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Engines · turboprop · data as of October 7, 2026

Honeywell TPE331-3U

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Honeywell TPE331-3U engine, rated at about 840 horsepower. The Swearingen SA-226 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 TPE331-3U. FAA spelling: TPE331-3U.

Fitted to model families

Swearingen SA-2261

Swearingen SA-226

Where they are owner's state

Nevada1

Kind of aircraft

Turboprops1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111970

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Honeywell TPE331-3U the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E4WE, held by Honeywell Aerospace US LLC). The FAA has issued 31 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 31 airworthiness directives · newest first

2018-10-222018-17-15 · Turbine Engine Combustion Section · engine
2018-07-262018-13-05 · Turbine Engine Reduction Gear · 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 TPE331-3U

Certificates and bulletins

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

Safety bulletins 1 · advice, not orders

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-tpe331-3u.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N226XX Swearingen
SA-226T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine International Air Services INC Trustee
Carson City, Nevada
Experimental 2026-08-18 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.