U/A Canada PT6A-41
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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 CA110907006Fuel Cell · leaking(CAN) FUEL WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM THE RT WING ON LANDING. THE INBD AFT FUEL CELL WAS R & R. THIS CORRECTED THE FUEL LEAK. ON INSPECTION OF THE REMOVED FUEL CELL, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SMALL INTERCONNECT NIPPLE HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE INSIDE OF THE CELL. SDR CA110823001Controller · burned(CAN) THE AUTO CABIN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER FAILED, THIS WAS CONFIRMED TO BE A BURNED/DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT CARD INSIDE THE TEMP CONTROLLER. THE TEMP CONTROLLER IS EQUIPPED WITH A FAN AND DISTRIBUTED THE SMOKE FROM THE DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT CARD VERY QUICKLY. THE FLSDR CA110727003Fitting · corrodedFITTING LT SIDE, CHAFING AND CORRODED AT ANCHOR NUT LOCATION.SDR HAEA201100220Chip Detector · contaminatedENROUTE, AFTER APPROX 1 HR, RT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW PERFORMED CHECKLIST ITEMS AND ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES TO SECURE THE RT ENGINE. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. ACFT LANDED WITH NO ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REQUIRSDR CA110615009Sun Gear · chippedOPERATOR REPORTED METAL CONTAMINATION IN THE ENGINE OIL SYS. ACCESS OF THE FIRST STAGE GEAR TRAIN REVEALED THAT THE MAJORITY OF ONE GEAR TOOTH WAS MISSING FROM THE FIRST STAGE SUN GEAR. SEVERAL OTHER FIRST STAGE SUN GEAR TEETH HAD SIGNIFICANT GEAR TOOTH DAMAGSDR CA110531004Quill Shaft · shearedAIR CONDITIONING SYS REPORTED INOP DURING RUN-UP. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND QUILL SHAFT FRONT SPLINE SHEARED AND REAR SPLINE ROUNDED INSIDE PULLEY SPLINES. DURING SHAFT REMOVAL, DISCOVERED THAT THE QUILL SHAFT SPRING WAS MISSING.SDR CA110530012Bearing · seizedUPON INSPECTION OF THE NOSE WHEEL ASSY, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE RETAINING NUT PN AN7502-24 WAS BACKED OFF AND THE COTTER PIN HAD BEEN SHEARED. THE PIN & NUT WAS REMOVED AND THE WASHER PN MS21258C24 HAD TURNED AND SHEARED THE LOCK TAB OFF AND WAS STUCK TO THE SSDR CA111027004Bearing · failed(CAN) UPON VISUAL INSPECTION BY MX PERSONNEL, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL ASSY RETAINING NUT WAS BACKED OFF AND THE COTTER PIN HAD BEEN SHEARED. ONCE THE REMAINING COTTER PIN AND NUT WERE REMOVED, IT WAS NOTED THAT WASHER TAB HAD SHEARED AND THE WASHER WSDR CA110426003Hub · corroded(CAN) UPON VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE INTERNAL HUB SURFACES, CORROSION WAS FOUND BEYOND REPAIRABLE LIMITS AND THE HUB WAS REJECTED. CORROSION WAS ALSO FOUND ON ALL 4 OUTER BEARINGS.SDR CA110419006Fuel Control · failed(CAN) THE FCU HAS BEEN SENT FOR A COMPLETE INSPECTION. THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE FCU WAS UNSERVICEABLE. INCLUDED IS A COPY OF THE INSPECTION REPORT.SDR CA110331003Engine · power loss(CAN) POWER ROLL BACK/IFSD DURING DECENT, THE CREW REPORTED ENGINE TORQUE ROLLED BACK AND THEN INCREASED BEFORE ROLLING BACK AGAIN. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED AND AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS PERFORMED. TROUBLESHOOTING IS ON-GOING.SDR CA110308003Windshield · failed(CAN) DURING CRUISE LT WINDSHIELD SHATTERED, THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS CRACKS OR EVIDENCE OF DEFECTS. ACFT DIVERTED AND COMPLETED NORMAL LANDING. WINDSHIELD REPLACED.SDR CA111115005Case · cracked(CAN) DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, A FUEL LEAK WAS NOTED. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THE CASE ASSY OF THE FIREWALL FUEL FILTER WAS CRACKED.SDR CA110225015Fuel Control · fluctuates(CAN) ON DESCENT, LANDING 13000 FEET. LT ENGINE HAD A FUEL FLOW FLUCTUATION, PILOT USED THE BOOST PUMP AND CROSSFEED WITHOUT SUCCESS, 5 MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE STOPPED, HE TRIED TO RESTART WITHOUT SUCCESS. LANDING WAS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. THE NEXT DAY, WASSDR 2011F00030Actuator · failedDURING LANDING, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP IN THE NOSE GEAR BAY AND THE NLG WOULD NOT EXTEND , AFTER TRYING SEVERAL TIMES TO EXTEND THE GEAR INCLUDING EMERGENCY EXTENSION THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP AND THE MAIN GEAR DOWN , JUST BEFORE TOUCSDR CA110208008Engine · fluctuates(CAN) IFSD DURING REVENUE FLIGHT, WHILE ON DESCENT, THE FUEL FLOW INDICATION STARTED TO FLUCTUATE THEN SLOWLY DECREASED UNTIL THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. OAT WAS -27 DEGC. IN-FLIGHT RE-START ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANSDR 2011F00017Line · cloggedUPON LANDING, THE FLIGHT CREW ROLLED OFF OF RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY ADD HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL. CREW POSITIONED THE PROPS INTO BETA TO SLOW THE ACFT. CREW THEN AGAIN TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES WITH NO BRAKING RESULTS. CREW THEN USED DIFFERENTIAL POWER SETTING ON BOTH ESDR CA101111004Duct · cracked(CAN) ON LOWER AFT ENGINE COWL P/N 101-910011-601. THE DUCTS P/N 101-910049-11 WERE FOUND CRACKED.SDR CA100930007Diode · looseDURING APPROACH, SELECTED GEAR DOWN & IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL ENG INSTRUMENTS OTHER THAN TORQUE GAUGE ON RT ENG, AS WELL AS CAPT ATTITUDE INDICATOR, AUTO FEATHER, PITOT HEAT, INTERCOM FUNCTION. PILOTS THEN NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ALSO NO GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICSDR CA100920010Engine · flamed out(CAN) ENGINE FLAMEOUT OCCURING DURING CRUISE. THIS INVESTIGATION IS PRELIMINARY. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ARE TROUBLESHOOTING ENGINE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FLAMEOUT.SDR CA101006005Governor · failedPOWER LOSS/IFSD DURING CRUISE, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE AND THE FUEL FLOW FLUCTUATED. SHORTLY AFTER, ALL POWER WAS LOST. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING FOLLOWED DURING WHICH THE RT OTBD TIRE BLEW. TROUBLESHOOTING LED TO THE REPLACEMENT SDR CA100919001Engine · fireIN CRUISE, CO-PILOT NOTED FLAMES COMING FROM RT ENGINE STACKS. ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS CHECKED NORMAL. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND PROP FEATHERED AS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. ACFT LANDED SAFELY, NO IMPACT ON OPERATIONS. ENGINE REMOVED AND SENT FOR INSP AND CONDITION CHSDR 2010F00198Motor · burnedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PASSENGERS SMELLED A BURNED ELECTRICAL ODOR. THE ODOR WAS VERIFIED AND THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYS AND LANDED AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT.SDR CA100812014Retaining Nut · mismanufactured(CAN) NOTICED THE LT INBD FLAP TO BE TIGHT, LOWERED FLAPS TO INVESTIGATE IF ANY FAULTS WERE PRESENT, THEN NOTICED THAT THE LT INBD FLAP ACTUATOR RETAINING NUT WAS RETREATED BEYOND ACCEPTABLE TOLERANCE.SDR CA100806017Sill · crackedMAIN CABIN DOOR WAS FOUND DIFFICULT TO OPEN. UPON DETAILED INSP OF THE DOOR SILL (TOP OF DOOR CAP) PN 50-430043-1329 WAS FOUND CRACKED. CRACK EXTENDED FROM AFT FWD TO MID POINT. CRACK WAS OBSCURED BY ATTACHMENT HINGE. DUE TO SILL HINGE NOT DISTRIBUTING PASSDR CA100728004Engine · failedAS ACFT DEPARTED JUST AFTER ROTATION RT ENGINE FAILED AND HAD NEGATIVE AUTOFEATHER. ACFT UNABLE TO CLIMB AND ADVISED TOWER OF ENGINE FAILURE. CONTINUED TO FLY ACFT, PRECEDED TO TROUBLESHOOT SITUATION. RT ENGINE WAS NOT FEATHERED WHICH WAS PREVENTING ACFT FROSDR 2010FA0000593Circuit Breaker · tripped((Q3ER)) NR 2 BUS FEEDER BREAKERS POPPED CAUSING LOSS OF GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. PILOT CHOSE TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND DECLARED EMERGENCY.SDR A8JA0005Motor · failedDURING DEPARTURE, CREW SELECTED GEAR LEVER TO UP. THE LANDING GEAR TRAVELLED APPROX HALFWAY UP AND STOPPED, LEAVING A RED GEAR SELECT HANDLE INDICATING THE GEAR DID NOT TRAVEL COMPLETELY UP AND LOCK. CREW REPORTED FAILURE TO ATC. ATC, VECTORED ACFT TO "ROYCSDR CA100211001Windshield · cracked(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF AND WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 6500 FEET, THE CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN THE OUTER PANE OF GLASS. THE ACFT WAS DEPRESSURIZED AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO OTHER INDICATIONS TO THE CREW PRIOR TO THE SDR CA100204010Windshield · cracked(CAN) THE NR1 WINDSHIELD (CAPTAINS SIDE) OUTER PLY CRACKED AS THE ACFT CLIMBED THROUGH 26,500 FT. THE CREW FOLLOWED SOPS AND RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. (TC 20100204010)SDR CA100119001Metering Valve · failed(CAN) ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION REPORT EIR PT6A 2009-108. DURING START-UP, THE ENGINE REACHED 1000 DEGREES CENTIGRADE AND THE PROPELLER LOCKED UP. SUMMARY FINDINGS REVEALED PROP COULD NOT BE TURNED BY HAND AND THAT CT BLADES WERE HEAVILY BURNED AND ERODED. ISDR CA100114005Chip Detector · sheared(CAN) LT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR SHEARED IN HALF IN FLIGHT CAUSING PROP TO SLOW DOWN AND OIL PRESSURE TO DROP OFF. (TC NR 20100114005)SDR CA091229005Lever · worn(CAN) ON TAKEOFF FULL RPM WAS ACHIEVED, ABOUT 2000 RPM, ON BOTH ENGINES, BUT AT ABOUT 400 FEET ALTITUDE WHEN PROP LEVERS WERE MOVED TO REDUCE RPM THE RT ENGINE MOVED TO 1900 RPM BUT THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN STAGGER BETWEEN THE TWO PROP CONTROLS. WHEN FUSDR CA091208007Fcu · inoperative(CAN) ENROUTE, LT ENGINE SHOWED FUEL FLOW AND TORQUE FLUCTUATION, DROPPING LOW ENOUGH TO COMMAND THE AUTO-IGNITION. ON DESCENT ENGINE FLAMED OUT. CREW SECURED THE ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED THE FUEL SYS AND ENGINE. FOUND PROBLEM WITSDR CA091105003Intercostal · mismanufactured(CAN) OEM INTERCOSTAL 100-530359-5 (SUPERSEDED PART 100-530359-11) NEW/ REPLACEMENT PART. OVERALL LENGTH WAS TOO SHORT BY 0.75" WHEN COMPARED TO ORIGINAL FROM ACFT.SDR CA091027008Wire · misinstalled(CAN) AIRCRAFT RETURNED 15 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE DUE TO CABIN SMOKE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT SIDEWALLS AND CEILING COVERING WERE REDONE 8 DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE PASSENGER READING LIGHT AND SWITCH WERE REMOVED FROM THE SIDEWALL/WINDOW PANESDR CA090916007Compressor · seized(CAN) DEFECT - AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING. RECTIFICATION - AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FOUND SEIZED. COMPRESSOR REPLACED. TIME IN SERVICE UNKNOWN. (TC# 20090916007)SDR 2009FA0000755Relief Valve · looseDURING SCHEDULED PHASE INSP, FOUND RELIEF VALVE BACKED OUT OF FUEL FILTER PN 50-389110. THIS FIREWALL-MOUNTED FILTER HAS A BALL-AND-SPRING TYPE RELIEF VALVE THREADED INTO THE FILTER HSG (PN 02W760-140). THE MECHANIC FOUND THE VALVE SEAT AND BALL COMPLETELY BSDR CA090817002Fire Detector · faultyCREW HAD A NR1 ENG FIRE WARNING LIGHT ON DURING TRAINING FLIGHT WITHOUT ACTUAL FIRE. CAME BACK TO THE AIRPORT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT FIRE DETECTOR LOCATED ABOVE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AREA WAS SENDING A CONTINUOUS FIRE ALARM SIGNAL TO THE SYS EVEN WITHOUTSDR CA090803002Transmitter · failedFLIGHT CREW SNAGGED THE ACFT AS "RIGHT FUEL FLOW U/S" TRANSMITTER WAS REPLACED AND PROBLEM WAS NOT RECTIFIED. ACFT TRANSMITTER WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE ONE FROM ANOTHER ACFT AND PROBLEM WAS RECTIFIED. FAILED TRANSMITTER WAS PREVIOUSLY O/H. THE TRANSMISDR CA090624002Frame · cracked(CAN) AN INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON ALL THE KING AIR DOORS IN THE FLEET. CRACKS WERE DISCOVERED LEADING OUT FROM 2 OF THE 4 SCREWS THAT SECURE PLATE (PN 101-430032-3) TO DOOR FRAME IN THE AFT UPPER BAYONET LOCATION OF MAIN ENTRY DOOR ASSY. MFG WAS CONTACTED SDR CA090622017Cylinder · cracked(CAN) CYL WAS MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSP DURING STANDARD O/H PROCEDURES. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. CYL SENT FOR RECHROMING IAW SRM 202A VOLUME 10. OLD CHROME WAS STRIPPED AND CYL MAG PARTICLE INSP FOR PREP OF NEW CHROME. CRACK DETECTED AT THIS TIME.SDR CA090619010Frame · cracked(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING A PHASE 3 AIRFRAME INSP, SECTION F, ITEM 28, DETAILED DOOR INSP, CRACKS WERE DISCOVERED LEADING OUT FROM 2 OF THE 4 SCREWS THAT SECURE PLATE PN 101-430032-3 TO THE DOOR FRAME IN THE AFT UPPER BAYONET LOCATION OF THE DOOR ASSY. MFG RDO WSDR CA090618006Relay · intermittent(CAN) FLAP`S FAILED TO EXTEND INTERMITTENTLY.SDR CA090618005Flap System · intermittent(CAN) FLAPS FAIL TO EXTEND INTERMITTENTLY.SDR Y6WA02052909Circuit Board · burnedACFT DEPARTED, VFR, RECEIVED IFR CLEARANCE FROM APPROACH CONTROL, BEGAN CLIMB TO 11,000 FT. PILOT DETECTED A STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR AND CONFIRMED FROM PASSENGERS THAT VISIBLE SMOKE CAME FROM BEHIND SIDE WALL ON ACFT RT SIDE. ELECTRICAL LOADS WERE SHED, AND EMSDR CA090612005O-Ring · cut(CAN) ACFT WAS LANDING AFTER A 20 MINUTE FLIGHT AND CREW NOTICED A MIST COMING FROM THE FRONT OF LT ENGINE COWL. AFTER LANDING THERE WAS A POOL OF OIL UNDER THE LT ENG AND THE COWLINGS WERE COVERED IN OIL. PILOT CHECKED THE OIL DIP STICK FOR SECURITY AND IT SDR UE5R051109Cover · damagedUPON DISASSEMBLY, THE BLEED VALVE COVER ASSY GUIDE PIN HAD COME OUT OF COVER. THE GUIDE PIN IS A PRESSED FIT INTO THE COVER. THE BORE FOR THE GUIDE PIN HAD BEEN ELONGATED AND THE COTTER PIN THAT HELPS TO SECURE GUIDE PIN WAS BROKEN. THE COVER IS DAMAGED BEYONSDR CA090511003Condenser · seized(CAN) AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER BLOWER ASSY FOUND SEIZED WHEN MX CARRYING OUT AIR CONDITIONING OPS INSP.SDR ABOA475B001Pump · seizedON CLIMB OUT FROM AIRPORT THE RT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A FLAMEOUT AND SHUTDOWN, THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE ENGINE DRIVEN HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP TO BE FAULTY. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED, ENGINE GROUND PE
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