U/A Canada PT6A-50
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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 = 'PT6A50' 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 = 'PT6A50' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR CA000720016Fire Loop · chafed(CAN) IN CRUISE FLIGHT CREW GOT A FIRE INDICATION ON BOTH LOOPS AND SHUTDOWN THE NR 3 ENGINE AND DISCHARGED BOTH FIRE BOTTLES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO ACTUAL FIRE. CAUSE OF THE FALSE INDICATION WAS A CHAFED WIRE ON LOOP A AND A MISSING GASKET ON LOOP B, BOTHSDR CA000713010Skin · bulged(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION THE AIRCRAFT SKIN WAS FOUND BULGING OUTWARDS & 3 RIVETS WERE PULLED THROUGH THE SKIN.SDR CA000519015Shaft · sheared(CAN) NG AND ITT CLIMED BEYOND MANUFACTURES LIMITS. FCU FOUND TO HAVE SHEARED SHAFT.SDR CA000414013Sealant · improper(CAN) INSPECTION OF NR4 WING CANOE FOR RESPECTIVE ADS CF-86-14 AND CF-87-04. THE WRONG SEALANT WAS DISCOVERED, IN THIS CASE PRC 1422 WAS USED INSTEAD OF F35. PRC REMOVED AND F35 INSTALLED.SDR CA000301037Fcu · leaking(CAN) FUEL LEAK WAS FOUND AT GROUND IDLE SPEED ADJUSTMENT SCREW. P&W REPORT TO FOLLOW.SDR CA000209026Pitot Tube · blocked(CAN) DUE TO CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN FRENCH GUIANA AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, IN EFFORT TO PROTECT THE STATIC SYSTEM FROM WATER CONTAMINATION, THE PORTS WERE COVERED WITH TAPE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED. ONE PORT WAS BLOCKED WITH A SMALL PIECE OF TAPE AND THE OTHESDR CA000120026Compressor · stalled(CAN) COMPRESSOR STALLS EXPERIENCED IN FLIGHT, ENG REMOVED, SUSPECTED COMPRESSOR FAULTY.TEARDOWN TO FOLLOW.SDR CA000110065Case · cracked(CAN) CRACK FOUND ALONG LT BLEED AIR DUCT ADAPTER BOTTOM WELD LINE WHICH CARRIED ON .5 INCHES INTO THE CASE. SURVEY MADE AND NO SIMILAR CRACKS WERE FOUND ON OTHER ENGINES IN OPERATION.SDR CA991209060Valve · failed(CAN) WHILE TAXING FOR TAKE OFF NR1 HYD PUMP CAUTION LITE ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF FLUID SO A SHEARED PUMP WAS SUSPECTED.THE PUMP WAS EXAMINED AND FOUND SERVICEABLE.FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE HYD SHUT-OFF VALVE IN THE CLOSED POSITION, OPPOSITSDR CA991028036Actuator · jammed(CAN) CREW HAD A SPOILER JAM INDICATION ON THE GROUND. THE CREW CONFIRMED THAT BOTH LEFT ROLL SPOILERS WERE JAMMED UP. ACTUATOR REPLACED.SDR CA991007094Actuator · cracked(CAN) DURING PRE-FLIGHT, PILOTS NOTICED THAT ROLL SPOILERS WOULD NOT STOW WITH INBOARD, OUTBOARD FAILURE INDICATION AND NO HYDRAULIC FLUID IN NR 2 SYSTEM. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE HOUSING FOR THE ROLL SPOILER ACTUATOR WAS CRACKED COMPLETELY AROUND ITS CIRCUSDR CA990915070Line · damaged(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF, NR 2 SYSTEM FAILURE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE HYDRAULIC LINE FAIRLEADS BETWEEN NR 3 - NR 4 ENGINES WERE DAMAGED DUE TO HEAT CAUSING ONE OF THE HYDRAULIC LINES TO CHAFE AGAINST THE FAIRLEAD SUPPORT. SB 7-29-18 REPLACED FAIRLEAD WITSDR CA990927023Squib · discharged(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, THE PORT WING AFT FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGE DISK WAS FOUND TO BE MISSING. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND THE FIRE BOTTLE SQUIB FIRED, AND THE BOTTLE DISCHARGED.SDR CA990817038Sealant · deteriorated(CAN) CF 86-14 AND CF-87-04 ADDRESS PROBLEMS OF FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL TANK RIBS AND DRAINS INTO THE NR 4 LEFT AND RIGHT FLAP TRACK CANOE. DURING A CORROSION INSPECTION OF THIS AREA, THE SEALANT APPLIED WAS CHIPPING AND FLAKING OFF ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK BACK SDR CA990817039Sealant · deteriorated(CAN) CF 86-14 AND CF-87-04 ADDRESS PROBLEMS OF FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL TANK RIBS AND DRAINS INTO THE NR 4 LEFT AND RIGHT FLAP TRACK CANOE. DURING A CORROSION INSPECTION OF THIS AREA, THE SEALANT APPLIED WAS CHIPPING AND FLAKING OFF ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK BACKSDR CA990318048Spring · broken(CAN) NR 1 ENG VIBS DURING RUN-UP. FINDINGS: BROKEN BRUSH RETAINING CLIP IN STARTER/GENERATOR. COMPONENT REPLACED.SDR CA990318047Fuel Cell · leaking(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING AD'S CF-86-14 AND CF 87-04, A FUEL LEAK IN THIS AREA WAS NOTED. LEAK WAS FROM THE END OF THE FUEL TANK AND FOUND LEAKING THROUGH THE CORRECTIVE SEALANT USED IN THE AD'S.SDR CA990308012Diffuser · broken(CAN) DURING AN HSI, A DIFFUSER TUBE WAS FOUND BROKEN. THE ENGINE WAS SENT FOR REPAIR.SDR CA981230029Shaft · sheared(CAN) WHILE IN CRUISE, THE NR 1 ENGINE TACHOMETER FAILED, THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO ITS DESTINATION WITHOUT PROBLEMS. POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND THE TACHOMETER DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED. THE TACHOMETER WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR AU981648Manifold · cracked(AUS) AFTER STARTING ALL ENGINES, NR 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE FELL TO ZERO AND THE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. INSPECTION REVEALED TOTAL LOSS OF FLUID FROM TWO 3.81 CM (1.5 INCHES) AXIAL CRACKS IN THE FLIGHT SPOILER MANIFOLD BODY CYLINDER WALL.SDR AU981549Blade · delaminated(AUS) PROPELLER BLADE TRAILING EDGE DELAMINATED IN AN AREA BETWEEN 400 MM (15.74 INCH) TO 800 MM (31.49 INCH) FROM THE BLADE TIP. THE DELAMINATION CONTINUED INTO THE BLADE FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 MM (3.937 IN).SDR CA981109034Switch · broken(CAN) LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS FOUND. LOCKING PINS ON WOW SWITCHES THAT HOLD CONNECTORS IN PLACE, ON RIGHT SIDE OUTBOARD IT WAS BROKEN DUE TO CORROSION, ON RIGHT INBOARD PINS BROKEN, BUT NO CORROSION. LEFTSDR CA981019009Detector · malfunctioned(CAN) NUMEROUS FALSE FIRE WARNINGS UNCOVERED THE POSSIBILITY OF CROSSING THE CONNECTIONS OF THE FIRE LOOPS. IT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE IS A MALE AND FEMALE CONNECTOR ON EACH CONNECTION. THE PART THAT MAKES UP THE CONNECTION CAN WORK LOOSE AND STAY WITH THESDR CA980922016Actuator · malfunctioned(CAN) AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED RUDDER OSCILLATION AT 12,000 FEET. OSCILLATION STOPPED DURING DESCENT AT 165 KNOTS. PROBLEM TRACED TO YAW DAMPER SYSTEM. YAW DAMPER ACTUATOR SECONDARY COIL FOUND OPEN IN LVDT UNIT THAT IS INTEGRAL TO ACTUATOR. PART TC: 43,122.SDR CA980909008Loop · failed(CAN) ON CLIMB OUT, THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND BOTH FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED. POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND NO ACTUAL FIRE. FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM BEING CHECKED FOR FAULT. INSPECTION FOUNDSDR CA980819009Engine · rolled back(CAN) AS AIRCRAFT ROTATED, NR 1 ENGINE POWER ROLLED BACK AND T5 PEGGED ON GAUGE. T5 STABILIZED AT 900C DURING THE 30-60 SECONDS FOR AIRCRAFT TO REACH 400 FEET ALTITUDE. AT 400 FEET, ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE. ENGINE TROUBLESHOOTING IS ISDR AU980967Pipe · corroded(AUS) NR 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM CASE DRAIN PIPE CORRODED.SDR 98ZZZM350Engine · malfunctionedFLT 717 - FLL-PID - PILOT REPORTED NR 3 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE ERRATIC. FLUCTUATES ALL OVER FROM ABOUT 90 PSI TO 150 PSI. NR 3 ENGINE TORQUE FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 3500-3800 LBS IN FLIGHT AT THE SAME TIME THAT OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATED. WHEN OIL PRESURE IS STEADY TOSDR CA980302003Line · separated(CAN) AIRCRAFT WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT WHEN THE NR 4 ENGINE LOST POWER AND DECELERATED TO IDLE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS CARRIED OUT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND A POST MOD P3 LINE SEPARATED AT THE FLANGE. REPLACEMENT OF THE LINE CORRSDR 98ZZZM422Linkage · out of adjustPRIOR TO FLT 9486, PILOT REPORTED NR 2 ENGINE LOSES FUEL PRESSURE WHEN CONDITION LEVER IS BROUGHT TO START FEATHER POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE SAFE FOR FERRY FLIGHT, WITH NR 2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN, TO FLL MX BASE. INSPECTION FOUND FCU LISDR 98ZZZX371Engine · overtempPID/FLL - FLT 703 - PILOT PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY SHUT DOWN OF NR 2 ENGINE DUE TO HIGH OIL TEMP INDICATION. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED OIL SYSTEM, CHECKED OIL QUANTITY, AND FOUND TO BE OK. RAN ENGINE AT VARIOUS HIGH POWER SETTINSDR 98ZZZX220Fuel Control · failedPID/FLL - FLT 702 - PILOT REPORTED HE COULD NOT REDUCE POWER ON NR 3 ENGINE; SHUT DOWN IN-FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE FOUND FUEL CONTROL WOULD NOT SHUT OFF FUEL FLOW. FUEL CONTROL SENT OUT FOR COMPLETE TEAR DOWN. THIS SUPPLEMENTALSDR CA971118004Hp Fuel Pump · failed(CAN) ON TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NR 2 ENGINE SPOOLED DOWN. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE DRIVE SHAFT ON THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD SHEARED. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA971110005P4 Drain Line · cracked(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE NR 2 AND NR 3 ENGINES P4 DRAIN LINES WERE FOUND CRACKED. SUBMITTER STATED THAT POSSIBLY THE CRACKS WERE CAUSED BY WATER ACCUMULATION AFTER ENGINE WATER WASHES. THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO CALL FOR A GSDR CA971208003Accessory Gearbx · flaking(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, NR 2 ENGINE EXPERIENCED OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS WITH ACCOMPANING OIL PRESSURE WARNING INDICATIONS. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED/SHUTDOWN ANDTHE ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE POINT. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE ENGINE OIL HAD VENTED OVERBOARD. IT WASDR CA971010001Longeron · corroded(CAN) HEAVY CORROSION FOUND ON UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF THE UPPER LONGERONS. SEVERE CORROSION FOUND ON LONGERONS FROM STA.XN50 TO XN79.0. THIS CORROSION WAS NOT EVIDENT UNTIL THE COWL SEALS AND LATCH PLATES WERE REMOVED. FURTHER SEVERE CORROSION WAS FOUND USDR CA971117001Longeron · corroded(CAN) HEAVY CORROSION FOUND ON UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF THE UPPER LONGERONS. SEVERE CORROSION FOUND ON LONGERONS FROM STA.XN50 TO XN79.0. THIS CORROSION WAS NOT EVIDENT UNTIL THE COWL SEALS AND LATCH PLATES WERE REMOVED. FURTHER SEVERE CORROSION WAS FOUND USDR CA971117002Longeron · corroded(CAN) HEAVY CORROSION FOUND ON UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF THE UPPER LONGERONS. SEVERE CORROSION FOUND ON LONGERONS FROM STA. XN50 TO XN79.0. THIS CORROSION WAS NOT EVIDENT UNTIL THE COWL SEALS AND LATCH PLATES WERE REMOVED. FURTHER SEVERE COROSION WAS FOUND USDR CA971117003Longeron · corroded(CAN) HEAVY CORROSION FOUND ON UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF THE UPPER LONGERONS. SEVERE CORROSION FOUND ON LONGERONS FROM STA. XN50 TO XN79.0. THIS CORROSION WAS NOT EVIDENT UNTIL THE COWL SEALS AND LATCH PLATES WERE REMOVED. FURTHER SEVERE CORROSION WAS FOUND SDR 97ZZZX4782Engine · failedMIA/MCO - FLT 202 - PILOT REPORTED ENGINE NR 3 SEIZED UP IN FLIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND PROP FEATHERED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MCO WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE SAFE FOR THREE ENGINE FERRY TO FLL MAINTSDR 98ZZZM6Engine · malfunctionedON ENGINE START, PILOT REPORTED NR 4 ENGINE, AFTER NORMAL START UP NG DROPPED TO 20 PERCENT AND T5 WENT UP. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE SAFE FOR 3 ENGINE FERRY FLIGHT TO FLL MX BASE. UPON ARRIVAL, MX CONDUCTED A CHECK OF ALL SYSTEMS AND NO PROBLEMSDR 98ZZZM7Seal · failedFLT 604 - PID-PBI - PILOT REPORTED, NR 4 ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE. SHUT DOWN ENGINE IN FLT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE SAFE FOR 3 ENGINE FERRY FLIGHT TO FLL MAINTENANCE BASE. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT FOUND PRESSURE OIL LINE LEAKING AND HYDRAULSDR CA970806002Indicator · faulty(CAN) DURING CRUISE NR4 ENGINE T5 INDICTOR SHOWED A SLOW AND CONTINUOUS INCREASE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE GAUGE WAS INDICATING APPROXIMATELY 250 DEGREES HIGH. THE UNIT WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RESDR 97ZZZX3799Trim Stick · failedFLL/PID - FLT 705 - PILOT REPORTED NR 4 T-5 EXTREMELY ERRATIC AT TAKEOFF POWER. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO FLL MAINTENANCE BASE. INSPECTION FOUND NR 4 TRIM STICK TO BE AT FAULT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED TRIM STICK. GROUND RUN ENGINE SATISDR CA970820008Shim · crushed(CAN) ON INSP METAL (ALUMINUM) PIECES WERE FOUND INSIDE- BARREL AREA, INSIDE- BLADE BORE PLUGS & INSIDE- GARTER SPRINGS OF- BLADE SEALS.- ALUMINUM PIECES WERE SMALL & COMING FROM- THIN FEATHER STOP SHIMS P/N716893-59 WHICH WAS COMPLETELY CRUSHED. A SECOND SHIMSDR 97ZZZM697Fuel Control · failedFLT 711 - FLL-PID - DURING CLIMB-OUT, PILOT REPORTED NR 2 ENGINE LOST POWER. SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND RETURNED TO FLL. AIRCRAFT LANDED, TAXIED TO GATE AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PEFORMED AN INSPECTION AND AN ENGINE START WAS ATTEMPTED. SDR CA970527008Fuel Contrl Unit · sheared shaft(CAN) IN CRUISE AT 16,600 FEET THE #4 ENGINE SURGED. THE TORQUE, T5 AND NG ALL CLIMBED BEYOND OPERATING LIMITS. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE CONDUCTED AND THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT TO FUEL PUMP INPUT SHAFT HAD SHEAREDSDR M4VA97005Fuel Control · failedAT FL 166, NR 4 ENGINE SURGED, TORQUE, T5 AND NG ALL WENT TO MAX. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND SECURED. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT DEN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS THREE ENGINE FERRIED TO A MAINTENANCE BASE. UPON INVESTIGATION, FOUND ENGINE FUEL PUMP TO FUELSDR CA970507018Hose Assembly · failed(CAN) IN CRUISE THE #1 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM QUANTITY DROPPED TO ZERO. THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND THE #1 SYSTEM HYDRAULIC PUMP HIGH PRESSURE HOSE HAD FAILED.SDR CA970423015Pump · sheared drive(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF #2 ENGINE LOST POWER, FLAMED OUT AND AUTOFATHERED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND THE ENGINE DRIVEN HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED INTERNALLY AND SEIZED. THE FUEL PUMP DRIVE HAD SHEARED.
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