Exhibit 23(a)

CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements of Goodrich Corporation and in the related Prospectuses of our reports dated February 20, 2006, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Goodrich Corporation, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting of Goodrich Corporation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Goodrich Corporation included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2005.

Registration
Number		Description of Registration Statement	Filing Date
	33-49052	The B.F.Goodrich Company Key Employees’ Stock Option Plan — Form S-8		June 26, 1992
	333-03293	The B.F.Goodrich Company Stock Option Plan — Form S-8		May 8, 1996
	333-19697	The B.F.Goodrich Company Savings Benefit Restoration Plan — Form S-8		January 13, 1997
	333-53879	Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan — Form S-8		May 29, 1998
	333-53881	Rohr, Inc. 1982 Stock Option Plan, Rohr, Inc. 1989 Stock Incentive Plan and Rohr, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan — Form S-8		May 29, 1998
	333-76297	Coltec Industries Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan and Coltec Industries Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors — Form S-8		April 14, 1999
	333-77023	The B.F.Goodrich Company Stock Option Plan and Goodrich Corporation 2001 Equity Compensation Plan — Form S-8		April 26, 1999
	333-60210	Goodrich Corporation Stock Option Plan — Form S-8		May 4, 2001
	333-60208	Goodrich Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan — Form S-8		May 4, 2001
	333-98165	Shelf Registration for Debt Securities, Series Preferred Stock, Common Stock, Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units — Form S-3		August 15, 2002
	333-107866	Goodrich Corporation Employees’ Savings Plan — Form S-8		August 12, 2003
	333-107867	Goodrich Corporation Wage Employees’ Savings Plan — Form S-8		August 12, 2003
	333-107868	Goodrich Corporation Savings Plan for Rohr Employees — Form S-8		August 12, 2003
	333-109247	Goodrich Corporation Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan — Form S-8		September 29, 2003
	333-123721	Goodrich Corporation Outside Director Deferral Plan — Form S-8		March 31, 2005
	333-124244	Goodrich Corporation 2001 Equity Compensation Plan — Form S-8		April 22, 2005

/s/  Ernst & Young LLP

Charlotte, North Carolina

February 22, 2006