Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123
14 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 engine, rated at about 2142 horsepower. The Bombardier DHC-8 Dash 8 and Q400 is the model most often fitted with it (6 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1991 and 1998.
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 PW123. FAA spelling: PW123.
Fitted to model families
Model families, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Bombardier DHC-8 Dash 8 and Q400 | 6 |
| Dehavilland DHC-8 | 6 |
| Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8 | 2 |
Bombardier DHC-8 Dash 8 and Q400 · Dehavilland DHC-8 · Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8
Where they are owner's state
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E20NE, held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP.). The FAA has issued 14 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 1,854 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 63 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 14 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 1,854 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Failure reports by year, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| 95 | 4 |
| 96 | 89 |
| 97 | 73 |
| 98 | 55 |
| 99 | 121 |
| 00 | 114 |
| 01 | 67 |
| 02 | 70 |
| 03 | 95 |
| 04 | 118 |
| 05 | 84 |
| 06 | 75 |
| 07 | 82 |
| 08 | 56 |
| 09 | 46 |
| 10 | 122 |
| 11 | 93 |
| 12 | 112 |
| 13 | 121 |
| 14 | 90 |
| 15 | 104 |
| 16 | 25 |
| 17 | 5 |
| 18 | 8 |
| 19 | 22 |
| 22 | 1 |
| 23 | 1 |
| 25 | 1 |
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Parts most reported, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| Engine | 125 |
| Line | 84 |
| Fuel Cell | 54 |
| Bearing | 39 |
| Connector | 36 |
| Wire | 36 |
| Switch | 33 |
| Actuator | 31 |
| Pump | 29 |
| Skin | 27 |
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
- Bombardier DHC-8 Dash 8 and Q400 6 with this engine series
- Dehavilland DHC-8 6 with this engine series
- Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8 2 with this engine series
- Bank Of Utah Trustee 5 of these aircraft
- Wells Fargo Trust CO Na Trustee 2 of these aircraft
- Bighorn Airways INC 2 of these aircraft
- US Special Operations Command 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 14 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 1,854 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw123.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 14
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N436YV | Dehavilland DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bank of Utah Trustee Salt Lake City, Utah |
Standard | 2026-03-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N449YV | Dehavilland DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bank of Utah Trustee Salt Lake City, Utah |
Standard | 2025-07-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N351PH | Dehavilland DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bank of Utah Trustee Salt Lake City, Utah |
Standard | 2024-11-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N365PH | Bombardier Inc DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bank of Utah Trustee Salt Lake City, Utah |
Standard | 2024-11-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N367PH | Bombardier Inc DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bank of Utah Trustee Salt Lake City, Utah |
Standard | 2024-11-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N993BH | Bombardier Inc DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bighorn Airways INC Sheridan, Wyoming |
Multiple | 2024-02-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N359PH | Bombardier Inc DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bighorn Airways INC Sheridan, Wyoming |
Standard | 2023-09-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N360PH | Bombardier Inc DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Umb Bank Na Trustee Salt Lake City, Utah |
Standard | 2023-02-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N444YV | Dehavilland DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Wells Fargo Trust CO Na Trustee Salt Lake City, Utah |
Standard | 2023-01-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8300G | Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8-311 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | US Special Operations Command Tampa, Florida |
Standard | 2022-04-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N330EN | Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8-311 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Universal Hydrogen CO Hawthorne, California |
Experimental | 2022-01-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N349PH | Dehavilland DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bam Leasing LLC California, Maryland |
Standard | 2012-01-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N363PH | Bombardier Inc DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Wells Fargo Trust CO Na Trustee Columbia, Maryland |
Standard | 2011-10-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8200H | Dehavilland DHC-8-202 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Dynamic Avlease INC Bridgewater, Virginia |
Experimental | 2011-04-27 | 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 8, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.