U/A Canada PT6A-27
Service difficulty reports · 642
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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 = 'PT6A27' 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 = 'PT6A27' 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 GCNA20120319001Centering Mech · obstructedPILOT REPORTED ON LANDING NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS FULL LEFT DEFLECTION. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NOSE WHEEL CENTERING PIN STUCK IN THE UP POSITION. CAUSE WAS EXCESSIVE PAINT. REMOVED PAINT, OPERATIONALLY CHECKED NOSE WHEEL STEERING AND NO FASDR CA120312011Seal · leaking(CAN) PERI SEAL LEAKAGE, PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED, ALLOW BLEED GAS DIRECTLY INTO ELECTRICAL WIRING IN THE AREA OF THE BLEED AIR PIPE JOINT LT SIDE OF CABIN, STN 185, NO ELECTRICAL FAULTS RECORDED. INSULATION, WIRE BURNED.SDR CA120221005Tab · worn(CAN) ON INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTICE THAT THE BOTTOM HOLE ON THE RT INBD FLAP, OTBD HINGE AILERON TAB PLATE WAS WORN EXCESSIVE. A SET OF NEW PLATES, PN C6WA1122-27 AND C6WA1122-28 WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW BOLT.SDR UE5R201201170001Gear Set · misalignedWHILE REPLACING THE 1ST STAGE SUN GEAR AND PLANET GEAR SET TO COMPLY WITH AD 2011-25-12 AND SB-804 REV B, A DEFECT WAS FOUND IN THE BEARINGS INSTALLED IN THE REMOVED PLANET GEARS. THE BRONZE SLEEVE OF THE BEARINGS HAD ROTATED AND ALSO STARTED TO MOVE OUT OF TSDR UE5R201201030012Gear Set · misalignedIN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING 1ST STAGE SUNGEAR AND PLANET GEAR SET, A DEFECT IN THE BEARINGS INSTALLED IN ALL 3 PLANET GEARS WERE FOUND. THE BRONZE SLEEVE PORTION OF THE BEARING HAD ROTATED CAUSING MISALIGNMENT OF BEARING SCALLOPS. THE BRONZE SLEEVE SHOULD NOSDR CA120131012Drag Link · cracked(CAN) PILOT SNAGGED THE STEERING FOR BEING SLOPPY, UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE TAIL WHEEL DRAG LINK CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 95% OF THE WIDTH OF THE PART. DRAG LINK COULD NO LONGER SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THE AIRCSDR CA111114004Sun Gear · fractured(CAN) DURING CRUISE AT FL110, THE CREW OBSERVED THE RT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. APPROX 3 MIN LATER, THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED, WHERE SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ESDR CA110923003Adapter · misinstalled(CAN) CONDITION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY ORGANIZATION 14 MARCH 2001. VERTICAL STABILIZER AFT ADAPTER FITTING FOUND INSTALLED WITH THE LOWER LT MATING SURFACE MACHINED CYLINDRICALLY INSTEAD OF SPHERICAL CONCAVE. DATE OF MFG FOUND STAMPED ON THE PART AT REMOVAL: SDR CA110922005Head · loose(CAN) PRESSURE GAUGE ON THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER READ ZERO. HEAD ASSY WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE ON THE BOTTLE WHICH ALLOWED THE CONTENTS TO ESCAPE. FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS 4.5 YEARS OLD. UNIT IS MODEL HAL-035-AVN.SDR CA110830008Engine · failed(CAN) DURING REVIEW OF SHOP EVENT REPORT, RECEIVED FROM AIR TAXI, AN EVENT ON PCE 41515 IN APRIL WAS DISCOVERED. DURING TAKEOFF THE PILOT HEARD A NOISE AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED UNEVENTFULLY. DAMAGED ON PCE 41515 WAS OBSERVED AND THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED ANDSDR CA110804003Window · departedJUST AFTER TAKEOFF AT 300 AGL THE RT CABIN EMERGENCY DOOR OUTER WINDOW (PN C3FS515-2) FELL OUT. THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE AIRFIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, A NEW WINDOW WAS INSTALLED. THE WINDOW WAS RETRIEVED BY GROUND CONTROL APPROX 6000 DOWN THE RUNWAY, THESDR CA110705002Oil Filter · mismanufactured(CAN) OIL FILTER PMA, PN-7579522AM EQUIVALENT TO P/N-3024084 OR 3033315 FROM THE COMPANIES STORES DEPARTMENT, NOTICED THE FINE CONE SHAPED SCREEN WAS MISSING FROM END OF FILTER THAT IS FIRST INSERTED INTO THE OIL FILTER HOUSING.SDR CA110627011Engine · damaged(CAN) UNCONTAINED EVENT DURING FLIGHT, THE PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISES AND SAW SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE. IT WAS SHUTDOWN AND A SAFE LANDING FOLLOWED. POST FLIGHT INSP FOUND A SEVERELY DAMAGED COMPRESSOR AND SMALL PIECES CAME OUT THE INTAKE AND PUNCHED HOLES IN THESDR 2011FA0000331Bearing · brokenDURING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, THE LT MAIN FAILED TO EXTEND. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LT GEAR ACTUATOR, PN 99-810057-653 HAD FAILED AND THE DRIVE END CASTING BROKE OFF. THE ACTUATOR INBD SUPPORT BEARING WAS BROKEN (PN B543) THE ACTUATOR SDR CA110606015Cable · bindingUPON CARRYING OUT A SECONDARY INSPECTION OF THE S-TEC-65, AUTOPILOT INSTALLATION OF THE SERVOS, FOUND THAT THE SECONDARY OR RETURN PITCH SERVO CABLE WAS CAUGHT ON THE PITCH SERVO ON ONE OF THE SCREWS. THE WAY THAT THE CABLE BECAME CAUGHT ON THE PITCH SERVO SDR CA110810004Sun Gear · damagedIMPROPER MX USED REPLACEMENT GEARS INSTALLED IFSD, ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD BANG AND SUBSEQUENT POWER LOSS. PILOT SECURED NR 2 ENGINE AND FLIGHT CONTINUED AND LANDED SAFELY ON 1 ENGINE. ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SENT WHERE SDR CA110627005Engine · damaged(CAN) UNCONTAINED EVENT DURING FLIGHT AT FL055, THE NR 1 ENGINE SUFFERED AN UNCONTAINED EVENT WHERE ENGINE PARTS EXITED THE ENGINE AND COWLING. THE ACFT FUSELAGE WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE ACFT MADE AN EMERGENCY SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. NR 1 ON BOARD WAS INJURED. POSDR CA110516006Oil System · low pressure(CAN) IFSD DURING REVENUE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED TORQUE FLUCTUATION FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON 1 ENGINE. POWER LEVER WAS RETARDED TO IDLE BUT ENGINE HAD TO BE SHUTDOWN DUE TO ABNORMALLY HIGH ITT. THE FLOATPLANE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. THE MECHANIC NSDR S9BA20110003Screen · obstructedIN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF RT ENGINE DUE TO TORQUE FLUCTUATION BETWEEN 45 TO 40, OIL PRESSURE COMING DOWN FAST AND T5 RISING TO 900C AT IDLE. R & R RT ENGINE IAW WC 72-00 LEAK CHECK AND GROUND RUNS NORMAL. THE ENGINE IN-FLIGHT SHUT DOWN ROOT CAUSE DETECTED AS THESDR CA110315005Engine · shutdown(CAN) IFSD ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS BETWEEN FEB. 28TH AND MAR. 4TH, DURING FINAL APPROACH, AS POWER WAS REDUCED, THE ENGINE SHUT ITSELF DOWN. EACH TIME, AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. TROUBLESHOOTING FOR THESE EVENTS FOCUSED ON THE FUEL SSDR S9BA20110002Engine · seizedLEFT PROPELLER DOES NOT TURN, LOCKED, CAUSED BY HOT START. REMOVED LT ENGINE AND PROPELLER. INSTALLED LT ENGINE AND PROP ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED IAW WORK CARD 72-00. ENGINE RUNS SAT NO LEAKS NOTED.SDR S9BA20110001Mount · failedON TAKEOFF, LT ENGINE SURGED AND WAS ONLY PRODUCING 24 TORQUE, ABORTED. UPON SHUTDOWN, UNABLE TO PULL LT PROP LEVER PAST FEATHER DETENT. AND PROP SPINNER SITTING LOW. FOUND UPPER MOUNT FAILED. R & R MOUNT ASSEMBLY IAW MM 71-20. INSPECTED ADJACENT MOUNTS, VERSDR 2011FA0000014Sensor · crackedACFT EXPERIENCED "CROSS CHECK ATTITUDE" INDICATION ON AVIONICS PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY (EFIS) AND HEADING INDICATIONS OF UP TO 90 DEGREES OFF LT AND RT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT.SDR S9BA20100009Fire Loop · false activationLT FIRE BELL/ LIGHT ACTIVATED ON TAKEOFF. POWER WAS REDUCED AND INDICATION EXTINGUISHED. RETURNED TO BLOCKS. RAN LT ENGINE AT HIGH POWER SETTING FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED. R & R BOTH 450C THERMAL FIRE SENSORS. GROUND TEST OK WORK PERFORMED IAW MM 26-10-00. OPSDR S9BA20100008Indicator · inoperativeDME INOPERATIVE, SMOKE CAME OUT OF UNIT. TURNED OFF UNIT. FLIGHT CONTINUED IAW MEL 34-4-11 KN 62A, SN 20640 TO BE SENT FOR TEARDOWN REPORT.SDR 2010FA0001085Fire Warning · false activationFIRE WARNING ON RT ENGINE WITH NO SUPPORTING EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL FIRE. CHECKLIST COMPLIED WITH AND PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ACCOMPLISHED.SDR CA101019017Engine · damagedDURING THE CLIMB OUT, IN CARGO CONFIGURATION, THE CREW HEARD A LOUD CLUNK SOUND, ON PASSING THROUGH 4000 FT AND OBSERVED THAT THE NR 2 ENGINE HAD FAILED. ENGINE FAILURE PROCEDURES WERE CARRIED OUT AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX INSSDR S9BA20100005Mount · crackedTHERE IS A CRACK IN THE NR1 OTBD ENGINE MOUNT PLATE. R & R NR 1 ENGINE OTBD MOUNT PLATE IAW RD6-54-006. ALSO RETORQUED NR 1 ENGINE OTBD MOUNT BOLT IAW MM 71-20.SDR CA100823003Frame · wornWHILE PREPARING TO INSTALL A NEW STN 218 LANDING GEAR, FWD ATTACHMENT FRAME PN C6FSM2582-1, INSP REVEALED THAT THE WING STRUT TO FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT LUG SPHERICAL BEARING WAS ABLE TO SLIDE FREELY WITHIN THE BUSHING BORE PN C6FSM2587-27. EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ASDR CA100622019Unknown · smokeAFTER LANDING AND DURING THE TAXI THE CREW SMELL SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT.SDR CA100614008Fitting · failedPILOT MADE A CHOPPY WATER LANDING AT WATER AERODROME. UPON EXITING OF ACFT, NOTICED THAT THE LT UPPER FWD WIRE PULL HAD FAILED. THE FITTING WAS REPLACED WITH NEW UNIT. ALL OTHER ATTACH FITTINGS WERE INSPECTED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA100608012Cable · frayedRUDDER TRIM CABLE FRAYED. DEFECT STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
SDR CA100622004Compressor · failedABORTED TAKEOFF AS THE ACFT WAS ABOUT TO TAKEOFF, A TORQUE DROP OCCURRED ON THE LT ENGINE ACCOMPANIED WITH ABNORMAL SOUNDS. THE T/O WAS ABORTED AND THE FLOATPLANE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE MX DOCK. AN ENGINE RUN RESULTED IN THE SAME TYPE OF SYMPTOMS. UPON OPENSDR S9BA20100001Reduction Gb · unserviceableST CROIX - DURING CRUISE EMERGENCY MEASURES EXECUTED. RT ENGINE SHUT DOWN, DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH ATC AIRCRAFT GROUNDED FOR ENGINE CHANGE. ENGINE FAILED DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. PROPELLER FEATHERED. NOTE ENGINE 51369 IS MAINTAINED UNDER GRAND CANYON AIRLINESSDR CA100608002Engine · making metalLOW OIL PRESSURE DURING CLIMB, THE CREW RECEIVED A LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING FOLLOWED BY POWER LOSS. AN AIR TURNBACK WAS INITIATED AND THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE. LOW OIL PRESSURE PROBLEM WAS DUPLICATED. FOLLOWING THE LAST RUN, GRSDR CA101005003Compressor Blade · missingENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM ACFT ON APRIL 03, 2010 DUE TO PROPELLER STRIKE & SUDDEN STOPPAGE INCIDENT. DURING DISASSEMBLY OF THE COMPRESSOR STACK, THE 2ND STAGE COMPRESSOR DISK WAS NOTED WITH MISSING QTY 1 COMPRESSOR BLADE (NOT INSTALLED AT PREVIOUS BUILD) . THESDR CA100218011Oil Filter · separated(CAN) INNER CONE (SCREEN) SEAMS ARE BECOMING UNGLUED. (TC 20100218011)SDR CA100120001Rudder Pedal · damaged(CAN) ACFT CREW TRIED TO RELEASE THE PARK BRAKE BY DEPRESSING BOTH RUDDER PEDALS, CAPTAIN’S SIDE, BUT WERE UNABLE TO RELEASE THE BRAKES. MX EXAMINED THE BRAKE RELEASE MECHANISM AND DISCOVERED THAT THE RT RUDDER PEDAL, CAPTAIN’S SIDE, HAD A PIECE BROKEN OFF THESDR CA091222005Fuel Control · malfunctioned(CAN) THE ENGINE POWER COULD NOT BE REDUCED BELOW CRUISE SETTINGS. TROUBLE SHOOTING IS FOCUSING ON A FAULTY FUEL CONTROL UNIT WHICH WILL BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS THE SDR BE CLOSED ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION (TC NR 20091222005)SDR CA091204011Attach Fitting · corroded(CAN) DURING A SCHEDULE INSP, FOUND PAINT BLISTERING ON FORWARD ATTACH FITTING AT SAFETY WIRE HOLE, LOCKWIRE REMOVED FOR FURTHER INSP, FOUND FITTING EXFOLIATED FROM LOCKWIRE HOLE TO ATTACH BOLT HOLE. VERTICAL STAB REMOVED FOR DETAILED INSPECTED, CORROSION FOUNSDR CA091118010Control Column · cracked(CAN) DURING INSTALLATION OF THE DUAL CONTROLS A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE WELD AT THE BASE OF THE LOWER CONTROL COLUMN. THIS CRACK IS WHERE AWD CF-84-01R1, S/B 2/28 REV B REQUIRES INSPECTION. CRACK WAS INITIALLY NOTICED AS A PAINT CRACK AND UPON FURTHER INSP CSDR MDG2009Engine · shutdownPILOTS REPORTED ENG SHUTDOWN DURING FLIGHT. MX REPORTED UPON INSP THAT THERE WAS A GRINDING SOUND INTERNAL TO THE ENG WHEN THEY TRIED TO ROTATE THE ENG BY THE STARTER. ENG WILL BE REMOVED AND SENT TO THE O/H SERVICE CTR FOR EVALUATION FOR REASON OF FAILURE.SDR CA091102006Fan · broken(CAN) DURING INSTALLATION OF FAN AT ST-GEN O/H, THE CTR PART OF THE FAN HUB, AREA BENEATH THE NUT AND WASHER, BROKE OUT FROM THE REST OF THE FAN. THE BREAK HAPPENED BEFORE THE NUT REACHED REQUIRED TORQUE OF 110 INCH-LBS. THIS IS A CAST METAL ONE-PIECE FAN. THISDR CA090930004Liner · destroyed(CAN) NATURE - ACFT WAS IN TAKEOFF WHEN BRAKE ASSY SEIZED CAUSING PERSONNEL TO BE DISPATCHED TO RETRIEVE ACFT. UPON REMOVAL AND INSP OF BRAKE, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BRAKE LINING DISINTEGRATED ALLOWING THE BRAKE DISKS TO FLOAT EXCESSIVELY RESULTING IN A BINDINGSDR CA090916001Beta Switch · failed(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE CARGO FLIGHT, THE CREW REPORTED AN INDICATION OF UNCOMMANDED FEATHERING OF THE #2 ENGINE IN FLIGHT. THE UNCOMMANDED PROP FEATHER CHECK WAS COMPLETED AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. AFTER SHUT DOWN THE #2 BETA LIGHT ILLUMINATED STEADILY, INSDR CA090703001Bolt · broken(CAN) HEARD A LOUD BANG IN FLIGHT AND PILOTS NOTICED MOVEMENT IN THE FLOATS, ACFT LANDED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. (2) AN6-20A BOLTS HOLDING THE LUG-TIE ROD TO FUSELAGE WERE FOUND BROKEN. BOLTS WERE REPLACED AND FLOAT STRUTS AND SPREADER BARS AND ALL FLOAT ATTASDR CA090629003Blades · improper partUPON VISUAL INSP AFTER CLEANING, THE WORD "SCRAP" WAS SEEN TO BE VIBROPEENED INTO ALL THE POWER TURBINE BLADES.SDR CA090622018Cylinder · cracked(CAN) CYL WAS MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSP DURING STANDARD O/H PROCEDURES. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. CYL SENT FOR RECHROMING IAW SRM 202A VOLUME 10. OLD CHROME WAS STRIPPED AND CYL MAG PARTICLE INSP IN PREP FOR NEW CHROME. CRACK DETECTED AT THIS TIME.SDR CA090619011Fuel Cell · leaking(CAN) A REPAIRED FUEL CELL WAS INSTALLED IN NR 8 POSITION DURING FUEL SYS BUILD-UP. WHEN SYS WAS FILLED WITH FUEL AND LEAK CHECKED A SMALL PERSISTANT LEAK DEVELOPED. CELL WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED AS WELL AS ATTACHING COMPONENTS AND SYS WAS REASSEMBLED, WHENSDR CA090615004Attach Fitting · cracked(CAN) DURING THE COMPLETION OF AD CF-1991-42R1, STAB ATTACH FITTING WAS FOUND CRACKED FROM UPPER MOUNTING HOLE TO EDGE OF FITTING, PART WAS REPLACED.
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