The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 26, 2026

Wright 975 A B D&E

11 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Wright 975 A B D&E engine, rated at about 330 horsepower. The Beechcraft B17 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1929 and 1953.

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 Wright 975 A B D&E. FAA spelling: 975 A B D&E.

Fitted to model families

Beechcraft B171Beechcraft C171Buhl CA-3E1Convair BT-151Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR B-14-B1Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR B9-40001Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR S-6000-B1Keystone Aircraft K84 COMMUTER1North American NA-641Pitcairn PA81Waco JYM1
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Beechcraft B171
Beechcraft C171
Buhl CA-3E1
Convair BT-151
Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR B-14-B1
Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR B9-40001
Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR S-6000-B1
Keystone Aircraft K84 COMMUTER1
North American NA-641
Pitcairn PA81
Waco JYM1

Beechcraft B17 · Beechcraft C17 · Buhl CA-3E · Convair BT-15 · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR B-14-B · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR B9-4000 · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR S-6000-B · Keystone Aircraft K84 COMMUTER · North American NA-64 · Pitcairn PA8

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles11100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19201
19304
19402
19501

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/wright-975-a-b-d-e.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 11

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N731K Waco
JYM
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Kentucky
Standard 2025-11-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9842 Curtiss Wright
TRAVEL AIR S-6000-B
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Washington
Restricted 2024-10-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N12332 Curtiss Wright
TRAVEL AIR B-14-B
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
California
Standard 2022-03-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8717 Curtiss Wright
TRAVEL AIR B9-4000
Fixed-wing, single engine G L Leonard Aviation LLC
Anacortes, Washington
Standard 2021-12-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3201U North American
NA-64
Fixed-wing, single engine Southwest Aircraft LLC
Fairacres, New Mexico
Experimental 2020-10-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N10753 Pitcairn
PA8
Fixed-wing, single engine Woodlands Toy Store LP
Eighty Four, Pennsylvania
Standard 2014-05-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N15835 Beech
C17R
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Oregon
Standard 2013-07-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N55009 Convair
BT-15
Fixed-wing, single engine Brothers Aviation LLC
Black Rock, Arkansas
Standard 2011-02-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N15815 Beech
B17R
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 2004-08-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8451 Buhl
CA-3E
Fixed-wing, single engine Yellowstone Aviation INC
Jackson, Wyoming
Standard 1996-06-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N63K Keystone Aircraft
K84 COMMUTER
Fixed-wing, single engine Yellowstone Aviation INC
Jackson, Wyoming
Standard 1996-02-10 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 26, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.