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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 7, 2026

Pratt & Whitney PW4168A

12 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney PW4168A engine, rated at about 68,600 pounds of thrust. The Airbus A330 is the model most often fitted with it (12 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2006 and 2007.

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 PW4168A. FAA spelling: PW4168A.

Fitted to model families

Airbus A33012

Airbus A330

Where they are owner's state

Georgia12

Kind of aircraft

Airliners and large jets12 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

036912122000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Pratt & Whitney PW4168A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E36NE, held by Pratt & Whitney Division). The FAA has issued 29 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 245 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 60 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 29 airworthiness directives · newest first

2021-12-172021-22-14 · Turbine Section · engine
2021-05-072021-05-16 · Turbine Section · engine
2021-01-142020-25-09 · Turbine Section · engine
2019-05-022019-06-07 · Engine Fuel Distribution · engine
2016-12-062016-22-05 · Fuel nozzles · engine
2016-06-012016-08-09 · HPC 10th stage disk · engine

All orders naming the Pratt & Whitney PW4168A

Failure reports 245 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

036731101460107152025826

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Seat Track114Engine29Battery Pack8Battery5Bleed Valve5Floor Panel4Floor Support4Power Supply4Profile4Anti-Ice Valve3

Latest reports

2026-09-25Engine: failed
2026-09-18Bleed Valve: faulted
2026-08-28Line: leaking
2026-07-05Engine: bird ingestion
2026-05-19Engine: failed

Certificates and bulletins

E36NEType certificate held by Pratt & Whitney Division · 11 models listed · revised May 28, 2014

Safety bulletins 4 · advice, not orders

2016-01-14NE-16-01R1 · Turbine Section
2015-10-05NE-16-01 · Turbine Section
2015-07-14NE-15-19 · Turbine Section
2013-05-09NE-13-31 · Turbine Engine Oil System Scavenge Oil Tube Coking and Proper Cleaning at Overhaul

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-pw4168a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 12

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N812NW Airbus
A330-323
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N814NW Airbus
A330-323
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N815NW Airbus
A330-323
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N816NW Airbus
A330-323
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N817NW Airbus
A330-323
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N818NW Airbus
A330-323
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N819NW Airbus
A330-323
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N820NW Airbus
A330-323
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N821NW Airbus
A330-323
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N859NW Airbus
A330-223
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N860NW Airbus
A330-223
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N861NW Airbus
A330-223
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2009-12-31 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.