PT6 Engine

Pratt & Whitney Canada · turboprop · 4,558 engine-system SDR reports · 32 ADs

500–1,940 shpPower
1960First Run
In productionStatus
The dominant GA/utility turboprop — 60,000+ built.Note

Reported engine systems (FAA SDR)

  • Engine - Turbine/Turboprop2,407 (52.8%)
  • Engine Fuel & Control1,069 (23.5%)
  • Engine Oil227 (5%)
  • Engine Air222 (4.9%)
  • Power Plant193 (4.2%)
  • Engine Indicating130 (2.9%)
  • Engine Controls102 (2.2%)
  • Engine Exhaust100 (2.2%)
  • Ignition51 (1.1%)
  • Other29 (0.6%)
  • Starting21 (0.5%)
  • Reciprocating Engine6 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0%)

Report counts reflect fleet size and reporting activity, not relative safety or reliability. Source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (public domain).

Airworthiness directives

  • CF-2025-66: Engine - Compressor Turbine (CT) Disk Assembly - Unsubstantiated CT Disk Part Number (P/N) in Engine Technical Publications (2025-12-09)
  • CF-2024-33: Engine - First-Stage Power Turbine (PT1) Blade Failure (2024-09-19)
  • 2024-05238: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines (2024-03-13)
  • CF-2024-05: Engine - Second-Stage Power Turbine (PT2) Blade Failure (2024-02-15)
  • 2023-03069: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines (2023-02-14)
  • CF-2022-26: Engine Bleed Air - Bleed-Off Valve Failure to Close (2022-05-18)
  • 2022-08562: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines (2022-04-22)
  • CF-2021-37: Engine Bleed Air - Bleed-Off Valve (BOV) Failure to Close (2021-11-09)
  • CF-2021-20: Engine Bleed Air - Bleed-Off Valve Failure to Close (2021-05-19)
  • CF-2015-01R2: Engine Indicating - Incorrect Engine Torque Indication (2020-10-05)
  • 2020-19299: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines (2020-09-02)
  • CF-2019-30R1: Compressor Turbine Blade Fracture due to Non-conforming CT Vane Installation (2019-12-18)
  • 2019-25010: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines (2019-11-19)
  • CF-2019-30: Compressor Turbine (CT) Blade Fracture due to Non-conforming CT Vane Installation (2019-08-21)
  • CF-2019-05: Engine Control - Fuel Control Unit Galvanic Corrosion Contamination (2019-02-11)
  • CF-2015-01R1: Engine Indicating - Incorrect Engine Torque Indication (2016-11-22)
  • 2016-06124: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines (2016-03-18)
  • 2015-25711: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines (2015-10-14)
  • CF-2015-23: Fuel Control - Fuel Control Unit Bellow Leak (2015-07-30)
  • 2015-10075: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines (2015-05-01)
  • CF-2015-01: Engine Indicating - Incorrect Engine Torque Indication (2015-01-30)
  • CF-2014-33: Power Plant - Power Turbine Containment Ring Failure (2014-10-08)
  • 2014-20453: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines (2014-09-03)
  • CF-2013-33R1: Power Turbine Containment Ring Failure (2013-11-15)
  • CF-2013-21R1: Compressor Turbine (CT) Blade Failures - Inspection / Replacement (2013-11-06)
  • CF-2013-33: Power Turbine Containment Ring Failure (2013-10-11)
  • CF-2013-21: Compressor Turbine (CT) Blade Failures (2013-08-06)
  • 2013-03266: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp Turboshaft Engines (2013-02-19)
  • CF-2012-24: Second Stage Power Turbine Disk Damage (2012-08-03)
  • 2012-11057: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Turboprop Engines (2012-05-08)
  • 2011-31868: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Turboprop Engines (2011-12-13)
  • 2011-26840: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG, -27, -28, -34, -34AG, -34B, and -36 Series Turboprop Engines (2011-10-17)

Occurrences naming this engine

157 occurrences, 11 fatal, 42 fatalities.

Engine-failure occurrences on aircraft using this engine

0 occurrences, 0 fatal, 0 fatalities.

These occurrences are engine-failure events on aircraft families that can be fitted with this engine; the engine type of each specific aircraft is not confirmed. Do not read this list as a record for this engine.