Pratt & Whitney JT3D series
2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney JT3D series engine, rated at about 17,700 pounds of thrust. The Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1968 and 1972.
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 series. FAA spelling: JT3D SERIES.
Fitted to model families
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney JT3D series the component layer
The design is held under 2 type certificates. The FAA has issued 20 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 403 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 176 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 20 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 403 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 4 · advice, not orders
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
- Nevada 2 of these aircraft
- Skybus Jet Cargo INC 2 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney JT3D series 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney JT3D series 403 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-series.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 2
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N797AL | Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Skybus Jet Cargo INC Las Vegas, Nevada |
Standard | 2026-07-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N995CF | Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Skybus Jet Cargo INC Las Vegas, Nevada |
Standard | 2026-07-31 | 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.