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Engines · turboshaft · data as of October 7, 2026

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3DF

9 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3DF engine, rated at about 900 horsepower. The Bell 412 is the model most often fitted with it (9 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2005 and 2008.

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 PT6T-3DF. FAA spelling: PT6T-3DF.

Fitted to model families

Bell 4129

Bell 412

Where they are owner's state

Texas5California3Illinois1

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters9 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0246882000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3DF the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E22EA, held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP.). No FAA order in the current files names this engine series.

Certificates and bulletins

E22EAType certificate held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP. · 11 models listed · revised December 20, 2012

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

These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6t-3df.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 9

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N681FD Bell
412EP
Rotorcraft Chicago Fire Dept
Chicago, Illinois
Standard 2022-10-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N282SD Bell
412EP
Rotorcraft City of San Diego
San Diego, California
Standard 2014-07-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N962KW Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
412EP
Rotorcraft Warren Transportation LLC
Dallas, Texas
Standard 2012-09-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N813FK Bell
412EP
Rotorcraft Department of Justice
Fort Worth, Texas
Experimental 2011-10-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N959TL Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
412EP
Rotorcraft U S Department of Justice
Fort Worth, Texas
Standard 2009-08-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N141FA Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
412EP
Rotorcraft Orange County Fire Authority
Irvine, California
Standard 2009-05-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N241FA Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
412EP
Rotorcraft Orange County Fire Authority
Irvine, California
Standard 2009-02-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N993MG Bell
412EP
Rotorcraft U S Department of Justice
Ft Worth, Texas
Standard 2008-02-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N985MB Bell
412EP
Rotorcraft Department of Justice
Fort Worth, Texas
Standard 2006-08-03 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.