The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · turboprop · data as of October 7, 2026

Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123AF

10 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123AF engine, rated at about 2380 horsepower. The Bombardier CL-215 is the model most often fitted with it (10 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1985 and 2015.

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 PW123AF. FAA spelling: PW123AF.

Fitted to model families

Bombardier CL-21510

Bombardier CL-215

Where they are owner's state

Montana6Utah4

Kind of aircraft

Turboprops10 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

023466198042010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123AF the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E20NE, held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP.). The FAA has issued 5 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 5 airworthiness directives · newest first

2013-09-172013-15-08 · First-stage PT blades · engine
2013-02-152012-26-08 · Propeller shafts · engine
2012-07-202012-11-14 · Propeller shafts · engine
2004-11-052004-20-01 · Bypass valve cover · engine
2003-09-102003-16-04 · Fuel heaters · engine

Certificates and bulletins

E20NEType certificate held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP. · 26 models listed · revised September 22, 2025

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-pw123af.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 10

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N385AC Bombardier Inc
CL-215-6B11 (CL-415)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Restricted 2026-03-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N389AC Bombardier Inc
CL-215-6B11 (CL-415)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Restricted 2026-03-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N392AC Bombardier Inc
CL-215-6B11 (CL-415)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Restricted 2023-06-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N386AC Bombardier Inc
CL-215-6B11 (CL-415)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Restricted 2023-03-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N422BT Canadair
CL-215-6B11(CL-215T)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bridger Air Tanker 6 LLC
Belgrade, Montana
Restricted 2023-02-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N406BT Canadair
CL-215-6B11(CL-215T)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bridger Air Tanker 5 LLC
Belgrade, Montana
Restricted 2022-08-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N419BT Canadair
CL-215-6B11(CL-215T)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bridger Air Tanker 4 LLC
Belgrade, Montana
Restricted 2021-07-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N418BT Canadair
CL-215-6B11(CL-215T)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bridger Air Tanker 3 LLC
Belgrade, Montana
Restricted 2021-06-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N417BT Canadair
CL-215-6B11(CL-215T)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bridger Air Tanker 2 LLC
Belgrade, Montana
Restricted 2020-08-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N415BT Canadair
CL-215-6B11(CL-215T)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bridger Air Tanker 1 LLC
Belgrade, Montana
Experimental 2020-05-27 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 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.