Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-36A
3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-36A engine, rated at about 981 horsepower. The Sikorsky S-76 is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1985 and 1992.
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 PT6B-36A. FAA spelling: PT6B-36A.
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-36A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E21NE, held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP.). The FAA has issued 2 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.
FAA orders 2 airworthiness directives · newest first
Certificates and bulletins
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
- Sikorsky S-76 3 with this engine series
- Islander Holdings LTD 1 of these aircraft
- Arrow Aviation CO LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-36A 2 airworthiness directives
These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6b-36a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 3
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N176BA | Sikorsky S-76B |
Rotorcraft | Islander Holdings LTD Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Standard | 2023-03-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N76VR | Sikorsky S-76B |
Rotorcraft | Arrow Aviation CO LLC Broussard, Louisiana |
Standard | 2019-12-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N208S | Sikorsky S-76B |
Rotorcraft | Sugar Pine Aviation LLC Merlin, Oregon |
Standard | 2019-06-10 | 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 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.