U/A Canada PT6A-28
Service difficulty reports · 944
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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 = 'PT6A28' 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 = 'PT6A28' 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 CA091223008Landing Gear · inoperative(CAN) LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN IN YSF. RED GEAR HANDLE LIGHT WENT ON AND REMAINED ON. PROCESSED TO YPA, PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM BLED AND SERVICED IAW AVIA DESIGN MAINTENANCE MANUAL M-81SDR AXSA189WA11909Fuel Control · defectiveFLIGHT 1130 PBG-BUF - WHILE ON APPROACH THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND THE LT ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. THE PILOT RECEIVED VECTORS OFF THE APPROACH AND DISCOVERED THE ENGINE COULD INCREASE POWER BUT COULD NOT REDUCE POWER. THE PILOT ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN THE LT ENGSDR CA091020001Splice · missing(CAN) DURING INSP OF FUSELAGE BELLY SKINS JUST AFT OF FWD WING SPAR, AN UNUSUAL SKIN BUTT SPLICE WAS FOUND. SPLICE HAS ONLY A SINGLE ROW OF RIVETS IN A PRESSURIZED VESSEL, WHERE THERE IS NORMALLY A DOUBLE ROW. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE INSTALLATIOIN DWG FORSDR CA090713002Wire · failed(CAN) CHANGED (DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT) DME FREQUENCY AND IT WASN`T SHOWING A READOUT. T\AS THEY LOOKED THE READOUT APPEARED THEN NOTICED PART OF READ OUT FLASHED VERY BRIGHT AND THE REST VANISHED. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, CO-PILOT STATED THEY COULD SMELL ELESDR AXSA197WA7/1/09Turbine Wheel · failedPILOT APPLIED TAKEOFF POWER FOR DEPARTURE. AT THE TIME BOTH ENGINES STABILIZED AT 1300 FT/LBS OF TORQUE THE PILOTED HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE RT ENGINE. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND RETURNED TO THE GATSDR CA090617003Hinge · cracked(CAN) LT HORIZ STAB CTR HINGE LWR OTBD CORNER CRACKED. INITIALLY APPEARED TO BE CRACK IN THE PAINT UNTIL CLOSER EXAMINATION.SDR CA090526004Terminal · disconnected(CAN) DURING APPROACH, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THAT ICE WAS STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ON THE AIRFRAME/WINDSCREEN. ALL ANTI/DEICE SYS WERE ACTIVATED AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE ICE BUILDUP ON THE BOTH WINDSCREENS WAS NOT MELTING. THE CREW COUSDR CA090507009Bracket · cracked(CAN) ALL 4 PC BRACKETS WERE FOUND CRACKED DURING MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSP OF PARTS. THE CRACKS WERE .1250 INCH LONG AND WERE AT THE WASHER END OF THE BRACKET. THE BRACKETS WERE REPLACED AND THE PROPELLER IS BEING ASSEMBLED. THESE DEFECTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO MSDR CA090420004Clevis · binding(CAN) PILOTS REPORTED A "CLUNK NOISE" UPON RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR AND THE GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION MX REPRODUCED THE "CLUNK NOISE", IT WAS CAUSED BY THE CLEVIS BINDING INSIDE ACTUATOSDR CA090406009Altimeter · erratic(CAN) PILOT REPORTED CAPTAINS ALTIMETER WOULD CHANGE ALTITUDE INDICATIONS INTERMITTENTLY, EG. 20000 FT, THE POINTER WOULD WIND DOWN TO NEGATIVE ALTITUDE READINGS. ALTIMETER WAS REMOVED, INSPECTED, AND RE-CERTIFIED AT A LOCAL INSTRUMENT SHOP (AMO 3-85). THE SHISDR CA090401004Barrel · failed(CAN) AFTER LANDIING, THE PILOT WAS TAXING BACK TO BASE, WHEN HE TRIED TO TURN LEFT HE HEARD A BANG, AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN LEFT WITH NORMAL RUDDER PEDAL DEFLECTION. BRAKING AND DIFFERENTIAL ENGINE POWER WERE USED FOR STEERING TO THE LEFT. INSP FOUND THE NOSESDR CA090321001Pin · broken(CAN) DURING INSPECTION MECHANIC NOTICED UPPER DRAG LEG PIN, ON THE RT DRAG LEG ASSEMBLY, WAS BROKEN AT THE GREASE HOLE JOURNAL.SDR CA090403004Engine · making metal(CAN) DURING T/O CLIMB, THE LT ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE. THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED A CHIP LIGHT AND SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE POINT WHERE A SINGLE-ENGINE LANDING WAS MADE. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MAGNETIC SDR CA090318003Switch · failed(CAN) IN FLIGHT, THE FLAP UP SWITCH FAILED CAUSING THE FLAP MOTOR TO DRIVE THE FLAPS TO A MORE UP POSITION WHICH BURNED OUT THE FLAP MOTOR AND TWISTED THE FLAP ACTUATOR DRIVE CABLES. WE ARE REPLACING THE UP LIMIT SWITCH, FLAP ACTUATOR DRIVE CABLES, FLAP MOTOSDR CA090312008Motor · inoperative(CAN) WHILE ON APPROACH, THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO GET THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THEY ELECTED TO RETURN TO AIRFIELD AND COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR LOWERING PROCEDURES. ALL 3 GEAR CAME DOWN AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED SAFELY.SDR CA090309001Control Tube · cracked(CAN) DURING PLANNED INSP REQUIRED BY S/B 21-45 A, .5 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE ELEVATOR CONTROL TUBE CENTER SUPPORT CASING.SDR CA090325006Fcu · faulty(CAN) DURING CRUISE, THE CREW NOTED A GRADUAL DECREASE IN ENGINE TORQUE DOWN TO 50 PERCENT. ACTIVATION OF THE ENGINE ICE VANE HAD LITTLE EFFECT AND AT 20 PERCENT TORQUE, THE ENGINE AUTO-FEATHERED. IT WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATISDR CA090225006Circuit Breaker · burned(CAN) WHILE CLIMBING OUT, BURNED PLASTIC SMELL AND SURFACE DE-ICE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED OUT. CREW ISOLATED SYS. CREW CONTINUED TO MAIN BASE AS ICING CONDITIONS WERE NOT PRESENT. MX FOUND THE TERMINAL AT SYS CIRCUIT BREAKER CORRODED AND BURNED. TERMINAL ANDSDR CA090304013Engine · fire(CAN) WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH FL115, A LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED WITH FLAMES VISIBLE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. THE PILOT ELECTED TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND RETURN TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. MFG WILL CONTINUE INVESTIGATING THE EVENT ANSDR CA090401008Landing Gear · collapsed(CAN) THE LT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE THE ACFT WAS PULLED OUT OF THE HANGAR. THE NOSE OF THE ACFT HAD TO BE RAISED SO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WOULD CLEAR THE UPPER DOOR FRAME. MX RAISED THE ACFT WITH GROUND EQUIPMENT AND SECURED THE GEAR DOWN. THE ACFT WAS ISDR CA090204013Bolt · looseAFTER REMOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM JACKS, I GRABBED ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE WING TIP TANK AND GAVE THE AIRCRAFT A SHAKE IN AN EFFORT TO SETTLE THE OLEO STRUTS. IN DOING SO I NOTICED AN OBVIOUS MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE TIP TANK AND WING STRUCTURE. I REMOVED THE FAIRINGSDR CA090209005Fuel Divider · leakingAIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE NOTING HIGH FUEL CONSUMPTION ON RT ENGINE. AFTER LANDING LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL NOTED LEAKING FROM RT NACELLE. FUEL LINE WAS RUPTURED FROM FCU TO START CONTROL. REF SDR 20080513005, 20080211006 AND 20080521010. THIS WAS THE FOURTH LSDR CA090120001Flap Track · crackedPILOT SELECTED FLAPS DOWN THEN NOTICED A ASYMMETRICAL FLAP CONDITION, FLAPS WERE SELECTED UP WHICH RESULTED IN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPING. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE LEFT OUTBOARD FLAP, INBOARD TRACK HAD FRACTURED NEAR THE SDR CA090120003Switch · failedTHE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM YAT AND AFTER REACHING CRUISE ALTITUDE, THE CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO YAT BUT THE FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND ON APPROACH. THE CREW DIVERTED TO YMO. THE FLAP CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED, THE SSDR CA090113002Filter · mismarked(CAN) THE ENGINE OIL FILTER WAS REMOVED FOR CLEANING AND INSPECTION. WHILE THE ENGINEER WAS INSPECTING HE NOTICED THAT THE FILTER WAS LABELED INCORRECTLY. IT HAD "THIS END OUT" ON BOTH ENDS OF THE FILTER. THE FILTER HAD BEEN INSTALLED CORRECTLY HOWEVER WITHSDR CA090105012Engine · coked(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, THE CREW OBSERVED A RAPID RISE IN ENGINE TEMPERATURE AND TORQUE WITH FLAMES COMING OUT THE RIGHT ENGINE EXHAUST STACKS. THE ENGINE THEN FLAMED OUT, THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED WHERE A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. DISASSEMBLY OF THSDR CA081217007Limit Switch · failed(CAN) DURING CLIMB, JUST BEFORE 10000 FT, CREW NOTICED ODOR OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN COCKPIT. AS ACFT LEVELED OFF AT 10000 FT, CABIN CREW INFORMED FLT CREW OF AN ODOR OF SMOKE CABIN. DONNED O2 MASKS, NOTIFIED ATC & INFORMED THEM OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT & RECEIVED SDR CA081120002Monitor · faulty(CAN) PILOT REPORT ERRATIC ON FUEL QTY INDICATION. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED FAULTY CONTROL MONITOR. MONITOR REPLACED BY REPAIRED UNIT THAT FAILED 2 DAYS LATER, REPLACED WITH OTHER ONE FROM SAME VENDOR THAT DOESN`T WORK, SWAPPED WITH AN SERVICEABLE UNIT FROM ASDR CA081125017Blades · fractured(CAN) DURING CRUISE AT FL170, THE LT ENG LOST POWER AND THE TEMP INCREASED TO 850 DEGREES C. (1) PASSENGER SAW FLAMES OUT THE EXHAUST. THE ENG WAS SHUTDOWN AND A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING FOLLOWED. POST FLIGHT INSP FOUND FRACTURED COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADES. THE ESDR CA081110002Switch · intermittent(CAN) AFTER PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, THERE WAS NO INDICATION THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, ACFT DIVERTED BACK TO MX BASE. ON ROUTE NOSE GEAR INDICATION CAME ON. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX REPLACED NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK INDICATOR SWITCH AND RETURNESDR CA081027003Shaft · stiff(CAN) UPON APPROACH, THE LT ENG PWR LEVER WAS RETARDED WITH NO EFFECT ON ENG. THE ENG REMAINED AT 91 PERCENT NG. THE APPROACH WAS ABORTED AND THE ACFT DIVERTED. ON ARRIVAL, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE LT WAS SHUTDOWN IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THE LANDING. MXSDR CA081020005Seal · worn(CAN) DURING WALK AROUND, RT PROPELLER NOTED TO HAVE OIL DRIPPING FORM THE BLADE FACES. SOME OIL WAS NOTED TO BE ON THE UPPER ENGINE COWL, HOWEVER THE REST OF THE ENGINE WAS DRY. PROP SPINNER WAS REMOVED, INSIDE OF SPINNER WAS DRY AS WELL. GROUND RUN CARRIED OSDR CA081020002Torque Link · cracked(CAN) DURING REGULAR MX, A MECHANIC NOTICED A CRACK ON THE UPPER TORQUE LINK OF THE LT MLG. THE TORQUE LINK WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE RT MLG TORQUE LINKS WERE INSPECTED WITH NO FAULTS FOUND.SDR 2008FA0000670Fuel Line · crackedWHILE PERFORMING ENGINE RUNS FOR RIGHT ENGINE FLOW PACK CHANGE FOUND FUEL LEAK FROM FUEL LINE FROM FCU TO TOP OF START CONTROL UNIT. FITTING CRACKED ABOVE SCU. REMOVED CRACKED FUEL LINE FROM FCU TO TOP OF START CONTROL UNIT. INSTALLED OVERHAULED LINE P/N 30SDR CA080909001Cooling Fan · broken(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION, THE ENGINEER PULLED THE STARTER-GENERATOR AND NOTICED THE COOLING FAN BROKEN. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE ENGINEER NOTICED THAT 1 OF THE BROKEN FAN BLADES WAS PROVIDING A GROUND PATH INTERNALLY BETWEEN THE GENERATOR ANSDR CA080826002Fcu · failed(CAN) WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED TO ENGINE AFTER A TOUCHDOWN, A CONSIDERABLE YAW TO THE LT WAS FELT BY THE PILOTS. ACFT WAS MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY AND A MAINT RUN-UP OF ENGINES INDICATED A POWER LOSS IN THE LT ENGINE. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE ENGINE A REPLACEMENT SDR CA080701004Hook · out of adjust(CAN) ACFT DEPRESSURIZED AT 20000 FEET. ACFT DESCENDED TO 10000 FEET AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT MX FOUND THE UPPER FORWARD DOOR HOOK WAS NOT LATCHING PROPERLY THAT CAUSED THE DOOR SEAL TO BLOW OUT CAUSING THE DECOMPRESSION. DOOR HOOK ADJUSTED AND THE DOOR SEASDR CA080619007Flap Track · cracked(CAN) DURING A WALKAROUND THE PILOTS NOTICED EXCESSIVE PLAY ON THE RT OTBD FLAP AT THE INBD HINGE. THE FLAP WAS REMOVED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND THE INBD FLAP TRACK WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AT THE AFT END OF THE TRACK, THE CRACK WEAKEN THE TRACK ALLOWING ISDR R025878Clamp · cracked838-67 CLAMP ASSY SN EF3099. CRACK FOUND INTERSECTING THE THREADED LINK SCREW HOLE.SDR CA080423013Fuel Control · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING APPROACH, UPON RETARDING THE POWER LEVER TO IDLE, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED TO 90 PERCENT NG WITH AN ASSOCIATED TEMPERATURE OF 800 DEGREES. THE PILOT ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND FEATHER THE PROP. THE FUEL CONTROL WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED AND SDR CA080211006Line · cracked(CAN) PILOT REPORTED HEAVY GAS ODOR IN COCKPIT AFTER TAKEOFF, ACCOMPANIED BY A MIST. MAINT ENGINEER FOUND A CRACKED FUEL LINE IN THE NR 2 ENGINE NACELLE THAT CONNECTS THE START CONTROL UNIT TO THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT CAUSING A FUEL LEAK THAT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SSDR CA080211018Actuator · failed(CAN) DURING DESCENT INTO INTENDED AIRPORT THE NLG INDICATOR INTRANSIT LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED WHEN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT WERE GREEN. A FLY-BY WAS CARRIED OUT WITH GROUND MAINT VERIFYING THAT THE NLG WAS INDEED ONLY HALF WAY DSDR O7Z2008F00000Spar Cap · crackedFWD OB LOWER WING SPAR CAPS ARE CRACKED. LT AND RT ASSY CRACKS RADIATE FROM THE (4) HUCK RIVET FWD THROUGH WING ATTACH HINGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED 15 MONTHS AND 404.2 HOURS AGO BY EDDY CURRENT AND NO CRACKS WERE FOUND AT THAT TIME. (K)SDR CA080117008Sprocket · worn(CAN) DURING INSP OF THE NLG RETRACT MECHANISM CHAIN FOR TENSION AND LUBRICATION, MAINT NOTED THE DUAL LINK CHAIN WAS ONLY RUNNING ON ONE LENGTH OF CHAIN RATHER THAN (2). AC WAS INSPECTED MORE CLOSLEY AND THE BRAZE/SPROCKET ASSY WHICH IS INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN SDR UE5R010208001Nozzle · shearedWHEN INSTALLING NOZZLE PN 3013635 ONTO NOZZLE ADAPTER ASSEMBLY USING SPECIFIED OHM TORQUE, NOZZLE SHEARED OFF COMPLETELY AT BASE OF THREADS.SDR CA071214006Line · cracked(CAN) AFTER DEPARTURE DURING CLIMB, THE PILOT NOTICED SLIGHT POWER LOSS ON THE LT ENGINE WHICH SLOWLY DECAYED UNTIL TORQUE WAS AT 100LBS AT WHICH TIME THE PROP WAS FEATHERED. THE CREW ELECTED TO LEAVE THE ENGINE RUNNING AS ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE GREEN AND SDR LW29212112007Unknown · odorDEPARTED, UPON REACHING 7500 FEET SMELLED BURNING OIL FUMES IN CABIN. CLOSED BLEED AIR'S, TURNED OFF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND DUMPED CABIN. SAFELY RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE CHECKED AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE PNEUMATIC LINES, INSPECTED THE PRESSURIZATION SYSDR CA071206001Torque Link · cracked(CAN) DURING A SPECIAL LPI INSPECTION OF THE MLG TORQUE LINKS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF A LINK ON ANOTHER AIRCRAFT (SDR 20071024010 AND 20071122002), 3 OF THE 4 LINKS WERE FOUND CRACKED. THE LINKS FROM 3 ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT WERE REPLACED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE SDR IMP2007F00000Bulkhead · crackedFOUND BULKHEAD (NR 45346-000) LOCATED AT STA 46.0 TO HAVE CRACKS IN RADIUS OF VERTICAL FLANGE, EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY .5 INCH FROM THE TOP. (K)SDR CA071122002Torque Link · cracked(CAN) DURING A SPECIAL LPI INSP (SELF IMPOSED INSPECTION DUE TO BROKEN LINK SEE SDR NR 2007024010) OF THE UPPER AND LOWER TORQUE LINKS ON (2) OF OUR AC, (3) TORQUE LINKS WERE FOUND CRACKED IN THE RADIUS AREA. ONE LINK HAS 2 CRACKS SIDE BY SIDE THE OTHER HAD O
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