Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535A
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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 = 'PW535A' 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 = 'PW535A' 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 XMXR2022082401Shaft · excess play#1 ENGINE VIBRATION REPORTED ON START UP BY PILOT. AFTER REMOVAL - MECHANIC REPORTED SUSPECT SHAFT SIDE PLAYSDR 3PVA2020033000001Tube · crackedCREW REPORTED UNCOMMANDED FUEL BOOST PUMP TURNED ON IN FLIGHT FOR LEFT ENGINE. AN INCREASING FUEL IMBALANCE WAS NOTED AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH A SAFE LANDING. MAINTENANCE OBSERVATION DETERMINED THAT CESSNA/TEXTRON P/N 6555013-4 TUBE ASSEMBLY HAD CRACSDR CA190507011Elbow · detached(CAN) IN CRUISE AT FL390 AN ACM (AIR CYCLE MACHINE) OVERHEAT ANNUNCIATION FOLLOWED BY AND EMERG PRESS ANNUNCIATION OCCURRED. CREW FOLLOWED THE ABNORMAL CHECK LIST AND RETURNED TO HOME BASE. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE JUST THE NOISE OF THE EMERGENCY PRSDR CA190614001Hmu · malfunctioned(CAN) CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT LEFT HAND ENGINE STUCK AT MAX CONTROL POWER AT 31,000FT. AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDED TO REDUCE THE POWER. ON TROUBLESHOOTING FCU REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURN TO SERVICE.SDR 5BMA12011802Precooler · bulgedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE RECEIVED A L/H BLEED AIR OVER HEAT ANNUNCIATOR. FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST AND THE TEMP ANNUNCIATOR EXTINGUISHED AFTER SELECTING R/H SOURCE AND REDUCING L/H ENGINE POWER. LANDED AT DESTINATION WITHOUT EVENT. MX DISCOVERED THE L/H PRECOOLERSDR 9JLA2019021210727Sensor · failedFLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE LH ENGINE ANTI-ICE ANNUNCIATOR WAS SLOW TO EXTINGUISH AFTER SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED.TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THAT THE LH ENGINE INLET ANTI-ICE TEMP SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE SWITCH AS REPLACEDSDR 5BMA201806041801Engine · power lossAPPROXIMATELY FIFTY MILES OUT, IN THE DECENT FOR LANDING. PASSING THROUGH FL180, MADE A LITTLE POWER REDUCTION AND NOTICED THE RIGHT ENGINE ITT FLUCTUATED UP AND DOWN. PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK ON THE RIGHT ENGINE SLOWLY UNTIL REACHING FLIGHT IDLE AND THE ITTSDR 2019F00019Support · crackedDURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE IT WAS NOTED THAT LEFT HAND ADJUSTABLE RUDDER TORQUE TUBE SUPPORT ROD WAS FOUND TO HAVE A 2 INCH LONGITUDINAL CRACK (SEPARATED). AFTER CLOSER EVALUATION IT SEEMS THAT WATER INTRUSION WAS THE ROOT CAUSE, THE WATER SEEMED TO HAVE FROSDR DXTA2017073106431Engine · overheatedDURING TAKE OFF, RIGHT ITT WENT TO APPROXIMATELY 740 DEGREES FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS SOON AFTER LIFT OFF. IMMEDIATELY REDUCED THRUST ON RIGHT ENGINE AND ITT RETURNED TO NORMAL.SDR 2016FA0000631Starter Gen · failedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE NR 1 ENGINE STARTER GENERATOR,SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.SDR 2016FA0000577Transmitter · inoperativeFUEL FLOW STOPPED INDICATING. FOUND FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER TO BE INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED UNIT.SDR E07A201608240001Bleed Valve · stickingBLEED 1 OVERPRESSURE CAS MESSAGE ON DEPARTURE. CMC EVALUATION SHOWED PRSOV FAIL.SDR 17GR2016051600003Seal · bypassingPILOT COMPLAINT OF INCREASE IN OIL CONSUMPTION. FOUND OIL ON OTBD SIDE OF LOWER ENGINE FORWARD OF OIL FILL. RAN ENGINE FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM OIL PUMP LINE TRANSFER TUBE ABOVE OIL PUMP HOUSING.SDR DXTA2016040106217Fastener · looseLEFT ENG, PIC SIDE, FAILED IN FLIGHT. N2 HAD NO ROTATION. OIL GUSHING FROM ENG ONCE ON GND. INVESTIGATED & FOUND LT ENG AFT AGB COVER HARDWARE LOOSE ALLOWING ENG OIL TO DRAIN & N2 WOULD NOT ROTATE. COMPLETED REPLACEMENT OF LT ENG WITH SERVICEABLE ENG. PERSDR DXTA2016022906194Precooler · defectiveRIGHT ENG, BLEED AIR OVERHEAT, LIGHT CAME ON AT 31,000 FEET. RAN CHECKLIST & LIGHT WENT OUT. DIVERTED AIRPLANE. ON TAKEOFF, THE RT ITT WENT TO 710 DEGREES C IN THE YELLOW ARC & FUEL FLOW WAS 180 PPH HIGHER ON THE RT ENG. TRANSIENT LIMITS WERE NOT EXCEEDED & SDR DXTA2016022606189Unknown · odorTHE SMELL OF JET A WAS DETECTED IN THE CABIN DURING DESCENT. COMPLIED WITH FIM 21-20-00-810-801 WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.SDR CA160216005Unknown · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING TAXI FLIGHT CREW NOTED NO POWER LEVER RESPONSE AND ENGINE AT SUB IDLE CONDITION. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE FBO. EFFECTED ENGINE JUST HAD FCU REPLACED 3.2 HOURS AGO, TROUBLESHOOTING ONGOING.SDR DXTA2016012406169Switch · failedBLEED LEAK 1, AMBER CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED, IN FLIGHT AT FL270. COMPLIED WITH QRH & QRC. SHUTDOWN NR 1 ENGINE & DIVERTED. R & R NR 1 ENGINE FWD BLEED LEAK THERMAL SWITCH. SYS OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 36-21-011400.SDR CA151229009Oil System · low pressure(CAN) RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATED FROM 82-96 AT FL350. OIL PRESSURE WOULD RISE AND FALL WITH POWER N1 ADJUSTMENTS. OIL LEVEL PREFLIGHT 1-2 QUARTS LOW. OIL LEVEL AFTER LANDING AT RIVET BELOW MINIMUM OIL.SDR CA151217009Flex Duct · failed(CAN) CLIMBING THROUGH 28,000FT THE CREW HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION AND A CABIN CLIMB RATE OF 2400 FT/MIN. OXYGEN MASKS WERE MANUALLY DROPPED AND AN IMMEDIATE DESCENT MADE TO 10,000FT. UPON INVESTIGATIONSDR CA151204011Fairing · missing(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE DAILY INSPECTION THE RT MAIN GEAR FAIRING, PN 6521311-10, WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN OFF. THE ACFT HAD A DAILY INSPECTION THE PREVIOUS DAY WHERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE FAIRING WERE NOTICED, IT THEN FLEW 3 LEGS OF 3HR 30MIN BEFORE THE NEXT DAISDR CA151130024Insulation · unsecure(CAN) SOUND DAMPENING INSULATION IN THE PILOTS SIDE FOOT WELL CAME DETACHED AND WAS INTERFERING WITH ELEVATOR OPERATION ON THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE DURING CERTAIN PHASES OF FLIGHT. INSULATION WAS REINSTALLED AND RE SECURED. ELEVATOR OPS CHECKS SATISFACTORY.SDR 17GR2015111701Pump · defectiveOIL PRESSURE WOULD DROPOFF TO YELLOW RANGE AS POWER WAS ADVANCE THROUGH 60 PERCENT N2. PRESSURE WOULD RETURN INTO THE GREEN IF POWER WAS ADVANCED. R & R PUMP WITH OVERHAULED PUMP.SDR CA151105009Cable · broken(CAN) ON APPROACH WHEN THE CREW SELECTED FLAPS FROM 0 TO 15 DEGREES, THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR DID NOT RESPOND AND WAS NOTED TO BE INCORRECTLY INDICATING THAT THE FLAPS WERE AT 35 DEGREES. CORRESPONDING HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ANNUNCIATION DID NOT OCCUR. THE CRESDR CA151019009Lead · damaged(CAN) CREW REPORTED INABILITY TO START NR 2 ENGINE. 2 ATTEMPTS WERE MADE IN FULL AUTO. CARRIED OUT ENGINE "DRY-MOTOR", ATTEMPTED "MANUAL" START. ENGINE MOTORED TO CORRECT N2 BUT AFTER IGNITION, CREW ABORTED START DUE UNUSUALLY HIGH TRENDING START TEMP. INVESTSDR DXTA2015092206089Engine · odorRETURNING TO THE GATE, ODOR IN CABIN DURING TAXI. R & R THE NR 1 ENGINE IAW AMM 71-00-00-400-801-A & 71-00-00-400-802-A. PERFORMED 5 POINT CALIBRATION RUN ON THE NR 1 ENGINE, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. ALL WORK WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 72-00-00.SDR DJFA20150908001Fmu · crackedWHILE CLIMBING THROUGH FL390, THE CREW HEARD A SMALL BANG & FELT SOME VIBRATION. THEY RECEIVED A CAS MSG INDICATING THE NR 2 GEN HAD GONE OFFLINE. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN UNCOMMANDED NR 2 ENG SHUTDOWN. THE CREW COMPLETED THEIR CHECKLIST, DECLARED AN EMER, RSDR 2015FA0000361Wire Harness · brokenANTI-SKID TRANSDUCER CMC ACTIVE FAIL MESSAGE. FOUND LANDING GEAR ANTI-SKID/WOW HARNESS ON LANDING GEAR (LOCATED AT 90 DEGREE BEND ABOVE GEAR LEG) HAS BROKEN WIRES WITHIN HARNESS NOTED BY DISPLACING HARNESS AND CAUSING ACTIVE AND INACTIVE FAULTS ON BOTH LEFT ASDR CA150604003Engine · power loss(CAN) AS FLIGHT IDLE POWER WAS SET DURING LANDING APPROACH, THE RT ENGINE CONTINUED TO DECELERATE WELL BELOW FLIGHT IDLE. THE POWER LEVER WAS ADVANCED AND POWER RECOVERED TO A SETTING ABOVE FLIGHT IDLE. THE ENGINE DID NOT FLAME OUT, NOR WAS THERE AN INADVERTESDR 2015FA0000218Eec · malfunctionedRIGHT ENGINE ROLLED BACK IN FLIGHT TO FLIGHT IDLE. CREW SHUTDOWN ENGINE, UPON RESTART INFLIGHT THEY RECEIVED ENGINE CONTROL FAIL MESSAGE. ENGINE WOULD REMAIN IN FLIGHT IDLE WHEN THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. RT ENGINE EEC, FADEC, WAS SDR CA150603003Warning Message · illuminated(CAN) IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING FLIGHT, THE ENGINE NO DISPATCH CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.SDR CA150602001Eec · faulted(CAN) DURING FLIGHT THE RT ENGINE DROPPED DOWN TO IDLE WITH THROTTLES AT CRUISE POSITION RESULTING IN AN EMER LANDING. ON GROUND THE RT ENG STARTS NORMALLY BUT WHEN THROTTLES ADVANCED THE ENGINE REMAINS AT IDLE. DOWNLOADED RT ENG FAULTS & APPEARS TO BE A FAUSDR CA150519002Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) ON TAKEOFF, THE RT ENG ITT SPIKES RAPIDLY TO 670 & THEN CORRECTS BACK. CONSISTENTLY SHOWS HIGHER ITT FROM 25-40 DEGREES FROM 60% N1 TO TAKE OFF POWER & ALSO 20-40 PPH HOUR HIGHER FUEL FLOW THAN LT ENG. SUSPECTED BLEED AIR LEAK. TROUBLESHOOTING ONGOINGSDR CA150507006Warning Message · activated(CAN) UPON LEVELING AT FL400 THE CAS MSGS E1 CTRL FAULT & ENG NO DISPATCH WERE DISPLAYED. COMPLIED WITH QRH PROCEDURE. ENG ONE REMAINED CONTROLLABLE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. DURING DESCENT WHEN POWER REDUCTIONS WERE MADE THE CAS MSGS WENT AWASDR CA150408020Engine · shutdown(CAN) REPORTED AN AUTO SHUTDOWN OF THE NR 2 ENGINE SOME SECONDS AFTER IT HAD STARTED. THERE WERE NO CAS MESSAGES AND ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE IAW EMM. ENGINE NR 1 STARTED NORMALLY. DRY MOTORING WAS PERFORMED ON THE NR 2 AFTER WHICH IT STARTED NORMALLY.SDR CA150408009Warning System · activated(CAN) DURING CLIMB, LT ENG CNTRL FAULT ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. CREW ATTEMPTED 4 RESETS & ALL WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. CREW THEN ELECTED TO DIVERT & ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.SDR 2014FA0000720Key · brokenPOST MAINTENANCE GROUND RUNUP OF NR 1 ENGINE, THERE WAS NO OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY. REMOVED OIL FILTER AND CHIP DETECTOR. NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSTALLED NEW OIL FILTER AND SHIPPED REMOVED FILTER FOR ANALYSIS. DRAINED OIL AND REMOVED OILSDR DXTA2014112605937Fuel Control · malfunctionedDESCENDING OUT OF CRUISE ALTITUDE, RT THROTTLE LEVER HAD NO EFFECT ON ENGINE POWER SETTING. RT ENGINE MAINTAINED CRUISE POWER, EVEN WHEN RT THROTTLE WAS BROUGHT TO IDLE. CREW SECURED RT ENGINE AS N2 WAS GOING TO EXCEED TOLERANCE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, & LANSDR 2014FA0000656Igniter · no testIGNITER LEAD FAILED TO TEST. PREVIOUS ANALYSIS ON LEADS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE LEADS ARE SHORTING INSIDE ADJACENT TO THE IGNITER PLUG ADAPTER.SDR A59A2015111200002Lead · failedIGNITER LEAD FAILED INTERNALLY. INSPECTION REVEALED IT HAD SHORTED ADJACENT TO THE IGNITER HOLDER.SDR 2014FA0000607Lead · failedFAILED NEW STYLE IGNITER LEAD.SDR CA141025003Engine · flamed out(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, ENGINE HAD AN IMPENDING BYPASS INDICATION AND THE PILOT FLEW THE ACFT BACK TO ORIGIN UNEVENTFULLY. BEFORE LANDING, ENGINE FLAMED OUT AND AUTO RELIGHT ITSELF AFTER A FEW SECONDS. ECU DOWNLOAD REQUESTED.SDR CA140822010O-Ring · wrong part(CAN) DURING OIL FILTER INSTALLATION NEW O-RING SIZE FOUND INCORRECT. MFG CONTACTED TO VERIFY SEAL, P/N AND CHECK ITS DIMENSION TO MEET SPECIFICATION DATA. SEAL DIMENSION FOUND OUT OF SPEC, SUPPLIER AND MFG INFORMED. NEW BATCH OF O-RINGS ORDERED. NO DISCRESDR ZESA20140805001Switch · faultyDURING FLIGHT AT ALTITUDE THE RT THRUST REVERSER UNLOCK LAMP CAME ON WITH THE MASTER WARNING, THE PILOTS FOLLOWED THEIR CHECKLIST & WENT TO EMER STOW, THE UNLOCK LIGHT STAYED ON, THE PILOTS DIVERTED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED & FSDR CA140704004Angle · cracked(CAN) DURING PHASE 5 INSPECTION, ENGINEER NOTED CRACKING AT ANGLES SECURING INNER BARREL. ON LT AND RT ENGINE INLET COWLS. LT ENGINE OUTER DUCT CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE. REPAIRS CARRIED OUT IAW 51-30-03 SRM. LT ENGINE INLET DUCT REINSTALLED IAW MM 71-00-00SDR CA140626006Engine · vibration(CAN) WHILE ENROUTE THE CREW NOTED A CHANGE IN ENGINE SOUND ACCOMPANIED BY A FAINT VIBRATION WHICH THEY DESCRIBED AS SIMILAR TO BLADE ICING AND ELECTED TO LAND AS A PRECAUTION. ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT. ON THE GROUND THE NR 1 ESDR CA140805001Engine · vibration(CAN) DURING CRUISE, THE PILOT FELT ENGINE VIBRATIONS AND ELECTED TO DIVERT THE FLIGHT FROM ITS INTENDED DESTINATION. A SAFE LANDING WAS MADE WHERE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND METALLIC FUZZ ON THE CHIP DETECTOR. THE ENGINE IS BEING REPLACED.SDR 2014F00097Strip · chafedFAN CASE ABRAIDABLE WEAR STRIP ON LT AND RT ENGINE WORN BEYOND LIMITS AT SEVERAL POINTS AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE. BOTH ENGINES SHOWED GREATEST WEAR AT 9 AND 2 POSITIONS. THE WEAR IS TAKING PLACE AT THE MID POINT OF THE N1 ON THE ABRAIDABLE MATERIAL.SDR DXTA2014042105738Switch · faultedAFTER TAKEOFF & CLIMBING THROUGH 400 FT, LEFT THRUST REVERSER ARM LIGHT & HYD PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. IAW THE CHECKLIST, THE LT EMERGENCY STOW SWITCH WAS PLACED IN EMERGENCY STOW POSITION. BOTH LIGHTS REMAINED ON UNTIL THE LANDING ROLLOUT & BELOW SDR 2014FA0000110Panel · departedPILOT REPORTED THAT DURING FLIGHT, THE LEFT ENGINE UPPER AND LOWER COWLING DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LT ENGINE. HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, VERTICAL AND RUDDER STRUCTURES.
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