Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206E
3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206E engine, rated at about 646 horsepower. The Md Helicopters Inc MD 900 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1996 and 2000.
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 PW206E. FAA spelling: PW206E.
Fitted to model families
Md Helicopters Inc MD 900 · Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter MD 900
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 PW206E the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E42NE, held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP.). The FAA has issued 4 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 2 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 4 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 2 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
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
- Md Helicopters Inc MD 900 2 with this engine series
- Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter MD 900 1 with this engine series
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206E 4 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206E 2 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw206e.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 3
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N902JS | Md Helicopters Inc MD 900 |
Rotorcraft | Apex Heli-Support LLC Phoenix, Arizona |
Standard | 2025-09-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N902EA | Md Helicopters Inc MD 900 |
Rotorcraft | Kenai Aviation INC Trustee Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2022-08-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N902CH | Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter MD 900 |
Rotorcraft | Lester e Cox Medical Centers Springfield, Missouri |
Standard | 2017-11-28 | 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.