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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 7, 2026

Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engine, rated at about 18,000 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 707 is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1968 and 1977.

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 JT3D-3B. FAA spelling: JT3D-3B.

Fitted to model families

Boeing 7073

Boeing 707

Where they are owner's state

Texas3

Kind of aircraft

Airliners and large jets3 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

001221196021970

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E8, held by Pratt & Whitney Division). The FAA has issued 14 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 218 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 21 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 14 airworthiness directives · newest first

1999-01-0599-01-08 · Stage 7 through Stage 15 High-Pressure Compressor (HPC) Disks · engine
1997-01-2196-23-10 · Steel High Pressure Compressor (HPC) disk · engine
1989-10-3189-22-07 · Overhaul · engine
1982-07-0182-14-02 · Third Stage Turbine Disks · engine
1980-07-0180-12-51 R2 · First Stage Fan Blade · engine
1978-08-1078-11-03 · First Stage Fan Blades · engine

All orders naming the Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B

Failure reports 218 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

012243749950005212

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine43Compressor20Fire Loop16Bleed Valve11Fuel Control8Relief Valve8Transmitter5Wire5Fire Warning4Ps4 Line4

Latest reports

2012-10-01Battery: inoperative
2012-09-07Engine: stalled
2010-06-18Skin: corroded
2010-03-27Fan: odor
2010-01-14Bleed Valve: stuck

Certificates and bulletins

1E8Type certificate held by Pratt & Whitney Division · 11 models listed · revised June 16, 1989

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
  • Texas 3 of these aircraft
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3b.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N624RH Boeing
707-338C
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Omega Air INC
San Antonio, Texas
Experimental 2022-08-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N707GF Boeing
707-3K1C
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aircraft Endeavors LLC
San Antonio, Texas
Experimental 2022-04-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N707MQ Boeing
707-368C
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aircraft Endeavors LLC
San Antonio, Texas
Experimental 2016-03-30 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.