The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 30, 2026

Salmson AD9

8 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Salmson AD9 engine, rated at about 40 horsepower. The Curtiss Wright JR CW1 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1927 and 2008.

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 Salmson AD9. FAA spelling: AD9.

Fitted to model families

Curtiss Wright JR CW11Driggs DART II1Morane Saulnier 130 ET 21Morane Saulnier MORANE 5021Morane-Saulnier 2301Scott MATHIEU-RUSSELL1Sorrell Nieuport 17C1Trone Dennis R LINCOLN SPORT1
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Curtiss Wright JR CW11
Driggs DART II1
Morane Saulnier 130 ET 21
Morane Saulnier MORANE 5021
Morane-Saulnier 2301
Scott MATHIEU-RUSSELL1
Sorrell Nieuport 17C1
Trone Dennis R LINCOLN SPORT1

Curtiss Wright JR CW1 · Driggs DART II · Morane Saulnier 130 ET 2 · Morane Saulnier MORANE 502 · Morane-Saulnier 230 · Scott MATHIEU-RUSSELL · Sorrell Nieuport 17C · Trone Dennis R LINCOLN SPORT

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles8100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19202
19304
20001

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Salmson AD9 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (Group 3 Salmson, held by Salmson). No FAA order in the current files names this engine series.

Approved replacement parts 1 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this engine and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Certificates and bulletins

Group 3 SalmsonType certificate held by Salmson · 1 model listed

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

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/salmson-ad9.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 8

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N11832 Curtiss Wright
JR CW1
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Washington
Experimental 2023-08-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1047 Trone Dennis R
LINCOLN SPORT
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
California
Experimental 2023-02-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1927 Driggs
DART II
Fixed-wing, single engine Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum
Saint Louis, Missouri
Experimental 2020-02-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N17C Sorrell Nieuport
17C
Fixed-wing, single engine Wild Blue Aero Squadron LLC
Indianapolis, Indiana
Experimental 2016-07-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N996N Scott
MATHIEU-RUSSELL
Fixed-wing, single engine Alfred and Lois Kelch Aviation Museum INC
Brodhead, Wisconsin
Experimental 2012-06-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N28670 Morane Saulnier
MORANE 502
Fixed-wing, single engine War Eagles Air Museum
Santa Teresa, New Mexico
Experimental 2007-06-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7MS Morane Saulnier
130 ET 2
Fixed-wing, single engine Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum
Rhinebeck, New York
Experimental 1995-01-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N230MS Morane-Saulnier
230
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 1988-03-23 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 30, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.