U/A Canada PT6A-34
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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 = 'PT6A34' 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 = 'PT6A34' 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 CA150609005Control Wheel · cracked(CAN) UPON ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE RIVETS ON THE STABILIZER CONTROL WHEEL APPEARED LOOSE. REMOVED THE STABILIZER CONTROL WHEEL FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND FOUND IT TO BE CRACKED AT THE CENTER HUB AT RIVET LOCATIONS. CRACK LENGTH WAS IN A 2" RADIUS FROM RIVET SDR CA150604005Fuel Control · malfunctioned(CAN) FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THE ENGINE NG GAUGE WAS CONSTANTLY INCREASING. THE FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED AN AIR TURN BACK AND A PRECAUTIONARY LT ENGINE SHUTDOWN WAS CONDUCTED. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE ACFT PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. MAISDR CA150514006Structure · out of position(CAN) PRODUCTION HAS REPORTED A GAP ISSUE THAT WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY PRODUCTION FACILITY. GAPPING, INCLUDING EXPOSED RIVET SHANKS, IS PRESENT BETWEEN THE PART STACK UP AT THE LOWER CORNER OF THE CARGO DOOR OPENING. GAPPING IS LOCATED AT STATION 376.00 & WSDR CA150506008G Switch · failed(CAN) DURING THE G406-4, ELT`S ANNUAL RECERTIFICATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE G-SWITCH INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. THIS WAS THE OPERATOR`S 4TH ELT G-SWITCH THAT FAILED BENCH TESTING AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS.SDR CA150408029Duct · cracked(CAN) DURING A NON-SCHEDULED HOT SECTION INSPECTION, THE LARGE EXIT DUCT WAS FOUND CRACKED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ALONG THE OUTER SEAM WELD. THE CRACKS TOTALED APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE LED. THE TSO OF THE LED IS 1887.5 HOURS. THIS OPERATOSDR CA150408030Bolt · loose(CAN) DURING A NON-SCHEDULED HOT SECTION INSPECTION, THE BOLTS SECURING THE CONTAINMENT RING TO POWER TURBINE VANE RING AT FLANGE D WERE FOUND LOOSE. THE LOCK WIRE WAS INTACT, BUT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF FRETTING FOUND UNDERNEATH THE HEADS OF THE BOLTS. THE BOSDR CA150408022Blades · fractured(CAN) SINGLE OTTER ON FLOATS. WHILE ON FINAL TO LAND, THE PROP FEATHERED UNCOMMANDED AND AN AUDIBLE LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY ON THE WATER AND PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT NO OIL PRESSURE. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE. SDR CA150408026Blade · sheared(CAN) THE PILOT WAS IN A HOLDING PATTERN, WAITING FOR THE LANDING AREA TO CLEAR. THE ACFT WAS AT 1500 FT & AFTER FIVE MINUTES OF CIRCLING, THERE WAS A BIG BANG FROM THE FRONT OF ENG. OIL STARTED TO SPLATTER OVER THE COWLING & WINDSHIELD, THERE WAS A LOUD GRISDR CA150302007Blade · cracked(CAN) DUE TO POSSIBLE FATIGUE CRACKING IN 2 PT BLADES, WHICH IS CAUSE FOR SET REJECTION. THIS BLADE HAS LESS THAN 4000 HRS TSN, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL. AT FPI, CRACK INDICATIONS WERE FOUND ON 2 PT1 BLADES IN THE RADIUS BETWEEN THE AIRFOIL AND UPPER SHROUD. THESDR CA150120001Engine · failed(CAN) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CLIMB THROUGH AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FT THERE WERE SPARKS AND FLAMES FROM THE EXHAUST AND COWL AFTER WHICH THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE 12 SKYDIVE PASSENGERS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AT ALTITUDE AND ARRIVED SAFELY SDR CA150120014Engine · power loss(CAN) THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THE PILOT HAD TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A RIVER DUE TO POWER LOSS.SDR CA150113003Engine · failed(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN EMERGENCY DUE TO AN IFSD OF THE RT ENGINE DURING ASCENT PASSING 4000 FT. THE PILOT NOTED A DROP OF TORQUE, THEN NG AND NP, WITH THE ITT GOING UP. THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION CONTROL. THE PILOT FEATHERED THE PROPELLER AND LANDED SAFSDR CA141117006Transducer · failed(CAN) TORQUE READING STUCK AT 130 PSI. 2 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, DURING CLIMB, PILOT REPORTED DOUBLE TORQUE GAUGE FAILURE. TORQUE READING WAS STUCK AT 130 PSI. PILOT RETURNED TO BASE AND LANDED SAFELY. TORQUE PRESSURE TRANSDUCER, PN: APTE-548-2250-70D, WAS SDR CA141031023Rod End · seized(CAN) ROD END WAS FOUND TO BE SEIZING. ROD FOUND TO HAVE STIFF ROD ENDS AS WELL. TWO RODS REMOVED AND REPLACED. RODS ARE IN THE ENGINE FUEL CONTROL SYSTEM.SDR CA141031024Rod End · seized(CAN) ROD END IS FOUND TO BE SEIZING. ROD FOUND TO HAVE STIFF ROD ENDS AS WELL. RODS REMOVED AND REPLACED. RODS ARE IN THE ENGINE FUEL CONTROL SYSTEM.SDR 2014FA0000600Circuit Breaker · overheatedA WEAK BATTERY CAUSED A CIRCUIT BREAKER IN THE CHARGING SYSTEM TO TRIP. AFTER REDUCING ELECTRICAL LOAD, THE PILOT RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY TRIPPED A SECOND TIME. THE CASE OF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER GOT HOT ENOUGH DURING THE EVENT TO RELEASE ASDR CA140924009Control Unit · failed(CAN) AFTER LANDING, PILOT COMPLETED ALL POST LANDING CHECKS AND HAD AN UNEVENTFUL TAXI. ARRIVING AT THE DOCK, PILOT PULLED IT INTO BETA TO STOP THE ACFT AND THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. PILOT CHECKED THE FUEL SHUTOFF AND THE MIXTURE AND ALL WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. SDR CA140912019Cover · cracked(CAN) THE LIGHT COVER ON THE WING TIP STROBE LIGHT, GREEN, IS CRACKED AROUND THE SCREW ATTACHMENT HOLE.SDR CA140912020Cover · cracked(CAN) PRODUCTION HAS REPORTED THAT THE LIGHT COVER ON THE WING TIP STROBE LIGHT, RED IS CRACKED AROUND THE SCREW ATTACHMENT HOLE.SDR CA140821010Longeron · cracked(CAN) LONGERON CRACKED 13" AFT OF ENGINE MOUNT ATTACHEMENT.SDR CA140822006Longeron · cracked(CAN) PART CRACKED 13" AFT OF ENGINE MOUNT ATTACHEMNT. ACFT TTAF 11598.9, TOTAL CYCLES 15913.SDR CA140717016Check Valve · missing(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE INSPECTION THE INTERNAL FUEL SCREEN WAS FOUND TO BE MISSING FROM THE CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY, INVESTIGATING.SDR CA140804002Engine · overtemp(CAN) THE ENGINE WAS INTENTIONALLY SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT, THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE ITT WAS RISING AND EXCEEDED THE TRANSIENT LIMIT OF 865C FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES, 1 OF WHICH WAS AT OR ABOVE THE STARTING LIMIT OF 1090C FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE. ADDITIONASDR CA140704001Warning Message · activated(CAN) REPORTED A CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT INDICATION FOLLOWED BY AN OIL PRESSURE AND OIL TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION AND ENGINE TORQUE DROPPING TO ZERO.SDR CA140716005Resistor · burned(CAN) EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO SUBMIT AN SDR, HOWEVER WE HAVE CHOSEN TO SUBMIT IT. THREE MINUTES AFTER REACHING CRUSE ALTITUDE (14000 FT), AN ELECTRICAL FIRE ODOR WAS NOTICSDR CA140623003Fitting · cracked(CAN) VIBRATION IN FLIGHT, FLOWN TO MAINTENANCE. RIGHT HAND/AFT LOWER FLYING WIRE PULL FOUND CRACKED AND FLYING WIRE FOUND LOOSE. WIRE PULL, REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. FLOAT RIGGING ADJUSTED PER P5M 1-3-2 SECTION 2.41.4 LOG ENTRIES COMPLETED.SDR CA140619003Housing · worn(CAN) OVERHAUL SHOP WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THE ENGINES POWER SECTION WAS SEIZED. IT WAS OBVIOUS FROM THE EXHAUST DUCT EXIT PORTS THAT THE POWER TURBINE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. MOST OF THE PT BLADE AIRFOIL TIPS WERE MISSING. THE POWER TURBINE SHAFT HOUSING NR 3SDR CA140630009Unknown · unknown(CAN) THE ACFT WAS CRUISING AT FL270 AND APPARENTLY DEVIATED FROM ITS ROUTE WHILE IN COMMUNICATION WITH ATC. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CRASHED IN AN OPEN FIELD. SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. OPEN.SDR CA140717015Bearing · damaged(CAN) BEARING IN THE LOWER RUDDER HINGE FITTING FOUND DAMAGED & NO SIGNS OF LUBRICATION. CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE.SDR CA140602013Tube · damaged(CAN) THE ACFT HAD LOSS OF POWER DURING TAKEOFF FROM FARM AIRSTRIP. THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY STOPPED THE ACFT WITHIN THE LENGTH OF THE AIRSTRIP. AN ENGINE GROUND RUN WAS CARRIED OUT WITH THE ENGINE COWLS REMOVED. DURING A TEST OF BLEED VALVE OPERATION AT APPRSDR CA140619013Engine · failed(CAN) AS REPORTED BY THE FBO WHO IS HANDLING THE REPAIR OF THE ENGINE, A POWER LOSS OCCURRED WITH FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. THE AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY LANDED SAFELY. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE FBO REPORTED SIGNIFICANSDR CA140424004Not Reported · not reported(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AFTER TAKEOFF UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES.SDR CA140526013Gasket · delaminated(CAN) IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ENGINE FAILED DUE TO LOSS OF OIL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED SECTIONS OF THE OVERSPEED GOVERNOR GASKET HAD SEPERATED FROM THE CORE AND MIGRATED OUTWARDS ALLOWING OIL TO LEAK FROM BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR BODY AND THE GASKET CENTER CORE. THE OVSDR CA140602001Engine · making metal(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, THE LT ENGINE`S CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED APPROXIMATELY 20 NM FROM AIRPORT. THE CREW THEN DECIDED TO TURN AROUND AND HEAD BACK TO POINT OF DEPARTURE. THE ENGINE PARAMETERS STAYED NORMAL FOR A FEW MINUTES, AFTER WHICH THE OIL PRESSUSDR CA140326011Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) NEW PRODUCTION ACFT RETURNING FROM PAINTING, DURING FLIGHT, THE PILOT HEARD A HIGH PITCH NOISE FOLLOWED BY A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE AND SMOKE OUT OF THE EXHAUST. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND A SAFE DEAD STICK LANDING FOLLOWED. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND SDR CA140224026Duct · cracked(CAN) DURING A NON-SCHEDULED HOT SECTION INSPECTION, THE LARGE EXIT DUCT WAS FOUND CRACKED ALONG THE OUTER SEAM. THE TTSN OF THE LED IS 1073.8 HRS. THIS OPERATOR HAS HAD NUMEROUS PREVIOUS INSTANCES OF CRACKED LEDS.SDR CA140123008Attach Fitting · loose(CAN) DURING A CABLE CHANGE SB V3/005 WAS CARRIED OUT ON THE TAILPLANE ACTUATOR LOWER ATTACH LUG. DURING THE INSPECTION, MOVEMENT WAS NOTED BETWEEN THE LUG AND BOX SECTION. THE LUG WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RIVETS WERE LOOSE.SDR CA140116005Duct · cracked(CAN) DURING A HOT SECTION INSPECTION, THE LARGE EXIT DUCT WAS FOUND CRACKED ALONG THE OUTER SEAM. THE TTSN OF THE ENGINE AND LED IS 546.5 HOURS. THIS OPERATOR HAS HAD SEVERAL PREVIOUS INSTANCES OF CRACKED LED`S.SDR FAA2014011500030Line · corrodedNOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND ON AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS, CONVERTED EDO 7490 FLOATS. WE FOUND A CORROSION HOLE IN A RIGID ALUMINUM HYDRAULIC LINE BETWEEN THE LINE AND A RUBBER SPACER WHERE THE GEAR INDICATION WIRING TY-RAPED TO THE LINE.SDR CA140313015Squib · misinstalled(CAN) DURING FIRST EMMA INSPECTIONS, RT FIRE EXTINGUISHER SQUIB FOUND WIRED BACKWARD. DURING TEST PRESSING THE FIRE BOTTLE BUTTON ONLY RESULTED IN A BREAKER POPPING.SDR CA131219017Compressor Wheel · cracked(CAN) DURING A REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOROSCOPE INSPECTION, CRACKS WERE NOTED ON THE CT DISK BLADE ROOTS AT THE L/E. THE DISK HAD A TSN OF 3042.1 AND A CSN OF 6411. THE HOT SECTION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED AND SENT FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. A VISUAL INSPECTION COSDR CA130923005Cable · corroded(CAN) DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, BOTH ACFT ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLES WERE FOUND BADLY CORRODED. BOTH ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLES WERE REPLACED WITH NEW CABLES, PN 100-618-4412-D01, AND PN 100-618-4413-D01. CABLES WERE INSTALLED IAW QUEST MM. THE CORRODED CABLESDR CA130923017Pressure Switch · burned(CAN) DURING CRUISE WHEN THE CREW SMELLED SMOKE. THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE CAS MESSAGE THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG BUT IT SOON DISPLAYED THAT THE HYDRAULIC PUMP AAT-600-029-100-1 WAS OVERHEATING. THE CREW PULLED THE APPROPRIATE C/B AND THE SMOKE ABATED. UPON LANDINGSDR CA130920015Starter Gen · failed(CAN) DURING FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES THE OVER VOLT PROTECTION TURNED THE GENERATOR OFF LINE. PILOT DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY. THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED AND EVIDENCE OF SEVER DISTRESS SDR CA130819019Bulkhead · gouged(CAN) RIGHT PROPELLER HAS LIGHT GOUGE MARKS ON THE PROPELLER SIDE OF THE PROPELLER SPINNER MOUNTING PLATE. ACFT MFG IS IN CONTACT WITH THE PROPELLER MANUFACTURE.SDR CA130808003Motor · failed(CAN) PILOT NOTICED AN UNUSUAL BOOST PUMP NOISE AT START UP, SUSPECT INTERNAL GEAR FAILURE IN MOTOR.SDR CA130724010Flapper Valve · obstructed(CAN) UPON INSPECTION OF THE FLAPPER VALVE IN CELL NR 5 A PORTION OF THE RETAINING CHAIN FOR FUEL CAP P/N 38040-1 WAS FOUND WEDGED IN THE FLAPPER KEEPING IT FROM SEALING AGAINST THE SUMP PLATE. VIKING IS INVESTIGATING.SDR CA130805007Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) AIRCRAFT LANDED AFTER POWER COULD NOT BE REDUCED. JUST PRIOR TO LANDING THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. FSR TO FOLLOW UP ON INVESTIGATION OF FCU WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT, 140 HRS SINCE INSTALLED.SDR CA130703002Pushrod · cracked(CAN) ON INSPECTION A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE RT AILERON PUSHROD APPROXIMATELY .2500" CRACKED, PART REMOVED FROM SERVICE.SDR CA130717010Valve · damaged(CAN) VTS HAS REPORTED THAT FRETTING DAMAGE HAS BEEN FOUND ON THE VALVES INSTALLED IN THE OIL COOLER.
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