U/A Canada PT6A-135
Service difficulty reports · 128
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Query with SQL
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 = 'PT6A135' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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 = 'PT6A135' 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 CA000530075Bolt · broken(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF RUN, A SOUND WAS HEARD OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGER IN RIGHT SEAT NOTED RIGHT SKI WAS TIPPED FORWARD AMD HANGING BY CHECK CABLE. LANDING WAS CARRIED OUT AND RESULTED IN SKI DIGGING IN FRONT AND CUTTING THE REAR GEAR ATTACHMENT STRSDR CA000301022Inverter · failed(CAN) A PORTABLE INVERTER WAS USING THE AIRCRAFT''S 28 VOLT SUPPLY TO POWER A LIFEPACK DEFLIBRILLATOR/MONITOR 120 V AT 3.5 AMPS. DURING CLIMB, THE PARAMEDIC ADVISED THE FLIGHT CREW OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE PARAMEDIC DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF SMOKE WAS TSDR CA991230027Wheel · cracked(CAN) DURING TIRE & TUBE REPLACEMENT, THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS INSPECTED AND ONE WHEEL HALF WAS FOUND CRACKED.SDR CA991230002Valve · contaminated(CAN) ON THE TAKE-OFF ROLL THE LT ENGINES PROP WOULDN''T EXCEED 1300 RPM. THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE A DIRTY HYDRAULIC TOPPING GOVERNOR VALVE. THE UNIT WAS CLEANED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA991209071Rod · worn(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PUSH PULL ROD FOR THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB WAS SEVERELY WORN. THE WEAR SPOT OCCURRED WHERE THE PUSH PULL ROD RUNS THROUGH THE BULKHEAD AND CONTACTS THE ROLLERS WHICH IT RIDES ON. THE ROD WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED-THSDR CA991103044Rod · worn(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, THE PUSH/PULL ROD FOR THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB WAS SEVERELY WORN. THE WEAR SPOT OCCURRED WHERE THE ROD RUNS THROUGH THE BULKHEAD AND CONTACTS THE TWO ROLLERS WHICH IT RIDES ON. RODS REPLACED. ROLLERS HAD WORN THROUGH THE ROD.SDR CA991103050Door Frame · broken(CAN) DOOR FRAME (BULKHEAD) BROKE AT SNUBBER UPPER ATTACHMENT POINT.SDR CA991007080Bearing · worn(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, RUDDER PEDALS FOUND TO HAVE PLAY UP AND DOWN. LEFT SUPPORT BRACKET, BEARING AND BOLT WERE FOUND TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WEAR. ALL PARTS REPLACED.SDR CA991007081Detent · worn(CAN) FLAP SELECTOR DETENT HOLES FOUND WORN WHERE THERE IS NO POSITIVE DETENT FOR HANDLE POSITION. NEW SELECTOR INSTALLED.SDR CA991007082Servo Tab · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, ELEVATOR SERVO TAB WAS FOUND CRACKED. TAB REPLACED.SDR CA990219012O-Ring · failed(CAN) LEFT INBOARD GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR BOTTOM GT RING. THE O-RING AND BACK-UP FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID LOSS. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION USED. CAUSE OF O-RING FAILURE WAS A PAINT CHIP ON INSIDE OF THE O-RING AND BACK-UP RING.SDR CA990311064Fitting · cracked(CAN) CRACKS FOUND IN LANDING GEAR FITTING ON INNER SURFACE EDGE OF FITTING. PARTS REPLACED.SDR CA980922011Tube · worn(CAN) AIRCRAFT ELEVATOR PULL-UP CABLE DAMPENER TUBE WAS FOUND DAMAGED IN THE MID-SECTION. SPRING RETAINING WASHER RUBBED THROUGH THE TUBE, HALF ITS CIRCUMFERENCE.SDR 98ZZZX3331Blade · failedENGINE RECEIVED FOR SUSPECTED COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADE FAILURE. UPON INSPECTION, ONE OR MORE CT BLADES WERE FOUND TO HAVE FAILED. ENGINE TOTAL TIME 4,827.5 HOURS. TIME SINCE OVERHAUL 689 HOURS.SDR CA980506003Spar · cracked(CAN) LEFT ELEVATOR SPAR CRACKED IN 2 PLACES AT OUTBOARD HINGE ATTACH POINT UNDER HINGE. REPAIRED.SDR CA980602076Skin · cracked(CAN) TWO CRACKS NOTED ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SKIN AT THE OUTBOARD HINGE. THE HINGE BRACKET WAS FOUND LOOSE. TWO RIVETS THAT SECURE THE HINGE TO THE REAR SPAR WERE LOOSE AND HOLES IN THE SPAR ELONGATED. THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER END RIB WAS ALSO CSDR CA970807045Regulator · malfunctioned(CAN) CREW REPORTED ELECTRICAL BUS SEPARATION FOLLOWED BY AVIONICS CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIPPING. LEFT GENERATOR DEEMED TO BE THE CAUSE AND WAS ISOLATED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE LEFT HAND GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT FAILED.SDR 97ZZZX4850Pump · failedLEFT ENGINE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED. DISASSEMBLY REVEALED DRIVE COUPLER SPLINES WORN OUT ON PUMP. OIL MISTING HOLE PLUGGED, SPLINES RUNNING DRY. THIS CONDITION CAN BE REVEALED BY PUSHING A PIPE CLEANER INTO PUMP DRAIN CAVITY. RUST DEPOSITS INDICATE SDR CA971125005Servo Tab · broken(CAN) IN CRUISE WHEN PILOT NOTED VIBRATION WITH CONTROL STICK. VIBRATION BECAME MORE VIOLENT AND HE SLOWED AIRCRAFT. VIBRATION DID NOT GO AWAY, BUT WAS LESS VIOLENT. AIRCRAFT LANDED OK. IT APPEARS THAT THE ARM THAT CONNECTS TO CONTROL ROD BECAME DETACHED FROM SDR CA970731021Itt Harness · separated(CAN) DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS THE CREW NOTICED THE NR2 ENGINE ITT DROPPED TO ZERO. THE ITT HARNESS WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE TESTED SERVICEABLE. INSPECTION OF THE HARNESS FOUND THE CHROMEL CONNECTION ON THE CRIMPED END WAS SEPARATED AND THE GLASS CERAMIC MSDR CA970610011Ct Blades · fractured(CAN) DURING DESCENT THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. THE PILOT SECURED THE ENGINE. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION AT THE "C" FLANGE REVEALED SEVERAL CT BLADES FRACTURED. THE ENGINE IS BEING RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER.SDR CA970624029Turbine Blade · broken(CAN) INFLIGHT ENGINE FAILURE, EMERGENCY LANDING ON SMALL LAKE. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND COMPRESSOR TURBINE WHEEL BLADE FRACTURED, DAMAGING ADJACENT BLADES. THE FAILED BLADE WAS VERIFIED AND IT SHOWED TO HAVE AN OIL CRACK OF ABOUT 3/16", PROGRESSING FROM TSDR CA970421072Servo Tab · broken(CAN) ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTICED BUFFETING OF THE ELEVATORS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY SEVERE NOSE DOWN AND NOSE UP FORCE COMING FROM THE ELEVATOR CONTROL. POWER REDUCED AND CONTROLS RETURNED TO NORMAL. AIRCRAFT LANDED OK. RIGHT ELEVATOR SERVOSDR CA970115001Drag Leg · cracked(CAN) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ICY RUNWAY WITH FROZEN BRAKES AND CAME TO A JARRING STOP WHEN CLEAR RUNWAY WAS ENCOUNTERED. INSPECTION FOUND THE RADII OF THE LEFT HAND DRAG LEG CRACKED.SDR CA960711201Flange · broken legs(CAN) THE STARTER/GENERATOR QUICK ATTACH-DETACH FLANGE WAS FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN LEGS DURING AN INSPECTION. THE PILOT NOTED A DIFFERENT NOISE WHILE STARTING THE AIRCRAFT.SDR CA960708003Servo Tab · ripped(CAN) SLIGHT FLUTTER ON FINAL STAGE OF CLIMB. SEVERE FLUTTER AFTER LEVEL OUT IN CRUISE. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE RIGHT HAND ELEVATOR SERVO TAB CONNECTING ROD ARM BORKEN OFF THE SERVO TAB. TAB WAS BENT AND BROKEN BUT STILL ATTACHED. TRAILING EDGE OF ELEVATOR SKISDR CA960425102Bracket · bent(CAN)AIRCRAFT PARKED ON DOCK WITH FLIGHT CONTROL LOCKS ON. ELEVATORS NOTED IN HIGH POSITION. INSPECTION FOUND ELEVATORS MOVEMENT WAS RESTRICTED. ELEVATOR PUSH-ROD WAS HITTING STAB TRIM JACK. UPON FURTHER I NSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE PSDR CA960515005Static Sensor · leaking(CAN) PIEZO STATIC SENSOR HOUSING LEAKING IN EXCESS OF LIMITS
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