Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1
8 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 engine, rated at about 14,000 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 727 is the model most often fitted with it (5 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1963 and 1999.
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 JT8D-1. FAA spelling: JT8D-1.
Fitted to model families
Boeing 727 · Boeing 737 · Douglas DC-9 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9
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 JT8D-1 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E2EA, held by Pratt & Whitney). The FAA has issued 33 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 195 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 13 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 33 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 195 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
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
- Boeing 727 5 with this engine series
- Boeing 737 1 with this engine series
- Douglas DC-9 1 with this engine series
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 1 with this engine series
- Washington 2 of these aircraft
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- Michigan 1 of these aircraft
- Kansas 1 of these aircraft
- Florida 1 of these aircraft
- Museum Of Flight Foundation 2 of these aircraft
- Jetran LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 33 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 195 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 8
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N727AH | Boeing 727-21 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Zangeneh Aeronautics Consulting INC Irvine, California |
Standard | 2025-03-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N978TW | Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Jetran LLC Horseshoe Bay, Texas |
Standard | 2023-10-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N438BN | Boeing 727-227 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Antares Aviation LLC Boca Raton, Florida |
Standard | 2020-09-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N706JP | Boeing 727-35 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Kalitta Equipment LLC Ypsilanti, Michigan |
Standard | 2014-02-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N904CE | Douglas DC-9-32F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Tatonduk Outfitters Limited Fairbanks, Alaska |
Standard | 2010-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N213US | Boeing 737-201 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Museum of Flight Foundation Seattle, Washington |
Standard | 1995-11-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7001U | Boeing 727-22 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Museum of Flight Foundation Seattle, Washington |
Standard | 1991-04-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2819W | Boeing 727-247 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Dodson International Parts INC Rantoul, Kansas |
Standard | 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.