The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · turboprop · data as of October 5, 2026

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25

4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25 engine, rated at about 550 horsepower. The Beechcraft T-34 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1978 and 1984.

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 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25 (2 codes). FAA spellings: PT6A-25 · PT6A-25.

Fitted to model families

Beechcraft T-342Beechcraft C-991Ndn Aircraft Ltd NDN-1T FIRECRACKER1

Beechcraft T-34 · Beechcraft C-99 · Ndn Aircraft Ltd NDN-1T FIRECRACKER

Where they are owner's state

California2Washington1Minnesota1

Kind of aircraft

Turboprops4 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

012231197031980

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E4EA, held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP.). The FAA has issued 4 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 4 airworthiness directives · newest first

2014-08-052014-11-05 · Reinforcement liner to the power turbine (PT) containment ring and, for certain PT containment rings,... · engine
2002-12-312002-23-13 · Turbine Exhaust Ducts · engine
1997-03-1497-04-12 · Compressor Bleed-off Valve · engine
1980-04-1880-08-12 · Fuel Pump Drive Coupling Splines · engine

Certificates and bulletins

E4EAType certificate held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP. · 54 models listed · revised June 16, 2021

Safety bulletins 1 · advice, not orders

2011-11-01NE-12-04 · Turbine/ Turboprop Engine: Reduction Gearbox

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
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-25.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 4

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N4872M Beech
T-34C-1
Fixed-wing, single engine Tumbleweed Leasing LLC
Tacoma, Washington
Standard 2026-04-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2157C Ndn Aircraft Ltd
NDN-1T FIRECRACKER
Fixed-wing, single engine National Test Pilot School
Mojave, California
Experimental 2023-05-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N87GR Beech
T-34C-1
Fixed-wing, single engine National Test Pilot School
Mojave, California
Standard 2023-05-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N172EE Beech
C-99
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bemidji Aviation Services INC
Bemidji, Minnesota
Standard 2004-09-21 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 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.