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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 7, 2026

Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305 engine, rated at about 5,225 pounds of thrust. The Learjet 60 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1992 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 PW305. FAA spelling: PW305.

Fitted to model families

Learjet 602British Aerospace BAE 1251

Learjet 60 · British Aerospace BAE 125

Where they are owner's state

Texas1New York1Florida1

Kind of aircraft

Business jets3 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

001222199012000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E35NE, held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP.). The FAA has issued 1 airworthiness directive (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 78 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 1 airworthiness directives · newest first

2001-04-062001-04-10 · Low Pressure Turbine (LPT) Disks · engine

Failure reports 78 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

03681196020714126

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine9Pump4Line3Mixing Valve3Starter Gen3Adc2Control Unit2Eec2Igniter2Oil System2

Latest reports

2026-06-26Seal: leaking
2021-01-03Exciter: defective
2019-12-29Warning Message: illuminated
2016-03-30Control Unit: failed
2016-03-11Warning System: activated

Certificates and bulletins

E35NEType certificate held by Pratt & Whitney Canada CORP. · 8 models listed · revised February 5, 2015

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-pw305.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N491CP Learjet Inc
60
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Ati Jet INC
El Paso, Texas
Standard 2022-07-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6144 Learjet Inc
60 XR
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Meatball Martini Ejm LLC
Saratoga Springs, New York
Standard 2021-02-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N46WE British Aerospace
BAE 125 SERIES 1000A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cr Aviation INC
Miami, Florida
Standard 2020-04-20 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.