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Engines · turboprop · data as of October 5, 2026

Rolls-Royce AE 2100A

7 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Rolls-Royce AE 2100A engine, rated at about 4152 horsepower. The Saab Aircraft Ab SAAB 2000 is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1993 and 1996.

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 AE 2100A. FAA spelling: AE 2100A.

Fitted to model families

Saab Aircraft Ab SAAB 20003Saab Ab SAAB 20002Saab-Scania Ab SAAB 20002

Saab Aircraft Ab SAAB 2000 · Saab Ab SAAB 2000 · Saab-Scania Ab SAAB 2000

Where they are owner's state

Utah4Alaska2Florida1

Kind of aircraft

Turboprops7 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0245771990

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Rolls-Royce AE 2100A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (TE1CH, held by Rolls-Royce Corporation). The FAA has issued 7 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 14 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 14 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 7 airworthiness directives · newest first

2020-12-152020-22-18 · Turbine Engine Reduction Gear · engine
2018-09-212018-17-04 · Turbine section · engine
2015-03-112015-02-08 · Turbine wheels · engine
2009-06-262009-11-04 · Propeller gearbox (PGB) · engine
2001-10-052001-17-31 · Second Stage High Pressure Turbine Wheel · engine
1999-09-0799-17-09 · Propeller Gearbox (PGB) and Power Section (P/S) Strut Fittings · engine

All orders naming the Rolls-Royce AE 2100A

Failure reports 14 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01245318419121522125

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine7Coupling1Fire Loop1Oil System1Propeller1

Latest reports

2025-01-14Engine: failed
2022-10-11Engine: power loss
2022-08-31Engine: none
2022-07-11None: none
2022-06-28None: none

Certificates and bulletins

TE1CHType certificate held by Rolls-Royce Corporation · 7 models listed · revised December 29, 2017

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-ae-2100a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 7

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N811BB Saab Aircraft Ab
SAAB 2000
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aleutian Airways LLC
Orlando, Florida
Standard 2026-08-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N749SA Saab Ab
SAAB 2000
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aleutian Airways LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
Standard 2025-03-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N683SA Saab Ab
SAAB 2000
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aleutian Airways LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
Standard 2025-01-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N532FR Saab-Scania Ab
SAAB 2000
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2022-01-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N542FR Saab-Scania Ab
SAAB 2000
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2022-01-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N506FR Saab Aircraft Ab
SAAB 2000
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2021-10-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N508FR Saab Aircraft Ab
SAAB 2000
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2021-09-24 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.