U/A Canada PT6A-21
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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 = 'PT6A21' 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 = 'PT6A21' 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 G1IA20260702112Fcu · faultedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO SURGE THEN LOST PARTIAL POWER. DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH ATC AND PROCEEDED DIRECT TO KPHX UTILIZING ASYMMETRIC THRUST. PERFORMED A NORMAL LANDING.SDR 2026F00118Compressor · faultedLOSS OF TORQUE AND RPM TO THE PROP, CURRENTLY UNSURE IF PGB CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE OR IF THE ENGINE FAILED. AFTER SPINNING THE COMPRESSOR BY HAND IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS DRAG AND A RASPY SOUND COMING FROM THE COMPRESSOR. ENGINE WILL GO OUT FOR SHOP VISIT SDR YQSA20250205001Warning Message · activatedCRUISING AT FL230 WHEN ITT ON RIGHT SPIKED TO 900-1000 DEGREES C. TORQUE FELL SHORTLY AFTER DROPPING TO "0". RPM WAS 200RPM FROM PROP WINDMILLING. IDENTIFIED RIGHT ENGINE AS FAILED AND SECURED ENGINE PER THE MEMORY ITEMS FROM THE CHECKLIST. ANNOUNCED EMERGENCSDR 2024FA0000632Transducer · failedIN LATE JUNE 2023 AFTER LANDING AT WICK SCOTLAND ON A TRANSATLANTIC OUR FERRY PILOT NOTICED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF OIL LEAKING OUT UNDER THE AIRCRAFT, TROUBLESHOOTING SHOWED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER ( PIPER PART NUMBER 688-417 ) HAS STRUCTURALLY FAILESDR G1IA202312107053Unknown · unknownDURING OUR TRAINING FLIGHT WE NOTICED THE R OIL PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR FLICKERING. THE RIGHT OIL PRESSURE GAUGE CONFIRMED LOW OIL PRESSURE WITH A READING HOVERING AROUND 40 PSI. EVERY OTHER ENGINE INSTRUMENT WERE IN NORMAL PARAMETERS. PER THE CHECKLIST, WE PERSDR G1IA20231207053Unknown · unknownDURING OUR TRAINING FLIGHT WE NOTICED THE R OIL PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR FLICKERING. THE RIGHT OIL PRESSURE GAUGE CONFIRMED LOW OIL PRESSURE WITH A READING HOVERING AROUND 40 PSI. EVERY OTHER ENGINE INSTRUMENT WERE IN NORMAL PARAMETERS. PER THE CHECKLIST, WE PERSDR 2023F00340Motor · arcedDURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION ON AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR DRIVE MOTOR WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE AND SHOWED SIGNS OF ARCING.SDR QZJA20211018005Brake Caliper · crackedAT KSAC ON 10-15-2021, AT 15:24 THE CREW TAXIED TO RUNWAY 20, UPON RECEIVING TAKEOFF CLEARANCE THE CREW TAXIED TO RUNWAY 20AND APPLIED POWER WITH THE BRAKES HELD. THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT HOLDING WELL. THE CREW ASKED THE TOWER TO CANCEL TAKEOFSDR G1IA2021070163014Fcu · bindingUNCOMMANDED VARIATIONS IN #1 ENGINE POWER WITHOUT MOVEMENT OF THE POWER LEVER. REMOVED FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND BENCH CHECKED. FOUND FCU DRIVESHAFT TO BE BINDING INTERNALLY. REPLACED FUEL CONTROL UNIT, NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES NOTED.SDR G1IA20210513007Seal · leakingLOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON THE LEFT ENGINE. REPLACED ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP ACCESSORY DRIVE SEAL. REPLACED PRIMARY GOVERNOR DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR G1IA20210322771PDFuel Control · malfunctionedUPON APPROACH TO LANDING THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER WAS OBSERVED TO ENTER AN OVERSPEED CONDITION FROM 1900 TO 2420 RPM. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AS A PRECAUTION AND LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE, THE FUEL CONTROL WAS REMOVED ASDR 2020FA0000427Dpu · faultedAIRCRAFT ENROUTE TO PICK-UP PASSENGER RECEIVED "DPU FAIL" IN BOTH EADI/EHSI DISPLAY. PILOT DIVERTED TO KVJI AS PRECAUTION ACTION. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. BASE MECHANIC REMOVED AND REPLACED COLLINS DPU-84 UNIT TO REPAIR THE ISSUE.SDR G1IA2020091109447Adapter · fumesCIRCULATION OF SMOKE FUMES IN COCKPIT DURING CRUISE. PILOT OBSERVED USB CHARGING ADAPTER PLUGGED INTO CIGARETTE LIGHTER QUIT WORKING AROUND THE SAME TIME. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. AMT INSPECTESDR G1IA2018100900001Unknown · odorDURING CRUISE AT FL120 FROM KE91 TO KFLG PILOT AND CREW NOTED AN UNUSUAL SMELL, REPORTED AS A "HOT GLUE GUN SMELL". PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT KINW WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND EXTENSIVE GROUND RUNS WERE PERFORMED WITH NO DISCREPANCYSDR G1IA2017021600002Blower Motor · fumesTHE PILOT REPORTS DURING A FLIGHT FROM KRQE TO KPHX, DURING CRUISE PORTION OF FLIGHT, AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL AND FUMES WERE NOTED IN THE COCKPIT, WITH LIGHT SMOKE OBSERVED. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO KINW AND MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WITH NO FURTHER ISSUSDR G1IA201702160001Blower Motor · malfunctionedTHE PILOT REPORTED DURING A FLIGHT FROM KE91 TO KINW, DURING CRUISE PORTION OF FLIGHT, AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL AND FUMES WERE NOTED IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN, WITH THE CREW OBSERVING LIGHT SMOKE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT OF ORIGIN AND MADE AN UNSDR G1IA20170209947AMRelay · stuckPILOT REPORTED, ENROUTE AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET BELOW LEVEL OFF AT 11,000 FEET THE AUTOPILOT WAS DISCONNECTED AND FOUND INVERTER INOPERATIVE. SELECTED NR 2 INVERTER, DID NOT WORK. DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE DISCOVSDR G1IA201702011079DMotor · fumesTHE PILOT REPORTED DURING A FLIGHT, DURING CRUISE PORTION OF FLIGHT, AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR AND FUMES WERE NOTED IN THE COCKPIT, WITH LIGHT SMOKE OBSERVED. DIVERTED AND MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTSDR G1IA2017020100001Blower Motor · failedTHE PILOT REPORTS WHILE RELOCATING THE AIRCRAFT FROM KLND TO KOGD. DURING CRUISE PORTION OF FLIGHT, NOTED HEATER BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER OBSERVED LIGHT SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, AND AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. DIVERTED TO KEVW AND LANSDR 2016F00197Engine · flamed outPILOT REPORTED RT ENGINE FLAMEOUT AFTER LEVELING OFF FOR CRUISE AT 11,000 FT. FAILED RESTART. SUCCESSFUL LANDING.SDR CA160314009Intercostal · cracked(CAN) DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE PRESSURIZED AREAS OF THE CABIN, BOTH DOOR HANDLE SUPPORT INTERCOSTAL BRACKETS WERE FOUND CRACKED. ONE BRACKET HAD A 1/2 INCH CRACK RADIATING FROM THE CORNER OF THE INSIDE SECTION OF THE FRAME.SDR CA160315016Rib · cracked(CAN) DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION OF THE LT ELEVATOR, THE INBOARD RIB WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE REASON THE RIB WAS CRACKED WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT NO WASHERS WERE FOUND UNDER THE NUTS SECURING THE RIB TO THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE. ONCESDR CA160301002Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD AN ISSUE DURING LIFT OFF. THE AUTO FEATHER SYSTEM DID NOT FEATHER THE AFFECTED PROPELLER. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. IT WAS FOUND THAT MAINTENSDR CA160121020Washer · wrong part(CAN) SUSPECT UNAPPROVED PART. FLAT WASHER P/N 35-105111-3 LOT#M3286BX QTY 1 AND LOT#212191 QTY 3 RECEIVED BY TRANSPORT CANADA, AIRCRAFT SERVICES STORES. ALL 4 WASHERS FOUND NOT TO BE OF PROPER THICKNESS AS PER BEECHCRAFT EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE. WASHERS WERE SUPSDR CA150923006Lock · missing(CAN) DURING PREPARATION FOR RUN-UP IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE PILOT OXYGEN MASK WAS HALFWAY OUT OF IT`S STORAGE POUCH. WHILE RE-STOWING THE MASK IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE REGULATOR ASSY HAD COME SEPARATED FROM THE MASK ASSY. UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THSDR CA150910003Engine · power loss(CAN) IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ACFT HAD JUST DEPARTED AIRPORT AND WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 300 FT, WHEN A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM 1 OF THE ENGINES. THE PROPELLER AUTO-FEATHERED, AND THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY. THE ACFT LANDED SINGLE ENGINE WITHOUT INCIDENTSDR VIB420150805001Vane · brokenTHIRD STAGE VANE AND SHROUD FAILURE IN NR 1 ENGINE.SDR CA160120006Engine · power loss(CAN) THE ACFT IMPACTED AIRPORT TERRAIN DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ATTEMPT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND 3 OF THE 4 INJURED OCCUPANTS ONBOARD RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES, 1 RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. CONTACT WITH THE NTSB HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ASDR 7AJA2015031500001Brake · brokenAIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM AIRPORT WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY DIFFICULTIES IN FLIGHT AND UNEVENTFUL LANDING. UPON PARKING ACFT, PILOT PERFORMED POST FLIGHT INSPECTION AND FOUND RT MLG BRAKE CALIPER BROKEN, ALSO DAMAGES TO RT MLG WHEEL WELL, FUEL LINES IN WHEEL WELLSDR 7AJA201503020001Panel · burnedPILOT SMELLED BURNING ODOR AND SAW SMOKE IN COCKPIT IN FLIGHT, 20 MINS FROM DESTINATION. PILOT OPENED ADF CB IN ASSUMING IT WAS THAT CB THAT WAS SMOKING. INSPECTION REVEALED CO-PILOT SIDE STORM WINDOW WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED THUS LEAKING RAIN WATER ON TO CB SDR CA150227002Master Cylinder · unserviceable(CAN) PART INSTALLED IN ACFT, WAS UNABLE TO BLEED BRAKE ON RT PILOT SIDE. WOULD PULL FLUID FROM RESERVOIR, & RETURN FLUID TO RESERVOIR THROUGH SAME LINE. INTERNAL BY PASS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. DISASSEMBLED ON BENCH, FOUND BY PASS STUCK & UNABLE TO MOVE.SDR CA150213012Screw · bent(CAN) RUDDER PEDAL FALLS FULL FORWARD WITHIN THE ADJUSTMENT RANGE. FOUND THE RUDDER PEDAL ADJUSTING LEVER STOP (SCREW - MS24693-S30) BENT. THIS ALLOWED THE ADJUSTING LEVER (ITEM 55) TO OVER TRAVEL AND ALLOW THE PEDAL ADJUSTING PIN (ITEM 140)TO FULLY DISENGAGE SDR 7AJD2015FA0000062Warning Light · false activationDURING TAXI PILOT OBSERVED ALL ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHILE TAXING OUT FOR DEPARTURE, ACFT RETURNED TO PARKING UNEVENTFULLY.SDR CA141201007Actuator · failed(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER SCHEDULED MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR REPLACEMENT THE GEAR WAS FOUND RETRACTING SLOWLY IN FLIGHT. AT ONE POINT THE GEAR STALLED OUT AND HAD TO BE CYCLED IN ORDER TO GET IT TO FULLY RETRACT. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RT ACTUATOR HAD A GSDR 7AJA20141116009Unknown · malfunctionedCRUISING AT 16000 FEET, THE CABIN TEMP KNOB BECAME LOOSE & WAS UNUSABLE. PULLED THE KNOB OFF SO WOULDN'T LOSE IT. MOVED THE CABIN TEMP MODE SELECTOR SWITCH TO MAN HEAT & INCREASED THE TEMP BY HOLDING UP ON THE MANUAL TEMP SWITCH. CONTINUED TO ADJUST THE CABSDR CA141107006Doubler · cracked(CAN) WHILE UNDERGOING REPAIR FOR THE LT ELEVATOR CRACKED INBD CLOSE OUT RIB, THE STA 36.18 DOUBLER, FOR LT ELEVATOR FRONT SPAR, PN 50-610000-387, WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED LONGITUDINALLY IN THE UPPER AND LOWER RADII AT THE INBD HINGE ATTACHMENT LOCATION.SDR CA141107008Rib · cracked(CAN) WHILE COMPLYING WITH A COMPANY FLEET CAMPAIGN CN-681-55-20-035 CONSISTING OF A BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE ATTACHMENT, A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LEFT HAND ELEVATOR CLOSE OUT RIB.SDR CA141104004Rib · cracked(CAN) WHILE THE ACFT WAS DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE, ALL GEAR REPLACEMENT, LEFT ELEVATOR CLOSE OUT RIB FOUND WITH TWO SIMILAR CRACKS AT THE TORQUE TUBE ATTACHMENT. ONE ON THE UPPER AFT AREA AND ONE ON THE LOWER AFT AREA. THE UPPER CRACK IS GOING THROUGH THE AFT RSDR CA141029007Bracket · cracked(CAN) DURRING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT IT WAS FOUND THAT A CRACK WAS EMINATING FROM AN ATTACH BOLT HOLE FOR ATTACHING TORQUE TUBE. IT WAS NOTED UPPON DISSASSEMBLY OF THE ELEVATOR FOR REPAIR THAT WASHER WAS MISSING FROM UNDER NUT OF TORQUE TUBE P/N 50-610000-234SDR CA141024016Structure · cracked(CAN) WHILE REPLACING LT OTBD HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ELEVATOR BEARING PLATES 50-620000-352 & 50-620000-354, DUE TO LOOSENESS, NUMEROUS CRACKED PARTS WERE FOUND ON THE LT ELEVATOR. A CAMPAIGN WILL BE ISSUED TO INSPECT THE REMAINDER OF THE FLEET. 50-610000-397 SDR CA141010013Piston · cracked(CAN) ACTUATOR PISTON FOUND CRACKED WITH APPROXIMATELY A 4.5" CRACK EMANATING FROM THE ROLL PIN HOLE THAT RETAINS PLUG, PN 50-521196-1.SDR CA140929008Doubler · cracked(CAN) DURING MAINTENANCE THE FORWARD DOUBLER AT THE FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT BULKHEAD FS 196 WAS FOUND CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH. DOUBLER REPLACED.SDR CA140822005Feeder Cable · chafed(CAN) DURING A DAILY INSPECTION IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE RT ENGINE STARTER GENERATOR WIRING HARNESS WAS CHAFING AGAINST THE IGNITOR BOX. AFTER REMOVING THE HARNESS, DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON WIRE K70A, B AND C. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED AN INCORRECT CLAMP SIZE HSDR CA140414002Filter · dirty(CAN) DURING THE OPS-1 INSPECTION AND FOLLOWING THE "SCHEDULED INSPECTION PROGRAM", PHASE 1, MAINTENANCE PRACTICES, LJ-1063 AND AFTER, ITEM F.11.A. PERFORM THE GEAR-UP AND GEAR-DOWN PORT FINGER SCREEN CLEANING PROCEDURE. WHEN THE TECH PULLED THE SCREENS FOR CSDR LJEA20140320001Fuel Control · faultyDURING DESCENT REDUCED POWER LEVERS TO IDLE, RT ENG WOULD NOT DECREASE BELOW 80 PERCENT N1, 500 PDS TORQUE, NORMAL SETTINGS 63 PERCENT & 100 PDS. INFORMED TOWER THAT WE HAD AN ENG ABNORMALITY & MAY NEED TO SHUT DOWN ON THE RUNWAY BUT DIDN'T NEED OTHER ASSISTASDR CA140227003Powerpack · failed(CAN) THE PILOTS REPORTED THAT WHEN THEY SELECTED GEAR UP THE SELECTOR WENT UP BUT THE GEAR DID NOT MOVE. THE 60 AMP MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND TO BE POPPED. WHEN MAINTENANCE RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER THE PUMP AND MOTOR OPERATED HOWEVER THE GEAR FAILED TOSDR CA140212004Piston · cracked(CAN) WHILE DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, WE RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND HEARD A CHATTERING SOUND AT THE TOP OF THE TRAVEL. THE FLAPS WERE DEPLOYED AND WE NOTICED A CRACK ON THE RT OTBD FLAP ACTUATOR PISTON. THE CRACK STARTED AT THE LOWER ROLL PIN HOLE AND WENT UP SDR CA140131002Tube · worn(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE OIL LEVEL ON THE LEFT ENGINE, THE FIRST ONE CHECKED, INDICATED THAT OIL NEEDED TO BE ADDED. DURING THE ADDITION OF OIL, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE OIL FILLER HAD SOME WEAR MARKINGS BOTH AT THESDR 7AJA20131227008Engine · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE IN ROUTE, SMELLED WHAT HE THOUGHT WOULD BE ENG OIL SMOKE. HE WAS CLOSE TO DESTINATION AT THE TIME SO HE SHUT OFF THE ENG BLEED VLVS & FOUND THE PROBLEM TO GO AWAY. THE ACFT WAS GROUNDED FOR MORE TROUBLESHOOTING & REPAIR. UPON FURTHSDR CA131205002Arm · separated(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RT ENGINE ICE FAIL LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT THE ACTIVATION ARM HAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR ICE VANE. THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE ARM ON HAD BROKEN OFF MID THREADS. THIS ALLOWED THE AR
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