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Engines · turboprop · data as of October 5, 2026

Rolls-Royce 250-B17D

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Rolls-Royce 250-B17D engine, rated at about 420 horsepower. The Valmet L-90 is the model most often fitted with it (2 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 Rolls-Royce 250-B17D. FAA spelling: 250-B17D.

Fitted to model families

Valmet L-902

Valmet L-90

Where they are owner's state

Nevada2

Kind of aircraft

Turboprops2 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012221990

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Rolls-Royce 250-B17D the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E10CE, held by Rolls-Royce Corporation). 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

2015-03-092015-02-22 · Repetitive visual inspections · engine
2006-09-072006-16-04 · Inspection of the fuel nozzle screen · engine
2006-07-262006-13-06 · Gas producer rotor assembly tie bolts · engine
2005-06-222005-10-13 · Turbine energy absorbing ring · engine
2005-02-082004-26-09 · Compressor Adaptor Couplings · engine
2005-01-052004-24-09 · Fuel nozzle · engine

All orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-B17D

Certificates and bulletins

E10CEType certificate held by Rolls-Royce Corporation · 11 models listed · revised September 1, 2000

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/rolls-royce-250-b17d.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N762SH Valmet
L-90
Fixed-wing, single engine Blue Air Training CORP
Las Vegas, Nevada
Experimental 2018-01-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N90MF Valmet
L-90
Fixed-wing, single engine Blue Air Training CORP
Las Vegas, Nevada
Experimental 2018-01-11 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 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.