Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17
6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 engine, rated at about 16,000 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 727 is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1976 and 1984.
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-17. FAA spelling: JT8D-17.
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-17 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E2EA, held by Pratt & Whitney). The FAA has issued 34 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 1,680 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 13 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 34 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 1,680 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 3 with this engine series
- Boeing 737 3 with this engine series
- Trans Executive Airlines Of Hawaii INC DBA 2 of these aircraft
- USA Jet Airlines INC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 34 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 1,680 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 6
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N11AD | Boeing 737-2W8 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | 11 Eleven Hold Wings INC Dover, Delaware |
Standard | 2025-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N794AJ | Boeing 727-227 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Zero Gravity CORP Merritt Island, Florida |
Standard | 2020-11-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N726US | Boeing 727-223 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | USA Jet Airlines INC Belleville, Michigan |
Experimental | 2018-06-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N326TR | Boeing 737-210C |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Trans Executive Airlines of Hawaii INC DBA Honolulu, Hawaii |
Standard | 2017-05-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N413JG | Boeing 737-2Q8 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Trans Executive Airlines of Hawaii INC DBA Honolulu, Hawaii |
Standard | 2015-02-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N281FL | Boeing 727-281 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | International Trading CO of Yukon Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2014-10-22 | 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 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.