC
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Red Pine Company LLC
Bemidji, Minnesota
Standard 2026-08-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9152X Wsk Pzl Mielec
PZL M18B
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Restricted 2026-07-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N211RH Fairchild
SA227-AC
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Mcneely Charter Service INC
West Memphis, Arkansas
Standard 2023-03-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N853NJ Wsk Pzl Mielec
PZL-M18A
Fixed-wing, single engine N853Nj LLC
Frankford, Missouri
Restricted 2023-02-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N746KA Fairchild
SA227-AC
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Kolob Canyons Air Services INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2014-04-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N649KA Fairchild
SA227-AC
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Kolob Canyons Air Services INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2011-09-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N788KL Fairchild
SA227-AC
Fixed-wing, multi-engine C B G LLC
Wilsonville, Oregon
Standard 2006-08-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N769KL Fairchild
SA227-AC
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cbg LLC
Wilsonville, Oregon
Standard 2006-07-14 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.