The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · turbofan · data as of October 5, 2026

Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308C

303 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308C engine, rated at about 6,998 pounds of thrust. The Dassault FALCON 2000 is the model most often fitted with it (302 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2003 and 2026.

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 PW308C. FAA spelling: PW308C.

Fitted to model families

Dassault FALCON 2000302Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign and Latitude1

Dassault FALCON 2000 · Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign and Latitude

Where they are owner's state

Utah45Texas20Florida19Michigan16Delaware15California13Tennessee12New York9North Carolina8Minnesota8

Kind of aircraft

Business jets303 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0357010614114120001232010392020

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308C the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 97 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 15 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 97 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

048131707121724226

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine31Compressor6Carbon Seal3Oil System3Pin2Pressure Switch2Sensor2Actuator1Analyzer1Anti-Ice Valve1

Latest reports

2026-06-24Engine: power loss
2026-01-05Mount Bolt: loose
2025-02-24Anti-Ice Valve: failed
2024-08-02Radio: failed
2023-02-15None: none

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-pw308c.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 303

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N9871R Dassault
FALCON 2000EX
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cfg Service CORP
Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Standard 2004-12-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N428FJ Dassault Aviation
FALCON 2000EX
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Dassault Falcon Jet CORP
Little Ferry, New Jersey
Standard ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N729FS Dassault Aviation
FALCON 2000EX
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Oklahoma
Standard PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.