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 CA050912001Support · cracked(CAN) DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SB 2145 CRACK WAS DETECTED ON TORQUE TUBE ASSEMBLIES (P/N 115-610015-325). FOUND AT IB SUPPORT (P/N 115-610015-1). TORQUE TUBE REPLACED.SDR CA050823004Wire · loose(CAN) SUB PANEL RT NR 1 CB POPPED CAUSING MULTIPLE SYSTEM FAILURES. INVESTIGATION FOUND DUAL FEED BUSS HAD AN OPEN. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED MULTIPLE WIRING ABNORMALITIES FROM POOR MAINTENANCE IN THE PAST, AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS LOOSE FROM AGE.SDR CA050823006Door · stiff(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED IN HEAVY RAIN WAITING FOR PASSENGERS. DURING CRUSE THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED ELEVATOR CONTROLS STIFF/ FROZEN. CONTROLS FREED UP DURING DESCENT AS THEY ENTERED WARMER AIR. INVESTIGATION ON THE GROUND FOUND LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATESDR CA050808005Hose · leaking(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT FULLY. THE CREW THEN SELECTED GEAR DOWN, GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN. LANDING GEAR HAD TO BE MANUALLY PUMPED DOWN IN ORDER TO GET THREE GREEN LIGHTS. THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR RETRACT FLEXHOSE WAS FOUND SDR CA050726004Case · crackedDURING A SCHEDULED HOT SECTION INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE CASE WHERE THE FUEL NOZZLE SUPPORT IS LOCATED AT THE FIVE O`CLOCK POSITION. THE CRACK WAS RUNNING FROM THE EDGE OF THE NOZZLE DOUBLER PLATE TOWARDS THE RT IGNITER WELD.SDR CA050713001Hinge · broken(CAN) RIGHT INBOARD GEAR DOOR DROOPING. RED GEAR LIGHT ON DURING FLIGHT. RIGHT INBOARD GEAR DOOR HINGE FOUND BROKEN. HINGE REPLACED WITH STEEL TYPE.SDR CA050713002Actuator · bent(CAN) RIGHT GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR FOUND BENT AS A RESULT OF THE HINGE BREAKING. ACTUATOR REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED UNIT. SYSTEM TESTED SERVICEABLE.SDR CA050628002Engine · shutdown(CAN) A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WAS NOTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW WHO ELECTED TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN ONCE THE OIL PRESSURE APPROACHED LOWER LIMITS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED FINE BLACK PARTICLES, CARBON IN THE OIL AND DETERMINED TSDR CA050620004Relay · intermittent(CAN) THE BEECH 99 WAS ON ITS TAKEOFF ROLL WHEN FIRST ONE THEN THE SECOND GENERATOR FAILED. THE LIGHTS IN THE COCKPIT BRIGHTENED SUDDENLY JUST BEFORE THE GENERATORS FAILED. WHEN MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE PROBLEM THEY INITIALLY COULD NOT FIND ANY THING WRONSDR CA050616010Governor · failed(CAN) RT ENGINE DID NOT ACHIEVE MAX NP RPM. RT ENGINE OVERSPEED GOVERNOR REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED UNIT. GROUND RUN SUCCESSFULLY REACHED MAX PROP RPM.SDR CA050607008Bracket · cracked(CAN) DO TO A CRACK BEING FOUND ON ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT, A FLEET CAMPAIGN IS BEING COMPLETED TO INSPECT ALL THE FLAP ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT BRACKETS. DURING THIS SPECIAL INSPECTION, THE LT IB BRACKET WAS FOUND TO HAVE 4 SMALL CRACKS IN THE AREA AROUND THE FWD HOLESDR CA050606004Controller · malfunctioned(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF, L G WAS SELECTED UP AND GEAR TRAVELED MOST OF WAY UP, STOPPED WITH GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED. MANUAL EXTEN WAS COMPLETED, AC LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. DURING INSP, DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED ON SKIN OF LT IB GEAR DOOR, LT IB CSDR CA050606001Frame · cracked(CAN) DURING INSP 3 CRACKS WERE FOUND IN LT FRAME AT FUSELAGE STATION 207.00. ONE OF CRACKS (CRACK NR 1) MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A SMALL HOLE THAT WAS DRILLED WITHOUT ANY EDGE DISTANCE, CRACK TRAVELED FROM DRILLED HOLE, AROUND CORNER TO LOWEST LIGHTING HOLE ISDR CA050530002Support · cracked(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED MAIN LANDING GEAR REPLACEMENT, UPPER DRAG LINK ATTACH FITTING AT MAIN SPAR WAS DISCOVERED CRACKED AT THE RADIUS OF THE ATTACH LUG. REFERENCE BEECH KING AIR 100 IPC CHAPTER 32-10-01 FIGURE 10-01 ITEM 54. THE BEECH 100 IPC DOES NOT LIST THSDR CA050526003Bracket · cracked(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION A CRACK WAS NOTICED ON THE LT INBOARD FLAP ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT BRACKET, BRACKET WAS REMOVED AND A TOTAL OF 4 CRACKS WERE FOUND ON THE BRACKET SURROUNDING THE UPPER BOLTHOLE. THE FLAP WAS ALSO CRACKED UNDER THE FORWARD END OF TSDR CA050505005Tube · torn(CAN) UPON LANDING CREW NOTICED VIBRATION CONSISTENT WITH FLAT TIRE. CONFIRMED AFTER SHUT-DOWN. MAINT WAS DISPATCHED TO REPLACE FLAT TIRE. WHEN FLAT TIRE WAS DISASSEMBLE, NOTICED THAT INNER TUBE WAS TORN APART. NO SIGNS OF PINCHING OR UNUSUAL WEAR WERE NOTISDR CA050510003Motor · overheated(CAN) FLAP MOTOR OVERHEATNG, BURNING ODOR IN CABIN. FLAP MOTOR/GEARBOX ASSY REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED UNIT. VOLTAGE TO MOTOR CHKD & GROUND WIRE CHKD OKAY. CHKD FLAP SYS FOR BINDING, ACTUATORS, CABLES & FLAPS OPERATED WITHOUT BINDING. SYS CHKD FLAP MOTOR/GEARBOXSDR CA050412003Diode · failed(CAN) NO POWER ON RT SUBPANEL BUSS DUE TO BOTH FEEDER DIODES NOT PASSING CURRENT. DIODES REPLACED, SERVICABLE.SDR CA050418002Bulkhead · crackedAFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD FOUND CRACKED AT INTERSECTION OF FRAME 50-440014-595. PATCH MADE AND INSTALLED.SDR CA050419004Windshield · delaminated(CAN) DELAMINATION OCCURRING ON UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF WINDSHIELD. HAD NO EFFECT ON PILOT VISION OR STRUCTURE OF WINDSHIELD. REMOVED DUE TO UNKNOWN ADVANCE OF FURTHER DELAMINATION. WINDSHIELD WAS JUST UNDER 5 YEARS IN SERVICE. BEECHCAFT AND PPG SHOULD SDR CA050329013Bracket · cracked(CAN) LT MAIN LANDING GEAR IB GEAR DOOR FORWARD AND AFT UPPER BRACKETS WERE FOUND CRACKED. BOTH BRACKETS REPLACED.SDR CA050412002Control Box · failed(CAN) NO AURAL WARNING TONE OF THE TRIM IN MOTION FROM THE CONTROL BOX. BOX FAILURE.SDR CA050315004Sun Gear · spalled(CAN) THE SOURCE OF THE METAL CONTAMINATION WAS THE SUN GEAR FROM THE 1ST STAGE REDUCTION GEAR. THE SUN GEAR HAD LOST A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL FROM THE GEAR TEETH FACES. DAMAGE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE STARTED AS A GEARTOOTH SPALLING WHICH PROGRESSED, GRASDR CA050308019Regulator · worn(CAN) DURING CLIMB OUT, THE RT GENERATOR FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. A RUN UP WAS CARRIED OUT AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LT GENERATOR ALSO DROPPED (OFFLINE) WHEN THE RT VOLTAGE REGULATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER IS PULLED AND RESET. THE SOCKETSSDR CA050323012Fitting · cracked(CAN) CRACK DISCOVERED IN OB FITTING RADIUS.SDR CA050223012Fitting · cracked(CAN) DURING AD-81-25 THIS FITTING WAS FOUND CRACKED AND IT WAS REPLACED IAW THE SIRM.SDR CA050323007Engine · failed(CAN) ON TAKE-OFF ROLL, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED POWER REDUCTION ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH/INCREASING TURBINE TEMPERATURE. THE PILOT ABORTED TAKE-OFF AND SECURED THE ENGINE. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALLED HOT SECTION DISTRESS.SDR CA050207006Fuel Control · inoperative(CAN) PILOTS STARTED THE ENGINES AND TAXIED OUT FOR TAKEOFF. WHEN APPLIED POWER, THE RT ENGINE REMAINED AT IDLE. THEN RETURNED TO THE RAMP AND SHUT DOWN. ENGINEER CHANGED THE FCU.SDR CA050204001Support · cracked(CAN) ONE SCREW HOLE HAS 2 QUARTER INCH CRACKS RADIATING OUT BUT STOPPING BEFORE REACHING PART EDGE. PROBLEM FOUND FROM NDT TESTING FOR THE 1000 HOUR REQUIREMENT IN MM FOR ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBES. THIS PART IS MADE OUT OF MAGNESIUM, IF MANUFACTURER WOULD CHANGESDR CA050303005Hose · leakingON APPROACH, PILOT APPLIED BRAKE AND HAD NONE. TRIED REVERSE, BUT DUE TO TAIL WIND WAS INEFFECTIVE. TRIED TO AVOID FUEL BOWSER BUT WAS UNABLE AND RAN INTO LADDER AND PUMP OFF FUEL BOWSER AS HE PUT PROPS IN FEATHER. AIRCRAFT RT PROP SEVERELY DAMAGED, RT ENSDR CA050112002Windshield · cracked(CAN) IN CRUISE PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG, NOTICED CO-PILOTS INNER PANE SHATTERED. STARTED DECENT TO 130000 ASL, BROUGHT CABIN PRESSURE DOWN TO 2 PSI. LANDED AT DESIGNATION.SDR CA050111005Governor · failed(CAN) ON APPROACH, WHEN THE CREW TRIED TO THROTTLE BACK, THE LT ENGINE WOULD NOT GO BELOW 1000 LB. OF TORQUE. THE CREW MOVED THE THROTTLE FORE AND AFT SEVERAL TIMES BUT NO CHANGE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SHUT DOWN THE LT ENGINE ON FINAL APPROACH. SDR CA050124011Governor · defective(CAN) DURING DESCENT, ENGINE POWER COULD NOT BE REDUCED BELOW 1000 LBS TORQUE. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO BASE AND THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN IN FLIGHT AND ACCOMPLISHED A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION DETERMINED A DEFECTIVE OVERSPEED GOVERNOSDR CA041230003Motor · seized(CAN) PILOTS NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE LT INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT QUICKLY STARTED TO FILL THE COCKPIT. THEY DESCENDED, DEPRESSURIZED AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR HAD SEIZED CAUSING THE SMOKE IN THE AIRCRAFT.SDR CA041220001Door · cracked(CAN) INFLIGHT, THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE RED GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT SPEEDS ABOVE 210 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT ITS DESTINATION. UPON INSPECTION, THE INNER SKIN OF THE RIGHT OUTBOARD GEAR DOOR WAS FOUND CRACKED AND BENT INWARDS BY THE SDR CA041209014Actuator · failed(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE ENDPLAY CHECK, THE ACTUATOR S ENDPLAY WAS AT THE MAX ALLOWABLE 0.018 INCH, THESE ACTUATORS HAVE A 7500 CYCLE OVERHAUL REQUIREMENT AND THIS ONE ONLY HAD 1636 CSO.SDR CA041130012Starter Gen · failed(CAN) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 12000 FEET THE PILOTS NOTICED THE LT GENERATOR FAIL LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO A PASSENGER INDICATED THAT HE NOTICED SPARKS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE GENERATOR WAS SELECTED OFF AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE FOR INSPECTION. MAINTENANCSDR CA041122004Tire · blistered(CAN) AFTER A PILOT REPORTED THAT THE NR 3 TIRE WAS FLAT, MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE WHEEL ASSY. DURING THE REMOVAL IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE IB SIDEWALL HAD A LARGE BLISTER. IT APPEARS THAT AN AREA (3 INCHES IN DIAMETER) OF THE OUTSIDE LAYER OF RUBBER (.0625 IFSDR CA041122011O-Ring · displaced(CAN) FUEL LEAK ON LT ENGINE IN FLIGHT. CAUSE BEING, DISPLACED O-RING ON FCU FUEL BOWL. VARIFIED BOWL HAD BEEN TORQUED TO SPECS IAW MM, CHAPTER 73-10-02 FOR ARGO-TECH PUMPS.SDR KCQ2005F00000Motor · burnedPILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT DURING FLIGHT AND MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. FOUND GEAR MOTOR TO BE BURNED UP, HAVING CYCLED EXCESSIVELY. MATTER STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, APPROX 3900 HOURS SINC REPAIR OF GEAR MOTOR. (GL13200503454) (K)SDR KCQ2005F00001Actuator · crackedFOUND TOP CAP TO BE CRACKED AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE OF INTERIOR BORE. (GL13200503455) (K)SDR CA041104007Support · cracked(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION THE SUPPORT BRACKET FOR THE STEERING IN THE UPPER LT CORNER WAS FOUND CRACKED.SDR CA041029001Elt · inoperative(CAN) APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS AFTER LANDING, ATC INFORMED THE COMPANY THAT THEY HAD A STRONG ELT SIGNAL. AFTER CHECKING ALL AIRCRAFT IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE ELT ON THIS AIRCRAFT WAS ACITVATED. THE SWITCH WAS IN THE ARM POSITION AND THE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON. SDR 2004FA0000843Hose · deterioratedDURING CLIMB OUT, OIL PRESSURE ON BOTH ENGINES DROPPED TO APPROXIMATELY 50 PSI WITH SLIGHT SURGING. AUTOFEATHER WAS ENGAGED AT THE TIME. MAINTENANCE FACILITY DISCOVERED THAT BOTH OIL COOLER LONG LINES WERE DETERIORATING INTERNALLY. THE HOSES ARE AEROQUIP HOSSDR CA041018009Planetary Gear · failed(CAN) ENG REMOVED DUE TO METAL IN OIL. ENG SENT IN FOR INVEST & REPAIR. CUSTOMER DECIDED TO SEND ALL PARTS OF ENG TO OUR AMO FOR REVIEW. SOURCE OF METAL FROM A 2ND STAGE PLANETARY GEAR BEARING SLEEVE FAILURE. BRONZE PARTICLES GENERATED FROM SLEEVE BEARING BROSDR CA040929004Scoop · departed(CAN) ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT THE LT OIL SCOOP DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE SECURING FASTENERS WERE FOUND STILL ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE NACELLE. PIECES OF FIBERGLASS WERE STILL UNDER THE HARDWARE. THERE WAS SLIGHT SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SDR CA040916002Wheel · cracked(CAN) R/H OUTBOARD MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY. THE INNER HUB HAD A LONG 4 INCHES CRACK. AS WELL 6 OF THE 9 BOLT HOLES HAD CRACKS AROUND THEM. THE LONG CRACK APPEARED TO BE AN OLD CRACK. THE TUBE WAS EVENTUALLY PINCHED WHICH CAUSED A FLAT TIRE.SDR CA040929008Cover · out of adjust(CAN) PILOTS NOTED THE ENGINE OIL GETTING DARKER AND THE ENGINE ITT GETTING HIGHER. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT THE NR3 BRG COVER HAD TURNED AND CAUSED THE EXHAUST DUCT TO CRACK AND SEPARATE INTERNALLY. THE PT BLADES HAD RUB MARK AND ALSO SDR CA040911002Actuator · bent(CAN) FLAPS STOPPED AT APPROACH POSITION AND COULD NOT BE LOWERED ANY FURTHER. SINCE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING NO OTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN WHILE IN FLIGHT. ON GROUND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FLAPS WOULD NOT LOWER OR RETRACT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE FLAP SDR CA040915006Actuator · malfunctioned(CAN) ON APPROACH FOR A MX CHECK, FLAPS WERE EXTENDED IAW CHECKLIST. A RUDDER CORRECTION REQUIRED TO KEEP ACRFT ON APPROPRIATE TRACK. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING COMPLETED AND ACRFT SNAGGED. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FLAP ACTUATOR FOR THE LT, I/B F
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