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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 23, 2026

Wright R-1820-56M5

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Wright R-1820-56M5 engine, rated at about 1200 horsepower. The Grumman FM-2 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 Wright R-1820-56M5. FAA spelling: R-1820-56M5.

Fitted to model families

Grumman FM-21
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Grumman FM-21

Grumman FM-2

Where they are owner's state

Tennessee1
By state, as a table
aircraft
Tennessee1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)
By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles1100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111940
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19401

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Fitted to
Where they are
Analytics

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/wright-r-1820-56m5.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N29FG Grumman
FM-2
 Fixed-wing, single engine Sea Blue Sales & Leasing LLC
Lebanon, Tennessee
 Limited 2024-07-22 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 23, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.