Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118A
1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118A engine, rated at about 1800 horsepower. The Embraer EMB-120 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 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118A. FAA spelling: PW118A.
Fitted to model families
Model families, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Embraer EMB-120 | 1 |
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E20NE, held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP.). The FAA has issued 13 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 903 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 7 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 13 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 903 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Failure reports by year, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| 95 | 117 |
| 96 | 82 |
| 97 | 187 |
| 98 | 99 |
| 99 | 62 |
| 00 | 55 |
| 01 | 76 |
| 02 | 59 |
| 03 | 44 |
| 04 | 30 |
| 05 | 11 |
| 06 | 11 |
| 07 | 28 |
| 08 | 9 |
| 09 | 5 |
| 10 | 9 |
| 11 | 2 |
| 12 | 10 |
| 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 16 | 1 |
| 22 | 1 |
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Parts most reported, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| Actuator | 48 |
| Connector | 42 |
| Engine | 33 |
| Strap | 29 |
| Control Unit | 19 |
| Clips | 16 |
| Control Box | 16 |
| Switch | 15 |
| Computer | 14 |
| Valve | 14 |
Latest reports
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
- Embraer EMB-120 1 with this engine series
- Puerto Rico 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118A 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118A 903 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118a.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 1
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 8, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.