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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 12, 2026

Pratt & Whitney JT15D-5

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney JT15D-5 engine, rated at about 2,905 pounds of thrust. The Cessna 560 Citation V, Ultra, Encore and Excel is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft).

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 JT15D-5. FAA spelling: JT15D-5.

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Oklahoma1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Business jets1100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111990
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19901

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney JT15D-5 the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 953 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 20 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 953 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

080160239319950005101521126
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
953
967
973
983
994
003
0123
0220
0334
0439
0554
06112
07319
08107
0925
1056
1129
1240
1322
1415
1510
165
175
192
204
215
231
241
251
261

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Engine94
Rib80
Brake Assy43
Brake28
Switch23
Fuel Control20
Bracket13
Landing Gear13
Line13
Indicator12

Latest reports

2026-08-14Engine: bird ingestion
2025-12-13Windshield: delaminated
2024-01-16Duct: cracked
2023-03-25Turbine: out of position
2021-08-11Engine: flamed out

Approved replacement parts 5 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this engine and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Most often: valve (1), solenoid valve (1), sealant (1), screw (1), packing (1).

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
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-jt15d-5.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N974AJ Cessna
560
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Co-owned owner
Oklahoma
Standard 2026-05-18 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 12, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.