U/A Canada PT6A-41
Service difficulty reports · 717
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Query with SQL
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 AU960426Compressor · failed(AUS) RH ENGINE DRIVEN AIRCONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FAILED DUE TO SEVERE OVERHEATING - COMPRESSOR PULLEY BEARING COLLAPSED - COMPRESSOR CLUTCH SECTION SEPARATED FROM THE PULLEY ASSEMBLY BUT WAS STILL CONNECTED TO THE DRIVE SHAFT AND WAS SWUNG AROUND CONTRIBUTINSDR CA960404007Tire · bulged(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING A DAILY INSPECTION ON THE NOSE GEAR A BULGE WAS NOTICED IN THE TIRE TREAD GROOVE. CLOSER OBSERVATION OF THE FIRST TREAD GROOVE REVEALED A DISTORTED PORTION. SUBMITTER SUSPECTS THE INTERNAL CORDS MAY HAVE RUPTURED. THERE ARE FOUR ADDITIONSDR 96ZZZX1381Engine · failedPILOT REPORTED HE WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT WITH CRUISE POWER AT OVER 20,000 FEET, WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND NOTICED THE I.T.T. CLIMBING RAPIDLY. WHEN TURNING THE PROP BY HAND, A GRINDING NOISE COULD BE HEARD IN THE POWER SECTION. AFTER REMOVING THE COWLING, ISDR AU960312Circuit Board · faulty(AUS) BATTERY CHARGE SYSTEM PRINTED WIRING BOARD FAULTYSDR 96ZZZX1961Blade · erodedBORESCOPE INSPECTION FOUND EVIDENCE OF COATING LOSS FROM COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADES. COATING WAS ERODED FROM LEADING EDGES OF SOME BLADES. ENGINE WAS SPLIT AT 'C' FLANGE, HOT SECTION INSPECTED FURTHER. CT WHEEL REMOVED AND SHIPPED TO PRATT AND WHITNEY FOR INSDR CA960311037Squat Switch · out of adjust(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP WITH NO RESPONSE. GEAR SELECTED DOWN AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE MICRO SQUAT SWITCH TO BE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. SWITCH ADJUSTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 96ZZZX1379Shroud Ring · lug missingBINDING, WHEN PROPELLER WAS ROTATED, FOUND DURING MORNING PRE-FLIGHT. THE POWER SECTION WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO DALLGO AIRMOTIVE. D.A. FOUND A MISSING LOCATING LUG FROM THE PT SHROUD RING THAT WAS BINDING UP THE ROTATION OF THE POWER SECTION.SDR CA960202016Relay Contacts · bruned(CAN)DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION OF THE START CONTACTOR, A HIGHER THAN NORMAL RESISTANCE WAS MEASURED BETWEEN A1 AND A2 TERMINALS. THE CONTACTS WERE SUSPECTED BURNED.SDR CA960202017Deice Timer · faulty(CAN)PILOT REPORTED THAT BOTH PROPELLER DEICERS, LEFT AND RIGHT, DID NOT SEEM TO PREVENT ICE BUILT UP AS THEY SHOULD. DURING BENCH TEST OF TIMER IT WAS NOTED THAT POWER WAS AVAILABLE AT BOTH OUTPUT PINS SI MULTANEOUSLY, CONTRARY TO THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL.SDR CA960115018Fuel Control · faulty(CAN)DURING CLIMB THE #2 ENGINE RPM INCREASED, TORQUE FLUCTUATED AND T5 INCREASED TO 800 DEGREES C. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. A GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED NO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. DURING A TEST RUN-UP THE ENGINE SHUT ITSELF DOWN WHILE AT IDLE. THE FUEL CONTROL SDR CA951209101Fcu Arm · disconnected(CAN)ON CLIMB OUT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE #2 ENGINE LOST TORQUE AND AUTOFEATHERED. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS CARRIED OUT. INSPECTION FOUND THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT (FCU) ARM WAS ROTATING FREELY ON THE SERRATED WASHER THAT CONNECTS ISDR 95ZZZX4032Lever · jamsLEFT POWER LEVER WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STOP BEFORE FULL TRAVEL IN QUADRANT, LIMITING ENGINE SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT N1. ENGINE WAS NEWLY OVERHAULED, AND FCU LEVER, PN 311458-01, WAS INSTALLED DURING C/W SB 3304. FCU LEVER FOUND JAMMING ON PROPELLER SDR 95ZZZX3730Diaphram · rupturedDIAPHRAM RUPTURED RENDERING BLEED VALVE INOPERATIVE.SDR CA951116013Seal · cut(CAN)AFTER ENGINE INSTALLATION THE OIL TANK WAS FILLED WITH 10 LITERS OF OIL. THE FOLLOWING DAY AN OIL SPILL WAS NOTICED BENEATH THE ENGINE. THE OIL LEAK WAS FOUND TO ORIGINATE FROM THE COMPRESSOR INLET CA SE. INSPECTION REVEALED NO OIL IN THE OIL TANK. REMOVASDR 95ZZZX2839Screen · blockedPILOT REPORTED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE DURING FLIGHT. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING MADE. OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE COMPRESSOR INLET AND BLEED AIR VALVES. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, THE ACCESSORY GEARBOX WAS DISASSEMBLED AND THE INLET SCREEN FOSDR HEEA954355Transducer · inoperativeZERO OUTPUT WITH POWER AND PRESSURE APPLIED.SDR 95ZZZX665Engine · failedON 1-11-95 DURING APPROACH TO ISP, LT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WTIHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF CHIP DETECTOR REVEALED A PIECE OF METAL BRIDGED ACROSS CHIP DETECTOR CONTACTS. ENGINE REMOVED FROM SERVICE. TEAR D
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