Pratt & Whitney PT6 series
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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 = 'PT6' 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 = 'PT6' 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 GLBA20100902FHandle · loosePILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER CLOSING THE AIR STAIR DOOR THE OUTSIDE HANDLE CAME OFF. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CABIN DOOR HANDLE SNAP RING PN MS16624-1075, REF MM 52-10-05 STEPS (A,B).SDR V2JA2010F00199Unknown · unknownAUTOFEATHER ENGAGES ON APPROACH TO LAND.SDR GUUA93853082410AStringer · corrodedDURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP DISCOVERED CORROSION AT STR 15L APPROX FS 250 TO 258. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF STRINGER 15L,INSTALLED NEW SECTION AND INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER REPAIR.SDR GUUA93853082410BAngle · crackedDURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP, DISCOVERED LT HEAVY ANGLE CRACKED AT FS 288 APPROX 1.875 INCHES LONG. STOP DRILLED END OF CRACK AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE,CLIP AND FASTNERS AS REQUIRED.SDR GLBA201008201Holder · corrodedPILOT REPORTED THAT THE RT SIDE INSTRUMENT EMERGENCY LIGHTS DO NOT TURN ON WITH THE SWITCH. MX INSPECTED AND FOUND CORROSION ON THE FUSE HOLDER, REPLACED HOT BATTERY BUSS FUSE HOLDER PN 4532 IAW BMM 24-31-00, OPS CHECKS GOOD.SDR CA100903003Engine · inoperativePOWER ROLLBACK, ENG POWER SLOWLY DECREASED TO IDLE POWER DURING CRUISE. ENG DID NOT RESPOND TO PLA INCREASE TO MAXIMUM. THE PILOT SELECTED THE BLEED AIR SYS SWITCH TO "OFF". ENG POWER RECOVERED SOME POWER BUT WAS STILL LOW. PILOT THEN SELECTED THE BLEED AISDR TIMA2010000016Spar · crackedWING SPAR CRACKED IN UPPER AFT OTBD FITTING.SDR GLBA20100810FSkin · dentedMAJOR REPAIR - DURING A SCHEDULED ROUNTINE INSP, A DENT ON RT SIDE OF FUSELAGE AT FS 531 BETWEEN STRINGER 11R AND 10R WAS FOUND. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE AFFECTED AREA AND PERFORMED ALL REQUIRED RII INSPECTIONS IAW EO 10-1900-53-049. MATERIALS UTILIZED ARE INSDR 2010FA0000811Tube · flat29 X 1100 TUBE USED IN VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF ACFT. THIS TUBE WENT FLAT IN 10 DAYS. HOLE WAS FOUND IN TUBE WITH NO PUNCTURE MARK ON TIRE. THICKNESS OF TUBE IS REAL THIN. APPROXIMATE THICKNESS OF TUBE AT FAILED AREA .030. CUT AND MEASURED ANOTHER TUBE, AND ITSDR V2JA2010F00186Autofeather Sys · malfunctionedUNCOMMANDED AUTOFEATHER ON APPROACH.SDR GUUA95152080410ACable · kinkedDURING SCHEDULED STRUCTURAL INSP DISCOVERED TOP FWD AND BOTTOM FWD AIRSTAIR DOOR CABLES KINKED. REPLACED TOP FWD AND BOTTOM FWD AIRSTAIR DOOR CABLES. NOTE: ACFT DOWN FOR STRUCTURAL INSP.SDR 2010FA0000738Propeller · malfunctioned(V2JR) ON APPROACH, LT ENGINE PROP AUTOFEATHERED.SDR MTNA062810Fuel Control · unknownAFTER DEPARTURE FROM MIA THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A 400 POUND DECREASE IN ENGINE TORQUE ALONG WITH A DECREASE IN POWER AT 800FT AGL. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND AIR TURNBACK TO MIA. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.SDR GUUA94952061910ADoor · bindingPILOT REPORTED CABIN DOOR DIFFICULT TO OPEN. CLEANED EXCESS GREASE FROM LOCKING MECHANISM, OPS CK GOOD.SDR E07A 395ASMotor · fireACFT WAS TAXING IN FROM FLIGHT WHEN LINE SERVICE PERSON NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMMING FROM LT SIDE NOSE VENTS. FIRE WAS PUT OUT USING HAND HELD FIRE EXTINGUSHER. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR DRIVE MOTOR BURNED UP.SDR GUUA95757061510AStructure · damagedPILOT REPORTED CHECK FOR BIRD STRIKE ON RT OTBD WING. FOUND BIRD STRIKE ON RT OTBD WING L/E REPAIRED DAMAGED SECTION OF WING.SDR 2010F00123Fire Loop · brokenAFTER DROPPING A PATIENT OFF AT AIRPORT, ACFT DEPARTED THE AIRPORT AND WAS ON INITIAL CLIMB OUT WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED A " FIRE DETECT" LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE CAP PANEL, AT THIS POINT THE THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHEN TSDR 2010FA0000480Fitting · brokenAT TAKEOFF, HELICOPTER EXPERIENCED A NR 2 HYD SYS CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATION AND THE NR 2 HYD PRESSURE GAUGE NEEDLE INDICATED ZERO PRESSURE. THE HELICOPTER LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON THE NR 1 HYD SYS. UPON INSPECTION, THE FWD MAIN ROTOR SERVO HYD PRESSURE PORTSDR VIB4 1536Circuit Breaker · intermittent(VIB4) DURING TAKEOFF THE ACFT ATTEMPTED A NORMAL GEAR RETRACTION. THE LANDING GEAR STARTED A NORMAL RETRACTION WHEN IT STOPPED EARLY IN THE RETRACTION CYCLE. WHEN IT STOPPED THE ACFT DID NOT HAVE ANY DOWN AND LOCK LIGHTS NOR DID IT HAVE AN UNSAFE LIGHT IN THESDR K08R10FA0000470Bearing Race · damaged(K08R) UPON DISASSEMBLY OF THE PROPELLER ASSY, FOLLOWING REMOVAL FOR TIME CHANGE. THE NR 3 PROPELLER BLADE, PN PFA12D1-9, SN 862170, BEARING RACE WAS FOUND TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED WITH CONSIDERABLE SPALLING WITHIN THE RACE SURFACES WITH CRACKS AND THE ENDSDR GUUA95752032710ACable · out of toleranceDURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP DISCOVERED AIRSTAIR DOOR CABLE TENSIONS AT 20 LBS. READJUSTED FWD AND AFT AIRSTAIR DOOR CABLE TENSIONS. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR GUUA95652032610AHandle · bindingPILOT REPORTED CABIN DOOR HANDLE HARD TO ROTATE AND LOCK. ADJUSTED AFT UPPER CAMS ON AIRSTAIR DOOR FRAME. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR GUUA93957032510ASkin · corrodedDURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP, DISCOVERED RT WING T/E TOP SURFACE HAS CORROSION AT WS 223.48. CUT OUT CORRODED SECTION OF RT WING T/E AT WS 223.48 AND INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER REPAIR.SDR GUUA93952032510ADoor · bindingDURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP, DISCOVERED RT AFT EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR HARD TO OPEN. LUBED RT AFT EMERGENCY EXIT.SDR GLBA201003231Bulb · burned outTHE PILOTS DISCOVERED THAT THE CAPTAINS SIDE INTRUMENT EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS BURN OUT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BULB AND THE LIGHT OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD I.A.W. 1900D MM 33-10-00.SDR GLBA20100324FSkin · dentedMAJOR REPAIR - PILOTS REPORTED THAT A BIRD STRIKE OCCURRED ON SHORT FINAL ON THE LT WING, LT OTBD SECTION OF THE WING. BETWEEN WING SIDE 249.5 & WING SIDE 261.5. DENT IS APPROX 12" IN LENGTH AND APPROX .5" IN DEPTH.SDR GUUA93553032210ASkin · corrodedDURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP, DISCOVERED CORROSION ON BELLY FUSELAGE AT STA 250 S15L. REMOVED DAMAGED SKIN AND INSTALLED INSERTION PATCH AND EXTERNAL DOUBLER REPAIR.SDR GUUA93552032210AControl Cable · out of toleranceDURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP DISCOVERED AIRSTAIR/MAIN PAX DOOR CONTROL CABLES TENSIONS LOW. ADJUSTED AIRSTAIR DOOR CONTROL CABLES. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR GLBA20100323FCable · out of rigSUSPECTED AUTOFEATHER - PILOTS REPORTED THAT UPON SHORT FINAL WITH TORQUE BETWEEN 800-1000, PROPELLER WENT IN AND OUT OF FEATHER. TORQUE SEARCHED TO BETWEEN 1600-1800 LBS. THE RT SIDE WAS THE ONE THAT SURGED. MX ADJUSTED POWER LEVER CABLES AT THE GREEN ARM ANDSDR GUUA93327031710AHinge Bracket · corrodedDURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP DISCOVERED LT ELEVATOR OTBD SUPPORT HINGE BRACKET EXFOLIATED. REPLACED LT ELEVATOR OTBD HINGE BRACKET.SDR GLBA20100312FSkin · debondedDURING ROUTINE SCHEDULED MX THE AIRSTAIR DOOR AREA FROM THE TOP STEP HINGE TO THE LOWER EDGE. THE INNER SKIN IS DEBONDED. MX R & R THE AIRSTAIR DOOR BOND ASSY IAW MM 52-10-03.SDR GLBA2010312GAngle · crackedDURING ROUTINE SCHEDULED MX THE LT HEAVY ANGLE WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THE BEND RADIUS AT THE FWD END OF THE ANGLE AT FS 288.0. THE CRACK IS APPROX 1.5" IN LENGTH. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE AFFECTED AREA AND PERFORMED ALL REQUIRED RII INSPECTIONS I.A.W EO 10-190SDR 2010FA0000242Lever · separatedTHE ACFT LANDED WITH AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR LOCK PIN LEVER SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT SOMETIME DURING TRAINING FLIGHT. A MORE DETAILED INSP OF LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS REVEALED THAT THE LOCK LEVSDR 2010FA0000182Regulator Valve · wornENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE ROSE HIGHER THAN USUAL. FOUND TEMPERATURE REGULATOR VALVE (THERMAL VALVE)TO BE THE PROBLEM.SDR 2010FA0000220Motor · seizedELECTRIC FLAP MOTOR SEIZED CAUSING ODOR IN THE CABIN AREA. FOUND THE FLAP MOTOR SEIZED AND REPLACED FLAP MOTOR/GEAR BOX WITH AN O/H UNIT IAW MM 27-50-03 AND 27-50-05.SDR HSYA2010021810Channel · crackedDURING 4800 AND 9600 HOUR STRUCTURAL INSP OF THE ACFT. INSP REVEALED 2 LOWER LT STUB WING HAT CHANNELS/RE-INFORCING STRAPS THAT WERE CRACKED.SDR 2010F00004Nose Cowl · unsecureUPON CLIMBOUT THE PILOTS NOTICED THE LT UPPER NOSE COWLING WAS SLIGHTLY LIFTING FROM ITS MATING SURFACE. THE PILOTS REDUCED POWER DROPPED FLAPS AND GEAR DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND TURNED BACK FOR THE AIRPORT. THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. UPON SHUTDOWN OUR MX SDR GLBA200911221Indicator · inoperativeUPON APPLICATION OF TAKEOFF POWER ON RUNWAY, THE NR 2 PROP GAUGE WENT TO ZERO.SDR 2009FA0000912Rotor Head · crackedDURING INSP OF THE TAIL ROTOR ASSY, A CRACK WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE BLADE RETENTION BOLT AND THE FACTORY BALANCE WEIGHT PLATES.SDR GLBA20090821APower Cable · out of rigAIR RETURN, DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PWR ON THE NR 2 ENG. PILOTS REPORTED THAT AN AIR RETURN OCCURRED DUE TO THE UNAVAILABILITY OF PWR ON NR 2 ENG. MX RIGGED RT ENG PWR CABLE ROD END IAW. OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. RII INSP COMPLIED IAW TASKCARD 4.3.13 AND WAS FOUSDR AMCR200904Relay · failedFREON AIR CONDITIONING SYS WOULD WORK FOR ABOUT 6 SECONDS THEN SHUTOFF. FOUND K1 RELAY WOULD OPERATE BUT NO PWR WOULD PASS THROUGH CONTACTOR. FOUND CONTACTOR PLATE AND PLUNGER STEM AND COMPONENTS BURNED AND MELTED. THIS PREVENTED THE PLUNGER FROM PULLING THSDR GUUA94152081909ADoor · stuckDURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP DISCOVERED RT AFT EMERGENCY EXIT WILL NOT COME OUT OF FRAME. (JAMMED) LUBRICATED RT AFT EMERGENCY EXIT. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR GUUA94253081809BSkin · chafedDURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP DISCOVERED SKIN CHAFE AT LT CTR WING L/E AREA APPROXFS 256 TO 265. REPAIRED LEFT CENTER WING SKIN CHAFE INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER.SDR 2009FA0000669Smoke Detector · faultedSMOKE LIGHT CAME ON FOR AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT DURING TAXI OUT, RETURNED TO BLOCK, INSPECTED AND FOUND NO FIRE OR SMOKE FALSE LIGHT INDICATION. MEL AFT SMOKE DETECTOR.SDR AXSA783FE7/29/09Chip Detector · contaminatedFLIGHT 8414 PVD-ACK - JUST AFTER LEVELING OFF AT 3000FT THE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO PVD. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY THROUGH THE FLIGHT AND THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MASDR DEM2009F00000Spring · brokenDURING GROUND PERFORMANCE RUN FOR MX THE OPERATOR HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE NOSE OF THE ACFT FELL BY 10 INCHES. ENG WAS BROUGHT TO IDLE AND SHUTDOWN. AFTER EXITING THE COCKPIT, THE OPERATOR FOUND NLG DRAG SPRING HAD SEPARATED 8 INCHES AFT OF THE LWR YOKE ATSDR 2009FA0000929Torque Knee · wrong partLWR TORQUE KNEE STOP LUG IS MACHINED TOO SHORT ALLOWING OVER EXTENSION OF THE LWR LANDING GEAR STRUT. THIS ALLOWS THE BRAKE ASSY AND TIRE TO CONTACT AND DAMAGE THE LWR NACELLE SKIN DURING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION. THE MFG DATED CODE STAMPED ON THE TORQUSDR V2JA138SLEngine · malfunctionedAT APPROX 1130Z ON 7/6/09 CREW EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON THE NR 1 ENGINE. REDUCED POWER THEN INDICATION WENT AWAY, WENT BACK TO FULL POWER. AT 1135Z FELT A VIBRATION AND THEN ANOTHER TOTAL LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WITH TORQUE INDICATION. CSDR 2009FA0000384Trim System · out of rigFOUND ELEVATOR TRIM TAB HORN CONTACTING ELEVATOR SKIN AT 15 DEGREES TAB DOWN AND TRIM CABLE CAN NOT BE WRAPPED AT SERVO IAW MM. CALLED TECH SUPPORT, SENT AN E-MAIL STATING THAT THE RIGGING PROCEDURE FOR THE TRIM IS INCORRECT IN THE MM. MFG WILL CHANGE THE M/SDR GLBA20090430BRadar · malfunctionedWX RADAR WILL NOT PICK UP PRECIPITATION. RETURN TO DEPARTURE. PILOTS REPORTED THAT THE WEATHER RADAR TESTED FINE, PAINTED THE GROUND FINE, HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT REGISTER EVEN EXTREME WEATHER PRECIPTATION AS REORTED BY ATC AT 12 O'CLOCK. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND
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