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"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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 CA991230001Spring · cracked(CAN) RT BRAKE CITED AS ''SOFT''. AME REMOVED RT SHUTTLE VALVE AND DISSASSEMBLED IT. CUT O-RING REPLACED. FAULT STILL APPEARED. AME REMOVED RT MASTER CYLINDER (P/N90-380001-11(VI-15-1000)) AND DISASSEMBLED.SPRING WASHER FOUND TO BE SPLIT IN HALF.SPRING REPLASDR CA991208073Actuator · burnt(CAN) AIRCRAFT FLAPS WERE LOWERED FOR PRE-FLIGHT WALK AROUND INSPECTION. DURING THE COCKPIT PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION, THE FLAP MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED OUT. THE C/B WAS RESET AND APPEARED OK. THE STDB ENGINE WAS STARTED AND THEN THE PORT ENGINE. SMOKE WASSDR CA991103029Windshield · shattered(CAN) BEFORE WINDSHILED CRACKED IN-FLIGHT, THE GLASS WAS DELAMINATING AT APPROXIMATELY 4 SQUARE INCHES IN THE LEFT BOTTOM CORNER. DELAMINATION AND LACK OF SEAL IN WINDOW FRAME MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OVERSTRESS IN TIME. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED FACTS TO REDUCE POSDR 99ZZZX4398Fcu · leakingFOUND FUEL LEAKING OUT OF IDLE CUT-OFF SHAFT OF FCU.SDR AU991023Windshield · broken(AUS) INNER PANEL ON PILOT'S WINDSHIELD SHATTERED.SDR AU991105Bearing · failed(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR DRIVE SHAFT SUPPORT BEARING DISINTEGRATED.SDR 99ZZZX3927Case · crackedFLOW DIVIDERS WERE BEING SWAPPED TO TROUBLESHOOT STARTING PROBLEM AND A CRACK WAS NOTICED AT THE WELD AREA OF THE FLOW DIVIDER/FUEL NOZZLE MOUNTING BOSS. WHEN THE BOSS WAS SLIGHTLY SIDE LOADED WITH A ROD, CRACK OPENED UP VERIFYING THE CASE IS CRACKED NOT JUSTSDR AU990853Filter · contaminated(AUS) ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR AND OIL FILTER METAL CONTAMINATION. SUBMITTER SUSPECTED THE ENGINE HAD BEEN DROPPED FOLLOWING OVERHAUL.SDR CA990907037Ballast · overheated(CAN) CABIN LIGHTING WAS TURNED ON RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR AND SMOKE. LIGHTING AND ALL ELECTRICS WERE TURNED OFF. MAINTENEANCE FOUND A BURNED LIGHTING BALLAST UNIT.SDR AU990826Diode · faulty(AUS) RIGHT POWER SUPPLY DIODE FAULTY.SDR AU990762Nut · failed(AUS) LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR NUT ASSEMBLY FAILED. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A CRACK LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 31.75 (1.25 INCHES) FROM THE END OF THE NUT HOUSING EXTENDING FOR 360 DEGREES CIRCUMFERENTIALLY WITH 100 PERCENT PENETRATION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUNSDR AU990763Nut · cracked(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR NUT ASSEMBLY CRACKED. CRACK LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 25.4 MM (1 INCHES) FROM THE END OF THE NUT HOUSING AND EXTENDING FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES CIRCUMFERENTIALLY. SEE OPER CONTROL NR AU990762 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.SDR AU990766Nut · cracked(AUS) RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR NUT ASSEMBLY CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 38.1 MM (1.5 INCHES) FROM THE END OF THE NUT HOUSING EXTENDING FOR APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES CIRCUMFERENTIALLY. SEE OPER CONTROL NR AU990762 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.SDR AU990717Fitting · cracked(AUS) RIGHT AFT SPAR FITTING CRACKED. FOUND DURING FLUORESCENT DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION.SDR AU990718Cap · corroded(AUS) LEFT FORWARD UPPER SPAR CAP CORRODED. FOUND DURING VISUAL INSPECTION.SDR AU990767Fitting · corroded(AUS) RIGHT WING AFT SPAR FITTING CORRODED.SDR CA990707080Fcu · failed(CAN) WHILE TAXIING, THERE WAS NO POWER CONTROL ON NR 1 ENGINE. UNABLE TO GO ABOVE IDLE. FUEL CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED.SDR CA990521022Exhaust Tube · cracked(CAN) ORIGINAL SNAG WAS CHAFING AT TUBE WHERE IT ATTACHES TO EXHAUST STACK. A WEEK LATER FOLLOWING INSTALLATION OF NEW PART, TUBES WERE FOUND TO BE CRACKED INBETWEEN PLEATS OF FLEX TUBE. ON ONE TUBE, MATERIAL WAS MISSING AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EXHAUST WASSDR 99ZZZX2313Detector · corrodedFALSE FIRE WARNING, RT ENGINE. POSSIBLY CAUSED BY AGE OF THE UNIT, OR MOISTURE AND SOAP CREEPING INSIDE. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED BETTER SEALING OF DETECTOR.SDR CA990412005Windshield · shattered(CAN) COPILOT WINDSHIELD INNER PLY SHATTERED. AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE AT 27,000 FEET AT MAXIMUM CABIN DIFFERENTIAL (6.0 PSI). FLIGHT CREW DEPRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT AND DESCENDED TO 12,000 FEET.SDR CA990318004Line · bent(CAN) ON A COLD START (APPROX -37 CELSIUS), HIGH OIL PRESSURE (>200 PSI) WAS OBSERVED ON RIGHT ENGINE. ENGINE START WAS ABORTED. COPILOT OBSERVED OIL FLOWING FROM ENGINE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THIS TUBE HAD (WAS) BENT SEVERELY AT BOTH BEND RADII AND HSDR AU990093Warning System · contaminated(AUS) FIRE WARNING SYSTEM CONTAMINATED WITH MOISTURE CAUSING FALSE FIRE WARNING.SDR CA990219007Windshield · cracked(CAN) WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND DELAMINATED ON LOWER INSIDE CORNER.SDR CA990129010Cylinder · leaking(CAN) OIL LEAK OBSERVED RUNNING DOWN NR 3 PROPELLER BLADE. INVESTIGATION DISASSEMBLY FOUND PROPELLER CYLINDER TO BE WORN BELOW MANUFACTURER'S LIMITS.SDR 99ZZZX488Engine · failedCATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF LEFT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT WAS EN ROUTE TO DESTINATION WHEN AN IN-FLIGHT FAILURE OF LEFT ENGINE OCCURRED. DESTRUCTION AND SEPARATION OF TURBINE BLADES AFT OF HOT SECTION OCCURRED. PIECES OF BLADES WENT THROUGH AND DESTROYED BOTH EXHAUST SSDR 99ZZZX456Fcu · out of adjustINVESTIGATED LEFT ENGINE CONTROL LINKAGE AND FOUND POWER CONTROL LEVER WOULD NOT RETARD WITH POWER CONTROL CABLE MOVEMENT. LUBRICATED PIVOT POINTS, CHECKED ADJUSTMENTS AND RIGGING, PERFORMED ENGINE RUN CHECKS, NO DEFECTS NOTED.SDR CA990111010Hose · deteriorated(CAN) NR 1 AND NR 2 TIRES BLEW ON LANDING DUE TO BEING FROZEN. THE LEFT BRAKE DE-ICE HOSE HAD DETERIORATED FROM THE HEAT AND BROKE INTO SMALL PIECES, PLUGGING THE LINE TO THE HEAT MANIFOLDS AND LETTING BRAKE DE-ICE PRESSURE ESCAPE.SDR 99ZZZX384Housing · damagedDURING RE-ASSEMBLY OF THE REDUCTION GEARBOX AFTER LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION, FOUND THE PROPELLER OIL TRANSFER HOUSING WAS DAMAGED. THE CHIP DETECT LIGHT CAME ON DURING FIRST FLIGHT. REMOVED GEARBOX, INSTALLED NEW HOUSING. PEFORMED IAW MM AND SUBMITTER STASDR 99ZZZX383Engine · making metalWHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING OVER LAX ON RETURN TO VAN NUYS, THE LEFT HAND ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT CAME ON. THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN IAW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND PROCEEDED TO VAN NUYS ON ONE ENGINE. INSPECTION REVEALED CHIPS ON THE CHIP DETECTOR, ISDR CA990129003Bearing · corroded(CAN) INSPECTION FOUND MAJOR CORROSION, IN THE COMMON AREA, BETWEEN THE O- RING AND THE BEARING.SDR CA981116004Warning System · failed(CAN) NO SOUND OUTPUT WITH ACTIVATION OF CABIN WARNING SIGNS.SDR 98ZZZX4612Engine · malfunctionedSHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT REPORTED 'SMALL EXPLOSION' WITH SPARKS AND 'SMOKE' FROM THE RT ENGINE. SECURED SAME AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND MADE UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. MAINTENANCE FOUND N1 SECTION OF ENGINE LOCKED UP. NII SECTION FREE TO ROTATE.SDR AU981439Structure · damaged(AUS) RUDDER DAMAGED BY COLLISION WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. PART TC: 14,326.SDR 98ZZZX4194Fuel Control · malfunctionedFUEL CONTROL UNIT WOULD NOT LET THE ENGINE GO BELOW 1,400 POUNDS OF TORQUE ON DESCENT FROM ALTITUDE. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. PROPELLER SECURED TO ALLOW FOR A SAFE LANDING. SUBMITTER STATED CAUSE OF MALFUNCTION UNKNOWN.SDR AU981357Nut · cracked(AUS) LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR NUT CRACKED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE 31.75 MM (1.25 INCH FROM THE TOP OF THE NUT.SDR CA981019012Detector · sheared(CAN) ON APPROACH, THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE EXPERIENCED TORQUE FLUCTUATIONS. POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON SHUTDOWN, OIL WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE. ON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MAGNETIC CHIP DETSDR AU981231Bleed Air Duct · failed(AUS) BLEED AIR DUCT LOCATED IN LEFT WING LEADING EDGE FAILED AT JOIN.SDR CA981022010Switch · out of adjust(CAN) WHEN LANDING GEAR SELECTED UP, THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ON. DURING MAINTENANCE RETRACTION TESTS, THE LEFT GEAR UP SWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. SWITCH ADJUSTMENTS CARRIED OUT AND SYSTEM CHECKED OKAY.SDR CA981109009Transponder · failed(CAN) TRANSPONDER SNAGGED FOR NO LIGHTS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED BOARD NEAR TRANSISTOR WAS BURNT. THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED UNDER MOD NR 6 FOR THIS TRANSPONDER. NEW TRANSPONDER INSTALLED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THIS ONE HAD NOT BEEN MODIFIED. IT ALSO WASSDR CA980928020Wire · chafed(CAN) OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, CREW REPORTED A PECULIAR ODOR DURING TAKEOFF IN PERFORMING MAINTENANCE BEHIND PILOTS INSTRUMENT PANEL, SOOT TRAILS AND ELECTRICAL ARC MARKS WERE FOUND ON LOWER INBOARD EDGE OF WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MOUNTING PLATE. IT APPEARSDR AU981113Control Cable · worn(AUS) RIGHT OUTBOARD FLAP DRIVE CABLE WORN AT THE MOTOR END. PART TC: 9,693.SDR AU981009Windshield · bird strike(AUS) LEFT WINDSHIELD OUTER PANE EXTENSIVELY CRACKED DUE TO BIRDSTRIKE.SDR AU980964Circuit Breaker · failed(AUS) LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER FAULTY.SDR AU980786Nut · separated(AUS) RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR WORM DRIVE ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM INNER BORE OF SHAFT. SIGNS OF RUST ON SHAFT INNER BORE.SDR AU980805Actuator · failed(AUS) RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED DURING LANDING GEAR RETRACTION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE GEARBOX.SDR AU980646Ignitor Lead · broken(AUS) RT ENGINE IGNITOR LEAD BROKEN. THE FOLLOWING DEFECTS IN THE IGNITION SYSTEM WERE ALSO FOUND: 1. RELAY P/N 50-380048-1. 2. FUEL INDICATION CB PANEL CONNECTOR J108 CONTAMINATED WITH MOISTURE AND CORROSION. 3. IGNITOR BOX P/N 10-381550.SDR AU980878Circuit Breaker · failed(AUS) NR 1 AVIONICS MASTER CIRCUIT BREAKER FAULTY.SDR CA980707030Blade · shifted(CAN) STARTER WOULD ENGAGE ON START, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT ROTATE. STARTER WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS FOUND THE NG WOULD NOT ROTATE. ENGINE WAS SPLIT AT THE C-FLANGE AND THE N1 WHEEL WOULD NOT ROTATE AND A LOUD GRINDING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE COMPRESSOR SDR HEEA0014570Bleed Valve · faultyBLEED VALVE POPPING AT HIGH TORQUE.SDR AU980564Arm · loose(AUS) LT ENGINE POWER LEVER INPUT ARM MOVING ON THE INPUT SHAFT.
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