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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 7, 2026

Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219

22 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 engine, rated at about 21,000 pounds of thrust. The Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 is the model most often fitted with it (17 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1986 and 1996.

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-219. FAA spelling: JT8D-219.

Fitted to model families

Mcdonnell Douglas DC-917Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD 833Douglas DC-91Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-881

Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 · Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD 83 · Douglas DC-9 · Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88

Where they are owner's state

Oregon7Florida5Utah2Michigan2Alaska2Texas1Nevada1Delaware1California1

Kind of aircraft

Airliners and large jets22 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

048111551980151990

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E9NE, held by Pratt & Whitney). The FAA has issued 36 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 1,944 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 162 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 36 airworthiness directives · newest first

2021-12-282021-22-19 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section · engine
2015-08-252015-14-05 · Cracking in the low-pressure turbine (LPT) shaft · engine
2011-04-282011-07-02 · Turbine Blade · engine
2011-03-222011-04-04 · Critical life-limited parts · engine
2010-04-2297-17-04 R1 · Front compressor front hub · engine
2006-11-022006-17-07R1 · High pressure compressor (HPC) front hubs and HPC disk · engine

All orders naming the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219

Failure reports 1,944 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

079158238317950005101520425

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine390Skin92Fuel Control45Blade44Compressor44Floor Panel41Line38Csd34Duct34Pump30

Latest reports

2025-07-29Duct Clamp: leaking
2025-07-29Overheat Sensor: activated
2025-07-29Duct: cracked
2025-03-31Engine: failed
2024-07-10Engine: failed

Certificates and bulletins

E9NEType certificate held by Pratt & Whitney · 5 models listed · revised December 13, 2010

Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders

2016-09-02NE-16-22 · Turbine Engine Combustion Section JT8D Series Turbofan Engines
2010-05-07NE-10-32 · Turbine Engine Accessory Drive

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
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-219.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 22

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N986AK Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-87
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee
North Salt Lake, Utah
Standard 2026-02-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N883GA Douglas
DC-9-83
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Falcon Commercial Aviation LLC
Miami, Florida
Standard 2025-09-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N721MN Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-87
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bd Md-87 LLC
Longwood, Florida
Standard 2024-11-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N805ML Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-87
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Smb Md-87 II LLC
Longwood, Florida
Experimental 2024-05-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N887GA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-83(MD-83)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Rising Sun Aviation LLC
Irving, Texas
Standard 2022-09-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N83GF Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co
MD 83
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Wilmington Trust CO Trustee
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2022-01-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N807WA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-83(MD-83)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Federal Dynamics CORP
Henderson, Nevada
Standard 2021-08-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N832US Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co
MD-88
Fixed-wing, multi-engine USA Jet Airlines INC
Belleville, Michigan
Standard 2021-04-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N802WA Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co
MD 83
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Caribbean Sun Airlines INC DBA
Miami, Florida
Standard 2021-03-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N808WA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-83(MD-83)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Caribbean Sun Airlines INC
Miami, Florida
Standard 2021-01-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N637SH Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-83(MD-83)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Pacific Aircorp 49741 INC
San Francisco, California
Special flight permit 2020-02-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N963CE Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-83(MD-83)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Arctic One LLC
Fairbanks, Alaska
Standard 2018-11-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N967CE Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-83(MD-83)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Arctic One LLC
Fairbanks, Alaska
Standard 2018-08-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N982CA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-83(MD-83)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2014-09-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N294EA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-87
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Corsair Two LLC
Hillsboro, Oregon
Multiple 2013-07-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N297EA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-87
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Corsair Two LLC
Hillsboro, Oregon
Multiple 2013-04-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N296EA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-87
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Corsair Two LLC
Hillsboro, Oregon
Restricted 2013-02-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N295EA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-87
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Corsair Two LLC
Hillsboro, Oregon
Multiple 2012-09-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N293EA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-87 (MD-87)
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Corsair Two LLC
Hillsboro, Oregon
Multiple 2012-07-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N292EA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-87
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Corsair Two LLC
Hillsboro, Oregon
Multiple 2012-04-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N291EA Mcdonnell Douglas
DC-9-87
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Corsair Two LLC
Hillsboro, Oregon
Multiple 2011-05-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N831US Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co
MD 83
Fixed-wing, multi-engine USA Jet Airlines INC
Belleville, Michigan
Standard 2010-04-05 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.