Pratt & Whitney JT9D-59A
1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney JT9D-59A engine, rated at about 51,720 pounds of thrust. The Douglas DC-10 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft).
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 JT9D-59A. FAA spelling: JT9D-59A.
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 JT9D-59A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E3NE, held by Pratt & Whitney). The FAA has issued 21 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.
FAA orders 21 airworthiness directives · newest first
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 2 · 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
- Douglas DC-10 1 with this engine series
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- Aircraft Endeavors LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-59A 21 airworthiness directives
These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-59a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 1
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.