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

Pratt & Whitney JFTD12A series

15 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney JFTD12A series engine, rated at about 4500 horsepower. The Sikorsky S-64 is the model most often fitted with it (9 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1967 and 1994.

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 JFTD12A series. FAA spelling: JFTD12A SER.

Fitted to model families

Sikorsky S-649Erickson S-642Siller Helicopters CH-54A2Helicopter Transport Services CH-541Sikorsky CH-54B1

Sikorsky S-64 · Erickson S-64 · Siller Helicopters CH-54A · Helicopter Transport Services CH-54 · Sikorsky CH-54B

Where they are owner's state

Georgia12Oregon3

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters15 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

02346619604197031990

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney JFTD12A series the component layer

The FAA has issued 2 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 2 airworthiness directives · newest first

1997-04-0497-02-13 · Disk rupture · engine
1974-05-3171-24-05 · Compressor Rotor Discs · engine

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-jftd12a-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 15

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N179AC Sikorsky
S-64F
Rotorcraft Helicopter Express LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Standard 2026-08-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N719HT Sikorsky
CH-54B
Rotorcraft U S Leaseco INC
Aurora, Oregon
Restricted 2026-02-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4035S Sikorsky
S-64E
Rotorcraft Siller Helicopters LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Standard 2025-04-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N625HX Sikorsky
S-64E
Rotorcraft Helicopter Express LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Standard 2024-05-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N194AC Sikorsky
S-64E
Rotorcraft Helicopter Express LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Multiple 2024-05-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N218AC Erickson
S64E
Rotorcraft Helicopter Express LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Multiple 2024-05-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N655HX Erickson
S64E
Rotorcraft Helicopter Express LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Multiple 2024-05-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N154AC Sikorsky
S-64E
Rotorcraft Helicopter Express LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Multiple 2024-04-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N159AC Sikorsky
S-64F
Rotorcraft Helicopter Express LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Standard 2023-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N630HX Sikorsky
S-64F
Rotorcraft Helicopter Express LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Standard 2023-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6979R Sikorsky
S-64E
Rotorcraft U S Leaseco INC
Aurora, Oregon
Standard 2018-04-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N720HT Helicopter Transport Services
CH-54B
Rotorcraft US Leaseco INC
Aurora, Oregon
Restricted 2018-04-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4037S Sikorsky
S-64E
Rotorcraft Siller Helicopters LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Standard 2011-01-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N623HX Siller Helicopters
CH-54A
Rotorcraft Siller Helicopters LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Experimental 2009-07-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7095B Siller Helicopters
CH-54A
Rotorcraft Siller Helicopters LLC
Chamblee, Georgia
Experimental 2009-06-22 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.