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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 7, 2026

Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4D

4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4D engine, rated at about 48,000 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 767 is the model most often fitted with it (4 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1985 and 1990.

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-7R4D. FAA spelling: JT9D-7R4D.

Fitted to model families

Boeing 7674

Boeing 767

Where they are owner's state

Utah2Michigan1Florida1

Kind of aircraft

Airliners and large jets4 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

012233198011990

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4D the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E3NE, held by Pratt & Whitney). The FAA has issued 31 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 1,030 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 30 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 31 airworthiness directives · newest first

2021-05-272021-09-10 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section · engine
2012-04-232012-04-15 · Engine · engine
2007-10-052007-18-06 · Inspection of the blade root thickness · engine
2007-04-122007-05-17 · Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) · engine
2006-01-112005-26-09 · 1st stage fan blades. · engine
2004-02-102004-01-08 · One-piece fan case shield · engine

All orders naming the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4D

Failure reports 1,030 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

0102204306408950005101621326

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Shear Tie139Stringer85Engine46Skin27Actuator24Floorbeam18Splice18Frame17Compressor16Battery Pack15

Latest reports

2026-06-18Engine: hot start
2026-04-29Engine: vibration
2026-03-12Bleed Valve: warning message
2025-12-15Pressure Switch: defective
2025-11-13Engine: hot start

Certificates and bulletins

E3NEType certificate held by Pratt & Whitney · 11 models listed · revised July 15, 2019

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

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Where they are
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Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-7r4d.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 4

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N267JR Boeing
767-238
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Knight Sky II LLC
Miami, Florida
Standard 2025-09-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N603KW Boeing
767-246
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Alta 767 Spv LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2024-03-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N604KW Boeing
767-233
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Alta 767 Spv LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2024-03-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N783CK Boeing
767-346
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Kalitta Air LLC
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Standard 2015-12-18 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.