Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'PT6A60A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'PT6A60A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
SDR RU3A2025102800001Brake · overtempDURING ROLLOUT INSPECTION, CREW RETURNED TO GATE DUE TO AIRCRAFT'S BRAKES BECAME EXCESSIVELY HOT PRODUCING VISIBLE SMOKE. FIRE TRUCKS WERE ROLLED OUT AND SPRAYED THE HOT BRAKES DOWN; AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED AND TOWED BACK TO THE GATE. CREW EVACUATED THROUGH THESDR CTUR20250528001Lever · missingTRIED FLYING N817PA MORNING OF MAY 7TH AND THE RIGHT SIDE DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE GROUND PITCH. DOING THE AUTO FEATHER TEST, THE RIGHT PROP WAS AT 1700 RPM. TRIED DOING THE GROUND IDLE STOP TEST AND THE RIGHT SIDE FAILED THAT TEST. COULDN'T GET IT TO SWITCH TOSDR NOZR72024BBleed Valve · failedTHE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THE NO:1 ENGINE BEGAN POPPING AND LOST 50% OF ITS POWER 11 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WAS PERFORMED AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT - NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGED RESULTED FROM EPISODE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE DSDR GRTA20240307001Heat Exchanger · leakingWHILE FLYING AT FL 320 #2 RIGHT SIDE ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE INSTANTLY. REQUESTED DIVERT TO KHSV. ON LANDING NOTED OIL DRIPPING FROM BOTTOM OF COWLING. MX FOUND THE OIL COOLERS WELD SEAM SPLIT OPEN (CRACKED). REPLACED OIL COOLER.SDR 2023FA0000838Starter Gen · failedWHEN STARTING LEFT ENGINE AND BRINGING LEFT GENERATOR ON LINE IT WOULD NOT COME ON LINE. I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE IGNITION STARTER WAS OFF AND IT WAS. I SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND 30 SECONDS LATER SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF THE LEFT COWLING. WE SMELLED ELECTRICAL BUSDR YADA20230603001Unknown · unknownDURING DESCENT THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNING INDICATOR ALERTED, PIC PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONAL WAS SENT OUT TO THE LOCATION OF THE AIRCRAFT TO PERFORM TROUBLESHOOTING. USDR O2GA2023032782001Valve · intermittentAT FL310 RIGHT ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED 99* CELSIUS FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES. PEAKED AT 102* CELSIUS AND WAS STABLE AT 101* CELSIUS WHEN THE RIGHT THROTTLE WAS REDUCED TO IDLE. AT BELOW FL180 THE ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE RETURNED TO NORMAL RANGE. ENGINE OSDR O2GA2022110783901Engine · failedDURING CLIMB LEFT ENGINE PROP CAME OUT OF SYNC FOLLOWED BY A LEFT SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION (TORQUE JUMPED TO 130%). LEFT ENGINE ITT WENT INTO THE RED. POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE, THE TORQUE AND ITT WENT TO THE GREEN. ADVANCING THE THROTTLES WOULD CAUSE SAME RESUSDR QMLA2022082620057Relay · failedON APPROACH TO KGCK WHEN IT WAS TIME TO PUT FLAPS TO APPROACH SETTING THE FLAPS DID NOT COME DOWN OR INDICATE IN THE DOWN POSITION. DECIDED TO RETURN TO KAAO AND PERFORMED A NO FLAP LANDING. REPLACED FLAP MOTOR RELAY.SDR O2GA2022082182501Valve · intermittentON TAKE OFF JUST AFTER ROTATION R ENG OIL TEMP WENT YELLOW @ 105* C. THEN 109* C. DURING THE COURSE CHANGE TURN THE R ENG OIL TEMP TURNED RED @ 117*C. STAYED THERE FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS UNTIL LEVEL OFF AND POWER REDUCED TO 42 % AND OIL TEMP WENT TO 58*SDR 2022FA0000355Governor · inoperativeDURING ENGINE PRE-TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE RUNS, THE #2 PROP WOULD NOT COME OUT OF FEATHER. MAINTENANCE TEAM INSPECTED THE ENGINE &PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. OUT CAUTION, IT WAS DECIDED TO REPLACE THE RH ENGINE PROP GOVERNOR.SDR T4OR2022082400001Pitch Link · galledNEWLY OVERHAULED PROPS, HARTZELL PN HC-B4MP-3C, ON KING AIR B300. INFLIGHT, WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED FOR LANDING, THE PROPS S/N FWA4217 AND FWA4213 WENT FLATTER THAN THE FLIGHT LOW PITCH SYSTEM, CAUSING DANGEROUS DRAG, SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN AIRSPEED AND ALTITSDR 2022FA0000251Pressure Switch · failedAIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WOULD NOT COOL. RECOVERED FREON AND PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST ON BINARY PRESSURE SWITCH. SWITCH WAS FOUND TO REMAIN IN AN "OPEN" CONDITION. REMOVED AND REPLACED SWITCH. SERVICED FREON AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY FUNCTIONAL AND LEAK TSDR 2022FA0000155None · noneON PREFLIGHT RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHOWING 3.5QTS LOW. I PUT APPROX 1.75 QTS OF OIL IN RIGHT ENGINE TO BRING IT UP TO 1.75 LOW ON DIPSTICK. THE R ENG TEMP WAS A BIT HIGH BUT IN THE GREEN FOR THE FIRST HOUR PLUS OF THE FLIGHT. IT STARTED CREEPING UP TOWARDS THE YELLSDR GSPA202112160001Landing Gear · faultedEMPTY LEG MMSL TO KSDM IN ORDER TO CLEAR CUSTOMS. FLEW APPROACH INTO KSDM AT APPROXIMATELY1800L, LOST AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT WHILE CIRCLING, EXECUTED MISSED APPROACH, PROCEEDED TO OUR ALTERNATE KSAN. ON APPROACH INTO KSAN, UPON GEAR DOWN SELECTION, WE RECEIVED NOSDR GSPA20211207Actuator · intermittentON DEPARTURE WE RETRACTED THE GEAR AS NORMAL WITH NO ABNORMAL CONDITIONS EXCEPT A RED GEAR HANDLE.
WE FOUND THE LANDING GEAR RELAY CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. PER CHECKLIST WE PUSHED IT IN AND WE’RE ABLE TO CYCLE THE GEAR TWICE BUT EACH TIME HAD A RED GEAR HANDLSDR O2GA2021101383901Fuel Control · inoperativeDURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE RIGHT ENGINE ROLLED BACK UN-COMMANDED. RIGHT ENGINE FUEL FLOW DROPPED TO 90. FLIGHT CREW SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KGRR. SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE FUEL SDR O2GA2021051782701Oil System · leakingDURING FLIGHT FL290 RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED AND WENT INTO THE RED. OIL WAS OBSERVED STREAKING ALONG ENGINE COWL. AN INFLIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN WAS PERFORMED PER THE CHECKLIST AND DIVERTED TO KSGF. SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE TROUBSDR O2GA2021040680001Armature · failedENROUTE KHVN TO KRDU AT FL260 AN EICAS “R GEN TIE OPEN” ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST AND CLEARED EICAS. AFTER ABOUT 4 MINUTES “R GEN TIE OPEN” AGAIN ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY “R GEN” ANNUNCIATOR. THE ‘R GEN” EICAS L/R “FIRE” ILLUMINATED IN THE TORQUE GSDR CGHR2021011801001Mount · crackedCRACKS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE FIELD DURING ROUTINE VISUAL INSPECTIONS OF ENGINE MOUNT TRUSS/COWLING MOUNT ATTACH BRACKETS. THE CRACKS FOUND ARE ALMOST ALWAYS EXCLUSIVE TO THE UPPER RIGHT ENGINE MOUNT TRUSS (NR 1 ENGINE TRUSS UPPER INBOARD, NR 2 ENGINE TRUSS USDR CGHR2021011801002Mount · crackedCRACKS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE FIELD DURING ROUTINE VISUAL INSPECTIONS OF ENGINE MOUNT TRUSS/COWLING MOUNT ATTACH BRACKETS. THE CRACKS FOUND ARE ALMOST ALWAYS EXCLUSIVE TO THE UPPER RIGHT ENGINE MOUNT TRUSS (NR 1 ENGINE TRUSS UPPER INBOARD, NR 2 ENGINE TRUSS USDR CGHR2021011801003Mount · crackedCRACKS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE FIELD DURING ROUTINE VISUAL INSPECTIONS OF ENGINE MOUNT TRUSS/COWLING MOUNT ATTACH BRACKETS. THE CRACKS FOUND ARE ALMOST ALWAYS EXCLUSIVE TO THE UPPER RIGHT ENGINE MOUNT TRUSS (NR 1 ENGINE TRUSS UPPER INBOARD, NR 2 ENGINE TRUSS USDR CGHR2021011801004Mount · crackedCRACKS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE FIELD DURING ROUTINE VISUAL INSPECTIONS OF ENGINE MOUNT TRUSS/COWLING MOUNT ATTACH BRACKETS. THE CRACKS FOUND ARE ALMOST ALWAYS EXCLUSIVE TO THE UPPER RIGHT ENGINE MOUNT TRUSS (NR 1 ENGINE TRUSS UPPER INBOARD, NR 2 ENGINE TRUSS USDR 2020FA0000561Actuator · corrodedLT MAIN GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR FOUND CORRODED THRU CHROME COATING NEAR ATTACH END WERE EXPOSED WITH GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. NEW VERSION OF ACTUATOR HAS CHROME ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE SHAFT INSTEAD OF LEAVING A PARTIAL METAL TO CHROME EDGE WHICH WSDR 2020FA0000529Powerpack · faultedPILOT REPORTED AFTER TAKE OFF, THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED NORMALLY. UPON APPROACH, THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN, BUT THERE WAS NO GEAR MOVEMENT AND NO LIGHT INDICATION. PILOT INDICATED HE CHECKED THE CONTROL BREAKER AND FOUND IT POPPED. HE RESET THE BREAKESDR O2GA2020092186501B-Nut · unsecureLEFT ENGINE IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN BY THE CREW DURING CRUISE FLIGHT DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO KGSO. SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE FOUND A LOOSE LEFT ENGINE TORQUE MANIFOLD RETURN LINE 'B' NUSDR YEWA20200910002Exhaust Duct · tornPILOT REPORTED HEARING A POP UPON ADVANCING PROP LEVERS ON MID-FINAL APPROACH INTO KAAO. PILOT NOTICED NR 1 ENGINE TORQUE INDICATION EXTREMELY LOW, LANDING WAS COMPLETED PER NORMAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT INCIDENT. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE NR 1 ENGINE FOUND THE PSDR RU3A20200430019Unknown · malfunctionedLEFT ENGINE OIL TEMP HIGH. RAPID RISE IN OIL TEMP, TEMP FOLLOWS POWER LEVER. ENGINE AT IDLE TO MAINTAIN ACCEPTABLE TEMPERATURESDR RU3A20200421018Unknown · malfunctionedLEFT ENGINE OIL TEMP EXCEEDED 99 DEG. W/YELLOW INDICATOR. TEMP REACHED 107 DEG. W/NORMAL OIL PRESSURE. TEMP RETURNED TO NORM RANGE DESCENDING FOR CAUTIONARY LANDING.SDR DATA20181217001Amplifier · failedDURING CRUISE AT 6000 FT FROM SJU TO STT THE LEFT FUEL PRESSURE WARNING ILLUMINATED. RAN MEMORY ITEMS AND ENGINE SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST FROM QRH AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LANDED SAFELY AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED TSDR AXSA2019121200001Line · leakingRIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT. INSPECTED RH ENGINE CONTROLS, FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. FOUND P3 LOOSE ON FCU. TIGHTENED AND SAFETIED, RAN ENGINE TWICE WITH HO DEFECTS NOTED. OK FOR SERVICE . WORK IAW P&W-28 MM CH 73-10-07
WORK DONE BY ROB PECK AND DAVE NSDR COEA2019112601797Indicator · erraticFLIGHT 8775 ROUTE: PHX-FLG DISCREPANCY: DURING TAKEOFF, THE TORQUE GAUGE BEGAN TO GIVE ERRATIC READINGS. PILOT ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND RETURN TO PHX. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE TORQUE INDICATOR. ALSDR RU3A20191029056Warning Message · illuminatedRT BL AIR FAIL ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. ENGINE INDICATIONS ALL NORMAL.SDR NOZR201908080001Fcu · failedCREW NOTED THAT THE NR 1 ENGINE POWER LEVER AND CONDITION LEVER WERE BINDING DURING THEIR MORNING CHECKS. THE PRIOR DAY, THE SAME CREW NOTICED A "HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION" IN THE CONDITION LEVER PRIOR TO SHUT DOWN. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED SDR GSPA2019072400001Control Valve · inoperativeWHILE CLIMBING TO OUR CRUZE ALTITUDE OF 26000 THE WHITE CABIN ALTITUDE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN SOUNDED WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 23500. THE CABIN ALTITUDE WAS 10200. WE LEVELED OFF AT 24000 FOR 3-4 MINUTES BUT THE CABIN ALTITUDE KEPT CLIMBING. WE STARTED ASDR GSPA201904040001Fuel Control · faultyTHE START UP WAS UNEVENTFUL, AND THE RUN UP CHECKS WERE COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY DISCREPANCIES. CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, TAXIED OUT, AND CAME TO A FULL STOP. PERFORMED A STATIC TAKEOFF WITH POWER SET AT 85% TORQUE AND V SPEEDS OF (97,102,107) WITH FLAPS APPROACH. THSDR O2GA2019031284901Rod · disconnectedON DESCENT NOTICED THE RIGHT ENGINE ITT STARTING TO RISE. ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL WITH THROTTLE WAS NOT POSSIBLE AND SPLIT OF THROTTLES WAS MORE THEN ONE INCH. COMMANDED RIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN PERFORMED, EMERGENCY DECLARED AND DIVERTED TO KPSP. MAINTENANCE FOUND RSDR CA190329002Engine · unresponsive(CAN) DURING FLIGHT ENGINE #2 HAD NO RESPONSE TO POWER LEVER MOVEMENT AND HIGH ITT. THE CREW ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND DIVERT. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL.SDR 2020FA0000089Plate · damagedUPPER FORWARD HOLE FOR THE UPPER ANCHOR BOLT FOR THE FORWARD BRAKE CALIPER BROKE OUT JAMMING THE FORWARD CALIPER ON THE BRAKE DISK ROTATING WITH THE TIRE AND BREAKING THE AFTER CALIPER OFF THE TORQUE PLATE FROM THE LH MAIN GEAR. INCIDENT WAS DURING TAXI, WHENSDR CA190213013Starter Gen · damaged(CAN) ABOUT AN HOUR INTO FLIGHT THE R/H DC GEN FAIL ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON, LOSS OF R/H DC GEN WAS CONFIRMED ON AMMETER. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE R/H STARTER GENERATOR HAD FAILED, A QUICK EXAMINATION FOUND A SEGMENSDR O2GA2019020188901Blade · bentCREW REPORTED AFTER POST FLIGHT NOTED ALL 4 RIGHT PROPELLER BLADES TIPS BENT. CREW WRITE UP STATES UPON LANDING RIGHT PROP STRUCK RUNWAY. THE RIGHT ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE REPLACED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA190816007Control Valve · intermittent(CAN) 1. AN INTERMITTENT FAULTY BLEED AIR SYSTEM FLOW CONTROL VALVE P/N 1H98-2 (TC# 20190816007)SDR JIKA2018111301Cap · unsecureMAINTENANCE DISCREPANCY: THE PILOT REPORTED WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THAT THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WAS INDICATING 50 PSI (NORMAL OPERATING RANGE 70-90 PSI). THE PILOT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES NOTIFIED ATC, THEN PERFORMED AN INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF THE LEFT ENGINE.SDR GSPA2018FA0000383Landing Gear · malfunctionedON APPROACH TO AIRPORT, WE WENT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. MOVED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER TO THE DOWN POSITION BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THERE WAS NO SOUND OF THE GEAR MOTOR RUNNING. WE CYCLED THE GEAR HANDLE SEVERAL TIMES BUT SAME RESPONSE. WE INFORMED TOWER. WESDR O2GA2018080684701Fcu · defectiveRIGHT ENGINE ROLL BACK DURING TAKEOFF WITH ACCOMPANYING YAW. TAKEOFF ABORTED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND STARTER GENERATOR. SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA180808025Compressor · failed(CAN) AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR P/N 201-0450-3 FAILURE, 73.5 HRS FROM INSTALLATION. DEFECT REPORTED: `AIR CONDITIONING NOT COOLING` AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FOUND TO HAVE A FREEWHEELING CLUTCH, SUSPECTED THAT THE COMPRESSOR SEIZED. THE AIR CONDITIONING SDR O2GA20180713001B-Nut · looseDURING CRUISE FLIGHT RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO 60PSI. DECREASED POWER SETTING, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KMSV. TWO ENGINE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. RIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN AFTER LANDING AS A PRECAUTION. MAINTENANCE FOUND A LOOSE OIL LINE 'B'SDR CA180808024Compressor · failed(CAN) AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR P/N 201-0450-3 FAILURE, 15.7 HRS FROM INSTALLATION. DEFECT REPORTED: `AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING` AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FOUND TO HAVE FAILED. THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR WAS REMOVED AND THE SYSTEM FLUSHED IN ACCOSDR CA180808020Display · failed(CAN) ROCKWELL COLLINS PROLINE FUSION EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT, ADAPTIVE FLIGHT DISPLAY AFD-3700. DEFECT REPORTED AS `NUMEROUS ERRONEOUS CAS MESSAGES SHOWING UP ON RETURN TO YEG, UNCOMMANDED FLL CHANGE FROM 160 TO 99 IN CLIMB OUT OF YQU`. AFD 2 DETERMINED TO HAVE FSDR CA180808023Compressor · failed(CAN) AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR P/N 201-0450-3 FAILURE ON AN AIRCRAFT WITH UNDER 400 HRS FROM NEW. DEFECT REPORTED: `AIR CONDITIONING FOUND TO NOT BE BLOWING COOL AIR` AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FOUND TO HAVE FAILED. A NEW COMPRESSOR WAS INSTALLED, SAME P
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