Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67
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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 = 'PT6A67' 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 = 'PT6A67' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR 4DSR2026063001Selector Valve · leakingLANDING GEAR HYD. ACCUMULATOR MOTOR CYCLED IN FLIGHT CAUSING CAUTION TO COME ON. AIRCRAFT WAS JACK AND TROUBLESHOT, FOUND SERVICE SELECTOR VALVE TO BE LEAKING INTERNALLY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURED IN TWO YEARS. REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW VALVSDR 2026FA0000536Adiru · faultedRIGHT SIDE PITOT LINE BECAME BLOCKED INFLIGHT AFTER EXTENDED OPERATION IN AN AREA OF VISIBLE MOISTURE AT BELOW-FREEZING TEMPERATURE. ALL PROBE HEATS WERE ON AND FUNCTIONAL AT THE TIME AND FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF FLIGHT PRIOR TO THE LINE BLOCKAGE. AIRSPEED OSDR 6CBA2026061926001Engine · unknownDURING CRUISE FROM KIAD TO KCEU, CREW NOTED A LOUD BANG FROM THE ENG AREA. THE CREW DIVERTED TO KCLT & ATC DECLARED AN EMER, LANDING UNEVENTFUL. TECHS VISUALLY INSPECTED THE ENG FOR DEFECTS & COMPLIED WITH A BORO INSP IAW EMM 72-00-00 & FOUND IN LIMITS. ISDR QMLA2026010620001Relay · malfunctionedPRE-TAKEOFF, TAXI, & TAKEOFF NORMAL. AFTER LIFTING & CLIMBING, AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN TURNED ON. CONTINUED FLT. DURING CLIMB, DISPLAY 2 STARTED PULSING ON & OFF ABOUT A 2 SEC REP RATE. APPROACHING TARGET ALTITUDE, RUDDER TRIM OUT OF ALIGNMENT, RUSDR QMLA2025102320107Fuel Filter · warning messageFUEL PRESS CAWS INDICATION DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THAT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. FUEL CAWS LIGHT , INSPECTED, REPLACED FUEL FILTER, RTS.SDR 2025FA0000634Control System · faultedWHEN DECENDING FROM 14K FEET TO 12K FEET, CREW ACTIVATED SPD MODE TO ALLOW CONTROL RATE VIA ENGINE POWER. ONCE ENGINE TORQUE WENT BELOW 10PSI CREW HEARD LOUD BANG FROM FRONT OF AIRCRAFT AND A THUD WAS FELT. NO ENGINE INSTRUMENTS INDICATING ANYTHING WAS WRONG ASDR QMLA2025061620066Unknown · smokeSMOKE SMELL FROM BATTERY FROM BATTERY COMPARTMENT DURING PRE LAUNCH WALK AROUND, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE RTS.SDR 2025FA0000315Engine · damagedTOOK 15 MINUTES TO CLIMB TO 17,000 AND WERE LEVEL FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES WHEN A RAPID SERIES OF BLAST NOISES CAME FROM THE ENGINE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AMOUNTS OF SPARKS CONTINUOUSLY EMANATING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. OUR POWER SETTING WERE LIKELY 1.5PSI TO 2PSDR HVUA202503210001Oil System · malfunctionedPILOT RECEIVED A "LOW OIL PRESSURE" CAUTION. PILOT FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURE AND REDUCED POWER BUT OIL PRESSURE DROPPED MORE. THERE WAS NO OTHER INDICATION OF ENGINE DISTRESS. PILOT CONTINUED TO THE DESTINATION APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDINSDR QMLA2025010620001Pump · inoperativeLOW FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT DURING DESCENT. PER QRH, TURNED BOOST PUMPS TO ON AND CONTINUED DESCENT TRYING TO GET TO WARMER AIR. LOW PRESSURE LIGHT TURNED OFF. GIVEN ALTITUDE AND PROXIMITY TO DESTINATION, CONTINUED AS THIS WAS ALREADY ROUGHLYSDR QMLA2024120320147Pressure Switch · faultedDE-ICE BOOT CAWS WARNING IN FLIGHT, ITEM IS MEL'D CURRENTLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED HORZ. STAB PRESSURE SWITCH WITH NEW UNIT.SDR QMLA2024111420143Propeller · faultedREPEATED PROP DE-ICE CAWS. AMTS HAVE CLEANED AND REPLACED BRUSH BLOCK, TESTED OAT PROBE, CHECKED WIRING AND PROBLEM KEEPS REPEATING. CHECKED WIRING AND CLEANED PROP BRUSHES AND SPINNER IAW PILATUS AMM 12-A-30-60-00-00A-903A-ASDR QMLA2024080220095Aoa · faultedIMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE STICK SHAKER ACTIVATED CONTINUOUSLY WITH THE PUSHER CAWS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RETURNED TO AIRPORT FOR LANDING.SDR QMLA2024071920088Brake · unserviceableINSTALL OVERHAULED MAIN WHEEL BRAKE ASSEMBLY ON 07/02/2024. NO ISSUES FOR SEVERAL MISSIONS UNTIL SATURDAY 07/06/2024. PILOT SAID BRAKE PEDDLE SOFT, TECHNICIANS ON SHIFT PERFORMED BRAKE BLEED PROCEDURE AND RETURNED AC TO SERVICE. AIRCRAFT LEFT ON MISSION TO PUESDR QMLA2024050120046Pump · faultedWE WERE AT FLIGHT LEVEL 210 IN NORMAL CRUISE. WE HAD BEEN AIRBORNE FOR 2+ HOURS. THE MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED SPORADICALLY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I COULD SEE IT WAS FOR A FUEL PRESSURE LOW LIGHT. THE CAUTION LIGHT ON THE CAWS PANEL EXTINGUISHED BUT I WENT THRUSDR 15DA2023100973501Unknown · unknownENGINE START AND TAXI WERE BOTH NORMAL IN GROUND IDLE. UPON ACCELERATION AND ROTATION IN FLIGHT IDLE, A DISTINCT SMELL OF "BURNING RUBBER" WAS NOTICED THAT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE OVER THE NEXT 10 SECONDS. AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET, THE PILOT ELECTED TO DECLARSDR QMLA2023100620084Starter Gen · unknownCATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF STARTER/GENERATOR IN FLIGHT. GENERATOR FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT AND EXTREME NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT ALONG WITH ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. MECH: POST INSPECTION REVEALED A SIGNIFICANTLYSDR QMLA2023100920085Landing Gear · faultedUPON RETRACTING LANDING GEAR ON TAKEOFF, I NOTED BOTH MAIN GEAR INDICATIONS REMAINED RED. I CYCLED GEAR, RESULT WAS INDICATION OF GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED WITH GEAR LEVER IN BOTH UP AND DOWN SELECTION. THIS WAS AN ABNORMAL SITUATION. BEING THAT I HAD JUST DEPARTEDSDR QMLA2023092020073Eadi · failedPILOT COMPLETED A NORMAL LANDING AT KLZU . WHILE TAXIING IN THE VICINITY OF TAXIWAY JULIET, PILOT AND THE MEDICAL CREW NOTED A STRONG, ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. THERE WERE NO VISUAL INDICATIONS OF THE PRESENCE OF FIRE INSIDE THE AIRCRASDR QMLA2022021620012Engine · nonePILOT WROTE UP "SPARKS COMING FROM LEFT EXAUST POWER REDUCTION'.
MAINTENANCE FINDINGS:
INSPECTED LAST STAGE TURBINE DISC, COMBUSTION LINER, FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADES AND CT DISC BLADES. NO OBVIOUS DISCREPANCIES NOTED. PERFORMED ENGINE PERFORMANSDR QMLA2022021020009None · noneAFTER CLIMB OUT FROM BASE AIRPORT (KCPS), PILOT BEGAN LEVEL OFF TO ASSIGNED ALTITUDE USING THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR AND ARMED ALTITUDE SELECTOR FOR LEVEL OFF. PRIOR TO REACHING THE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE PILOT ENGAGED THE AUTO-PILOT FOR CAPTURE OF ALTITUDE FOR LEVEL OFFSDR QMLA2021071520037Motor · smokeTAXIING OUT TO THE RUNWAY A SLIGHT SMELL OCCURRED. I PULLED THE AIRCRAFT TO A VACANT LEAD-IN TAXIWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. TOLD THE TOWER I MAY NEED SOME TIME. I THEN SHUT OFF ECS TO SEE IF THE SMELL WENT AWAY ( I COULDN'T TELL) ASKED THE CREW IF THEY COULD TELLSDR G1IA20210628013Transmitter · failedMOVED FLAP SELECTOR TO 15 DEGREES. AFTER A TIME THE FLAP CAWS ILLUMINATED. OBSERVED THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR WAS AT 0 DEGREES. CONSULTED THE CHECKLIST AND THEN LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DURING POST-FLIGHT THE FLAPS WERE OBSERVED TO BE AT 0 DEGREES. SDR QMLA2021051120024Flt Controls · oscillatesAS PILOT DEPARTED KAPA FOR KRAP, THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN APA WAS LOW CEILINGS WITH RAIN. PILOT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 35R AND INITIALLY CLIMBED TO 8000 FEET. AS PILOT BEGAN CLIMBING AND ENTERED THE CLOUD LAYER, PILOT ENCOUNTERED SNOW AND SOME LIGHT MIXED ICE. SDR QMLA2021040920017Outlet · shortedDISCREPANCY: SMOKE IN CABIN. ARRIVED AT AIRCRAFT, MEDICAL STAFF INFORMED ME THE SMOKE HAD COME OUT OF PORTABLE POWER STRIP/ SURGE PROTECTOR 8 SOCKET 115VAC OUTLET EXTENDER. DURING FLIGHT PILOT TURNED OFF POWER TO LIFEPORT BED AND SMOKE STOPPED COMING OUT OF UNSDR FXGA20208173001Warning Message · false activation"HYDRAULIC" CAUTION ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. HAD TO PUMP GEAR DOWN BY HAND. MAINTENANCE FOUND HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE ABOVE MAX LIMIT ABOVE 3050 PSI. ADJUST PUMP PRESSURE TO 3000PSI. VERIFIED ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE WITHIN LIMITS. OPERATSDR 6CBA20160616151Circuit Breaker · poppedPILOT REPORTED ON DEPARTURE: GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON ARRIVAL TO THE ACFT, CONTRACT MAINTENANCE RESET THE LANDING GEAR POWER CIRCUIT BREAKER, PERFORMED EXTENSION/RETRACTIONSDR 2016FA0000333Fuel Sys · malfunctionedDURING FLIGHT, PILOT REPORTED LOW LEVEL FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AND TURNED ON FUEL BOOST PUMP, LOW LEVEL FUEL LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. FLIGHT CONTINUED AND THEN LOW LEVEL FUEL LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND PILOT NOTICED FUEL FLOW METER NEEDLE STARTED TO FLUCTUATED AND THEN ENSDR 2016F00122Adapter · failedPILOTS WERE DIRECT SMO AT THE END OF THE FLIGHT AT 5,000 FT. AUTOPILOT WAS ENGAGED IN ALTITUDE HOLD NAV MODE. WE RECEIVED A CAS WARNING OF PITCH TRIM RUNAWAY ALONG WITH VOICE CALLOUT TRIM RUNAWAY. WE PUSHED THE TRIM INTERRUPT SWITCH & RAN THE QRH CHECKLIST.SDR 2016FA0000179Trim System · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED A VERIFIED PITCH TRIM RUNAWAY DURING DESCENT WITH AUTOPILOT OFF AND NOT USING MANUAL TRIMS.SDR HDNA20160304002Switch · malfunctionedDEPARTED WITH 30 DEGREES FLAPS, WHEN I WENT TO RAISE THE FLAPS TO 15 DEGREES I GOT A FLAP FAIL CAUTION, THEN A PUSHER CAUTION, THEN A PUSHER SAFE CYAN CAS MSG. I RAN THE CHECKLIST & HAD NO POPPED CB IAW THE CHECKLIST CONTINUED THE FLIGHT & LANDED WITH FLAPS ISDR 3S4A2016F00077Relay · abnormalON THE FLIGHT, HAND FLYING IN CRUISE, ABOUT 9000. WHEN THE YAW TRIM RAN AWAY. ABLE TO INTERRUPT IT AND THEN RETRIM THE ACFT. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN ABLE TO INTERRUPT IT AND THEN RETRIM IT. AT THIS POINT, DECLARED AN EMERGENCYSDR 6CBA20160226149Switch · faultyTHE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED WHILE ON APPROACH, RT MAIN GEAR, UNSAFE ON EXTENSION FOR APPROX 2 MINUTES. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE EXTENSION & RETRACTION SYS WAS INSPECTED & THE ACMF & FHDB FILES WERE SENT TO MFG FOR EVALUATION. IT WAS DETERMISDR CA160208011Warning Light · false activation(CAN) THERE WERE THREE OCCASIONS WHEN FLAP CAWS CAPTION WAS ON . FIRST CAWS FLAP CAME ON DEC 15, 2015, RESET WITH NO PROBLEM. SECOND TIME CAME ON JAN 07, 2016. RESET WITH ERROR CODE E310. NO PROBLEM THIRD TIME CAME ON FEB 05, 2016. WAS HARD TO RESET, WAS WSDR CA160208012Spring · broken(CAN) PILOT TRIED TO LOWER CARGO DOOR VIA ELECTRICAL MOTOR AND WAS OK BUT NOT OPERATING SMOOTH. SPIRAL SPRING HAD BROKEN MID WAY OF ITS LENGTH CAUSING THE RETRACT CABLE TO JAM AND OVERLAY ITSELF. DOOR WAS DIFFICULT TO OPEN. SPRING AND CABLE REPLACED WITH NESDR CA160203027Actuator · sticking(CAN) HOLD NOSE UP WARNING, USING AUTOPILOT ON DESCENT, PILOT HAD TO HOLD CONTROL, DISCONNECT AUTOPILOT, TRIM NOSE UP AND CONTINUE WITHOUT AUTOPILOT. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SECONDARY MOTOR, USED BY THE AUTOPILOT, ON THE PITCH TRIM ACTUATOR WAS UNSERVICEABLE, VSDR 6CBA20160107148Unknown · malfunctionedLANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT, 3 GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY ON DOWN INDICATORS. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED FOR A CAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. SEVERAL EXTENSION RETRACTION TESTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED IAW AMM 12-B-32-30-00SDR 6CBA20160106147Indication Sys · reads lowCREW REPORTED LOW TORQUE INDICATION, APPROX 5.2-5.3 PSI.SDR CA160120002Engine · power loss(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF, THAT ACFT IS REPORTED TO HAVE SUFFERED A POWER LOSS BEFORE IT CRASHED IN A DITCH JUST OFF THE RUNWAY. A POST-CRASH FIRE OCCURRED. BOTH CREW MEMBERS WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. NO FURTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS SDR CA160120013Engine · power loss(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF, THAT ACFT IS REPORTED TO HAVE SUFFERED A POWER LOSS BEFORE IT CRASHED IN A DITCH JUST OFF THE RUNWAY. A POST-CRASH FIRE OCCURRED. BOTH CREW MEMBERS WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. NO FURTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TISDR CA160105010Switch · failed(CAN) CAS, DEICE BOOTS, ILLUMINATING IF DE-ICE BOOTS USED IN OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE LOWER THAN -20 DEGREES CELSIUS. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND MOISTURE IN PRESSURE GAGE SWITCH. SWITCH REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. SYSTEM SDR CA160105009Brake Assy · seized(CAN) AFTER AN EXTENDED TAXI AND SHUTDOWN OF ACFT, WHILE DEBOARDING PASSENGER PILOT HEARD A SUDDEN BLAST OF AIR COMING FROM RT SIDE OF THE ACFT. PILOT FOUND RT TIRE DEFLATED. WHEN INSPECTED BY ENGINEER, FOUND TIRE FUSE PLUGS MELTED AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY SEIZED. SDR CA151231002Static Inverter · failed(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, DURING CLIMB, APX 3000 FT, MEDICS ADVISED THE FLIGHT CREW OF STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR, FEW SECONDS LATER BOTH PILOTS NOTICED SAME. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. DURING APPROACH PHASE, AT GEAR EXTENSION,SDR CA151218002Servo · failed(CAN) LT & RT WING DOWN HOLD CAS MSGS. AILERON, BANK CONTROL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. REPLACED AILERON SERVO. FUNCTION TEST OF AUTOPILOT SYS COMPLETED. TESTED SERVICEABLE.SDR CA160212002Flap · cracked(CAN) CRACK ON OIL COOLER FLAP DETECTED DURING ROUTINE DAILY INSPECTION. FLAP REPLACED.SDR CA151201013Engine · making metal(CAN) ENGINE WAS SENT FOR REPAIR WITH THE OPERATOR REPORTING METAL IN OIL. THE OPERATOR ALSO REPORTED THAT BOTH CHIP DETECTOR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CUSTOMER PROVIDED A LABORATORY ANALYSIS REPORT OF THE METAL FOUND IN THE MAIN OIL FILTER AND FROM AN OIL SDR CA151127014Relay · failed(CAN) PILOT WAS CLIMBING OUT OF DEPARTURE AIRPORT TO DESTINATION, HAND FLYING, THE AIRCRAFT WITH AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED. WHILE TRYING TO TRIM THE ACFT HE NOTICED THAT THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS NOT RESPONDING. HE LOOKED AT THE PITCH TRIM BREAKER CB_LA1 AND SDR CA151104011Gusset · cracked(CAN) CRACK NOTED AREA "C" OF SC 71 APPROXIMATELY .5" IN LENGTH. APPROXIMATELY BS 105, LT SIDE CLUSTER AREA. SPECIFIC CRACK LOCATION AT WELD OF DOUBLER AND GUSSET TAT: 1944.5.SDR CA151104012Gusset · cracked(CAN) CRACK NOTED AREA "C" OF SL 71, APPROX .5" IN LENGTH. APPROXIMATELY BS 105. RT SIDE CLUSTER AREA. SPECIFIC CRACK LOCATION AT WELD OF DOUBLER AND GUSSET.SDR CA151102012Tube · cracked(CAN) CRACK NOTED ON ELEVATOR DOWN STOP TUBE, STA 268, .3125", BOTTOM FWD LT SIDE. CRACK APPROXIMATELY .7500" IN LENGTH.
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