U/A Canada PT6A-41
Service difficulty reports · 717
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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 = 'PT6A41' 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 = 'PT6A41' 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 2026FA0000676Motor · burned outCAPTAIN WAS PILOT FLYING. N301PT DEPARTED ANC FOR IGG. WHILE IN THE CLIMB AT ABOUT 7,000FT, SMOKE COULD BE SMELLED INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT LEVELED OFF AND NOTIFIED ANC OF THE SMELL AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO ANC. AT THIS POINT THERE WAS NO SMOKE. AIRCRAFT WSDR 2022FA0000053None · noneOPERATOR REPORTED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND SUBSEQUENT OIL SYSTEM CONTAMINATION. RECEIVING INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED EVIDENCE OF METALLIC AND NON-METALLIC DEBRIS, INCLUDING GUMMY SUBSTANCES, IN THE RESIDUAL OIL, MAIN OIL FILTER AND REDUCTION GEARBOX STRSDR ABOR20201113001Bearing · failedFUEL CONTROL UNIT DRIVE SHAFT BEARINGS STARTED TO FAIL CAUSING ENGINE TORQUE AND FUEL FLOW FLUCTUATIONS. ENGINE WAS NOT SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT, REMOVED FUEL CONTROL UNIT TO FIND DRIVE SHAFT BEARINGS FAILING AND FUEL CONTROL UNIT TO HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP DRIVE SDR 2020FA0000483Fire Warning · false activationAT APPROXIMATELY 15:24 ON OCTOBER 27TH N120P, A KING AIR 200 DEPARTED RUNWAY 14 AT KBFM UNDER VFR CONDITIONS. TAKEOFF ROLL AND ROTATION WERE NORMAL. AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL, THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. NO ENGINE OR VISUAL INDICATIONS SDR MDGA2020043000000Brake Assy · not reportedAIRCRAFT HAD A BRAKING ISSUE, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BRAKE WITH A OVERHAULED UNIT AND BLED AS NECESSARY. OPS CHECKED GOOD AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR IL7A2017062800001Shaft · shearedLEFT ENGINE SHUTDOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 1500. JUST BEFORE DESCENT, THE LEFT ENGINE LOST TORQUE AND % RPM AND LOW OIL PRESSURE WAS INDICATED. CROSSED CHECKED THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS A FAULTY INDICATOR, THEN FEATHERED THE LEFT ENGINE AND FOSDR ZP7A20160315001Landing Gear · collapsedTHE FLIGHT DEPARTED RNWY 1L, UPON GEAR RETRACTION, ATC POINTED OUT HELICOPTER TRAFFIC AT MY 11O’CLOCK POSITION, INSTRUCTED ME TO KEEP THAT TRAFFIC IN SIGHT & TURN TO HEADING 240. GLANCED DOWN AT THE GEAR HANDLE & OBSERVED THE RED LIGHT IN THE HANDLE WAS ILLUMSDR CA160304011Compressor Wheel · cracked(CAN) AT OVERHAUL, THE SUBJECT CT DISK WAS FOUND WITH A CRACK ON THE BALANCE RIM ON THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE. NO CRACKS ARE ALLOWED IAW OHM 3021443 INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. THE COMPRESSOR DISK HAS A LIFE LIMIT OF 10,000 CYCLES. NOTE: THIS OPERATOR USES ABBREVIATSDR CA160203015Engine · surges(CAN) DURING THE CLIMB THROUGH FL230, THE CREW NOTICED A RT ENGINE POWER SURGE. TORQUE INDICATIONS WERE OBSERVED DEVIATING BY APPROXIMATELY 1500 FOOT-POUNDS WITH FLAMES EMANATING FROM THE EXHAUST STACK. THE POWER SETTING WAS REDUCED, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO SSDR CA160106014Limiter · stripped(CAN) PILOT HAD TO CARRY OUT A PRECAUTIONARY IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF NR 1 ENGINE DUE TO TORQUE FLUCTUATION AND OIL PRESSURE DROPPING. ACFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NR 1 ENGINE TORQUE LIMITER HAD COME AWAY FROM THE REDUCTION GEAR BOX THREADED BOSDR CA160121003Adapter · failed(CAN) WHILE IN CRUISE, THE LT ENGINE TORQUE INDICATION BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE AND THE OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO DROP. THE CREW DECIDED TO CONDUCT A PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND DIVERTED THE ACFT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCISDR CA151216007Engine · power loss(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE RT ENGINE TORQUE DID NOT INCREASE AS COMMANDED WHICH PROMPTED THE CREW TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. TROUBLESHOOTING LED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT.SDR O2GA2015102782101Fcu · defectiveDURING TAKEOFF ROLL, ACFT BEGAN TO YAW & RT ENG POWER ROLLED BACK. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED & ACFT EXITED THE RUNWAY SAFELY. TROUBLE SHOT THE DISCREPANCY TO A FAULTY RT ENG FUEL CONTROL UNIT. THE RT ENG FUEL CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED & A SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CSDR CA150821003Bolt · cracked(CAN) DURING SECOND 200 HOUR NDT INSPECTION A CRACKED WAS DETECTED IN THE RIGHT LOWER FORWARD WING BOLT.SDR CA150903007Planetary Gear · failed(CAN) CREW EXPERIENCED A LT CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT INDICATION SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO BASE. DURING INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE FOUND CHUNKS OF METAL ON THE CHIP DETECTOR AND REDUCTION GEARBOX FILTER. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SENT FOR TEASDR CA151216001Engine · making metal(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND LARGE PIECES OF METAL ON THE CHIP DETECTOR AND IN THE OIL FISDR CA150730003Engine · making metal(CAN) ON DEPARTURE WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 600 FT AGL, THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ON THE LT ENGINE. THE FLIGHT CREW COMPLETED THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES FOR THE LT ENGINE AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. THE ACFT LANDED WITSDR 2015FA0000329Hinge Fitting · crackedFOUND LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER MIDDLE ELEVATOR HINGE LOWER OTBD HINGE CLIP CRACKED, THIS WAS FOUND DURING THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ANNUAL INSPECTION.SDR CA160108012Fuel Control · malfunctioned(CAN) AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE TAKE-OFF ROLL AND THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE WOULD NOT PRODUCE POWER. THE TAKE-OFF WAS REJECTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. A RUN UP WAS COMPLETED AND THE ISSUE WAS CONFIRMED. TROUBLESHOOTING AND ANALYSIS WAS CARRIED OUT BY MAINTENANCE STAFF AND THESDR CA150615002Engine · unknown(CAN) CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT ON GND WHILE TAXIING, THE PILOT LOST THROTTLE INPUT ON LT ENG. SHUTDOWN & RESTARTED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY & IT WORKED FINE. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, MECHANIC WAITED FOR AN HOUR TO START THE ENG & ENG RESPONDED WELL. AFTER WARMSDR CA150603002Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) WHILE IN CRUISE, ENGINE WENT TO MAX TORQUE BUT STILL IN GREEN, NOSE GEAR WHEN TOP OF GREEN, NO EXCEEDANCES. PILOT TRIED TO REDUCE POWER BUT NO RESPONSE WHEN PLA MOVED. PROP LEVER STILL HAD SOME CONTROL AS DID CONDITION LEVER. PILOT ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN SDR R8BR2015FA0000170Controller · failedDURING A 2.5 HR FLIGHT, CONTROLLER FAILED TO CONTROL CABIN PRESSURIZATION, ON PRESSURIZATION OF THE CABIN, CONTROLLER WENT TO MAX DIFFERENTIAL.SDR CA150414008Trunnion · cracked(CAN) FOUND FATIGUE CRACKS DEVELOPING ABOVE RT MAIN GEAR TORQUE LINK ATTACH LUG, DURING ROUTINE PHASE INSPECTION.SDR CF4R2015FA0000141Fuel Cell · mismanufacturedNIPPLE LOCATIONS ARE OFF, MAKING INSTALLATION IMPOSSIBLE. MEASUREMENTS ARE OFF BY .7500 AND .5.SDR CA150903009Fuel Control · malfunctioned(CAN) ON TAKEOFF ROLL, THE CREW EXPERIENCED A LACK OF TORQUE INCREASE ON THE RT ENGINE, AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS COMPLETED BY MAINTENANCE AND THE RH ENGINE FCU WAS FOUND TO BE IN NEED OF ADJUSTMENT/REPAIR OF THE ACCELERATION FUNCTION. THE FSDR G1IA20150313001Engine · leakingRIGHT ENG LOST OIL PRESS & TORQUE. ENG SHUTDOWN & SECURED IMMEDIATELY. AFTER LANDING FOUND LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL LEAKING ON COWLING & GND. FAULT NOT DETECTED AT THIS TIME. WILL AMEND REPORT UPON COMPLETION OF INSPECTION.SDR CA150121007Chip Detector · cracked(CAN) DURING A CHIP DETECTOR INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE OF THE POLES ON THE CHIP DETECTOR WAS CRACKED. THE CHIP DETECTOR WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR CA141211005Bolt · broken(CAN) ON NLG ACTUATOR REPLACEMENT, THE ACTUATOR PISTON CLEVIS ATTACH BOLT WAS FOUND BORKEN IN THE MIDDLE. THE BOLT WAS VERY OLD AND HAD SURFACE PITTING. THE BOLT HAD NOT MIGRATED OUT OF POSITION AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGHT THE CENTER OF THE BOLT WAS STILL HOLDING SDR ABOA2015F00000Friction Lock · brokenFRICTION LOCK ON THE POWER LEVER BROKE DURING CLIMB, WHICH ALLOWED THE POWER LEVER TO GO TO IDLE.SDR K5L2014F00001Indicator · failedDURING CLIMB THROUGH 4000 FT, THE CAPTAIN SIDE ATTITUDE INDICATOR FLAGGED "GYRO", THEN STARTED INDICATING A BANK TO THE LEFT. CAPTAIN CALLED THE FAILURE AND POSITIVE EXCHANGE OF CONTROLS OCCURRED BETWEEN PILOT AND CO PILOT. CO PILOTFLEW THE RETURN , INTERCEPSDR 2014FA0000473Fcu · failedINSTALLED NEW OVERHAULD FUEL CONTROL UNIT DURING MAINTENANCE. OVERHAULED UNIT THEN FAILED AFTER A FEW SUCCESSFUL ENGINE RUNS. THE SYMPTOMS OF FAILURE WERE SLUGGISH ACCELERATION ON THE FINAL SUCCESSFUL RUN, FOLLOWED BY MIN-FLOW STARTS, APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCESDR CA150909004Compass · leaking(CAN) DURING CLIMB, AS THE CABIN ALTITUDE ROSE, THE MAGNETIC COMPASS RUPTURED, LEAKING FLUID INTO THE COCKPIT IN THE THROTTLE AREA. UPON RETURN, THE COMPASS WAS DEFERRED, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. AS THE COMPASS FLUID IS COMBUSTIBSDR CA140722005Packing · leaking(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING ENGINE GROUND RUNS AT 80 PERCENT NG, OIL WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM THE NR 2 ENGINE. AT THE SAME TIME, SMOKE AND FUMES ENTERED THE CABIN THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL DUCTS. ENGINES WERE SHUTDOWN AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE HANGAR. UPON SDR CA140707013Pump · corroded(CAN) DURING PHASE 2 INSPECTIONS, THE NR 1 ENGINE FUEL DRAIN COLLECTOR PUMP WAS FOUND CORRODED ON INSIDE OF TANK WITH WATER .SDR CA140702001Turbine Blades · damaged(CAN) ENGINE WAS SENT FOR INVESTIGATION AFTER THE CUSTOMER REPORTED A BURNED COMPRESSOR TURBINE VANE RING AND COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADES DISTRESS.SDR CA140602028Compressor · damaged(CAN) DURING A HOT SECTION INSPECTION OF THE NR 1 ENGINE, DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT THE 1ST STAGE COMPRESSOR IN THE FORM OF AN AIRFOIL TIP BENT BEYOND LIMITS.SDR CA140528008Control Cable · broken(CAN) ON APPROACH, FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED A SPLIT IN TORQUE LEVERS. NR 1 WAS AHEAD OF NR 2 BY APPROXIMATELY 1". WHEN BOTH LEVERS WERE BROUGHT BACK TO FLIGHT IDLE, ACFT FAILED TO SLOW AS ANTICIPATED. NR 2 TQ WAS STUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 700-800 LBS. FUEL WAS CUSDR CA140403006Actuator · inoperative(CAN) AT TOP OF CLIMB, THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHT FOR THE RT ICE VANE ILLUMINATED. IT WAS DECIDED TO RETRACT THE ICE VANES AND COMPLETE THE MANUAL EXTENSION PRIOR TO DESCENT. PRIOR TO DESCENT, A MANUAL EXTENSION WAS ATTEMPTED. THE HANDLE COULD NOT BE PULLED ASDR CA140327009Spar Cap · cracked(CAN) DURING REPAIRS TO LT INBD WING STUB L/E RIBS AND UPPER MID-WING SKIN REPLACEMENT, THE AME NOTICED THE FWD SPAR UPPER SPAR CAP WAS CRACKED FROM WS 85.00 PROPAGATING INBD BY APPROXIMATELY 2". ACFT TTAF: 18388.0, TCSN 15764 TECHNICAL RECORDS SHOW THIS ACT SDR CA140327010Spar Cap · cracked(CAN) DURING REPAIRS TO LT INBD WING STUB L/E RIBS AND UPPER MID-WING SKIN REPLACEMENT, THE AME NOTICED THE FWD SPAR LOWER SPAR CAP WAS CRACKED FROM WS 85.00 PROPAGATING INBD BY APPROXIMATELY 1". NO DAMAGE NOTED OR REPAIRS CARRIED OUT ON LT INBD WING FWD SPAR SDR CA140327005Limiter · failed(CAN) ACFT WAS CLIMBING OUT, WHEN THE CREW OBSERVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE POSITION DISAGREEMENT LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, UPON INVESTIGATION OF THIS ISSUE THERE WERE MULTIPLE COMPONENT FAILURES NOTED, 1 FUEL FLOW, OIL TEMPERATURE, OIL PRESSURE AND NR 1 INVERTER, TSDR CA140317007Fire Detector · false indication(CAN) JUST BEFORE THE FINAL APPROACH, THE LT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH ASSOCIATED MASTER WARNING FLASHER. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. FLIGHT CREW SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND THE FIRE LIGHT WENT OUT. THE FIRE BOTTLE WAS NOT DISCHARGED. THESDR CA140314008Engine · malfunctionedDURING FLIGHT, THE NR 1 ENGINE POWER COULD NOT BE REDUCED BELOW 98 PERCENT. THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN BEFORE PERFORMING A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. POST FLIGHT RESTART ATTEMPT OF THE ENGINE RESULTED IN A RAPID INCREASE TO 60 PERCENT AND THE STSDR CA140303015Seal · failed(CAN) DURING DE-ICE, THE DEICE FLUID LEAKED INTO THE COCKPIT THROUGH THE F/O STORM WINDOW. ACCORDING TO THE CREW, SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE LOWER CIRCUIT BREAKERS RMI, DIRECTION FINDER, CLOCK, ETC. SPARKED AND SMOKED. THE CREW ISOLATED THE AVIONICS MASTER ANDSDR CA140225015Flapper Valve · failed(CAN) BOTH INTERNAL FLAPPER VALVE APPEAR TO USE THE CHAMBER WALLS AS A MECHANICAL STOP, OVER YEARS OF USE, THE FLAPPER VALVES HAVE WORN A GROVE IN THE CHAMBER AND 1 SIDE HAS WORN THROUGH RESULTING IN 2 AIR LEAKS, CAUSING PRESSURIZATION ISSUES. IT IS ALSO WORTSDR CA140215002Pump · malfunctioned(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FLIGHT, WHEN THE RT ENGINE INDICATED TORQUE AND FUEL FLOW FLUCTUATION AND THEN FLAMED OUT. THE CREW SECURED THE ENGINE AND AIRCRAFT AS PER THE SOP. THE CREW ELECTED TO LAND IN FORT RESOLUTION (CYFR) AND DID SO WITHOUT INCIDENT. MASDR CA140203009Line · severed(CAN) THE ENGINE HAD AN INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN. THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT, FCU, SUPPLY TUBE FROM THE FCU TO THE FLOW DIVIDER AT THE B-NUT FURRELL SLEEVE, WAS SEVERED FROM THE B-NUT. IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FROM THE PILOT THAT THIS IS THE 3RD OCCURRENCE IN THE LAST 1.5 SDR K5L20140110000001Flap Track · tornAIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND ON A CLOSE LT DOWNWIND, CIRCLING AT 140 KNOTS FROM A GPS13 APPROACH, CONFIGURED WITH FLAPS SET AT APPROACH AND GEAR SELECTED DOWN. CAPTAIN`S COMMANDED FULL FLAPS. WHEN THEY WERE SELECTED THE FLAPS EXTENDED ONLY TO APPROXIMATESDR CA131125015Line · cracked(CAN) ON TAKEOFF CLIMB, CREW EXPERIENCED LT ENGINE MAXED OUT AT 630 DEG ITT/280 PPH FUEL FLOW. FOUND MOVEMENT OF POWER LEVER RESULTED IN NO ENGINE RESPONSE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES ENGINE BEGAN TO SLOWLY ROLL BACK ITT AND FUEL FLOW, UNCOMMANDED. CREW RETURNED SDR CA131126005Window Frame · corroded(CAN) DURING RT WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT, FOUND CORROSION ON RT LOWER POST FRAME.
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