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PW4000 Engine

Pratt & Whitney · turbofan · 3,486 engine-system SDR reports · 40 ADs

52,000–99,040 lbfThrust
1984First Run
Out of production; in serviceStatus
Widebody family; the PW4077 hollow-fan-blade failures (UA328, 2021) grounded 777 subfleets.Note

Reported engine systems (FAA SDR)

  • Engine - Turbine/Turboprop1,603 (46%)
  • Engine Fuel & Control592 (17%)
  • Engine Air289 (8.3%)
  • Engine Exhaust282 (8.1%)
  • Starting212 (6.1%)
  • Engine Oil166 (4.8%)
  • Engine Indicating118 (3.4%)
  • Ignition110 (3.2%)
  • Power Plant93 (2.7%)
  • Engine Controls14 (0.4%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)
  • Reciprocating Engine2 (0.1%)

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

Airworthiness directives

  • 2026-10360: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney RTX Corporation (Type Certificate Previously Held by Pratt & Whitney Division United Technologies Corporation) Engines (2026-05-22)
  • 2023-25524: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Engines (2023-11-20)
  • 2023-21739: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Engines (2023-10-03)
  • 2022-13088: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2022-06-17)
  • 2022-08045: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2022-04-15)
  • 2022-05296: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2022-03-11)
  • 2021-24574: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2021-11-12)
  • 2021-06804: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2021-04-02)
  • 2021-04747: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2021-03-09)
  • 2020-26915: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2020-12-10)
  • R1-2019-05708: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2019-04-04)
  • 2019-05905: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2019-03-28)
  • 2019-02453: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division (PW) Turbofan Engines (2019-02-15)
  • 2018-23712: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division (PW) Turbofan Engines (2018-10-31)
  • 2018-12830: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2018-06-15)
  • 2018-00999: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2018-01-22)
  • 2017-04627: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2017-03-09)
  • 2016-26183: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2016-11-01)
  • 2016-09687: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2016-04-27)
  • 2015-27184: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2015-10-27)
  • 2015-26346: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Turbofan Engines (2015-10-23)
  • 2015-21204: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Turbofan Engines (2015-08-28)
  • 2014-30283: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2014-12-24)
  • 2013-19429: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2013-08-13)
  • 2012-27168: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2012-11-14)
  • 2012-23791: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney (P&W) Division Turbofan Engines (2012-10-03)
  • 2012-22534: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2012-09-17)
  • 2012-21821: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2012-09-06)
  • 2012-20842: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2012-08-24)
  • 2012-17001: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Turbofan Engines (2012-07-19)
  • 2012-6996: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2012-03-23)
  • 2012-4745: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines (2012-03-01)
  • 2011-31177: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division (PW) PW4000 Series Turbofan Engines (2011-12-06)
  • 2011-19476: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney (PW) Models PW4074 and PW4077 Turbofan Engines (2011-08-04)
  • 2011-10692: Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Model 747-400, 747-400D, and 747-400F Series Airplanes Equipped With General Electric CF6-80C2 or Pratt & Whitney PW4000 Series Engines (2011-05-11)
  • 2010-31723: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney PW4000 Series Turbofan Engines (2010-12-17)
  • US-2010-24-09: Engines - No. 3 Bearing Oil Pressure Tubes - Inspection (2011-01-04)
  • 2010-21869: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney (PW) PW4000 Series Turbofan Engines (2010-09-13)
  • 2010-29451: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney PW4000 Series Turbofan Engines (2010-11-23)
  • 2010-2601: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310-221, -222, -322, -324, and -325 Airplanes, and Model A300 B4-620, B4-622, B4-622R, and F4-622R Airplanes, Equipped With Pratt & Whitney PW4000 or JT9D-7R4 Series Engines (2010-02-12)

Occurrences naming this engine

24 occurrences, 0 fatal, 0 fatalities.

Engine-failure occurrences on aircraft using this engine

112 occurrences, 1 fatal, 2 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.

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