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Engines · turboprop · data as of October 7, 2026

Rolls-Royce DART 542

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Rolls-Royce DART 542 engine, rated at about 2966 horsepower. The Nihon YS-11A-500 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 Rolls-Royce DART 542. FAA spelling: DART 542.

Fitted to model families

Nihon YS-11A-5001

Nihon YS-11A-500

Where they are owner's state

Delaware1

Kind of aircraft

Turboprops1 (100%)

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Rolls-Royce DART 542 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E5EU, held by Rolls-Royce Deutschland LTD & CO Kg). The FAA has issued 22 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 22 airworthiness directives · newest first

2008-09-042008-16-05 · Intermediate pressure turbine (IPT) disk · engine
2007-03-192007-03-13 · High pressure turbine (HPT) blade platforms and shrouds · engine
2007-02-262007-02-07 · Intermediate pressure turbine (IPT) disk · engine
2003-09-302003-17-11 · Sermetel coating (Omat 7/46) · engine
2001-10-152001-19-06 · High Pressure Turbine Discs · engine
2000-02-2899-27-04 · Low Torque Switches · engine

All orders naming the Rolls-Royce DART 542

Certificates and bulletins

E5EUType certificate held by Rolls-Royce Deutschland LTD & CO Kg · 5 models listed · revised March 23, 2007

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

Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N744TZ Nihon
YS-11A-500
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Starling Aviation Services LLC
Lewes, Delaware
Standard 2025-02-05 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.