Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6
Pratt & Whitney PT6A-6 is the first production PT6 engine, shipped in December 1963 to Beech Aircraft for the Beech 87 and early King Air program. The PT6A architecture is a two-shaft turboprop with a multi-stage compressor, single-stage compressor turbine, independent free power turbine, and epicyclic concentric reduction gearbox. This historical record preserves the exact -6 identity; no model-specific installation or numeric rating is asserted here.
Identity
- Aliases
- PT6A-6PT6A 6Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- turboprop
- Name
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-6 is the first production PT6 engine, shipped in December 1963 to Beech Aircraft for the Beech 87 and early King Air program. The PT6A architecture is a two-shaft turboprop with a multi-stage compressor, single-stage compressor turbine, independent free power turbine, and epicyclic concentric reduction gearbox. This historical record preserves the exact -6 identity; no model-specific installation or numeric rating is asserted here.
- Family
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.prattwhitney.com/en/lp/pt6-60-years/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 05:57:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 19:47:50 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-07
- Note
- Official manufacturer history identifies the PT6A-6 as the first production PT6 engine, shipped in December 1963 to Beech Aircraft for the Beech 87/early King Air program.
- Publisher
- Pratt & Whitney
- Title
- PT6 60 Years
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-07
- Note
- Official manufacturer product page establishes the PT6A turboprop family boundary and its free-turbine architecture; this packet preserves the exact -6 variant boundary.
- Publisher
- Pratt & Whitney
- Title
- PT6A Engine