Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E
1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E engine, rated at about 50,000 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 767 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-7R4E. FAA spelling: JT9D-7R4E.
Kind of aircraft
By kind, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Airliners and large jets | 1 | 100% |
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E3NE, held by Pratt & Whitney). The FAA has issued 30 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 68 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 5 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 30 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 68 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Failure reports by year, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| 95 | 1 |
| 96 | 1 |
| 97 | 3 |
| 98 | 5 |
| 99 | 3 |
| 00 | 11 |
| 01 | 14 |
| 02 | 11 |
| 03 | 7 |
| 04 | 1 |
| 06 | 2 |
| 07 | 2 |
| 08 | 2 |
| 11 | 1 |
| 12 | 1 |
| 15 | 1 |
| 18 | 1 |
| 19 | 1 |
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Parts most reported, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| Engine | 5 |
| Compressor | 4 |
| Switch | 4 |
| Fuel Control | 3 |
| Wire | 3 |
| Computer | 2 |
| Control Cable | 2 |
| Hose | 2 |
| Line | 2 |
| Acoustic Panel | 1 |
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 767 1 with this engine series
- Utah 1 of these aircraft
- Alta 767 Spv LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E 68 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-7r4e.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 1
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 8, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.